{"id":556287,"date":"2026-04-19T21:07:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/556287\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T21:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:07:25","slug":"nhl-game-preview-st-louis-blues-at-utah-mammoth-with-line-combinations-4-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/556287\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: St. Louis Blues at Utah Mammoth with Line Combinations 4\/16\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: St. Louis Blues at Utah Mammoth with Line Combinations 4\/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\/1776632833_896_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 4\/16\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/images_ImagnImages_mmsport_104_01k8a7335ry5s8gt4pd1-e1776356316161.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"St. Louis Blues\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues (36-33-12) at Utah Mammoth (43-32-6)<br \/>Venue: Delta Center<br \/>Date: Thursday, April 16<br \/>Time: 7:30 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch: ESPN<br \/>Radio: 101 ESPN\/680 CJOB<\/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 won a thriller of a game on Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Penguins, scoring four unanswered goals and taking the game 7-5, and winning their final home game of the year. St. Louis heads into its last game of the regular season looking to end on a high note before entering the offseason. They are 3-2-0 in their last five games, averaging 2.78 goals per game this season while allowing 3.1.<\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Mammoth ended their two-game losing streak against the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday, 5-3. Utah has clinched a playoff spot and aims to enter the playoffs with some momentum, and getting a win here could provide that. They are 3-2-0 in their last five games, averaging 3.27 goals per game this season while allowing 2.96.<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Holloway-Thomas-Snuggerud<br \/>Drouin-Dvorsky-Kyrou<br \/>Neighbours-Suter-Berggren<br \/>Toropchenko-Finley-Buchnevich<\/p>\n<p>Broberg-Mailloux<br \/>Lindstein-Parayko<br \/>Fowler-Tucker<\/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\u2013Schmaltz\u2013Crous<br \/>Yamamoto\u2013Cooley\u2013Guenther<br \/>Peterka\u2013Kerfoot\u2013Carcone<br \/>O\u2019Brien\u2013Stenlund\u2013Tanev<\/p>\n<p>Sergachev\u2013Weegar<br \/>Schmidt\u2013Marino<br \/>Cole\u2013Durzi<\/p>\n<p>Vejmelka<br \/>Vanecek<\/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>Jimmy Snuggerud had two goals and two assists in the win against the Penguins<\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth<\/p>\n<p>Nick Schmaltz had two goals in the win against the Jets.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">None<\/p>\n<p>Utah Mammoth<\/p>\n<p>D Sean Durzi \u2013 DTD<\/p>\n<p>Next game<\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Blues\u00a0\u2013 None<br \/>Utah Mammoth\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 Playoffs<\/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\/jmichel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776632836_170_329cd32b1d6458fb57f9744cb31c74babecf72bf0ba6ea18c123c7af60b4f841.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/jmichel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joshua Michel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Writer covering the St. Louis Blues | Student at the University of Missouri School of Journalism | Follow me on X for live Blues updates and news: @JoshDMichel<\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-playoff-preview-boston-bruins-at-buffalo-sabres-with-line-combinations-4-19-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/David-Pastrnak-Andrew-Fielder-Inside-The-Rink-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"David Pastrnak skating for the Boston Bruins\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/edmonton-oilers-2026-playoffs-round-1-anaheim-ducks\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/McDavid--300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/edmonton-oilers-2026-playoffs-round-1-anaheim-ducks\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edmonton Oilers 2026 Playoffs: Round 1, Anaheim Ducks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The worst pillow fight ever is over; the Edmonton Oilers are in the NHL Playoffs again. What a weird way to clinch it was. 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Still, a third-period strike from Travis [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/flyers-edge-penguins-in-game-1\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" title=\"\" class=\"readmore\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          Read More        <\/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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