NHL Game Preview: Anaheim Ducks at Utah Hockey Club with Line Combinations 12/22/2024

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Anaheim Ducks at Utah Hockey Club
Venue: Delta Center
Date: Sunday, December 22
Time: 2:00 PT | 5:00 ET

TV: ESPN+ / Utah16 / Victory+
Radio:
Anaheim Ducks – KLAA 830 AM
Utah Hockey Club – The KSL Sports Zone 1280 AM / 97.5 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Anaheim Ducks +1.5 ML -135
Utah Hockey Club -1.5 ML +114
O/U 6

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Anaheim Ducks News & Notes

Another year, another middling season…so far. Anaheim is 7th in the Pacific Division and has already gotten involved in the NHL Trade pool. Could the Ducks return to the trade market when the NHL roster freeze ends? They’ve got a lot of chips in play yet again this season as they look to build the next core.

Utah Hockey Club News & Notes

The Hockey Club is playing much better than expected this season and is 5th in the Central Division. They’re currently on a four-game winning streak against including teams like Colorado, Vancouver, and Minnesota.

Anaheim Ducks Projected Lines

Vatrano-Strome-Terry

McGinn-Carlsson- Killorn

Gauthier-McTavish-Fabbri

Harkins-Lundestrom-Harkins

Lacombe-Gudas

Zellweger-Dumoulin

Mintyukov-Trouba

Dostal

Gibson

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Utah Hockey Club Projected Lines:

Keller-Hayton-Schmaltz

McBain-Cooley-Guenther

Maccelli-Bjugstad-Crouse

Carcone-Stenlund-Kerfoot

Sergachev-Maatta

Cole-Kesselring

Valimaki-Kolyachonok

Vejmelka

Stauber

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Players To Watch

Anaheim Ducks

Goaltender Duel? Lukas Dostal hasn’t been the reason for the Ducks struggles. Posting a 2.65 GAA and .920 SV%

Utah Hockey Club

Karel Vejmelka has been hot between the pipes, riding the four-game win streak. He’s 8-7-2 so far this season with a 2.29 GAA and .918 SV%. Quite impressive.

Injury Report:

Anaheim Ducks

LW Trevor Zegras – IR – Week to week

Utah Hockey Club

D Robert Bortuzzo – IR
D Maveric Lamoureux – IR
G Connor Ingram – IR  
D Sean Durzi – IR
D John Marino – IR

Next Game:

Anaheim Ducks – December 23 at Vegas Golden Knights
Utah Hockey Club – December 23 vs. Dallas Stars

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