NHL Game Preview: Utah Hockey Club at Colorado Avalanche with Line Combinations 12/12/2024

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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