NHL Game Preview: New Jersey Devils at Utah Hockey Club with Line Combinations 3/1/25

NHL Game Preview: New Jersey Devils at Utah Hockey Club with Line Combinations 3/1/25

New Jersey Devils (32-22-6, 70 pts) at Utah Hockey Club (27-24-9, 63 pts)

Venue: Delta Center
Date: Saturday, March 1
Time: 9:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+/MSGSN/Utah16
Radio:
New Jersey – WFAN 66 AM / 101.9 FM
Utah – The KSL Sports Zone 1280 AM / 97.5 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

New Jersey +1.5 -102
Utah -1.5 -118
O/U 5.5

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New Jersey Devils Notes: 

The Devils dropped their last game 5-1 to the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night. They finished February going 3-4-0, they averaged 2.71 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.57 goals per game.

Utah Hockey Club Notes: 

Utah is riding a three-game winning streak, most recently winning Thursday over the Minnesota Wild 6-1. They finished February going 6-3-0 averaging 3.11 goals per game while allowing 2.78 goals per game. They sit two points out of the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

New Jersey Devils Lineup:

Palat-Hughes-Bratt
Meier-Hischier-Mercer
Cotter-Haula-Noesen
Tatar-Lazar-Bastian

Hughes-Hamilton
Dillon-Nemec
Pesce-Kovacevic

Allen
Daws

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Utah Hockey Club Lineup:

Keller-Cooley-Schmaltz
Kerfoot-Hayton-Guenther
Crouse-McBain-Doan
O’Brien-Stenlund-Bjugstad

Sergachev-Marino
Maatta-Durzi
Cole-Kesselring

Vejmelka
Ingram

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Players To Watch:

New Jersey Devils

Nico Hischier this season has 46 points on 24 goals and 22 assists. He’s faced Arizona/Utah 13 times in his career recording nine points on four goals and five assists; in the previous meeting this season he had a goal and an assist.

Utah Hockey Club

Clayton Keller this season has 69 points on 22 goals and 47 assists. He’s faced the Devils 12 times in his career recording ten points on four goals and six assists; they were shutout in the previous meeting but last season in two games he had a goal and three assists.

Injuries:

New Jersey Devils

D Santeri Hatakka – IR
G Jacob Markstrom – IR
D Jonas Siegenthaler – IR

Utah Hockey Club

D Robert Bortuzzo – IR
LW Michael Carcone – DTD

Next game

New Jersey – March 2 at Vegas Golden Knights
Utah – March 6 at Detroit Red Wings

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