Dylan Guenther scores go-ahead goal for Utah in 4-2 win over Blues

Dylan Guenther scored nan go-ahead extremity connected a unreserved pinch 3:21 remaining to assistance Utah to a 4-2 triumph against nan St. Louis Blues

ST. LOUIS -- Dylan Guenther scored nan go-ahead extremity connected a unreserved pinch 3:21 remaining to assistance Utah to a 4-2 triumph against nan St. Louis Blues connected Thursday night.

Guenther tipped distant a walk by Jordan Kyrou to create a 2-on-1 break, and his changeable deflected disconnected nan hep of a sliding Colton Parayko and complete nan enarthrosis of St. Louis goaltender Joel Hofer to put Utah successful front.

Jack McBain added an empty-netter successful nan closing seconds, and Matias Maccelli and Michael Kesselring provided nan different goals for Utah. Kesselring scored 18 seconds into nan game.

Kyrou had evened nan people connected a one-timer pinch 6:31 to play. Parayko besides scored, and Pavel Buchnevich had nan superior assistance connected some Blues goals.

Hofer had 27 saves for St. Louis, while Utah goaltender Karel Vejmelka only needed to extremity 13 shots.

St. Louis: Parayko has 4 goals done 14 games this season. He tied nan crippled astatine 1 pinch a wrist changeable pinch 1:19 near successful nan first period.

Utah: Utah held nan Blues to 2 shots successful nan 2nd play and 15 successful nan full game.

Kyrou made nan cardinal correction conscionable wrong nan Blues’ violative zone, attempting a driblet walk that was tipped speech by Guenther and led to nan deciding goal.

The Blues didn’t get a changeable connected extremity during 3 minutes of powerfulness play early successful nan 2nd play aft a scuffle betwixt Pierre-Olivier Joseph and Maveric Lamoureux. St. Louis besides couldn’t people during 2 first-period powerfulness plays, including a two-man advantage of 26 seconds.

The Blues play Washington astatine location connected Saturday, nan aforesaid time Utah closes retired a four-game travel astatine Nashville.

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