General manager Bill Armstrong said his players' performance will decide what Utah Hockey Club does at the trade deadline.

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 continue to hang around the playoff picture in the Western Conference, and the front office is not looking to sell.

The Minnesota Wild are back in town for the fourth and final matchup of the regular season between the two clubs. Utah has earned points in all three games against the Wild, falling 5-4 in a shootout at home on Dec. 10, winning 2-1 in St. Paul on Dec. 20, and shutting out Minnesota 4-0 at Xcel Energy Center on Jan. 23.

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.

The Utah Hockey Club is playing some great hockey as of late, and don't count them out of the playoff race in the West just yet.

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.

"When we rolled into Utah, we kind of said, 'We want to be in a position down the stretch where we're playing meaningful games," Utah general manager Bill Armstrong said prior to a 5-3 loss at the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. "We're in the build right now, as we call it. We're four years in and we're making a lot of progress."

The 2-1 final score gives no hint of how lopsided Utah's advantage was in every measurable facet of the matchup against Chicago.

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