Fueled by a career-high five-point night from Clayton Keller, Utah put together one of its more cohesive and dominant performances of the season. And it came at a good time — the Club now sits two points out of the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

That’s significant because Team USA general manager Bill Guerin is the GM of the Wild. In four games against the Wild this season, Keller now has nine points. He’s on a six-game point streak and has a total of 69 points in 59 games.

Clayton Keller's career-high five points led the Utah Hockey Club to its third straight win, a dominant 6-1 decision against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday in Salt Lake City.

Captain Clayton Keller had a career high and franchise record five points, a career-high four assists, and six different players scored as Utah tied its season-high for goals in a game with a 6-1 rout of the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. It was Utah's third straight win against Minnesota this season.

Hockey is one of the biggest events of the Winter Olympics — and the Utah Hockey Club could send a handful of players to participate.

Clayton Keller had a career-high five points — scoring his 22nd goal and assisting on four others — and the Utah Hockey Club beat the Minnesota Wild 6-1 on Thursday night for its fourth straight home victory.

The Utah Hockey Club and the Minnesota Wild closed their season series on Thursday night. Utah won two of the first three matchups, but the Wild were looking to draw even in the series.

I’m] just trying to do the same thing every single night,” Keller said. “I think our line has done a good job lately. I think getting [Logan Cooley] back, too… I think

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