NHL Game Preview: Utah Hockey Club at Montreal Canadiens with Line Combinations 11/26/2024

Kirby Dach #77 skating for the Montreal Canadiens

Utah Hockey Club (8-10-3, 19 Pts) at Montreal Canadiens (7-11-2, 16 Pts)
Venue: Bell Centre
Date: Tonight – Tuesday, November 26
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+, Utah16
Radio:
Utah – KSL Sports Zone 97.5
Montreal – TSN 690

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Utah -1.5 ML -142
Montreal +1.5 ML +120
O/U 6

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Utah Hockey Club News & Notes:

The Utah Hockey Club is 22nd in the league in power play efficiency and 20th in the NHL in penalty killing. Utah lost 3-2 to Toronto on Sunday.

Montreal Canadiens News & Notes:

The Canadiens power play has a success rate of 22.4 percent, the 11th-best in the league. Their penalty kill is even better at 82.4 percent, the eighth-best in the league. Montreal lost 6-2 to Vegas on Saturday.

Utah Hockey Club Projected Lines

Keller-Hayton-Schmaltz

McBain-Cooley-Guenther

Macelli-Bjugstad-Crouse

Kerfoot-Stenlund-Carcone

Sergachev-Maatta

Cole-Lamoreaux

Kesselring-Kolyachonok

Vejmelka

Stauber

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Montreal Canadiens Projected Lines

Slafkovsky-Suzuki-Dach

Newhook-Evans-Caufield

Anderson-Dvorak-Gallagher

Heineman-Condotta-Armia

Guhle-Matheson

Hutson-Savard

Xhekaj-Struble

Montembeault

Primeau

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Montreal Hockey – Inside The Rink

Players To Watch:

Utah Hockey Club

Dylan Guenther will play in his 100th NHL game. Clayton Keller has six goals and 13 assists. Michael Kesselring leads the team with a plus-8 rating.

Montreal Canadiens

Nick Suzuki leads the Canadiens with 19 points. Cole Caufield is second on the team with 16 points.

Injury Report:

Utah Hockey Club

D John Marino – IR
D Sean Durzi – IR
G Connor Ingram – Day to day

Montreal Canadiens

C Rafael Harvey-Pinard – IR – Out four months
LW Patrick Laine – IR – Out two to three months
D David Reinbacher – LTIR – Out five to six months

Next Game

Utah Hockey Club – November 29 vs Edmonton
Montreal Canadiens – November 27 at Columbus

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