Utah’s hockey club knows something needs “to change right now and immediately” – Salt Lake Tribune

With just over a minute in the third period, Connor Ingram was pulled from the net.

The Utah Hockey Club, which left and eventually lost 2-1 to St. Luis Blues on Sunday at Delta Center, chose the additional skater to try to tie the game and force overtime.

While John Marino’s shot rings the interior of the crossbar until Juta was 6-on-5, the team could not find a leaflerator.

This is something that is not able to do throughout the season.

The club is the only team in the NHL that has not yet scored a goal from 6 to 5 to 52 games this year. More than half the league has inserted two or more. San San Jose-which is dead last in the standings-they put eight skates 6 by 5, just one behind the League League Colorado.

At the other end of the ice Utah, she has authorized 11 goals opposite all empty nets-when she plays 6 in 5 in the last minutes of the matches. They are ranked 15th in the League in this statistics.

Why was it so difficult to produce the club when it matters most?

“It’s hard,” said Michael Kesselring, who scored the lone goal on Utah on Sunday. “We just have to take more washers on the web and bodies and hit. It’s a difficult situation, we have to get out of these situations. Until then, we must be tied or win the game. ”

Before the match against the Blue, chief coach Andre Turini spoke of playing in pressure during the third period.

“Stress is normal,” Tourigny said. “There will be stress. You have to live with him. This is a professional. It’s normal to have stress – you are a person, take care, you want to do good. This is part of the business. You should be comfortable now. ”

His team folded again under him.

Utah is running out of time to feel comfortable with winning closely contested games. Or just win on this – Sunday marks the fifth next to the club and a third directly on home ice. The team is at least three wins from securing the second place of Wild Card in the Western Conference and that is if everyone else starts to lose.

“We are playing for our playoff life right now,” Ian Cole said. “We are considered whether we win or lose. Obviously, this is something we need to change immediately and immediately. ”

The Blues took the lead late in the first after controlling the game in the biggest part of the period. Lawson Crowse tried to clear the washer, but did not put enough effort on the back; Kolton Parayko blocked him and pushed him further into the area.

In the subsequent game, Alexander Texier was left open in the slot, took the back pass from NET from Radek Faksa and made it along Ingram for the advantage of 1-0 at 17:41.

Utah did not go a goal against the middle frame, but there was a limited discount. It was not until the third period that the club showed a life sign delivered by Kesselring.

Kevin Stanlund won the face and the washer spat on Nick Bugstad, who crossed him to Kesselring at the right point. The defender blew him up for the equalizer 1-1 at 3:27 and his sixth goal of the season. Kesselring is second in points for all Bluers of Utah behind Mikhail Sergachev.

“It was nice to get one. I had the feeling that I could influence the two goals against a little more, so it was still stinging a little, “Kesselring said. “Obviously this is a difficult part of the year, but you have to be ready to play. This is NHL. ”

St. Louis went back from four minutes later. Jordan Kiru made 2-1 in a play that reflects the first goal of his team at night-a missed coverage from the front and a quick shot between Ingram’s legs. This time, it was Robert Thomas who threw the washer behind the net to Kiru to hit home at 7:13. It turned out to be the winner of the game.

The interference by Ryan Sutter and the clashing call against Matyo Joseph gave the club two options for playing power in the third period to bind the game, but it could not be converted. While the first unit has inserted three of the last five games, the second unit has not been transformed since November 23.

“I didn’t like our energy. I didn’t like our emergency in this game, “Tourigny said. “St. Louis’s credit, they played much better than the last twice when we played them -much more lively. It took too much time to accept this and go to work. ”

Utah has one game left in Delta Center against Flyers Philadelphia-before his trip with three games, leading to the interruption of 4 nations.

The clock is ticking this team to turn it over.

“Listen, we had a lot of meetings on this issue and we talked a lot and I think everyone said almost everything that can be said,” Cole said. “At one point, it should be put into practice on the ice.”