When asked to assess his team’s 5-3 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night, Utah Hockey Club head coach André Tourigny started with a one-word sentence. “Frustrating,” he said.

Utah Hockey Club fell apart in the second period against the Montreal Canadiens, leaving the team to ask some tough questions of itself.

After being sidelined due to back surgery, Utah's defenseman John Marino will play his first minutes as a player for Utah Hockey Club. Originally on the New Jersey Devils, Utah traded for him on Day 2 of the 2024 NHL Draft just after trading for defenseman Mikhail Sergachev from the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Utah Hockey Club players gave their opinions on Salt Lake City, the Delta Center, the Utah Olympic Oval and the local fans.

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It came down to the wire, but the Utah Hockey Club pulled out a win against the San Jose Sharks on Friday — their first regulation home win in nearly two months. The game started with an early goal from Sharks forward Fabian Zetterlund just 58 seconds in when he collected a rebound and made no mistake putting it past Karel Vejmelka for a 1-0 lead.

The Canadiens have been playing fine hockey of late and there's value in taking them to win straight up at plus money as they visit the Utah Hockey Club, who's missing leading scorer Dylan Guenther. It’s a battle of two teams on the fringes of playoff positioning when the Montreal Canadiens visit the Utah Hockey Club.

He won’t do much to aid a bottom-10 offense, but his return will eventually allow for easier matchups for overmatched role players.

Utah head coach André Tourigny said after practice on Monday that the game plan will be the same this time around as it was in November, but he expects Montreal to be better at everything that they were seven weeks ago.