The Utah Hockey Club takes on the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center this afternoon. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
UTAH (32-29-12) at BLACKHAWKS (21-43-9)
4 p.m. ET; Utah16, CHSN
Utah projected lineup
Clayton Keller — Logan Cooley — Nick Schmaltz
Michael Carcone — Barrett Hayton — Dylan Guenther
Lawson Crouse — Jack McBain — Josh Doan
Alexander Kerfoot — Kevin Stenlund — Nick Bjugstad
Mikhail Sergachev — John Marino
Ian Cole — Sean Durzi
Nick DeSimone — Michael Kesselring
Matt Villalta
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Mattias Maccelli, Kailer Yamamoto
Injured: Robert Bortuzzo (lower body), Liam O’Brien (lower body), Olli Maatta (lower body)
Status report
Villalta could make his season debut after Vejmelka made 30 saves in a 2-1 overtime loss at the Florida Panthers on Friday; Villalta was recalled from Tucson of the American Hockey League earlier Friday. Maatta could be questionable after the defenseman was injured at Florida.
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Blackhawks projected lineup
Ilya Mikheyev — Connor Bedard — Ryan Donato
Teuvo Teravainen — Frank Nazar — Tyler Bertuzzi
Oliver Moore — Nick Foligno — Joe Veleno
Landon Slaggert — Lukas Reichel — Patrick Maroon
Alex Vlasic — Artyom Levshunov
Wyatt Kaiser — Sam Rinzel
Connor Murphy – Kevin Korchinski
Arvid Soderblom
Spencer Knight
Scratched: TJ Brodie, Louis Crevier, Philipp Kurashev, Ethan Del Mastro
Injured: Laurent Brossoit (knee), Colton Dach (elbow), Alec Martinez (hip), Jason Dickinson (wrist)
Status report
Moore and Rinzel each will make his NHL debut after signing a three-year, entry-level contract Saturday; each played at the University of Minnesota.
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