NHL Game Preview: Utah Hockey Club at Minnesota Wild with Line Combinations 1/23/2025

NHL Game Preview: Utah Hockey Club at Minnesota Wild with Line Combinations 1/23/2025

Utah Hockey Club (20-19-7, 47 pts) at Minnesota Wild (28-15-4, 60 pts)

Venue: Xcel Energy Center
Date: Thursday, January 23
Time: 6:00 pm MST / 7:00 pm CST 
TV: ESPN+ / Hulu/ Disney+
Radio: 
Utah Hockey Club – The KSL Sports Zone 1280 AM / 97.5 FM
Minnesota Wild- KFAN 100.3 FM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Utah Hockey Club +1.5 ML +135
Minnesota Wild -1.5 ML -155
O/U 5.5

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Utah Hockey Club News & Notes: 

Utah has won two straight games including a 5-2 victory over the Jets in their last outing. They just completed a long seven-game homestand at 3-4-0 before traveling to Minnesota to take on the Wild tonight. 

Minnesota Wild News & Notes:

Minnesota was victorious on Monday with a 3-1 win over the Avalanche in Colorado. Monday’s victory snapped a three-game losing streak for the Wild who have been up and down in their last ten games with a record of 6-4-0. This is the third of four meetings between these clubs this season with each team winning on the road in their first two matchups. 

Utah Hockey Club Projected Lines: 

Keller-Cooley-Schmaltz
McBain-Hayton-Doan
McBain-Bjugstad-Crouse
O’Brien-Stenlund-Kerfoot

Maatta-Marino
Cole-Kesselring
Valimaki-Desimone 

Vejmelka
Ingram

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Minnesota Wild Projected Lines:

Kaprizov-Rossi-Zuccarello
Boldy-Eriksson Ek-Hartman
Ohgren-Gaudreau-Foligno
Lauko-Khusnutdinov-Trenin

Middleton-Faber
Chisholm-Spurgeon
Merrill-Bogosian

Gustavsson
Fleury

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Players To Watch:

Utah Hockey Club

Logan Cooley has goals in four straight games and six goals and nine points in January. The 20-year-old center is having a breakout season as he’s second on the Hockey Club in scoring with 42 points (in 46 games) only two points off his career-high of 44 points in his rookie season. 

Minnesota Wild

Kirill Kaprizov will return to the lineup tonight for the Wild for the first time since December 23. The Wild have managed to stay afloat without their superstar winger going 7-5-0 in his absence. Kaprizov will give a huge boost to the entire team but especially to a power play that misses his creativity and playmaking ability.

Injury Report:

Utah Hockey Club

D Robert Bortuzzo – IR
D Maveric Lamoureux – IR
D Sean Durzi – IR
RW Dylan Guenther – IR
D Mikhail Sergachev – Day To Day

Minnesota Wild

D Jonas Brodin – IR
LW Marcus Johansson – IR

Next Game:

Utah Hockey Club – January 24 at Winnipeg Jets
Minnesota Wild – January 25 vs. Calgary Flames

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