2025–26 Utah Mammoth season

2025–26 Utah Mammoth
DivisionCentral
ConferenceWestern
2025–26 record18–18–3
Home record9–6–1
Road record9–12–2
Goals for116
Goals against112
Team information
General managerBill Armstrong
CoachAndre Tourigny
CaptainClayton Keller
Alternate captainsLawson Crouse
Alexander Kerfoot
Mikhail Sergachev
ArenaDelta Center
Minor league affiliateTucson Roadrunners (AHL)
Team leaders
GoalsDylan Guenther (16)
AssistsMikhail Sergachev (21)
PointsClayton Keller
Nick Schmaltz (32)
Penalty minutesJack McBain (32)
Plus/minusIan Cole (+16)
WinsKarel Vejmelka (16)
Goals against averageKarel Vejmelka (2.70)

The 2025–26 Utah Mammoth season is the second season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise and their first season under the Mammoth moniker after they played the previous season under the Hockey Club name. They play their home games at the Delta Center, shared with the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Colorado Avalanche 36 27 2 7 25 142 80 +62 61
2 Dallas Stars 38 25 7 6 21 136 101 +35 56
3 Minnesota Wild 38 22 10 6 14 117 99 +18 50
4 Utah Mammoth 39 18 18 3 13 116 112 +4 39
5 Nashville Predators 36 16 16 4 11 103 121 −18 36
6 St. Louis Blues 38 14 16 8 14 95 131 −36 36
7 Winnipeg Jets 35 15 17 3 13 103 107 −4 33
8 Chicago Blackhawks 36 13 17 6 12 99 114 −15 32
Updated to game(s) played on December 23, 2025. Source: National Hockey League[1]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 PA Los Angeles Kings 36 15 12 9 10 91 96 −5 39
2 CE Utah Mammoth 39 18 18 3 13 116 112 +4 39
3 PA San Jose Sharks 37 17 17 3 9 109 129 −20 37
4 PA Seattle Kraken 35 15 14 6 10 89 107 −18 36
5 CE Nashville Predators 36 16 16 4 11 103 121 −18 36
6 CE St. Louis Blues 38 14 16 8 14 95 131 −36 36
7 PA Calgary Flames 37 15 18 4 12 98 113 −15 34
8 CE Winnipeg Jets 35 15 17 3 13 103 107 −4 33
9 PA Vancouver Canucks 36 15 18 3 10 103 122 −19 33
10 CE Chicago Blackhawks 36 13 17 6 12 99 114 −15 32
Updated to game(s) played on December 23, 2025. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The team's preseason schedule was released on June 20, 2025.[3]

2025 preseason game log: 2–4–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–3–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record
1A September 21 Colorado 5–1 Utah Villalta Magness Arena N/A 0–1–0
2A September 21 Utah 2–3 Colorado Vanecek Ball Arena 12,689 0–2–0
3 September 22 Utah 1–6 Anaheim Vejmelka Honda Center 10,155 0–3–0
4 September 25 Utah 2–3 Vegas OT Vanecek T-Mobile Arena 17,383 0–3–1
5B September 30 Utah 2–3 Los Angeles Vejmelka Idaho Central Arena N/A 0–4–1
6 October 2 Los Angeles 1–2 Utah Vanecek Delta Center 12,478 1–4–1
7 October 4 San Jose 4–6 Utah Vejmelka Delta Center 12,478 2–4–1

Legend:   Win   Loss   OT/SO Loss
A – Split Squad
B – Game played in Boise, Idaho; Utah was designated as road team

Regular season

The Mammoth's regular season schedule was released on July 16, 2025.

2025–26 game log
October: 8–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 4–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
1 October 9 Utah 1–2 Colorado Vejmelka Ball Arena 18,087 0–1–0 0 [4]
2 October 11 Utah 3–2 Nashville OT Vejmelka Bridgestone Arena 17,117 1–1–0 2 [5]
3 October 13 Utah 1–3 Chicago Vanecek United Center 15,203 1–2–0 2 [6]
4 October 15 Calgary 1–3 Utah Vejmelka Delta Center 12,478 2–2–0 4 [7]
5 October 17 San Jose 3–6 Utah Vejmelka Delta Center 12,478 3–2–0 6 [8]
6 October 19 Boston 2–3 Utah Vanecek Delta Center 12,478 4–2–0 8 [9]
7 October 21 Colorado 3–4 Utah OT Vejmelka Delta Center 12,478 5–2–0 10 [10]
8 October 23 Utah 7–4 St. Louis Vejmelka Enterprise Center 18,096 6–2–0 12 [11]
9 October 25 Utah 6–2 Minnesota Vejmelka Grand Casino Arena 18,088 7–2–0 14 [12]
10 October 26 Utah 3–2 Winnipeg Vanecek Canada Life Centre 13,678 8–2–0 16 [13]
11 October 28 Utah 3–6 Edmonton Vejmelka Rogers Place 18,347 8–3–0 16 [14]
November: 4–8–3 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 1–5–2)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
12 November 2 Tampa Bay 4–2 Utah Vejmelka Delta Center 12,478 8–4–0 16 [15]
13 November 4 Utah 2–1 Buffalo OT Vejmelka KeyBank Center 16,202 9–4–0 18 [16]
14 November 5 Utah 3–5 Toronto Vanecek Scotiabank Arena 18,457 9–5–0 18 [17]
15 November 8 Utah 2–6 Montreal Vejmelka Bell Centre 20,962 9–6–0 18 [18]
16 November 9 Utah 2–4 Ottawa Vanecek Canadian Tire Centre 17,470 9–7–0 18 [19]
17 November 12 Buffalo 2–5 Utah Vejmelka Delta Center 12,478 10–7–0 20 [20]
18 November 14 NY Islanders 3–2 Utah OT Vejmelka Delta Center 12,478 10–7–1 21 [21]
19 November 17 Utah 2–3 Anaheim OT Vejmelka Honda Center 15,177 10–7–2 22 [22]
20 November 18 Utah 2–3 San Jose OT Vanecek SAP Center 12,101 10–7–3 23 [23]
21 November 20 Vegas 4–1 Utah Vejmelka Delta Center 12,478 10–8–3 23 [24]
22 November 22 NY Rangers 2–3 Utah Vejmelka Delta Center 12,478 11–8–3 25 [25]
23 November 24 Vegas 1–5 Utah Vejmelka Delta Center 12,478 12–8–3 27 [26]
24 November 26 Montreal 4–3 Utah Vejmelka Delta Center 12,478 12–9–3 27 [27]
25 November 28 Utah 3–4 Dallas Vanecek American Airlines Center 18,532 12–10–3 27 [28]
26 November 29 Utah 0–1 St. Louis Vejmelka Enterprise Center 16,847 12–11–3 27 [29]
December: 5–7–0 (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 3–4–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
27 December 1 Utah 3–6 San Jose Vanecek SAP Center 11,241 12–12–3 27 [30]
28 December 3 Utah 7–0 Anaheim Vejmelka Honda Center 12,547 13–12–3 29 [31]
29 December 5 Utah 4–1 Vancouver Vejmelka Rogers Arena 18,732 14–12–3 31 [32]
30 December 6 Utah 0–2 Calgary Vanecek Scotiabank Saddledome 17,541 14–13–3 31 [33]
31 December 8 Los Angeles 4–2 Utah Vejmelka Delta Center 12,478 14–14–3 31 [34]
32 December 10 Florida 4–3 Utah Vejmelka Delta Center 12,478 14–15–3 33 [35]
33 December 12 Seattle 3–5 Utah Vejmelka Delta Center 12,478 15–15–3 33 [36]
34 December 14 Utah 5–4 Pittsburgh OT Vejmelka PPG Paints Arena 15,686 16–15–3 35 [37]
35 December 16 Utah 1–4 Boston Vanecek TD Garden 17,850 16–16–3 35 [38]
36 December 17 Utah 4–1 Detroit Vejmelka Little Caesars Arena 19,515 17–16–3 37 [39]
37 December 19 New Jersey 2–1 Utah Vejmelka Delta Center 12,478 17–17–3 37 [40]
38 December 21 Winnipeg 3–4 Utah OT Vejmelka Delta Center 12,478 18–17–3 39 [41]
39 December 23 Utah 0–1 Colorado Ball Arena 18,127 18–18–3 39 [42]
40 December 29 Nashville Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
41 January 1 Utah NY Islanders UBS Arena 0–0–0
42 January 3 Utah New Jersey Prudential Center 0–0–0
43 January 5 Utah NY Rangers Madison Square Garden 0–0–0
44 January 7 Ottawa Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
45 January 9 St. Louis Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
46 January 11 Columbus Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
47 January 13 Toronto Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
48 January 15 Dallas Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
49 January 17 Seattle Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
50 January 21 Philadelphia Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
51 January 24 Utah Nashville Bridgestone Arena 0–0–0
52 January 26 Utah Tampa Bay Benchmark International Arena 0–0–0
53 January 27 Utah Florida Amerant Bank Arena 0–0–0
54 January 29 Utah Carolina Lenovo Center 0–0–0
55 January 31 Dallas Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
56 February 2 Vancouver Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
57 February 4 Detroit Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
58 February 25 Colorado Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
59 February 27 Minnesota Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
60 March 1 Chicago Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
61 March 3 Utah Washington Capital One Arena 0–0–0
62 March 5 Utah Philadelphia Xfinity Mobile Arena 0–0–0
63 March 7 Utah Columbus Nationwide Arena 0–0–0
64 March 9 Utah Chicago United Center 0–0–0
65 March 10 Utah Minnesota Grand Casino Arena 0–0–0
66 March 12 Chicago Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
67 March 14 Pittsburgh Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
68 March 16 Utah Dallas American Airlines Center 0–0–0
69 March 19 Utah Vegas T-Mobile Arena 0–0–0
70 March 20 Anaheim Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
71 March 22 Los Angeles Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
72 March 24 Edmonton Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
73 March 26 Washington Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
74 March 28 Utah Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena 0–0–0
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Location Attendance Record Points Recap
75 April 2 Utah Seattle Climate Pledge Arena 0–0–0
76 April 4 Utah Vancouver Rogers Arena 0–0–0
77 April 7 Edmonton Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
78 April 9 Nashville Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
79 April 11 Carolina Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
80 April 12 Utah Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome 0–0–0
81 April 14 Winnipeg Utah Delta Center 0–0–0
82 April 16 St. Louis Utah Delta Center 0–0–0

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Transactions

The Mammoth have been involved in the following transactions during the 2025–26 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2026–27 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
June 28, 2025 To Nashville Predators
6th-round pick in 2026
To Utah Mammoth
COL 6th-round pick in 2025 (#182 overall)
[43]
June 30, 2025 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Matias Maccelli
To Utah Mammoth
Conditional 3rd-round pick in 20271
[44]
October 1, 2025 To Edmonton Oilers
Connor Ingram
To Utah Mammoth
Future considerations
[45]

Notes

1. Utah will receive a 2nd-round pick in 2029 if the Maple Leafs qualify for the playoffs and Maccelli records at least 51 points this season, otherwise Utah will receive a 3rd-round pick in 2027.

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01) Scott Perunovich New York Islanders 1-year Free agency [46]
Nate Schmidt Florida Panthers 3-year Free agency [47]
Brandon Tanev Winnipeg Jets 3-year Free agency [48]
Vitek Vanecek Florida Panthers 1-year Free agency [49]
October 6, 2025 (2025-10-06) Kevin Rooney Calgary Flames 1-year Free agency [50]

Players lost

Date Player New team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01) Nick Bjugstad St. Louis Blues 2-year Free agency [51]

Signings

Date Player Term Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01) Kailer Yamamoto 1-year [52]
July 7, 2025 (2025-07-07) Jack McBain 5-year [53]
July 15, 2025 (2025-07-15) Michael Carcone 1-year [54]
October 29, 2025 (2025-10-29) Logan Cooley 8-year† [55]

Draft picks

Below are the Utah Mammoth's selection at the 2025 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 27 and 28, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California

Utah Mammoth 2025 NHL entry draft picks
Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team League
1 4 Caleb Desnoyers C  Canada Moncton Wildcats QMJHL
2 46 Max Psenicka D  Czech Republic Portland Winterhawks WHL
3 78 Stepan Hoch LW  Czech Republic HC Motor České Budějovice U20 Czechia U20
4 110 Yegor Borikov RW  Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk KHL
5 142 Ivan Tkach-Tkachenko G  Russia Tolpar Ufa MHL
6 174 Ludvig Johnson D   Switzerland EV Zug National League
182[A] Reko Alanko D  Finland Jokerit U18 U18 SM-sarja

Notes

  1. ^ The Colorado Avalanche's sixth-round pick went to the Utah Mammoth as the result of a trade on June 28, 2025, that sent a sixth-round pick in 2026 to Nashville in exchange for this pick.[43]

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