The Vancouver Canucks open a mid-week double dip road trip in a first-ever visit to Salt Lake City to face Utah on Wednesday.
Having alternated wins and losses over the last four games, the Vancouver Canucks hit the road for the first game of a back-to-back on Wednesday night as they skate into the Delta Center to face-off against the Utah Hockey Club in the first of three meetings between the teams this season and the Canucks first-ever visit to the Beehive State. Utah has won four of its last five games with the lone loss coming in a shootout to Minnesota last week, having held its opponents to three goals or less in 10 of its last 11 games, winning seven times in that span.
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Game Date: Dec. 18, 2024
Game Time: 10:00 p.m. ET
TV Channel: Arizona Coyotes
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Led by goaltender Karel Vejmelka, Utah is ranked 11th in the NHL allowing 2.90 goals per game and has won three of this last four starts. In his fourth NHL season, Vejmelka is 6-7-0 and ranks in the Top 10 in the league with his 2.40 goals against average and .915 save percentage. The 28-year-old Czechia native won at least 13 games each of his first three seasons, including a career-high 18 with Arizona during the 2022-23 campaign.
Canucks defenseman Quinn Hughes leads the team with 35 points this season and has tallied 10 assists in eight December games. Hughes is on pace to eclipse his career-high of 92 points set last season and is three goals away from his second consecutive 10-plus goal season.
Vancouver ranks ninth in the league on the power play converting on 23.3 percent of chances with the man advantage and has tallied at least one power play goal in 15 of its last 20 games.
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