Utah is lucky its power play has found some consistency. The team has scored five power-play goals in the preseason. Tourigny has experimented with different variations of the power play throughout training camp. Sunday night, Sergachev, Guenther, Clayton Keller, Josh Doan and Barrett Hayton composed the first unit — and it looked good.

What’s an avalanche to a yeti? The Utah Hockey Club beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-3 on Sunday night. Utah looked shaky at the start, spending seemingly the entire first period in its own zone. But as the game went on,

Utah Hockey Club didn’t exist until April. Next week it will play its first game. Inside the hectic yet impressive ride that launched the newest NHL team.

Delta Center now is the home to the Utah Hockey Club. The team opens its first training camp Thursday after 28 seasons in the Phoenix area as the Coyotes.

Let’s try to answer those questions. Why did the Utah Hockey Club choose a temporary name? The decision to move the Arizona Coyotes to Utah became public in April,

Knights star Jack Eichel tied things up later in the second period, and Vegas' experience won out in the third. Utah was without Clayton Keller, Mikhail Sergachev, Nick Schmaltz, Dylan Guenther, among many others, from their top three lines.

The Avalanche were defeated by Utah Hockey Club 6-3 in Sunday's preseason matchup at Ball Arena. Miles Wood, Sam Malinski, and Calum Ritchie scored for Colorado while Justus Annunen made 32 saves. The Avalanche opened the scoring at 13:12 of the first period when Samuel Girard sent a pass from the point to Ivan Ivan below the goal line before Ivan fed Wood at the doorstep for a five-on-three power-play goal.

The house always wins. That’s the lesson Utah Hockey Club learned in its trip to Las Vegas on Friday night. An evenly matched first two periods made some wonder if the game would need overtime, until the Vegas Golden Knights took control in the third period to defeat Utah HC 5-2.

The Colorado Avalanche started hot, but unlike next month’s predicted record-high temperatures, they hit a massive cold front. Colorado was defeated by Utah Hockey Club 6-3 in Sunday’s preseason matchup at Ball Arena.