The Utah Hockey Club’s last two regulation losses have now come at the hands of the Dallas Stars following Monday night’s 3-2 loss at home. An insufficient effort in the second period was Utah HC’s demise. Outside of that, it was as evenly matched as any game.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Roope Hintz scored his team-leading 15th goal of the season, and the Dallas Stars held on to defeat the Utah Hockey Club 3-2 at Delta Center on Monday.

The Dallas Stars head on the road Monday to face the Utah Hockey Club. The Stars are looking to get back to winning ways after back-to-back losses and keep pace in the Western Conference standings. Here’s everything you need to know about the matchup. When: Monday, 7:00 p.m.

The Dallas Stars (20-13-0) head into the Christmas break with a hard-fought road win after beating the Utah Hockey Club (16-12-6) 3-2 at the Delta Center on Monday night. All three lines contributed to the scoring and Casey DeSmith made 23 saves, including many early on, to keep the Stars afloat.

Barrett Hayton did not have a concrete answer for Utah Hockey Club’s lackluster second period. “I don’t know. We’re going to have to sit down and talk about it. I think we have to figure out what causes that,

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With Utah's loss tonight, Dallas was able to take both the Wild Card spot, but also became 2-0 against Utah this year. With an upcoming rematch happening on Jan. 6, Utah will look to get its first win in the series when travels to Dallas.