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(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Hockey Club center Jack McBain (22) celebrates a game winning goal by Utah Hockey Club left wing Lawson Crouse (67) for a 2-1 win over Chicago during an NHL hockey game at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, February. 25, 2025.

All trade-deadline options can and must be explored for the Sabres, just not with a we-have-to-do-something posture. Several previous trades have backfired on a franchise about to miss the playoffs for a 14th season in a row.

With 7:48 left Crouse scored on a quick backhander to lift Utah to a 2-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks at the Delta Center.

Crouse finally ended the suspense by pulling an old move out of his bag of tricks. The Utah wing's ninth goal of the season came at the 12:12 mark of the third period on a wicked backhand that he used to display with more frequency earlier in his career.

NHL Trade Deadline approaching on March 7, the Utah Hockey Club (27-25-9) sit two points out of the last wild card spot in the Western Conference.

“We’re getting better. The baby’s growing,” said UHC head coach André Tourigny when asked how his team is maturing. “We felt we were in control in terms of (that) we play hard, we were driving. There was no panic.”

Lawson Crouse scored the tiebreaking goal on a backhander with 7:48 left and the Utah Hockey Club rallied to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1.

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.

The Utah Hockey Club signed Olli Määttä to a three-year extension with an average annual value of $3.5 million.