ST. LOUIS, MO - NOVEMBER 7: Radek Faksa #12 of the St. Louis Blues battles Maveric Lamoureux #10 of the Utah Hockey Club for the puck on November 7, 2024 at the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Joe Puetz/NHLI via Getty Images)
(Photo by Joe Puetz/NHLI via Getty Images)
ST. LOUIS, Missouri – The first fight of Utah Hockey Club defenseman Maveric Lamoureux was a double-edged sword for the young rookie. Lamoureux appeared to win the fight, heading to the penalty box with bloody knuckles post-fisticuffs. But after a review from officials, Lamoureux was ejected with a ten-minute game misconduct penalty.
The St. Louis Blues (7-6-0, 14 points) are hosting the Utah Hockey Club (5-5-3, 13 points) at Enterprise Center on Thursday, November 7.
Maveric Lamoureux and Pierre-Olivier Joseph drop their gloves. 👀 pic.twitter.com/SupTRlCmH2
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) November 8, 2024
Lamoureux saw 5:26 of ice team across seven shifts against St. Louis before his ejection.
Utah Hockey Club entered the second period knotted up at one against St. Louis. Michael Kesselring lit the lamp 18 seconds into the game for Utah, scoring the fastest goal in the NHL this season.
Lamoureux is ejected after the hit he delivered that led to the fight…I'd say that's questionable. He's a big body with a wide stance and was trying to play the puck.
Unfortunate for Lam. His night is over.
— Cole Bagley (@BagleyKSLsports) November 8, 2024
St. Louis tied the game later in the period when nobody stepped up to stop Colton Parayko on a transition play.
Generating shots on goal continues to be an issue for the Utah Hockey Club as the season goes on.
Utah averages 25.7 shots per game (28.5 league average) while allowing 29.6 a night. Through 12 games, Utah is 29th in the league in shots on goal and likely didn’t improve after only 21 against the Jets the last time out.
Taking on the Blues tonight. ⤵️https://t.co/HK1jvIPOiO
— Utah Hockey Club (@utahhockeyclub) November 7, 2024
While their strategy isn’t necessarily to try and outshoot teams each contest, it’s becoming a pattern in losses, especially against some better teams.
Las Vegas outshot the team 35-19, the Sharks 46-23, Anaheim 34-30, New Jersey 32-20, and again against Winnipeg, 28-21.
They simply have to shoot more. Being outshot so heavily is unacceptable, resulting in a significant struggle to light the lamp.
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