Blues Secure Win, Mammoth Lose

0:00It's April 17th. This is NHO News Today, driven by AI Your Team, nonstop. St. Louis Blues wrapped up their regular season with a solid 5-3 win over the Utah Mammoth at Delta Center on Thursday. Robert Thomas lit it up with a hat trick. His second in the NHL, sealing it with an empty net goal late in the third. Logan Mayu gave them the lead for good at 4-3 with a slick backhander. Blues forward. Pavel Buknevich kept his hat streak alive, scoring to make it one nothing early, and now with goals in three straight games. Dylan Holloway dished two assists, while Goli-Joel Hofer stopped 20 shots in the victory. St. Louis finished strong on a four-game win streak, ending at 37 wins, 33 losses, and 12 overtime losses. Utah got goals from Lawson Kraus, Michael Carcone, and Kayla Yamamoto with Clayton Keller and Mackenzie Weigar, each picking up two assists. Karl-Vage Melka faced 18 shots, but led in three before getting pulled to start the

1:03third, with ViTek Vanacek making nine saves in relief. The Mammoth dropped three of their last four, sitting at 43 wins, 33 losses, and six overtime losses. They were missing forward, Dylan Gwenther, for undisclosed reasons, and defenseman Sean Dursy with an upper body injury from Tuesday's game. A goal got overturned on a Blues Challenge for Goli interference early in the second, keeping things tight. Utah heads into the Western conference first round against the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday, looking to shake off this loss and make some noise in, the playoffs, where every year's and in 19 times.