Utah Hockey Club (12-11-5, 29 pts) at Colorado Avalanche (17-13-0, 34 pts)
Venue: Ball Arena
Date: Thursday, December 12
Time: 7:00 pm MT
TV: ESPN + / UTAH16 / KTVD / ALT
Radio:
Utah Hockey Club – The KSL Sports Zone 1280 AM / 97.5 FM
Colorado Avalanche – Altitude Sports Radio 92.5 FM / 950 AM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Utah Hockey Club +1.5 ML +160
Colorado Avalanche -1.5 ML -190
O/U 6.5
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Utah Hockey Club News & Notes:
Utah had their two-game winning streak snapped with a 5-4 shootout loss to Minnesota on Sunday. The Hockey club is 8-6-2 on the road this season and is 5-3-2 in their last ten games.
Colorado Avalanche News & Notes:
The Avalanche made a trade for goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood from the SanJose Sharks recently. Head Coach Jared Bednar hopes they’ve found a long-term solution in net with Blackwood. The Avalanche return home to face the Hockey Club tonight after a five-game road trip in which the Avalanche went 4-1-0. The Avalanche are 7-7-0 at home this season. Colorado won the previous matchup between these two teams 5-1 on October 24 in Utah.
Utah Hockey Club Projected Lines:
Keller-Hayton-Schmaltz
McBain-Cooley-Guenther
Maccelli-Bjugstad-Crouse
Kerfoot-Stenlund-Carcone
Sergachev-Maatta
Cole-Kesselring
Valimaki-Connauton
Stauber
Vejmelka
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Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines:
Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Rantanen
Colton-Mittelstadt-Nichushkin
Kiviranta-Kelly-O’Connor
Smith-Ivan-Wagner
Toews-Makar
Girard-Malinski
Middleton-De Haan
Blackwood
Wedgewood
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Players To Watch:
Utah Hockey Club
Clayton Keller has a three-game point streak, including two goals in his last game against the Wild. The 26-year-old winger leads Utah in scoring with 26 points (9g, 17a) in 28 games played. Right Wing Dylan Guenther leads the Hockey Club with ten goals on the season.
Colorado Avalanche
Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen each had five points in Colorado’s 6-2 victory over Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. The pair are both top five in the NHL scoring race, with MacKinnon leading the way with 46 points (10g, 36a) and Rantanen 4th in the league with 42 points (18g, 24a) in 30 games played.
Injury Report:
Utah Hockey Club
D Robert Bortuzzo – OUT
D Maveric Lamoureux – IR
G Connor Ingram – IR
D Sean Durzi – IR
D John Marino – IR
Colorado Avalanche
Jonathan Drouin – OUT
D Josh Manson – IR
LW Gabriel Landeskog – LTIR
Next Game:
Utah Hockey Club – December 14 at San Jose Sharks
Colorado Avalanche– December 14 vs. Nashville Predators
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