NHL Game Preview: Utah Hockey Club at Seattle Kraken with Line Combinations 12/30/2024

NHL Game Preview: Utah Hockey Club at Seattle Kraken with Line Combinations 12/30/2024

Utah Hockey Club (16-13-6, 38 pts) at Seattle Kraken (16-19-2, 34 pts)

Venue: Climate Pledge Arena
Date: Monday, December 30
Time: 8:00 pm EST 
TV: ESPN+/Utah16/KHN/KONG
Radio: 
Utah – The KSL Sports Zone 1280 AM / 97.5 FM
Seattle – Sportsnet 96.0

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Utah: -1.5 ML -115
Seattle: +1.5 ML -105
O/U 6

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Utah Hockey Club News & Notes: 

Utah has dropped three straight but are 6-2-2 in their last ten and have outscored their opponents 33-28. Nick Schmaltz has a point in each of his last three games.

Seattle Kraken News & Notes:

Seattle snapped a five-game skid on Saturday in overtime. The goals were scored by Matty Beniers, and two from Schwartz and Vince Dunn each.

Utah Hockey Club Projected Lines:

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

Vejmelka
Stauber

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Seattle Kraken Projected Lines:

Schwartz-Beniers-Kakko
McCann-Stephenson-Burakovsky
Tolvanen-Wright-Bjorkstrand
Kartye-Gourde-Tanev
Dunn-Larsson
Oleksiak-Montour
Evans-Mahura

Daccord
Grubauer

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Players To Watch:

Utah Hockey Club 

Clayton Keller this season has 36 points on 13 goals and 23 assists. He’s faced Seattle nine times in his career recording seven points on two goals and five assists; three of those points came last season on two goals and an assist.

Seattle Kraken 

Matty Beniers this season has 19 points on five goals and 14 assists. He’s faced Arizona/Utah six times in his career recording eight points on two goals and six assists; four of those assists came last season in three games.

Injury Report:

Utah Hockey Club 

D Robert Bortuzzo – OUT
D Maveric Lamoureux – IR
G Connor Ingram – IR  
D Sean Durzi – IR
D John Marino – IR

Seattle Kraken

F Jordan Eberle – IR

Next Game:

Utah – December 31 at Edmonton Oilers
Seattle – January 2 vs. Vancouver Canucks

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