Overview
- Faceoff is Sunday at 3 p.m. CT at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, with coverage on CHSN, The Spot and ESPN+.
- Utah has won three of its last four games, controls 5-on-5 play with top-5 possession and expected-goals shares, and recently beat Minnesota 5-2.
- Captain Clayton Keller leads the Mammoth in points, with support from Nick Schmaltz, Dylan Guenther, JJ Peterka and Lawson Crouse, while Karel Vejmelka has won three of his last four and owns a 2.60 GAA.
- Chicago arrives on a three-game slide with losses in eight of its last nine; Connor Bedard has 25 goals and 55 points in 46 games, and Spencer Knight made 32 saves in Saturday’s 3-1 loss at Colorado.
- The teams will meet three times over the next two weeks, a compact run that will shape their season series and short-term momentum.