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.

The Maccelli, Kerfoot, Crouse line was tested for the second consecutive game and accounted for six of Utah’s total 16 shots on goal. Maccelli and Crouse were in the top five for time on ice — 16:55 and 16:30, respectively. While they did not score, the pairing pushed the pace.

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,

Guenther scored two goals and added an assist to lead Utah to a 6-3 preseason road win over the Colorado Avalanche Sunday at Ball Arena.

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.