Chicago Blackhawks vs. Utah Hockey Club: How to watch, TV channel, streaming, start time and stats
Rusty Gorelick
Utah Hockey Club plays its first game in Salt Lake City on Tuesday night when it hosts Conor Bedard and the Chicago Blackhawks in both teams' 2024/25 NHL season opener.
Last season, when Utah was known as the Arizona Coyotes, the team finished seventh out of eight teams in the NHL Central Division by earning 77 points with a 36-41-5 record.
Chicago finished last in the Central Division last year, picking up 52 points with a 23-53-6 record. Bedard was the team's joint-leader in goals with 22, and he led the team with 39 assists and 61 points despite missing 14 games of his rookie season with a broken jaw.
How to watch Chicago Blackhawks vs. Utah Hockey Club, TV channel and streaming
Chicago Blackhawks vs. Utah Hockey Club will be broadcast on ESPN, which can be viewed through cable TV packages or with live TV streaming apps such as YouTubeTV or FuboTV.
Streaming will also be available on ESPN+.
Chicago Blackhawks vs. Utah Hockey Club start time, date and venue
Chicago Blackhawks vs. Utah Hockey Club is scheduled to start at 10 PM ET/9 PM CT/8 PM MT on Tuesday, October 8 with the game taking place at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Chicago Blackhawks vs. Utah Hockey Club stats
Chicago Blackhawks center Conor Bedard scored 22 goals and 39 assists for 61 points in 68 games, which earned him the Calder Trophy for the league's best rookie.
Utah's second-year center Logan Cooley scored 20 goals with 24 assists while playing all 82 games as a rookie last season.
Last season, Chicago had the second-worst expected goal (xG) differential at -49.48, while Utah - then the Arizona Coyotes - had the 10th-worst 5-on-5 xG differential at -10.60, per MoneyPuck.
The Blackhawks created 141.7 xG last season but scored just 118 goals at 5-on-5, which shows they struggled to beat goaltenders all throughout the season.
Utah, as the Coyotes last season, had a 5-on-5 goal difference of 0 for the entire season, which was one goal below the New York Rangers.
Tyler Bertuzzi, a left winger who signed with the Blackhawks this offseason, is coming off a season where he scored 21 goals with 22 assists for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Chicago converted just 16.6 percent of its power plays; Utah - then Arizona - converted on 21.9 percent of its power plays last season.
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