Utah Hockey Club (30-26-11, 71 Pts) at Edmonton Oilers (39-24-4, 82 pts)
Venue: Rogers Place
Date: Tuesday, March 18
Time: 9:00 pm ET
TV: ESPN+/Utah16/CBC
Radio:
Utah – The KSL Sports Zone 1280 AM / 97.5 FM
Edmonton – Oilers Radio 880 CHED
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Utah: +1.5 ML +160
Edmonton: -1.5 ML -192
O/U 5.5
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Utah Hockey Club News & Notes:
Utah got back in the win column with a 3-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday. They are now 3-2-2 in March and are averaging 2.7 goals per game while allowing 2.9 goals per game. Karel Vejmelka has made ten straight starts going 6-2-2 with a 2.08 goals-against average and a .911 save percentage. They enter tonight two points back of the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.
Edmonton Oilers News & Notes:
The Oilers picked up their second straight win on Sunday with a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers. They improved to 5-3-0 in March averaging 2.8 goals per game while allowing 2.6 goals per game. Leon Draisaitl extended his point streak to 18 games in which he has 27 points on 14 goals and 13 assists.
Utah Hockey Club Projected Lines:
Keller-Kerfoot-Schmaltz
Cooley-Hayton-Guenther
Crouse-McBain-Doan
Carcone-Stenlund-Bjugstad
Sergachev-Marino
Durzi-Maatta
Cole-Kesselring
Vejmelka
Stauber
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Edmonton Oilers Projected Lines
Henrique-McDavid-Kapanen
Perry-Draisaitl-Brown
Podkolzin-Nugent-Hopkins-Arvidsson
Skinner-Janmark-Jones
Walman-Bouchard
Nurse-Stetcher
Kulak-Emberson
Skinner
Pickard
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Players To Watch:
Utah Hockey Club
Logan Cooley this season has 48 points on 18 goals and 30 assists. He’s faced the Oilers five times in his career recording three points on two goals and an assists; between the previous two meetings he has a goal and an assist.
Edmonton Oilers
Evan Bouchard this season has 53 points on 13 goals and 40 assists. He’s faced Utah twice this season recording three assists.
Injury Report:
Utah Hockey Club
D Robert Bortuzzo – IR
G Connor Ingram – Out Indefinitely (NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance Program)
C Liam O’Brien – Out
Edmonton Oilers
D Alec Regula – IR
F Evander Kane – IR
D John Klingberg – DTD
F Trent Frederic – IR
D Mattias Ekholm – DTD
F Zach Hyman – DTD
Next game:
Utah – March 20 vs. Buffalo Sabres
Edmonton – March 20 vs. Winnipeg Jets
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