NHL Game Preview: Utah Hockey Club at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 12/31/2024

NHL Game Preview: Utah Hockey Club at Edmonton Oilers with Line Combinations 12/31/2024

Utah Hockey Club (16-14-6, 38 pts) at Edmonton Oilers (21-12-3, 45 pts)

Venue: Rogers Place
Date: Tuesday, December 31
Time: 9:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/UTAH16/SN1
Radio: 
Utah – 97.5 KSL Sports Zone
Edmonton – Oilers Radio 880 CHED

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Utah +1.5 ML +190
Edmonton: -1.5 ML -230
O/U 6.5

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Utah Hockey Club News & Notes:

Utah dropped their fourth straight game and have been outscored 17-9 in this recent stretch as they look to snap their skid and get back in the win column 

Edmonton Oilers News & Notes: 

The Oilers have dropped two straight after winning three straight. In December they are 8-3-1 with an average of 3.8 goals scored per game and an average of 2.6 goals allowed per game. This is their fifth losing streak of two or more this season.

Utah Hockey Club Projected Lines

Keller-Hayton-Schmaltz
McBain-Cooley-Guenther
Macelli-Bjugstad-Crouse
Kerfoot-Stenlund-Carcone
Sergachev-Maatta
Cole-Kesselring
Valimaki-Kolyachonok

Stauber
Vejmelka

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Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines

Nugent-Hopkins-McDavid-Hyman
Podkolzin-Draisaitl-Arvidsson
Janmark-Henrique-Brown
Kapanen-Ryan-Perry
Ekholm-Bouchard
Nurse-Stetcher
Kulak-Emberson

Pickard
Skinner

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Players To Watch:

Utah Hockey Club

Logan Cooley this season has 31 points on eight goals and 23 assists. He’s faced the Oilers four times in his career recording two goals; one of those goals came in the previous matchup this season.

Edmonton Oilers

Evan Bouchard this season has 27 points on seven goals and 20 assists. He’s faced the Coyotes/Utah ten times in his career recording nine points on a goal and eight assists; two of those assists came in the matchup earlier this season.

Injury Report:

Utah Hockey Club

D John Marino – IR
D Sean Durzi – IR
G Connor Ingram – Out
D Maveric Lamoreaux – Out
D Robert Bortuzzo – IR

Edmonton Oilers

F Evander Kane – Out

Next game:

Utah – January 2 at Calgary Flames
Edmonton – January 3 vs. Anaheim Ducks

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