Overview
- Utah beat Nashville 4-1 in Salt Lake City on Thursday, then clinched when Anaheim defeated San Jose.
- The Mammoth hold the West’s top wild-card spot at 90 points with a six-point edge over the Predators.
- Clayton Keller set up three goals, Dylan Guenther scored his 39th, Nick Schmaltz added a power-play tally for his 31st, and Karel Vejmelka stopped 29 shots.
- Nashville’s loss puts its wild-card bid at risk, and captain Roman Josi was a late scratch with an upper-body injury listed as day-to-day.
- This is the franchise’s first postseason since 2020 and comes in its second season in Utah after a five-game win streak with six straight outings of at least four goals.