St. Louis Blues at Utah Mammoth

· National Hockey League

St. Louis Blues

17-20-8

Final
2 - 4

Utah Mammoth

22-20-3

Nick Schmaltz scores twice to power Mammoth past the Blues, 4-2

St. Louis Blues vs. Utah Mammoth: Game Highlights

Schmaltz now has 43 points in 40 career games against St. Louis. Lawson Crouse and Sean Durzi also scored goals to help Utah win its third straight game. Karel Vejmelka made 26 saves.

Oskar Sundqvist and Pavel Buchnevich scored for the Blues while Joel Hofer made 19 stops. St. Louis dropped its fourth straight road game.

Utah struck first with 4:50 left in the first period when Schmaltz threaded a close-range puck between two defenders.

St. Louis and Utah combined to score four goals in the second period.

Crouse briefly gave the Mammoth a 2-0 lead at the 7:45 of the second after snapping the puck past Hofer’s glove. The Blues pulled one back only 10 seconds later. Nathan Walker funneled the puck to Sundqvist after winning a faceoff and he caught Vejmelka flat-footed with a long-distance blast.

Durzi restored Utah’s two-goal advantage with 8:17 left in the second, one-timing a pass from Schmaltz. St. Louis countered again with 3:33 remaining in the period, cutting the deficit to 3-2 on Buchnevich’s wrist shot.

Schmaltz connected on a power-play goal at the 6:57 of the third to give Utah a two-goal lead once again.

Up next Blues: At Vegas on Saturday night.

Mammoth: Host Columbus on Sunday night.

Regular Season Series

UTA leads series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 15:10	Nick Schmaltz Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: Clayton Keller (26), Mikhail Sergachev (25)
Goal	2nd Period 7:45	Lawson Crouse Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Clayton Keller (27), John Marino (17)
Goal	2nd Period 7:55	Oskar Sundqvist Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Nathan Walker (7)
Goal	2nd Period 11:43	Sean Durzi Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Schmaltz (24), Lawson Crouse (11)
Goal	2nd Period 16:27	Pavel Buchnevich Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Jimmy Snuggerud (8), Robert Thomas (21)
Goal	3rd Period 6:57	Nick Schmaltz Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: JJ Peterka (15), Clayton Keller (28)

Statistics

STL		UTA
19	Blocked Shots	15
28	Hits	14
2	Takeaways	6
28	Shots	23
0	Power Play Goals	1
4	Power Play Opportunities	3
0.0	Power Play Percentage	33.3
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
28	Faceoffs Won	35
44.4	Faceoff Win Percent	55.6
15	Giveaways	11
7	Total Penalties	8
20	Penalty Minutes	22