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Thomas' Hat Trick, Mailloux's Late Winner Lift Blues Over Mammoth 5-3

Utah now opens a first-round series at the Golden Knights on Sunday.

Overview

  • The Blues beat the Mammoth 5-3 in Salt Lake City in Thursday's regular-season finale, closing their season with a fourth straight win.
  • Robert Thomas recorded a hat trick and finished it with an empty-net goal with 38 seconds left.
  • Rookie defenseman Logan Mailloux put St. Louis ahead on a backhand from about 20 feet with 2:57 to play.
  • Joel Hofer made 20 saves for St. Louis, and Utah later turned to Vitek Vanecek after Karel Vejmelka allowed three on 18 shots.
  • Clayton Keller had two assists for Utah to extend his run of at least one assist to 10 straight games.