The first-ever game (kind of) between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Utah Hockey Club (hopefully soon-to-be Outlaws) will happen tonight at the Delta Center.

As Utah welcomes Columbus into Salt Lake City, they do so having dropped their last three games, and 6 of 9 overall. They're 4-5-1 in their last 10 games and are just 8-11-5 at home. You'd figure a new team in a new city would be really good at home, but it's the opposite. UHC is good on the road with a 13-10-3 record away from Delta Center.

Utah gives up a lot of penalties, to the tune of 29th in the NHL to be exact. So, when it comes to giving the Jackets power plays, Columbus needs to take full advantage of those man advantages, especially on the road. The UHC PK is actually pretty good at 8th in the league, but that's probably because they've been on the PK so much.

The Blue Jackets beat a very good Vegas team last night and were able to take the short flight to SLC and get in quickly, so the CBJ should have their legs early in this game. They need to jump on the Utah's early and build a lead so they can get out of there with two points.

Series History vs. The UHC

• Friday will technically be the first time the two teams have met.

Who To Watch For The UHC

• Clayton Keller leads the team with 18 goals and 54 points.

• Nick Schmaltz leads the team with 30 assists.

• Goalie Karel Vejmelka is 11-14 with a .912 SV%.

CBJ Player Notes

• Kirill Marchenko leads the CBJ with 20 goals and the league is +/- with a plus-30 rating.

• Zach Werenski leads the team with 39 assists and 55 points.

• Daniil Tarasov is 4-7-2 with an .871 SV%.

Injuries

• Boone Jenner (shoulder) is on Injured Reserve on Oct. 7; (51 Games)

• Erik Gudbranson (upper body) is on Injured Reserve on Oct. 16; (48 Games)

• Yegor Chinakhov (upper body) is on Injured Reserve (30 Games)

• Sean Monahan (upper body); is on Injured Reserve retroactive to Dec. 7 (10 Games)

TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 214

How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on FanDuel Sports Network. Steve Mears will be on the play-by-play. The radio broadcast will be on 97.1 The Fan with Bob McElligott behind the mic doing the play-by-play.

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