Claude Giroux broke a third-period tie and added an assist, rookie Leevi Merilainen made 34 saves and the Ottawa Senators beat Utah 3-1 on Sunday night. Giroux gave Ottawa a 2-1 lead at 7:33 and helped set up Brady Tkachuk's goal with 6:38 remaining.

The Utah Hockey Club’s tiring three-game road trip is over. Unfortunately for them, it concludes with a 3-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators. There were some positives from the loss, including the fact that Utah will travel back home and have a break between games.

Clayton Keller's 18th goal of the season not enough as Utah falls, 3-1, in Ottawa

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One of the top offseason additions for the Utah Hockey Club appears set to make his season debut as defenseman John Marino was activated from the injured reserve Tuesday.

The Rangers have now recorded a point in six consecutive games following a 5-3 come-from-behind victory over Utah.

Wolfpack (13-4, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), who have won 15 in a row at home after their 10th straight victory over the Panthers (9-10, 1-5). Hayes finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds for her first double-double this season.

The road trip continues on Monday night with a road game at San Jose and concludes later in the week at Utah. On paper, those should be two winnable games. But you could have said

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