But the way hockey players respond to those injuries is what makes them a unique brand of tough, and Utah Hockey Club Captain Clayton Keller showed us all what that looked like on Jan. 20. In the second period of a game against the Winnipeg Jets at Delta Center,

Playing in front of USA's Four Nation Face-off general manager Bill Guerin (whose day job is being the GM of the Wild), Keller delivered a beauty of a goal, skating across the offense zone before whipping a shot short side to beat Minnesota goalie Filip Gustavsson in the first period.

This was Keller's fourth multi-point effort during his six-game point streak. In that span, he has three goals and nine assists. The 26-year-old winger is up to 17 goals, 36 helpers, 114 shots on net and a minus-2 rating over 47 appearances this season.

After receiving an inadvertent puck to the face from teammate Michael Kesselring, Clayton Keller immediately went to the locker room. When he checked back in at 4:40 in the second period, Utah's offense would come to life and score four goals in a row on route to its 5-2 victory.

Clayton Keller has been reliable on offense for the Utah Hockey Club this season. Keller has scored 9 points in the last four games, including a four-point night against the St. Louis Blues. He contributed 30 points in Utah's wins and has a +13 rating. Even in losses, Keller has managed to score 18 points.

The Utah Hockey Club captain took Michael Kesselring’s point shot to the face early in the second period and ran straight for the locker room. “I got lucky, it didn’t catch my eye,” Keller said. “When it happened,

Utah captain Clayton Keller went to the locker room a minute into the second period against the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night after a puck struck him the face.

Keller recorded a power-play goal in Thursday's 4-0 win over the Wild. Keller doubled Utah's lead in the latter stages of the first period with a wrister following set-ups from Matias Maccelli and Nick Schmaltz.

Now that the Utah Hockey Club has figured out how to win games at home, it’s hitting the road again. Up first are the Minnesota Wild. The Wild are 1-3-0 in their last four games, but they’re still the second-placed team in the Central Division and the fourth-best team in the Western Conference overall.

In Game 6 of the 2003 Stanley Cup Final, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and captain Paul Kariya received a soul-crushing hit from New Jersey Devils captain Scott Stevens. Despite the crowd wondering if he’d ever play hockey again, Kariya returned before the end of the period — and scored to make it 4-1 in his team’s favor.

Utah Hockey Club head coach Andre Tourigny found himself in awe of Clayton Keller after the captain's eventful night against the Winnipeg Jets."That's a hockey player, eh?" the bench boss said with a smile after Utah's 5-2 victory.

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