Blues beat Utah 6-1 to secure 2nd wild-card area

ST. LOUIS (AP)– The St. Louis Blues secured the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference playoffs Tuesday night with a 6-1 success over Utah.Pavel Buchnevich had an objective and 2 helps, Jordan Kyrou scored twice and Jimmy Snuggerud, Brayden Schenn and Zack Bolduc each added an objective and an assist for the Blues. Robert Thomas contributed a set of helps and Jordan Binnington made 22 conserves for St. Louis, which will deal with the conference-leading Winnipeg Jets in the opening round of the playoffs.Advertisement The Blues were eight explain of a playoff spot at the break for the 4 Countries Competition and used a 19-4-3 go to qualify for the postseason for the first time 2022. Clayton Keller scored his 30th objective of the season and Karel Vejmelka made 23 saves

for Utah.The Blues scored 4 objectives in the first period and never ever recalled. Schenn opened the scoring at 8:08 and was followed by objectives from Buchnevich, Snuggerud and Bolduc.Thomas left the game early in the third period with a lower-body injury and did not return.Takeaways Utah: Keller, who played in his 600th profession game Monday, was born in the St. Louis suburb of Chesterfield. He has 13 goals and 22 helps in

32 career games

against the Blues.Advertisement Blues: Snuggerud, a first-round pick in the 2022 entry draft, scored his very first career objective and had his first multipoint game. His power play objective stood after a substantial review to figure out whether he deliberately kicked the puck into the net.Key moment Jake Neighbours provided the Blues an early stimulate in the first with a big hit on Utah’s Kailer Yamamoto. Less than a minute later, a Buchnevich touch pass sprung Snuggerud on a breakaway that

caused Schenn’s

goal.Key stat The Blues won a franchise-record 12th straight home game, and Binnington earned a franchise-record 11th straight home win.Up Next Utah’s season is over with a record of 38-31-13. The Blues face Winnipeg in the playoffs with the date and time to be determined. ___ AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl