Mikhail Sergachev Lights The Lamp For UHC’s Fourth Goal
Oct 28, 2024, 9:09 PM

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah- The Utah Hockey Club seems to have broken out of their scoring slump, pouring it on the San Jose Sharks as Mikhail Sergachev scores his first goal in a UHC sweater and the club’s fourth of the night.
Utah is righting the offensive ship at the expense of San Jose tender Mackenzie Blackwood, who once again gave up a soft rebound that Matias Maccelli found in front of the net, sending it backhand top shelf for his second goal of the night.
Playing loose and with a 3-1 lead, Utah kept applying pressure and it seemed that the Sharks were just trying to hold off until intermission, but with under 30 seconds to play in the second period San Jose was playing through another long defensive shift. The puck ran around the wall before it found Sergachev who passed it back and forth a few times with Vladislav Kolyachonok before letting a wrister fly from long range, beating Blackwood glove side, thanks in part to a Clayton Keller screen in front of goal.
Utah Would take the 4-1 lead into the second intermission.
He’s been very good at putting pucks on net that others can tip in.
Finally, he gets one from deep. https://t.co/VerNbChvRE
— Cole Bagley (@BagleyKSLsports) October 29, 2024
Tanner Tripp is a sports writer for KSL Sports covering all teams across the state of Utah. Follow him on X @tanner_tripp and Instagram @tanner.tripp here.
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In two games, Lamoureux has recorded two shots, three blocks, three hits and has a plus/minus of zero after being on the ice during a goal for and against.
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