{"id":553902,"date":"2026-04-16T14:56:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/553902\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:56:06","slug":"nhl-game-preview-st-louis-blues-at-utah-mammoth-with-line-combinations-04-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/553902\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: St. Louis Blues at Utah Mammoth with Line Combinations 04\/16\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: St. Louis Blues at Utah Mammoth with Line Combinations 04\/16\/2026 | Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764203590_941_Clean-Logo-1.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Inside The Rink Logo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776351344_161_cropped-Life-Insurance.png .webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" itemprop=\"item\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/\" itemprop=\"item\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>NHL Game Preview: St. Louis Blues at Utah Mammoth with Line Combinations 04\/16\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-1-13.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Curry-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues (36-33-12, 84 pts) at\u00a0Utah Mammoth (43-32-6, 92 pts)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Delta Center<br \/>Date: Thursday, April 16<br \/>Time: 7:30 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch: ESPN<br \/>Radio: 101 ESPN\/KSL Sports Zone 1280 AM<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Blues enter tonight\u2019s season finale coming off a 7-5 win over the Penguins. It was their third straight win, in which they\u2019re averaging six goals per game while allowing 3.7 goals per game. <\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth News and Notes:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">The Mammoth enters tonight off a 5-3 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night. They\u2019re 5-2-0 in April, averaging 4.3 goals per game while allowing 3.3 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Holloway-Thomas-Snuggerud<br \/>Buchnevich-Suter-Kyrou<br \/>Neighbours-Dvorsky-Drouin<br \/>Toropchenko-Sundqvist-Walker<\/p>\n<p>Broberg-Mailloux <br \/>Fowler-Parayko<br \/>Tucker-Kessel<\/p>\n<p>Hofer<br \/>Binnington<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=St.+Louis&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your St. Louis Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Keller-Schmaltz-Crouse<br \/>Yamamoto-Cooley-Guenther<br \/>Peterka-Kerfoot-Carcone<br \/>O\u2019Brien-Stenlund-Tanev<\/p>\n<p>Sergachev-Weegar <br \/>Schmidt-Marino<br \/>Cole-Durzi<\/p>\n<p>Vejmelka<br \/>Vanacek<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/utah-hockey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Get your Utah Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n<p>Dylan Holloway has a point in the two games he\u2019s faced the Mammoth this season, with one goal and one assist.<\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth<\/p>\n<p>Nick Schmaltz has six points in two games against the Blues this season, on three goals and three assists.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n<p>None<\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">F Barrett Hayton \u2013 Out<br \/>F Jack McBain \u2013 Out<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/clavallee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776351366_178_276326315b493f582c4d87a8721917f57a6f9df6b8a3bc8ca3c490d0be2e9c6e.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\u00a9 2021-2025 Inside The Rink\u00ae<\/p>\n<p>This website has no affiliation to any of the hockey leagues it reports on. 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