Utah Hockey Club (16-15-6, 38 pts) at Calgary Flames (18-12-7, 43 pts)
Venue: Scotiabank Saddledome
Date: Thursday, January 2
Time: 9:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/Utah16/ SNW
Radio:
Utah– The KSL Sports Zone 1280 AM / 97.5 FM
Calgary – Sportsnet 96.0
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Utah +1.5 ML -108
Calgary -1.5 ML -112
O/U 5.5
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Utah Hockey Club News & Notes:
Utah has dropped five straight games being outscored 21-12. They wrapped up December going 6-5-2 and currently sit five points out of a playoff spot as the calendar flips to January.
Calgary Flames News & Notes:
Calgary picked up a win on Tuesday after seeing their two game losing streak snapped on Sunday. They wrapped up December going 6-3-3 and currently hold the final Wild Card spot in the Western Conference as we enter 2025.
Utah Hockey Club Projected Lines:
O’Brien Keller-Hayton-Schmaltz
McBain-Cooley-Guenther
Maccelli-Bjugstad-Crouse
Kerfoot-Stenlund-Carcone
Sergachev-Maatta
Cole-Kesselring
Valimaki-Kolyachonok
Vejmelka
Stauber
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Calgary Flames Projected Lines:
Huberdeau-Kadri-Pospisil
Coleman-Backlund-Coronato
Sharangovich-Zary-Pelletier
Lomberg-Rooney-Duehr
Bahl-Andersson
Weegar-Hanley
Bean-Pachal
Vladar
Wolf
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Players To Watch:
Utah Hockey Club
Mikhail Sergachev this season has 27 points on eight goals and 19 assists. He’s faced the Flames ten times in his career recording seven points on a goal and six assists; in the previous matchup earlier this season he had a goal and two assists.
Calgary Flames
Yegor Sharangovich this season has ten points on six goals and four assists. He’s faced Utah/Arizona seven times in his career recording eight points on seven goals and an assist; he didn’t have a point in the previous matchup this season but last year in three games he had five goals.
Injury Report:
Utah Hockey Club
D Robert Bortuzzo – OUT
D Maveric Lamoureux – IR
G Connor Ingram – IR
D Sean Durzi – IR
F Clayton Keller – Out
D John Marino – IR
Calgary Flames
F Anthony Mantha – IR
F Justin Kirkland – IR
Next game:
Utah – January 4 at Dallas Stars
Calgary – January 4 vs. Nashville Predators
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