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Utah Mammoth vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, October 10, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Utah MammothUtahMammothAway

4–1

Final

SOG 30–24

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

Utah16 · MSG-B

Recap

Mammoth pull away from Sabres in Buffalo

The Utah Mammoth beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Saturday night at KeyBank Center. Buffalo struck first on a Tage Thompson power play goal at 8:00 of the opening period, his 3rd of the season, with Rasmus Dahlin assisting. Kailer Yamamoto answered for Utah at 10:12 with his 1st goal of the year, and the teams went to the intermission tied 1-1.

The Mammoth took over from there. Nick Schmaltz put Utah ahead for good with a power play goal at 15:23 of the second, his 6th of the season, and Anders Lee made it 3-1 at 17:24. John Marino added another power play goal at 1:45 of the third, his 1st of the year, to close out the scoring. Utah outshot Buffalo 30-24 and went 2 for 5 on the power play.

Marino, Lee and Yamamoto each finished with a goal and an assist, and Marino was named the game's first star. Barrett Hayton chipped in 2 assists. Karel Vejmelka made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win, while Colten Ellis stopped 26 of 30 in the loss. Utah improved to 4-2-0; the Sabres fell to 2-3-0 and have lost 2 straight in regulation.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Utah MammothUTA121430
Buffalo SabresBUF100124

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJohn MarinoUTA · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starAnders LeeUTA · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starKailer YamamotoUTA · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:03

2–1 · 2nd 15:23 · Schmaltz. Samuelsson was 1:03 into his shift when it went in.

GoalUTA on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 8:00 · PP · Thompson

Sergachev 0:44

1–1 UTA

1st 10:12 · Yamamoto

Norris 0:32

2–1 UTA

2nd 15:23 · PP · Schmaltz

Long shift: Samuelsson 1:03

3–1 UTA

2nd 17:24 · Lee

Carrick 0:57

4–1 UTA

3rd 1:45 · PP · Marino

Danforth 0:18

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

UTABUF
30Shots on goal24
53%Faceoff %47%
2/5Power play1/4
23Penalty minutes15
33Hits17
23Blocked shots19
19Giveaways15
2Takeaways1

Penalties

  • 1st 01:32Tage Thompson · slashing2 min
  • 1st 07:36Logan Cooley · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 05:14Josh Doan · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 09:51Karel Vejmelka · misconduct10 min
  • 2nd 14:20Owen Power · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 2nd 19:27MacKenzie Weegar · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 19:27Peyton Krebs · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 00:32Olen Zellweger · holding2 min
  • 3rd 06:07Vincent Trocheck · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 09:19Andrew Peeke · holding2 min
  • 3rd 10:05Jack Quinn · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 16:22Kevin Stenlund · hooking2 min

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