The losing streak has once again continued for the Utah Hockey Club as it extends to five games, this time at the hands of the St. Louis Blues. Losing to a division opponent when you want to be in the playoff race is bad enough but when it was the way Utah lost, there are issues. Here are some takeaways from the team’s 2-1 loss on Sunday.
Michael Kesselring Continues Point Streak Against Blues
Many know of Clayton Keller’s point streak against his hometown team. Unfortunately for Utah’s captain, he failed to continue that streak on Sunday ending it at eight games. Some even know about Nick Schmaltz’s point streak which also ended on Sunday at 11 games. However, one player who has a point streak against the Blues that many don’t know of is Michael Kesselring.
Kesselring now has three points in three games against the Blues this season. What’s more impressive is that all three points are goals. In total, the defenseman has four points in four games in his career against the Blues.
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Kesselring’s goal came similar to how most of his goals tend to come. Utah won a faceoff in the Blues’ zone, and the puck managed to get to the blue line. Kesselring used his powerful slapshot to put it into the back of the net, which, at the time, tied the game up for Utah. The 2018 sixth-round pick called it a nice one to get as it would be the only goal of the night for Utah.
“I’m a little lucky, I guess,” Kesselring said. “It was nice to get one there.”
Kesselring has now surpassed his goal total from last season. In 52 games, he now has six goals and 20 points. If you needed any proof of why he was named to Utah’s quarter-century team, Sunday’s game was a prime example.
Lineup Changes Need to Continue
It’s been clear for weeks now that something needs to change for Utah. Whatever the team has done and continues to do isn’t working. Switching up the lines works for a game or two but then fades away. Now, with a five-game losing streak in hand, something needs to give and potentially, it needs to come from a big move.
One of those moves could be scratching Lawson Crouse. It’s potentially a crazy thought if you haven’t been paying attention to him this season. However, he’s really struggled with only 11 points in 52 games. It seems like every line Utah has played him on has just not performed well. It’s time to make some big…
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