Connor Ingram made 23 saves and Olli Maatta scored his first goal for the Utah Hockey Club in a 5-2 victory over Winnipeg Jets.
The Utah Hockey Club has recalled goaltender Connor Ingram from the Tucson Roadrunners of the AHL, where he spent the last nine days on a conditioning stint in preparation for his NHL return. An upper-body injury that had kept Ingram out of the lineup since the second period of Utah’s game against the Washington Capitals on Nov. 18.
Ingram was reactivated on Thursday after a nine-day conditioning stint with the AHL Tuscon Roadrunners. He started one game for them in that period, helping boost the Roadrunners to a 4-1 win on Wednesday night where he made 29 saves.
Ingram made 30 saves and even took a shutout into the final period. However, it wasn't a picture-perfect return for him and his team.
Logan Cooley doubled Utah's lead with 17.9 seconds remaining in the second period. The marker was Cooley's fourth goal in as many games. Utah made life very difficult for the Jets, limiting them to just six shots in the middle frame and taking 10 of their own.
Connor Ingram made 23 saves and Olli Maatta scored his first goal for the Utah Hockey Club in a 5-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday night.
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Connor Ingram returns for Utah Hockey Club
The Utah Hockey Club began a seven-game homestand last week by winning just one of three games. But they still have four games left at the Delta Center beginning Tuesday night against Montreal. Despite a 2-1 loss to the New York Islanders on Saturday,
Ingram stopped 22 of 24 shots in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Blues.
After a slow start to their season-long 7-game homestand, the Utah Hockey Club finished it strong. Barrett Hayton scored and had two assists, and the Utah Hockey Club defeated the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 at Delta Center on Monday.
The Winnipeg Jets dropped their second game in a row with a 5-2 loss in Salt Lake City to the Utah Hockey Club. Nino Niederreiter and Dylan DeMelo scored for Winnipeg and Nikolaj Ehlers recorded two assists as the Jets record fell to 31-14-3.
Kevin Hayes, Sidney Crosby and Anthony Beauvillier each had a goal and an assist to help the Pittsburgh Penguins end the Los Angeles Kings' nine-game home winning streak with a 5-1 victory on Monday night.