Yes, the club is in a slump, but there's still time to salvage a solid start to the season, and it starts Monday against San Jose.

The Utah Hockey Club had to deal with plenty of external noise about relocation and a new arena in Arizona.

Now, in their new home in Salt Lake City, the external noise isn't about that -- it's about what's coming next.

Injuries to defencemen Sean Durzi and John Marino, both of whom are expected to miss most of, if not the remainder of, the season, have taken their toll on the blue line.

An offence that seemingly was unstoppable in the first five games has suddenly disappeared, leading to a complete lineup shake-up, boosted by the return of Nick Bjugstad from an injury suffered before training camp.

The low point of this slump came after Thursday's 5-1 shellacking at the hands of Colorado, leaving head coach Andre Tourigny and associate captain Lawson Crouse frustrated at the squad's lack of competitive energy.

Tourigny's lineup Saturday proved to be the spark Utah needed, as the team clearly came out more desperate and urgent to bust out of their recent slump, though it didn't change the result.

But it's not time to panic just quite yet.

The club faces a two-game homestand starting tomorrow against the winless San Jose Sharks, and Wednesday against the surprising Calgary Flames.

You can almost certainly expect the same lineup, with some minor tweaks, to come out for those two games at Delta Center.

And you know this team won't back down; they'll come out with the same urgency and desperation on display in Los Angeles.

As for the fans? We need you, we need your voices.

The club clearly feeds off the newfound energy, and we've already seen what Delta Center magic can do in the overtime win against the Bruins on October 19.

Sure, it's a little early in the regular season for two games to carry so much weight, but the players and coaches know time is already running low for the club to get back on track.

Yet they know all it will take is one -- one team, one fanbase, one goal, one win -- to do it.