Utah Hockey Club Add First-Round Pick and Former 20-Goal Scorer to Their Team for Final Playoff Push

The Blues are among the two teams that could clinch a playoff position tonight. St. Louis and Edmonton both can make the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs if Calgary loses in regulation to San Jose.

To secure it, the Blues will have to beat Winnipeg in regulation as well. Both St. Louis and Minnesota have four games left.

According to MoneyPuck, the Blues have a 64% chance of staying in first place Wild Card, a 33% chance of falling to second place in the Wild Card, and a very slim 1% chance of passing Colorado for third place in the Central Division.

Meanwhile, Utah is clinging to a sliver of playoff life. In a last-ditch effort, they've recalled winger Kailer Yamamoto from AHL Tucson.

The 26-year-old was assigned down on paper yesterday but has earned his way back to the NHL after posting a goal and an assist in five games since he was recalled March 26.

Yamamoto, a 2017 first-round draft pick, signed a two-way contract with Utah after impressing on a tryout in camp. This season is his first extended stay in the minors since the 2019-20 campaign.

With slim NHL production, to the tune of just two points in eight games, which is all he's gotten, he does lead Tucson with 53 points (19 goals, 34 assists) in 52 contests and has a +14 mark.

He's been playing center recently with Barrett Hayton and Nick Schmaltz and is expected back in that role when Utah hosts Seattle tomorrow night.