Utah Hockey Club's Projected Lineup Tonight vs. Florida Panthers
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The Utah Hockey Club hosts the Florida Panthers tonight at the Amerant Bank Arena at 5:00 P.M. MT / 7:00 P.M. EST. Here are the projected lineups for Utah HC, please note these are subject to change.
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
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Mikhail Sergachev - John Marino
Ian Cole - Sean Durzi
Olli Maatta - Michael Kesselring
Karel Vejmelka
Matt Villalta
Scratched: Mattias Maccelli, Nick DeSimone, Kailer Yamamoto
Injured: Robert Bortuzzo (lower body), Liam O'Brien (lower body)
Where to watch: You can watch it on Utah 16 and Utah HC+.
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