The Florida Panthers will play their first game in Utah tonight when they visit the NHL’s newest team. A team, one may notice, is not all that new. Unlike previous expansion teams, the Utah Hockey Club was not slapped together one offseason before making its debut in a matter of weeks.

Utah sports a 5-7-4 record in its barn and has also lost its last three straight at home. Karel Vejmelka is tonight’s expected starter, and in his last five games, he possesses a 1-3-1 record with a .901 SV% and a 3.03 GAA.

For the first time ever, the Panthers will play a game against the new Utah Hockey Club, at their home in Salt Lake City, the Delta Center. They will meet a second time in Sunrise on March 28. The Hockey Club is enjoying a strong first season in Utah,

Utah Hockey Club fans will get a treat when the defending Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers come to town for the first time in their organization’s history. It has been a challenging couple of weeks for the league’s newest team,

The Panthers struggle on the road and goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky is starting to show his age. Mikko Rantanen will make them pay tonight. The Colorado Avalanche host the Florida Panthers this evening at Ball Arena at 9:00 p.m. ET. NHL odds have Colorado as a -130 favorite, while the total sits at 6.5.