Sharks at Utah Hockey Club (Game 10): Lines, game thread and how to watch

The San Jose Sharks made NHL history and are famously the first team in NHL history to suffer nine straight losses in two consecutive seasons. While the Sharks can't do anything about it, the team can avoid cementing itself further in the record books tonight by defeating the Utah Hockey Club.

Utah had a bad start to the season. The team started with three wins right from the start. Since then, however, Utah has come back down to earth and has won just one in its last six games. The Utah Hockey Club has suffered three straight losses and is trying to turn things around.

Clayton Keller leads Utah with 9 points in 9 games. He and Dylan Guenther have each scored five goals this season. Utah welcomed Nick Bjugstad back into the lineup Saturday night against the Los Angeles Kings. Bjugstad missed the first eight games of the season due to injury.

Connor Ingram and Karel Vejmelka split time in net for Utah. Ingram is the starter in every sense and has a 4-2-1 record with an .862 save percentage and 3.71 goals-against average. Vejmelka has better numbers, but no track record. He is 0-2-0 in three starts, has a 3.04 goals against average and an .889 save percentage.

In other words, this is a winnable game for the Sharks.

San Jose Sharks lines against Utah Hockey Club

Now it's Mackenzie Blackwood's turn to start in net, and considering how tough Saturday's game was for Vitek Vanecek, that's honestly a good choice. Will Smith will miss today's game again due to a “development day”. The Sharks are back home tomorrow night to play the Los Angeles Kings, so the night off makes sense.

Here are the lines, according to Sheng Peng of San Jose Hockey Now.

Forward
Willaim Eklund – Mikael Granlund – Tyler Toffoli
Danil Gushchin – Alex Wennberg – Fabian Zetterlund
Barclay Goodrow – Luke Kunin – Carl Grundstrom
Givani Smith – Nico Sturm – Klim Kostin

defense
Jake Walman – Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro – Jan Rutta
Henry Thrun-Matt Benning

goalkeeper
Mackenzie Blackwood
Vitek Vanecek

Utah Hockey Club lines for October 28, 2024

For Utah, Cole Bagley of KSL Sports reports that the lines will look like this.

The lines were constantly changing #UtahHC

According to coach Tourigny, this is what the team will look like tonight against San Jose.

Keller, Cooley, Günther
Maccelli, Hayton, Schmaltz
Kerfoot, Bjugstad, Crouse
McBain, Stenlund, O'Brien

Sergachev and Kesselring
Cole & Lamoureux…

— Cole Bagley (@BagleyKSLsports) October 28, 2024

Forward
Clayton Keller – Logan Cooley – Dylan Guenther
Matias Maccelli – Barrett Hayton – Nick Schmaltz
Alexander Kerfoot – Nick Bjugstad – Lawson Crouse
Jack McBain – Kevin Stenlund – Liam O'Brien

defense
Mikhail Sergachev – Michael Kesselring
Ian Cole – Maveric Lamoureux
Vladislav Kolyachonok – Robert Bortuzzo

goalkeeper
Connor Ingram
Karel Vejmelka

Here's how to watch the San Jose Sharks at the Utah Hockey Club tonight

The puck drops at 6:00 p.m. PT/7:00 p.m. MT at the Delta Center in Utah.

Sharks fans can watch the game on NBC Sports California or listen to the radio call on the Sharks and SAP Center apps.

Utah fans can watch the game on SEG+, UtahHC+ and Utah 16. You can also listen to the radio call on KSL Sports Zone 97.5 FM, KZNS 1280 AM or the NHL app.

The game will also be streamed on ESPN+, but blackout restrictions apply.

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