NHL Game Preview: Ottawa Senators at Utah Hockey Club with Line Combinations 10/22/2024

Ottawa Senators (3-2-0, 6 pts) at Utah Hockey Club (4-1-1, 9 pts)

Venue: Delta Center

Date: Tuesday, October 22

Time: 9:15 ET / 7:15 pm MT 

TV: ESPN+ / Sportsnet / TSN5 / UTAH16

Radio: 

Ottawa – TSN 1200 Ottawa

Utah – The KSL Sports Zone 1280 AM / 97.5 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Ottawa +1.5 ML -105

Utah -1.5 ML -115

O/U 6.5

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Ottawa Senators Notes:

The Senators are 1st in the Eastern Conference with eight powerplay goals. Brady Tkachuk and Drake Batherson each have 2 powerplay goals to lead Ottawa. Jake Sanderson, Tim Stutzle, Josh Norris, and Claude Giroux have one apiece.

Utah Hockey Club Notes: 

Utah is 2-0-0 at the Delta Center and is 7th in the NHL in goals scored with 22. Dylan Guenther leads the Hockey Club with 5 goals.

Ottawa Senators Projected Lineup (subject to change): 

Tkachuk-Stutzle-Amadio

Giroux-Norris-Batherson

Gregor-Pinto-Perron

Cousins-Gaudette-MacEwen

Sanderson-Hamonic

Chabot-Jensen

Kleven-Bernard-Docker

Ullmark

Forsberg

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Utah Hockey Club Projected Lineup (subject to change): 

Keller-Hayton-Schmaltz

McBain-Cooley-Guenther

Crouse-Kerfoot-Doan

Maccelli-Stenlund-Yamamoto

Sergachev-Kesselring

Valimaki-Cole

Kolyachonok-Bortuzzo

Ingram

Vejmelka

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Players To Watch:

Ottawa Senators – Jake Sanderson is emerging as a young star defenseman for the Senators. Sanderson is following up his strong 2nd NHL season with a hot start to the 2024-25 campaign. The 22-year-old blueliner has 8 points (1g, 7a) on the season with six of those points coming on the powerplay.

Utah Hockey Club – Michael Kesselring had the overtime winner in a 2-1 victory over Boston on Saturday night. Kesselring has 4 points (2g, 2a) on the season along with a team-best +7. The next best skaters for Utah are +2.

Injury Report:

Ottawa Senators –  

D Artem Zub – Day To Day

Utah Hockey Club –  

C Nick Bjugstad – IR 

D Sean Durzi – IR 

D John Marino – IR

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Ottawa Senators – October 25 at Vegas

Utah Hockey Club – October 24 vs. Colorado

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