UTAH VS NEW YORK RANGERS<\/p>\n
JAN 5 | 5:00 P.M. MT<\/p>\n
WATCH: Utah16, Mammoth+<\/p>\n
LISTEN: KSL Sports Zone (1280AM), KSL Sports App, NHL App, NHL.com<\/p>\n
This is the second and final game between the Mammoth and the Rangers this season. Utah won the first matchup, 3-2, at Delta Center.<\/p>\n
Season Series<\/p>\n
Nov. 22: NYR vs UTA \u2013 Game Recap<\/a> Main Storylines \u2013 New York<\/p>\n New York is entering a busy month of January with 14 games, with eight on the road\/neutral site and six at home. Injury Updates \u2013 New York<\/p>\n F J.T. Miller \u2013 upper-body, cleared for full contact but not playing OTTAWA VS UTAH<\/p>\n JAN. 7 | 7:30 P.M. MT<\/p>\n WATCH: Utah16, Mammoth+<\/p>\n LISTEN: KSL Sports Zone (1280AM), KSL Sports App, NHL App, NHL.com<\/p>\n This is the second and final game between the Mammoth and the Senators this season. Utah lost to Ottawa, 4-2, in November.<\/p>\n Season Series<\/p>\n Nov. 9: UTA vs OTT \u2013 Game Recap<\/a> Main Storylines \u2013 Ottawa<\/p>\n Ottawa has 16 games on their schedule this month, including 10 home games. The Senators face the Mammoth in the front half of a back-to-back, and the Colorado Avalanche in the second half. Injury Updates \u2013 Ottawa<\/p>\n F Lars Eller \u2013 foot, IR ST. LOUIS VS UTAH<\/p>\n JAN 9 | 7:00 P.M. MT<\/p>\n WATCH: Utah16, Mammoth+<\/p>\n LISTEN: KSL Sports Zone (97.5FM\/1280AM), KSL Sports App, NHL App, NHL.com<\/p>\n This is the third of four games between the Mammoth and the Blues this season. Utah won the first game, 7-4, but lost the second contest, 1-0.<\/p>\n Season Series<\/p>\n Oct. 23: UTA vs STL \u2013 Game Recap<\/a> Main Storylines \u2013 St. Louis<\/p>\n St. Louis has 14 games this month, with eight games at home. The Blues face the Mammoth in their second game this week. St. Louis starts a back-to-back against Utah before facing the Vegas Golden Knights on the second half. Injury Updates \u2013 St. Louis<\/p>\n F Pius Suter \u2013 right ankle COLUMBUS VS UTAH<\/p>\n JAN 11 | 5:00 P.M. MT<\/p>\n WATCH: Utah16, Mammoth+<\/p>\n LISTEN: KSL Sports Zone (97.5FM\/1280AM), KSL Sports App, NHL App, NHL.com<\/p>\n This is the first of two games between Utah and Columbus this season. It\u2019s the only game at Delta Center this season.<\/p>\n Season Series<\/p>\n Jan. 11: CBJ vs UTA Main Storylines \u2013 Columbus<\/p>\n Columbus has 16 games in the month of January. The Blue Jackets\u2019 game against the Mammoth will be their sixth of 2026 and the fourth this week. Injury Updates \u2013 Columbus<\/p>\n F Sean Monahan \u2013 undisclosed
\nJan. 5: UTA vs NYR<\/p>\n
\nThe Rangers are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games entering the week. Their most recent game was the 2026 Winter Classic. Mika Zibanejad scored a hat trick and Artemi Panarin had two goals in the 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers.
\nIn addition to having the 11th best power play in the NHL (21.2%), the Rangers are a top faceoff team (3rd, 53.8%). New York also has limited its opponents to the sixth-fewest goals per game (2.72).<\/p>\n
\nF Noah Laba \u2013 upper-body, week-to-week
\nF Adam Edstrom \u2013 lower-body, LTIR<\/p>\n
\nJan. 7: OTT vs UTA<\/p>\n
\nThe Senators are in a tight playoff race as the top team in the Atlantic Division and the last place team are separated by only eight points. As of Monday, Ottawa is seventh in the division with 45 points; however, the Senators have played less games than five of the six teams ahead of them in the standings.
\nWith six wins in their last ten games, the Senators enter the week on a two-game win streak.<\/p>\n
\nG Linus Ullmark \u2013 personal<\/p>\n
\nNov. 29: UTA vs STL \u2013 Game Recap<\/a>
\nJan. 9: STL vs UTA
\nApr. 16: STL vs UTA<\/p>\n
\nThe Blues are one point out of a wild card spot in the west. It\u2019s a tight battle as eight teams are within three points of the two teams occupying the wild card spots: Seattle and Los Angeles (43).
\nWith two-straight wins to start 2026, the Blues have outscored their opponents, 6-3.<\/p>\n
\nF Nick Bjugstad \u2013 upper-body, IR
\nF Dylan Holloway \u2013 lower-body, out six weeks
\nF Nathan Walker \u2013 upper-body, out eight weeks<\/p>\n
\nMar. 7: UTA vs CBJ<\/p>\n
\nThe Blue Jackets enter the week with a 5-4-1 record over the last 10 games. Columbus has points in four of their last five games (as of Monday).
\nIt\u2019s a tight playoff race for the Blue Jackets. Currently, Columbus is five points out of the second wildcard spot in the east. They\u2019re six points out of the first wildcard spot and third in the Metropolitan Division.<\/p>\n
\nF Miles Wood \u2013 leg, IR
\nF Isac Lundestrom \u2013 lower-body, IR
\nD Brendan Smith \u2013 lower-leg, IR
\nD Erik Gudbranson \u2013 hip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UTAH VS NEW YORK RANGERS JAN 5 | 5:00 P.M. MT WATCH: Utah16, Mammoth+ LISTEN: KSL Sports Zone…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-394369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}