UTAH VS TAMPA BAY<\/p>\n
JAN. 26 | 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 second and final game between Utah and Tampa Bay this season. The Lightning won the first game, 4-2.<\/p>\n
Season Series<\/p>\n
Nov. 2: TBL vs UTA \u2013 Game Recap<\/a> Main Storylines \u2013 Tampa Bay<\/p>\n The Lightning have had a strong January with a 9-1-1 record through their first 11 games of the year. The Columbus Blue Jackets may have snapped Tampa Bay\u2019s 15 game points streak on Saturday, but the Lightning is the fourth-best team in the NHL. Injury Updates \u2013 Tampa Bay<\/p>\n F Gage Goncalves \u2013 illness, game-time decision vs Utah UTAH VS FLORIDA<\/p>\n JAN. 27 | 5:00 P.M.<\/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 Panthers this season. Utah lost the first game, 4-3, on Dec. 10.<\/p>\n Season Series<\/p>\n Dec. 10: FLA vs UTA \u2013 Game Recap<\/a> Main Storylines \u2013 Florida<\/p>\n Florida has won three-straight games, and the Panthers are 7-5-0 in January and 6-4-0 in their last 10 games. Injury Updates \u2013 Florida<\/p>\n F Jonah Gadjovich \u2013 upper body, IR UTAH VS CAROLINA<\/p>\n JAN. 29 | 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 Carolina this season. The second game is on April 11 at Delta Center.<\/p>\n Season Series<\/p>\n Jan. 29: UTA vs CAR Main Storylines \u2013 Carolina<\/p>\n Carolina has an 8-3-2 record in January and is 7-1-2 over the last 10 games. Currently, the Hurricanes are first in the Metropolitan Division with 69 points. Injury Updates \u2013 Carolina<\/p>\n F Noah Philp \u2013 concussion, IR DALLAS VS UTAH<\/p>\n JAN. 31 | 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 Utah and Dallas this season. Each team has won once this season and each contest has been a one-goal game. Dallas won the first, 4-3, on Nov. 28 and Utah won the second, 2-1, on Jan. 15.<\/p>\n Season Series<\/p>\n Nov. 28: UTA vs DAL \u2013 Game Recap<\/a> Main Storylines \u2013 Dallas<\/p>\n Dallas enters January with only four games this month. The Stars have a 4-6-2 record in 2026 and are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games. Injury Updates \u2013 Dallas<\/p>\n F Tyler Seguin \u2013 knee, IR
\nJan. 26: UTA vs TBL<\/p>\n
\nCurrently, Tampa Bay is second in the Atlantic Division with 68 points and are in a playoff spot.
\nForward Nikita Kucherov leads the Lightning in all scoring categories with 26 goals, 52 assists, and 78 points. He\u2019s currently on a five-game points streak (3G, 8A) and is \u201cone goal away from passing former Lightning captain Vincent Lecavalier for the second-most goals in franchise history\u201d (per Lightning PR).
\nTampa Bay will play its final five games before the Olympic break in Tampa, including the Stadium Series on Feb. 1.<\/p>\n
\nF Brayden Point \u2013 lower-body, IR
\nD Victor Hedman \u2013 elbow, IR
\nD Ryan McDonagh \u2013 lower-body, day-to-day
\nD Erik Cernak \u2013 upper-body, game-time decision vs Utah
\nD Charle-Edouard D\u2019Astous \u2013 undisclosed, IR
\nD Emil Lilleberg \u2013 undisclosed, IR<\/p>\n
\nJan. 27: UTA vs FLA<\/p>\n
\nCurrently, the Panthers are sixth in the Atlantic Division with 59 points and are three points out of a wild card spot.
\nThe Panthers have six players with 10 or more goals this season and eight players who have 20 or more points.
\nAs of Monday, the Panthers have the ninth-best penalty kill in the NHL. Florida has killed off 82.2% of their penalties this season.
\nFlorida has six games left before the Olympic break while the Panthers\u2019 game on Tuesday is the first game of the week.<\/p>\n
\nF Aleksander Barkov \u2013 knee, IR
\nF Tomas Nosek \u2013 knee, IR
\nD Seth Jones \u2013 upper-body, IR
\nD Dmitry Kulikov \u2013 upper-body, IR<\/p>\n
\nApr. 11: CAR vs UTA<\/p>\n
\nThe Hurricanes are a strong team defensively as they have held their opponents to the second-fewest goals on average (2.83) and the fewest shots on goal per game (24.4). On the other side of the ice, the Hurricanes are averaging the third-most goals per game in the NHL (3.38).
\nHeading into the week, the Hurricanes have nine players with 10 or more goals and eight players with 20 or more points.
\nCarolina has a rare break to start the week. The Hurricanes\u2019 first game is Thursday against the Mammoth.<\/p>\n
\nF Eric Robinson \u2013 upper-body, week-to-week
\nD Shayne Gostisbehere \u2013 lower-body, day-to-day
\nD Charles-Alexis Legault \u2013 hand, IR
\nG Pyotr Kochetkov \u2013 hip, IR<\/p>\n
\nJan. 15: DAL vs UTA \u2013 Game Recap<\/a>
\nJan. 31: DAL vs UTA
\nMar. 16: UTA vs DAL<\/p>\n
\nCurrently, the Stars are third in the Central Division with 67 points.
\nAs of Monday, Dallas has the second-best power play in the NHL, and the team has scored on 29.1% of their man-advantage opportunities. In addition, the Stars are the fifth-best faceoff team in the NHL (52%).
\nThe Stars have had a strong defensive effort this season as Dallas allows the third-fewest goals per game (2.71).
\nDallas has five games left before the Olympic break. The Stars have a three-game road trip this week that starts in St. Louis on Tuesday and ends in Salt Lake City on Saturday.<\/p>\n
\nD Ilya Lyubushkin \u2013 lower-body, day-to-day
\nD Lian Bichsel \u2013 lower-body, IR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UTAH VS TAMPA BAY JAN. 26 | 5:00 P.M. MT WATCH: Utah16, Mammoth+ LISTEN: KSL Sports Zone (97.5FM\/1280AM),…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-439865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439865","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=439865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}