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The Utah Hockey Club is on the road to play the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday at 10 p.m. ET in preseason action. Utah is coming off a 3-2 OT win over Los Angeles on Monday.
Utah is 2-0 in preseason play as the Hockey Club won their first game at home against LA on Monday. It was a special game for the players since they drew massive crowd support.
“We’re all excited to be a part of this,” Lawson Crouse said, via NHL.com. “It’s something truly special, and tonight’s an example of that. With the fans that we had in here, we could really feel it on the bench, and a lot of credit to them. We love having that energizing impact in the game, and it gives us a huge edge. We hope we put on a good show for them, and we hope to have them back here.”
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Ahead of the preseason game on Friday, here's what Utah's lineup could look like.
Predicted Hockey Club lineup tonight
Forwards
- Matias Maccelli - Nick Schmaltz - Dylan Guenther
- Lawson Crouse - Barrett Hayton - Josh Doan
- Egor Sokolov - Alex Kerfoot - Nick Bjugstad
- Jack McBain - Liam O'Brien - Aku Raty
Utah should send most of their NHL roster to Vegas as the Hockey Club looks to build more chemistry in hopes of being a playoff team this season.
Defenseman
- Ian Cole - Robert Bortuzzo
- Mikhail Sergachev - Maveric Lamoureux
- Artem Duda - John Marino
Like the forward group, Utah should send plenty of their regular defenseman to Vegas. Utah revamped their entire D-core so the preseason is a good time for them to try to figure out their pairings.
Goalies
- Karel Vejmelka
- Anson Thornton
Utah is set at goalie with Connor Ingram as the starter and Karel Vejmelka as the backup. Vejmelka should start this game on the road to get into some preseason action.
Utah preseason schedule
The remaining preseason schedule for Utah is as follows:
- @ Vegas, Sept. 27
- @ Colorado, Sept. 29
- @ San Jose, Oct. 1
- @ Anaheim, Oct. 2
- vs Colorado, Oct. 5
