McBain is a natural center but has been used on the left wing this season. Nick Bjugstad has occupied the pivot position on the third line for most of the season but was moved to play with Liam O’Brien and Kevin Stenlund on the fourth line in which Stenlund is the center.
Marino wasn't the only defenseman to step up with Sergachev out. Michael Kesselring was elevated to the top power-play unit and didn't take long to find success. Kesselring scored Utah's opening goal on the man advantage in the first period.
Sergachev (upper body) won't play against Ottawa on Sunday, per Belle Fraser of The Salt Lake Tribune. Sergachev will miss his fifth straight game. He has produced eight goals, 30 points, 72 shots on net,
Facing Connor Hellebuyck — the league's most dominant goaltender this season — Utah poked holes in what had been a brick wall all year, cracking Winnipeg's net wide open.
Devan McConnell, the team’s director of high performance, is at the forefront of the effort. He uses sports science to maximize the performance of Utah’s skaters. It is an area of the game that has been further embraced by the NHL in recent years.
Utah Hockey Club head coach André Tourigny told media Saturday morning that star defenseman Mikhail Sergachev will miss some time with an upper-body injury. Sergachev, 26, has played the second ...
The Utah Hockey Club announced Saturday that defenseman Mikhail Sergachev ... Tourigny adding that Sergachev is ‘banged up a little bit’, per Belle Fraser of The Salt Lake Tribune.
As Kreider released a shot, the puck grazed off the stick of Utah defenseman Ian Cole, went past fellow defenseman Mikhail Sergachev and past goalie Karel Vejmelka. Kreider scored for the third ...
Artemi Panarin had two goals, including an empty-netter, as the Rangers (4-0-2) extended their point streak to six games.