NHL Game Preview: Utah Hockey Club at Seattle Kraken with Line Combinations 3/14/2025

Utah Hockey Club (29-25-11, 69 pts) at Seattle Kraken (28-34-4, 60 pts)

Venue: Climate Pledge Arena
Date: Friday, March 14
Time: 10:00 pm ET
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 -120
Seattle: +1.5 ML +140
O/U 5.5

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Utah Hockey Club News & Notes:

Utah snapped their two-game losing streak on Wednesday with a 3-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks. They are on a four-game point streak and have points in seven of their last eight games. In their last eight games, they are averaging three goals per game while allowing an average of two goals per game. Barrett Hayton and Clayton Keller are both on four-game point streaks, Hayton has a goal and three assists in his stretch. Keller has a goal and four assists.

Seattle Kraken News & Notes: 

The Kraken got back in the win column with a 5-4 overtime win over the Montreal Canadiens. They are 3-3-0 in March averaging 3.83 goals per game while allowing 3.50 goals per game. Chandler Stephenson is on a three-game point streak recording a goal and four assists.

Utah Hockey Club Projected Lines:

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

Sergachev-Marino
Durzi-Maatta
Cole-Kesselring

Vejmelka
Stauber

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Seattle Kraken Projected Lines:

Schwartz-Beniers-Kakko
Burakovsky-McCann-Nyman
Tolvanen-Stephenson-Eberle
Eyssimont-Wright-Kartye

Dunn-Larsson
Oleksiak-Montour
Evans-Fleury

Daccord
Grubauer

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Players To Watch:

Utah Hockey Club

Logan Cooley this season has 47 points on 17 goals and 30 assists. He’s faced Seattle four times in his career recording a goal and an assist; the goal came earlier this season.

Seattle Kraken

Jaden Schwartz this season has 39 points on 19 goals and 20 assists. In the previous meeting this season, his first career game against Utah he had a goal and two assists.

Injury Report:

Utah Hockey Club

D Robert Bortuzzo – IR   
G Connor Ingram – Out
C Nick Bjugstad – IR

Seattle Kraken

None

Next game:

Utah – March 16 at Vancouver Canucks
Seattle – March 16 vs. Winnipeg Jets

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