Utah Hockey Club (22-22-9, 53 pts) at Columbus Blue Jackets (26-21-7, 59 pts)
Venue: Nationwide Arena
Date: Thursday, February 6
Time: 7:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+/Utah16/FDSN OH
Radio:
Utah – The KSL Sports Zone 1280 AM / 97.5 FM
Columbus – WBNS The Fan 97.1 FM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Utah -1.5 ML -155
Columbus +1.5 ML +135
O/U 5.5
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Utah Hockey Club News & Notes:
Utah is coming off a win over the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday. The win snapped a five-game losing streak. In the last six games, they are averaging 1.83 goals per game while allowing an average of three goals per game. They are six points behind in the Western Conference playoff race.
Columbus Blue Jackets News & Notes:
The Blue Jackets lost their second straight game on Tuesday with a 3-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres. They are 3-2-0 in their last five games and are averaging 2.60 goals per game while allowing 2.60 goals per game. Columbus lost the playoff spot the other day and now trails the Tampa Bay Lightning by one point for the final wild-card spot. They do get back their leading point scorer in defenseman Zach Werenski who said he is leaning towards playing tonight after a one-game absence with a lower-body injury.
Utah Hockey Club Projected Lines:
Keller-Kerfoot Cooley-Schmaltz
Guenther-Hayton-Carcone
Maccelli-McBain-Doan
O’Brien-Stenlund-Bjugstad
Sergachev-Marino
Cole-Kesselring
Maatta-Desimone
Ingram
Vejmelka
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Columbus Blue Jackets Projected Lines:
Voronkov-Fantilli-K. Johnson
van Riemsdyk-Belluz-Sillinger
Aston-Reese-Danforth-Olivier
Pyyhtia-Kuraly-Labanc
Werenski-Provorov
Mateychuk-Severson
Christiansen-Harris
Merzlikins
Tarasov
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Players To Watch:
Utah Hockey Club
Clayton Keller this season has 57 points on 18 goals and 39 assists. He’s faced the Blue Jackets 13 times in his career recording 11 points on two goals and nine assists; two of those assists came last Friday when these two teams met.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Kent Johnson this season has 35 points on 16 goals and 19 assists. He’s faced Utah/Arizona three times in his career recording two goals; one of those goals came in last Friday’s meeting.
Injury Report
Utah Hockey Club
D Robert Bortuzzo – IR
F Logan Cooley – Out
D Sean Durzi – IR
Columbus Blue Jackets
C Sean Monahan – IR
RW Yegor Chinakhov – IR
D Eric Gudbranson – IR
C Boone Jenner – IR
RW Kirill Marchenko – IR
D Dante Fabbro – DTD
Next Game:
Utah – February 8 at Carolina Hurricanes
Columbus – February 8 vs. New York Rangers
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