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The 2025–26 Utah Mammoth season was 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).

Division4th Central
Conference6th Western
2025–26 record43–33–6
Home record22–16–3
Quick facts Utah Mammoth, Division ...
2025–26 Utah Mammoth
Division4th Central
Conference6th Western
2025–26 record43–33–6
Home record22–16–3
Road record21–17–3
Goals for268
Goals against240
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 (40)
AssistsClayton Keller (62)
PointsClayton Keller (88)
Penalty minutesJack McBain (84)
Plus/minusJohn Marino (+42)
WinsKarel Vejmelka (38)
Goals against averageKarel Vejmelka (2.75)
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On April 9, 2026, the Mammoth clinched a playoff berth for the first time in franchise history, with a 4–1 win over the Nashville Predators and a 6–1 Anaheim Ducks win over the San Jose Sharks.[1] They faced the Vegas Golden Knights in the first round of the playoffs, where they would lose in six games.[2]

Standings

Divisional standings

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Central Division
Pos Team
 GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Colorado Avalanche 82 55 16 11 48 302 203 +99 121
2 x – Dallas Stars 82 50 20 12 38 279 226 +53 112
3 x – Minnesota Wild 82 46 24 12 31 272 240 +32 104
4 x – Utah Mammoth 82 43 33 6 33 268 240 +28 92
5 St. Louis Blues 82 37 33 12 33 231 258 −27 86
6 Nashville Predators 82 38 34 10 28 247 269 −22 86
7 Winnipeg Jets 82 35 35 12 28 231 260 −29 82
8 Chicago Blackhawks 82 29 39 14 21 213 275 −62 72
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Source: National Hockey League[3]
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)
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Conference standings

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Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team
 GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 CE x – Utah Mammoth 82 43 33 6 33 268 240 +28 92
2 PA x – Los Angeles Kings 82 35 27 20 22 225 247 −22 90
3 CE St. Louis Blues 82 37 33 12 33 231 258 −27 86
4 CE Nashville Predators 82 38 34 10 28 247 269 −22 86
5 PA San Jose Sharks 82 39 35 8 27 251 292 −41 86
6 CE Winnipeg Jets 82 35 35 12 28 231 260 −29 82
7 PA Seattle Kraken 82 34 37 11 26 226 263 −37 79
8 PA Calgary Flames 82 34 39 9 27 212 259 −47 77
9 CE Chicago Blackhawks 82 29 39 14 22 213 275 −62 72
10 PA Vancouver Canucks 82 25 49 8 15 216 316 −100 58
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Source: National Hockey League[4]
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)
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The team's preseason schedule was released on June 20, 2025.[5]

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2025 preseason game log: 2–4–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–3–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecord
1ASeptember 21Colorado5–1UtahVillaltaMagness ArenaN/A0–1–0
2ASeptember 21Utah2–3ColoradoVanecekBall Arena12,6890–2–0
3September 22Utah1–6AnaheimVejmelkaHonda Center10,1550–3–0
4September 25Utah2–3VegasOTVanecekT-Mobile Arena17,3830–3–1
5BSeptember 30Utah2–3Los AngelesVejmelkaIdaho Central ArenaN/A0–4–1
6October 2Los Angeles1–2UtahVanecekDelta Center12,4781–4–1
7October 4San Jose4–6UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,4782–4–1

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

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Regular season

The Mammoth's regular season schedule was released on July 16, 2025. Attendances at Delta Center are measured by full-view seats only.

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2025–26 game log
October: 8–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 4–3–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 9Utah1–2ColoradoVejmelkaBall Arena18,0870–1–00[6]
2October 11Utah3–2NashvilleOTVejmelkaBridgestone Arena17,1171–1–02[7]
3October 13Utah1–3ChicagoVanecekUnited Center15,2031–2–02[8]
4October 15Calgary1–3UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,4782–2–04[9]
5October 17San Jose3–6UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,4783–2–06[10]
6October 19Boston2–3UtahVanecekDelta Center12,4784–2–08[11]
7October 21Colorado3–4UtahOTVejmelkaDelta Center12,4785–2–010[12]
8October 23Utah7–4St. LouisVejmelkaEnterprise Center18,0966–2–012[13]
9October 25Utah6–2MinnesotaVejmelkaGrand Casino Arena18,0887–2–014[14]
10October 26Utah3–2WinnipegVanecekCanada Life Centre13,6788–2–016[15]
11October 28Utah3–6EdmontonVejmelkaRogers Place18,3478–3–016[16]
November: 4–8–3 (Home: 3–3–1; Road: 1–5–2)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
12November 2Tampa Bay4–2UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,4788–4–016[17]
13November 4Utah2–1BuffaloOTVejmelkaKeyBank Center16,2029–4–018[18]
14November 5Utah3–5TorontoVanecekScotiabank Arena18,4579–5–018[19]
15November 8Utah2–6MontrealVejmelkaBell Centre20,9629–6–018[20]
16November 9Utah2–4OttawaVanecekCanadian Tire Centre17,4709–7–018[21]
17November 12Buffalo2–5UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47810–7–020[22]
18November 14NY Islanders3–2UtahOTVejmelkaDelta Center12,47810–7–121[23]
19November 17Utah2–3AnaheimOTVejmelkaHonda Center15,17710–7–222[24]
20November 18Utah2–3San JoseOTVanecekSAP Center12,10110–7–323[25]
21November 20Vegas4–1UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47810–8–323[26]
22November 22NY Rangers2–3UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47811–8–325[27]
23November 24Vegas1–5UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47812–8–327[28]
24November 26Montreal4–3UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47812–9–327[29]
25November 28Utah3–4DallasVanecekAmerican Airlines Center18,53212–10–327[30]
26November 29Utah0–1St. LouisVejmelkaEnterprise Center16,84712–11–327[31]
December: 5–8–0 (Home: 2–4–0; Road: 3–4–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
27December 1Utah3–6San JoseVanecekSAP Center11,24112–12–327[32]
28December 3Utah7–0AnaheimVejmelkaHonda Center12,54713–12–329[33]
29December 5Utah4–1VancouverVejmelkaRogers Arena18,73214–12–331[34]
30December 6Utah0–2CalgaryVanecekScotiabank Saddledome17,54114–13–331[35]
31December 8Los Angeles4–2UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47814–14–331[36]
32December 10Florida4–3UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47814–15–333[37]
33December 12Seattle3–5UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47815–15–333[38]
34December 14Utah5–4PittsburghOTVejmelkaPPG Paints Arena15,68616–15–335[39]
35December 16Utah1–4BostonVanecekTD Garden17,85016–16–335[40]
36December 17Utah4–1DetroitVejmelkaLittle Caesars Arena19,51517–16–337[41]
37December 19New Jersey2–1UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47817–17–337[42]
38December 21Winnipeg3–4UtahOTVejmelkaDelta Center12,47818–17–339[43]
39December 23Utah0–1ColoradoVanecekBall Arena18,12718–18–339[44]
40December 29Nashville4–3UtahVanecekDelta Center12,47818–19–339[45]
January: 10–4–1 (Home: 6–1–1; Road: 4–3–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
41January 1Utah7–2NY IslandersVejmelkaUBS Arena17,25519–19–341[46]
42January 3Utah1–4New JerseyVejmelkaPrudential Center16,92819–20–341[47]
43January 5Utah3–2NY RangersOTVejmelkaMadison Square Garden17,50320–20–343[48]
44January 7Ottawa1–3UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47821–20–345[49]
45January 9St. Louis2–4UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47822–20–347[50]
46January 11Columbus3–2UtahOTVanecekDelta Center12,47822–20–448[51]
47January 13Toronto1–6UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47823–20–450[52]
48January 15Dallas1–2UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47824–20–452[53]
49January 17Seattle3–6UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47825–20–454[54]
50January 21Philadelphia4–5UtahOTVejmelkaDelta Center12,47826–20–456[55]
51January 24Utah5–2NashvilleVejmelkaBridgestone Arena17,15927–20–458[56]
52January 26Utah0–2Tampa BayVejmelkaBenchmark International Arena19,09627–21–458[57]
53January 27Utah4–3FloridaVanecekAmerant Bank Arena20,07328–21–460[58]
54January 29Utah4–5CarolinaVejmelkaLenovo Center18,30228–22–460[59]
55January 31Dallas3–2UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47828–23–460[60]
February: 3–1–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
56February 2Vancouver2–6UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47829–23–462[61]
57February 4Detroit1–4UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47830–23–464[62]
58February 25Colorado4–2UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47830–24–464[63]
59February 27Minnesota2–5UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47831–24–466[64]
March: 7–6–2 (Home: 1–5–1; Road: 6–1–1)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
60March 1Chicago4–0UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47831–25–466[65]
61March 3Utah3–2WashingtonVejmelkaCapital One Arena17,38732–25–468[66]
62March 5Utah3–0PhiladelphiaVanecekXfinity Mobile Arena19,38633–25–470[67]
63March 7Utah5–4ColumbusOTVejmelkaNationwide Arena18,66834–25–472[68]
64March 9Utah2–3ChicagoOTVanecekUnited Center18,32034–25–573[69]
65March 10Utah0–5MinnesotaVejmelkaGrand Casino Arena18,07834–26–573[70]
66March 12Chicago3–2UtahOTVejmelkaDelta Center12,47834–26–674[71]
67March 14Pittsburgh4–3UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47834–27–674[72]
68March 16Utah6–3DallasVanecekAmerican Airlines Center18,53235–27–676[73]
69March 19Utah4–0VegasVejmelkaT-Mobile Arena17,87536–27–678[74]
70March 20Anaheim4–1UtahVanecekDelta Center12,47836–28–678[75]
71March 22Los Angeles3–4UtahOTVejmelkaDelta Center12,47837–28–680[76]
72March 24Edmonton5–2UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47837–29–680[77]
73March 26Washington7–4UtahVanecekDelta Center12,47837–30–680[78]
74March 28Utah6–2Los AngelesVejmelkaCrypto.com Arena18,14538–30–682[79]
April: 5–3–0 (Home: 3–2–0; Road: 2–1–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
75April 2Utah6–2SeattleVejmelkaClimate Pledge Arena17,15139–30–684[80]
76April 4Utah7–4VancouverVejmelkaRogers Arena18,69340–30–686[81]
77April 7Edmonton5–6UtahOTVejmelkaDelta Center12,47841–30–688[82]
78April 9Nashville1–4UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47842–30–690[83]
79April 11Carolina4–1UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47842–31–690[84]
80April 12Utah1–4CalgaryVanecekScotiabank Saddledome17,57542–32–690[85]
81April 14Winnipeg3–5UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47843–32–692[86]
82April 16St. Louis5–3UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,47843–33–692[87]

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   OT/SO Loss (1 point)

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Playoffs

Main article: 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs
More information 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs, # ...
2026 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference first round vs. (P1) Vegas Golden Knights: Vegas won 4–2
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionLocationAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 19Utah2–4VegasVejmelkaT-Mobile Arena17,9790–1[88]
2April 21Utah3–2VegasVejmelkaT-Mobile Arena17,8711–1[89]
3April 24Vegas2–4UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,4782–1[90]
4April 27Vegas5–4UtahOTVejmelkaDelta Center12,4782–2[91]
5April 29Utah4–5Vegas2OTVejmelkaT-Mobile Arena18,0332–3[92]
6May 1Vegas5–1UtahVejmelkaDelta Center12,4782–4[93]

Legend:   Win   Loss

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Players statistics

Skaters

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Goaltenders

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Regular season[96]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Karel Vejmelka64633,692:45382031692.751,626.8972022
Vitek Vanecek22191,206:155133592.93506.8831010
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Playoffs[97]
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Karel Vejmelka66402:0524213.13182.8850000
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†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Utah. Stats reflect time with Utah only.
‡Denotes player was traded or waived mid-season. Stats reflect time with Utah only.

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

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DateDetailsRef
June 28, 2025 To Nashville Predators
6th-round pick in 2026		 To Utah Mammoth
COL 6th-round pick in 2025 (#182 overall)		 [98]
June 30, 2025 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Matias Maccelli		 To Utah Mammoth
Conditional 3rd-round pick in 20271		 [99]
October 1, 2025 To Edmonton Oilers
Connor Ingram		 To Utah Mammoth
Future considerations		 [100]
January 5, 2026 To Carolina Hurricanes
Juuso Valimaki		 To Utah Mammoth
Future considerations		 [101]
March 4, 2026 To Calgary Flames
Jonathan Castagna
Olli Maatta
NYR 2nd-round pick in 2026
OTT 2nd-round pick in 2026
UTA 2nd-round pick in 2026		 To Utah Mammoth
MacKenzie Weegar		 [102]
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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

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DatePlayerFormer teamTermViaRef
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)Scott PerunovichNew York Islanders1-yearFree agency[103]
Nate SchmidtFlorida Panthers3-yearFree agency[104]
Brandon TanevWinnipeg Jets3-yearFree agency[105]
Vitek VanecekFlorida Panthers1-yearFree agency[106]
October 6, 2025 (2025-10-06)Kevin RooneyCalgary Flames1-yearFree agency[107]
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Players lost

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DatePlayerNew teamTermViaRef
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)Nick BjugstadSt. Louis Blues2-yearFree agency[108]
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Signings

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DatePlayerTermRef
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)Kailer Yamamoto1-year[109]
July 7, 2025 (2025-07-07)Jack McBain5-year[110]
July 15, 2025 (2025-07-15)Michael Carcone1-year[111]
October 29, 2025 (2025-10-29)Logan Cooley8-year‡[112]
March 11, 2026 (2026-03-11)Nick Schmaltz8-year‡[113]
March 23, 2026 Caleb Desnoyers 3-year†‡ [114]
March 25, 2026 Michael Hrabal 3-year†‡ [115]
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Draft picks

See also: List of Utah Mammoth 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

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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
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Notes

  1. [A]
    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.[98]

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