Basketball star Lauri Markkanen had the honor of dropping the opening puck on the ice in Utah Hockey Club’s first NHL game.
Matti Lehtisaari,
STT Sports
The new NHL team Utah Hockey Club met the Chicago Blackhawks in their first NHL game. Before the start of the match, Utah’s superstar of another sport, the Utah Jazz of the basketball NBA league, skated on the ice Lauri Markkanen. Markkanen got to drop the opening puck of the match with the owners of the Utah ice hockey team.
Scored the first NHL goal in Utah history Dylan Guenther. Guenther gave Utah a 1–0 lead in the fifth minute of the game. Guenther scored twice as Utah opened its NHL campaign with a 5-2 victory.
of Chicago Teuvo Teräväinen scored a goal in the second period and reduced the situation to 3–1.
Seattle-St. Louis 2–3
SEA: Eeli Tolvanen 1+0
Florida-Boston 6 to 4
FLA: Eetu Luostarinen 1+0, Anton Lundell 0+1, Aleksander Barkov 0+1
BOS: Joonas Korpisalo 29/35 saves
Utah-Chicago 5–2
CHI: Teuvo Teräväinen 1+0