As mentioned, Kesselring took advantage of the chance to prove himself as a legitimate top-four defenseman; Jaxson Stauber showed that he can play in the NHL; Olli Määttä earned a spot on Finland’s 4 Nations Face-Off team — a chance he may not have gotten if he’d stayed in Detroit.

BOTTOM LINE: Central Division opponents meet when the Minnesota Wild play the Utah Hockey Club. Minnesota has gone 28-15-4 overall with a 10-6-2 record in Central Division play. The Wild are 26-2-2 when scoring three or more goals.

For the first time in what feels like a year (Logan Cooley’s words, not mine), the Utah Hockey Club won a game at home — and in decisive fashion, at that. The final score was 4-2 in Utah’s favor, lifting them over the St.

The Utah Hockey Club host the Winnipeg Jets in a matchup of Central Division opponents. The Utah Hockey Club are third in the league serving 10.5 penalty minutes per game.

They praise the fan base and the family friendly environment. The Delta Center is not ideal for hockey, but all should be well once the renovations are completed. Now that the halfway point of the Utah Hockey Club’s inaugural season has come and gone, let’s compare the expectations to the reality of the NHL in Utah.

Utah Hockey Club’s defensemen have gotten familiar with the next-man-up mentality this season. Mikhail Sergachev is the latest name on the list of blueliners who have been sidelined; he is day to day with an upper-body injury and has missed the last two games.

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