Utah Hockey Club Demolished In 8-0 Loss

TAMPA, Florida – The Tampa Bay Lightning controlled every aspect of play, dominating Utah Hockey Club in an 8-0 loss. Five days after an electric home win over the Lightning, Utah looked like a completely different team in the rematch.

Utah HC (32-29-11, 75 points) faces the Lightning (42-25-5, 89 points) at Amalie Arena on Thursday, March 27. Utah has fallen to fifth in the Western Conference Wild Card race, eight points behind the streaking St. Louis Blues. Vancouver (80 points) and Calgary (80 points) also lead the first-year franchise.

Tampa Bay has been nearly unbeatable at home, holding a 26-8-2 home-ice record. Utah HC is 17-15-4 on the road. Utah stunned the Lightning at Delta Center with a 6-4 win last week.

Wildly fun night at @AmalieArena 😁#GoBolts | #UTAvsTBL pic.twitter.com/AOWBitnAnC

— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) March 28, 2025

Mikhail Sergachev, a Stanley Cup-winning defender with Tampa Bay, returns to his former home for the first time. Sergachev leads Utah defensemen with 45 points after being acquired in an offseason trade. Since day one, he has been a steadying force on Utah’s back line, offering experience and veteran leadership for the young group.

Captain Clayton Keller leads Utah with 78 points, including a career-high 54 assists. Keller is 13th in the league in scoring and has 21 more points than Utah’s second-leading scorer, Nick Schmaltz. Schmaltz adds 17 goals and 40 assists, while second-year forward Logan Cooley recently crossed the 20-goal plateau for the second time in his young career. Cooley’s 54 points are third on the team. Dylan Guenther leads the club with 26 goals.

Sunshine state smiles 😁 pic.twitter.com/Eyyy1LbwlQ

— Utah Hockey Club (@utahhockeyclub) March 26, 2025

Nikita Kucherov, the league’s second-leading scorer, has 31 goals and 70 assists, making him one of three players to reach 100 points this season. Brandon Hagel (33 goals, 46 assists) is 12th in the NHL with 79 points.

Brayden Point (35 goals, 24 assists) and Jake Guentzel (34 goals, 34 assists) round out a quartet of high-level scorers.

Pregame

Going to be a lot harder to put pucks in the back of the net tonight. https://t.co/i3IWMI5Aj9

— Cole Bagley (@BagleyKSLsports) March 27, 2025

Lineup vs. Lightning. pic.twitter.com/dUEuRX4QUm

— Utah Hockey Club (@utahhockeyclub) March 27, 2025

LISTEN LIVE: @utahhockeyclub is on the road to face the @TBLightning on the @kslsports app, @KSLSportsZone and:https://t.co/A2VLsuCIyB pic.twitter.com/B6KQHFIh8o

— KSL Sports (@kslsports) March 27, 2025

First Period

Cool moment for Sergachev back in the city where he won 2 Stanley Cups.#GoBolts #UtahHC pic.twitter.com/H4DBfXKglV

— Cole Bagley (@BagleyKSLsports) March 27, 2025

Lightning score less than 90 seconds in.

1-0 Tampa

— Cole Bagley (@BagleyKSLsports) March 27, 2025

Hedman scores.

2-0 Tampa Bay.

— Cole Bagley (@BagleyKSLsports) March 27, 2025

Cernak just delivered a BRUTAL hit on Keller which drew a response from Cooley who is now in the box.

Yikes.

— Cole Bagley (@BagleyKSLsports) March 27, 2025

Kesselring has challenged Cernak after the hit he delivered on Keller.

Unfortunately, the two fell to the ice before much happened.

— Cole Bagley (@BagleyKSLsports) March 27, 2025

Good heavens, that’s a nasty hit. https://t.co/jruRz2LoBh

— Cole Bagley (@BagleyKSLsports) March 27, 2025

End of the 1st period in Tampa Bay.

Tampa 2
Utah 0

SOG
Tampa 7
Utah 5

Brutal start that put Utah in a sizable hole.

— Cole Bagley (@BagleyKSLsports) March 27, 2025

Second Period

Tampa back to full strength.

No shots for Utah during the man advantage and Utah continues to struggle on the power play. https://t.co/26ooBSkFnT