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The hopes of the UTAH HC qualifiers take another blow in the last 4-2 defeat against kings

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April 3, 2025; Salt Lake City, Utah, United States; The center of Los Angeles Kings Anze Kopitar (11) and the Utah Hockey Hockey Center Nick Bjugstad (17) have words after a room during the third period at the Delta Center. Compulsory credit: Rob Gray-Imagn images

Many things have changed for Utah HC in 44 seconds.

What had been a 1-1 match, which seemed that UTAH took control at any time, thanks in large part to its advantage of 25-9 in penalties for two periods, had suddenly become a deficit of 3-1 whose team could never recover.

With a rapid and not assisted goal of Kings Kevin Fiala striker, Los Angeles would not only resume the lead, but would never abandon him for the rest of the match.

With the defender of Utah, John Marino, trying a dangerous cross pass of ice just after playing, the washer went directly to the stick of Fiala, just in front of the net, leading to an immediate lens for kings.

Marino’s unusual error would be fatal for Utah later in the game.

After two penalties were called on Anze Kopitar for the warming of Kevin Stenlund, and Stenlund was evaluated an antactive driving penalty for having descended a little too easily after the cross -checker, a situation of 4 against 4 was set up for both teams.

But with the goal of Fiala just 19 seconds from 4 against 4, the piece resumed with Stenlund and Kopitar still in the box.

Without the additional man on the ice, Utah made another expensive error.

This time, Trevor Moore struck Sean Durzi from Utah on the ice, then took off in a breakaway and buried another goal for the 4 against 4.

“I think the first was an unhappy turnover," said coach André Tourny. "Johnny (John Marino) doesn’t do much … just arrived at the wrong time. I think it was an unnecessary risk, but it happened. The other, there are a few things about it. I think we did not move our feet to get up from the ice … Veggie (Karel Vejmelka) could have, should have obtained this washer."

The Kings would add one more with an empty network to increase from 4 to 1, before conceding the only other goal from UTAH – the first goal of Jack McBain in career – with less than 30 seconds remaining and much too little time to set up a return.

"We were at the driver’s seat during the first two periods, and unfortunately, what happened on the four out of four and they capitalized on two chances," said Lawson Crouse from Utah. "It is how much the game can move away from you and we were playing from there." 

While the game finally ended with a convincing victory for the KingsIt is difficult not to look back on a few key moments during the first two periods that spent Los Angeles.

The first difficult break for Utah intervened just two minutes, when what looked like an early goal was recalled.

During the exam, a pass from Utah’s Clayton Keller in Dylan Guenther, who wore a bubble After breaking your nose in the Utah victory over the flamesNever crossed in front of the blue line and rather traveled along it.

Consequently, Keller crossed the line before the washer, which makes the game offside. Although it was not initially called and it seemed that Guenther had marked, a rapid challenge of the Kings led to the ball and the resumption of the room and to resume shortly after.

“I think that (the team learns) how each game counts …," said GUENTHER. "Each quarter of work, whatever happens, all you can do is go there and try to win your quarter of work, so do it at the same time. »»

While Utah never looks deceased, even after the unfortunate call of offside, the team found itself on the wrong side of another goal

This time, the Kings scored their first goal of the night after a wild sequence in which Adrian Kempe of Los Angeles collided with Vejmelka after being pushed by Logan Cooley of Utah.

Because it was judged that Kempe came across Vejmelka because of Cooley, no goalkeeper’s interference penalty was called against Kempe.

Suddenly, which could have been an advance of 1-0 before the second period rather turned into a deficit of 1 to 0.

These breaks for the Kings were a great reason why the match remained nearby, even with the Utah offensive to hum and control a large part of the game.

While Lawson Crouse scored the first goal of the Utah match in the second to equalize things and keep him competitive, to be on the wrong side of a swing of two goals turned out to be expensive once UTAH began to make mistakes in the third.

Although the hopes of UTAH qualifiers are always statistically possible, the team does not seem to take a break Each victory, the blues getThis time with his second consecutive victory in overtime against Pittsburgh’s Penguins.

The victory extended the Victoires de Saint-Louis victories sequence at 11, tied at the longest NHL this season, and has alone smothered the hopes of Utah to make the playoffs.

With only six games to play and sit in nine points behind Minnesota Wild, holders of the last place of the Joker, the Utah will have to win the rest of his calendar if he has the hope of making the playoffs.

Minnesota had a recently strugglingLosing five of his last six games, but it would always take a remarkable collapse, like losing the six of his remaining matches, so that Wild falls in the position of playoffs.

So, although tonight’s defeat almost eliminated Utah from the race, the club will have to continue to fight when there is still a statistical chance, starting with its match against Winnipeg on Saturday April 5.

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