Nick Cotsonika

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah has high hopes for its first NHL season and confidence it can build a winner over the long term. But there is a lot of work to do. "I do believe we're a playoff team," forward Clayton Keller said in a press conference at Delta Center on Wednesday. "We have a lot of great players in all positions, and we have depth, and I think we're a fast, skilled team, and we can play with anyone when we're playing our best.

Arena tour, introductions headline 1st day in Salt Lake City for new NHL team April 25, 2024 SALT LAKE CITY -- The players had been introduced to Utah. They’d been greeted by hundreds of youth hockey players at the airport; toured Delta Center and Utah Jazz headquarters; and come back to the arena to find about 12,400 people packed inside for a welcome event. Now they introduced themselves as Utah’s new NHL team.

DALLAS -- The Dallas Stars will try to tie the Western Conference First Round against the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2 at American Airlines Center on Wednesday. Vegas won 4-3 in Game 1 on Monday. Dallas lost a Game 1 three times in the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season. In the first round against the Minnesota Wild, the Stars won Game 2, lost Game 3 and won the series in six games. In the second round against the Seattle Kraken, they won Game 2, lost Game 3 and won the series in seven.