St. Louis Blues head coach Jim Montgomery praised defenseman Colton Parayko's compete level and leadership skills. (Video courtesy of St. Louis Blues)

The normally defensively-tinted defenseman again contributed offensively during a key win for St. Louis, scoring a goal 49 seconds into the game.

The Blues swept a back-to-back against the club directly ahead of them in the standings. Now they try for the elusive third win in a row.

Colton Parayko is officially the first 99 overall player in NHL 25 Hockey Ultimate Team after a goal against the Calgary Flames on Jan. 14. Parayko's Fantasy Hockey card was issued at 82 overall and increased by +2 overall for every goal the defenseman scored.

Utah HC can draw some confidence from their special teams record, though. They’re 21.8% on the power play and 81.6% on the penalty kill, compared to the Blues' 18.5% and 74.1% in the same respective categories.

Blue Jackets rookie goalie, Greaves, stops all but one Blues shots while they swarmed his net in the third period.

Brayden Schenn scored twice, Jordan Kyrou had his 20th goal and the St. Louis Blues beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Thursday night to sweep a two-game set in St. Louis. On Tuesday night, the Blues beat the Flames 2-1.

Brayden Schenn's two goals lead the Blues to a 4-1 win over the Flames, completing a season sweep. St. Louis scored three first-period goals, with Joel Hofer making 28 saves in the victory.

Parayko’s goal was the 23rd this season by a Blues defenseman, which matches their total from all of last year, when St. Louis was 29th in the league in goals

Blues started game with purpose, made early statement; Schenn line was dominant; power play goal late in second stunted Calgary's surge

Wolf made 25 saves in Thursday's 4-1 loss to St. Louis.