The Utah Hockey Club were only a couple of points outside a playoff position at the holiday break.
Going into Friday’s home clash with the bottom-feeding San Jose Sharks in Salt Lake City, Utah is in desperate need of changing its fortunes, having only one win in eight games and five points off the playoff pace near the midway point of the season.
The culprit during the 1-5-2 swoon is a lack of offense. After suffering a 4-1 loss to the Florida Panthers on Wednesday to kick off an important seven-game homestand, Utah has scored two or fewer goals in seven of nine outings…