NHL Game Preview: Utah Hockey Club at Chicago Blackhawks with Line Combinations 3/30/2025

Logan Cooley skating for the Utah Hockey Club
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Utah Hockey Club at Chicago Blackhawks

Venue: United Center
Date: Sunday, March 30
Time: 3:00 pm CST

TV: ESPN+ / CHSN / Utah16
Radio:
Utah Hockey Club – The KSL Sports Zone 1280 AM / 97.5 FM
Chicago Blackhawks – WGN Radio 720 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Utah -1.5 ML +120
Chicago +1.5 ML -142
O/U 6.5

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Utah Hockey Club News & Notes:

Utah’s playoff hopes are gone at this point. While the new ownership and franchise had high hopes for this season, they’ve fallen short of the playoff goal. For Utah, injuries played a major role in their season. With all the additions to the roster, ownership has a mandate: we want playoffs. I expect Utah to get aggressive in the offseason to make even more upgrades.

Chicago Blackhawks News & Notes:

Chicago is 4-10 in March, assisting their position in the standings at 31st with 51 points. They currently have the second-best draft odds, with the San Jose Sharks two points below them, but with two games in hand. If the Sharks pick up several points down the stretch, the Blackhawks could land in the #1 draft odds.

Utah Hockey Club Projected Lines:

Keller-Cooley-Schmaltz
Kerfoot-Hayton-Guenther
Crouse-McBain-Doan
Carcone-Stenlund-Bjugstad

Sergachev-Marino
Cole-Durzi
Maatta-Kesselring

Vejmelka
Stauber

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Chicago Blackhawks Projected Lines:

Mikheyev-Nazar-Bedard
Teravainen-Donato-Reichel
Slaggert-Foligno-Bertuzzi
Veleno-Reichel-Maroon

Vlasic-Kaiser
Del Mastro-Murphy
Martinez-Levshunov

Knight
Soderblom

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Players To Watch:

Utah Hockey Club

Logan Cooley has three goals in the last five games and 21 goals on the season, surpassing his rookie goal total of 20 last year.

Chicago Blackhawks

Ryan Donato is lighting the lamp in Chicago, having a hat trick against the Vegas Golden Knights and five goals in the last five games.

Injury Report:

Utah Hockey Club

Robert Bortuzzo – IR   
Connor Ingram – Out Indefinitely (NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program)
Liam O’Brien – Out
D Olli Maatta – Questionable

Chicago Blackhawks

G Laurent Brossoit – Out for Season
C Jason Dickinson – Questionable
D Alec Martinez – Out
C Colton Dach – Out

Next game:

Utah Hockey Club – April 1 vs. Calgary Flames
Chicago Blackhawks – April 2 vs. Colorado Avalanche

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