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Utah HC snaps four-game slide with 5-1 victory

Utah HC snaps four-game slide with 5-1 victory

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 Sports) - The losing streak is finally over.

Two nights after blowing a three-goal lead in the final minutes to San Jose, Mikhail Sergachev had a goal and two assists for the Utah Hockey club in a 5-1 win against the Calgary Flames at Delta Center on Wednesday.

Maveric Lamoureux scored his first NHL goal, and Nick Schmaltz and Dylan Guenther each had two assists for Utah (5-4-2), which had lost four straight games (0-3-1). Connor Ingram made 30 saves.

Anthony Mantha scored, and Dustin Wolf made 23 saves for the Flames (5-4-1), who have lost five of their last six games (1-4-1) after starting the season 4-0-0.

Alexander Kerfoot scored his first goal of the season to give Utah a 1-0 lead at 4:41 of the first period, firing a wrist shot from the high slot past Wolf.

Barrett Hayton made it 2-0 with two seconds left in the first period, beating Wolf glove side with a wrist shot from the left circle.

Mantha cut it to 2-1 at 3:53 of the second period with a wrist shot from the left circle on the rush.

Lamoureux responded 17 seconds later to make it 3-1 with a one-timer from the right point through traffic.

Sergachev scored with a wrist shot from the high slot on a 5-on-3 power play to make it 4-1 at 16:32.

Clayton Keller extended the lead to 5-1 at 5:13 of the third period with a power-play goal, beating Wolf with a one-timer from the right circle.

Utah next plays at Vegas Saturday night at 8:00 p.m.

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