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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.
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