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Utah’s Perfect Home Start Faces Avalanche’s Road Streak in Salt Lake City

Fresh goaltending form for Scott Wedgewood meets Utah’s revived KellerSchmaltz pairing.

Overview

  • Utah is 3-0-0 at the Delta Center after a 3-2 win over Boston on Sunday.
  • Colorado remains unbeaten away from home and has yielded one goal in each of its five wins, nine non-shootout goals overall.
  • Clayton Keller and Nick Schmaltz have 12 combined points over Utah’s last two victories, highlighted by Schmaltz’s hat trick against San Jose with Keller assisting on all three goals.
  • Scott Wedgewood is slated to start with a 1.48 goals-against average through six games, while Mackenzie Blackwood practiced Monday but did not travel.
  • The matchup is a rematch of the Oct. 9 opener won 2-1 by Colorado as Utah wraps a four-game homestand Tuesday night.