Mammoth vs. Sabres (Oct 10, 2026)

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Mammoth UTA

3-2-0

3-2-0 in Last 10

Sabres BUF

2-2-0

2-2-0 in Last 10

Preview

Mammoth

Sabres

Notes

preview Mammoth Sabres Notes

Forward Matchup

N. Schmaltz

UTA C #8

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

M. Sergachev

UTA D #98

O. Power

BUF D #25

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

K. Vejmelka

UTA G #70

C. Ellis

BUF G #92

Wins

.892

Save Pct

.900

2.43

Goals Against Avg

1.86

UTA

Team Stats

BUF

3.6

Goals per Game

2.5

2.8

Goals Against per Game

3.75

32.20

Shots per Game

27.00

22.20

Shots Against per Game

19.00

40.0

Power Play Pct

0.0

77.8

Penalty Kill Pct

63.6

.874

Save Pct

.803

UTA

Injuries

BUF

Maveric Lamoureux

Out (Shoulder)

Topias Leinonen

Out (Lower-body)

Conor Timmins

Out (Lower-body)

Jack Rathbone

Out (Undisclosed)

Jason Zucker

Out (Abdomen)

Alex Lyon

Out (Upper-body)

2026-27 Central Division

UTABUF

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Jets	3	0	1	7	2
Avalanche	3	1	0	6	12
Mammoth	3	2	0	6	4
Wild	2	1	1	5	3
Predators	2	1	1	5	1
Stars	2	2	0	4	4
Blues	1	2	1	3	-4
Blackhawks	1	4	0	2	-11

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Senators	3	1	0	6	3
Lightning	3	1	0	6	2
Panthers	2	0	2	6	0
Bruins	3	2	0	6	3
Maple Leafs	2	2	1	5	-1
Sabres	2	2	0	4	-5
Canadiens	1	2	1	3	-5
Red Wings	1	2	0	2	-1

UTA

Last 5

BUF

Thu, Oct 8

Thu, Oct 8

Tue, Oct 6

Tue, Oct 6

Sun, Oct 4

Sat, Oct 3

Sat, Oct 3

Thu, Oct 1

Thu, Oct 1

Game Info

October 10, 2026

ESPN+

KeyBank Center

Buffalo, New York

Team Leaders

N. Schmaltz

C. Keller

GWG

D. Guenther

SV%

.892

K. Vejmelka

Season

Career vs BUF

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Nick Schmaltz N. Schmaltz	5	5	2	7	-2	2	3	0	1	20	25.0	11	23	47.8	3	1	4	4	18:34
Clayton Keller C. Keller	5	1	6	7	-2	4	1	4	0	15	6.7	0	0	0	2	3	1	7	18:10
Dylan Guenther D. Guenther	5	3	3	6	-1	0	3	3	1	17	17.6	1	1	100.0	2	0	2	4	16:38
Mikhail Sergachev M. Sergachev	5	1	5	6	-1	6	1	3	0	12	8.3	0	0	0	6	7	3	6	21:26
Logan Cooley L. Cooley	5	0	4	4	-1	0	0	4	0	2	0.0	32	66	48.5	9	3	2	5	18:09
Anders Lee A. Lee	5	1	2	3	+1	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	2	3	66.7	7	5	1	3	13:00
Lawson Crouse L. Crouse	5	1	1	2	+3	4	0	1	1	10	10.0	1	1	100.0	13	2	2	4	14:53
Barrett Hayton B. Hayton	5	0	2	2	+1	4	0	0	0	10	0.0	28	59	47.5	1	1	0	6	13:38
Dmitri Simashev D. Simashev	5	0	2	2	+3	2	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	9	3	0	5	15:47
Michael Carcone M. Carcone	5	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	17	5.9	1	2	50.0	11	0	0	3	12:29
Vincent Trocheck V. Trocheck	5	1	1	2	-4	2	0	0	0	7	14.3	46	74	62.2	15	4	0	3	16:56
Andrew Peeke A. Peeke	5	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	5	8	1	5	15:14
Nate Schmidt N. Schmidt	5	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	7	4	1	5	21:05
John Marino J. Marino	5	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	2	2	11	20:20
Kevin Stenlund K. Stenlund	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	31	63	49.2	3	7	2	6	13:41
MacKenzie Weegar M. Weegar	5	1	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	0	0	18	16	1	5	20:10
Jack McBain J. McBain	5	1	0	1	+1	12	0	0	0	6	16.7	7	8	87.5	20	4	2	3	13:15
Daniil But D. But	5	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	1	3	33.3	9	1	1	3	10:56

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Karel Vejmelka K. Vejmelka	4	3	2	1	0	83	74	.892	9	2.43	1	222
	Sebastian Cossa S. Cossa	2	2	1	1	0	27	23	.852	4	3.16	0	76

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Anders Lee A. Lee	39	16	8	24	+12	26	5	0	0	3	0	85	18.8	18	43	41.9	63	15	8	13	16:19
Vincent Trocheck V. Trocheck	36	5	12	17	-5	32	0	4	0	1	0	81	6.2	306	565	54.2	68	23	14	22	17:47
Mikhail Sergachev M. Sergachev	25	5	11	16	+11	17	2	3	1	1	0	44	11.4	0	0	0	29	37	8	13	19:47
Clayton Keller C. Keller	16	6	9	15	+6	4	0	2	0	3	1	44	13.6	8	16	50.0	9	6	8	10	19:22
Nick Schmaltz N. Schmaltz	15	3	4	7	+5	0	0	1	0	1	0	29	10.3	39	90	43.3	3	5	8	16	18:06
Nate Schmidt N. Schmidt	20	2	5	7	+8	6	1	1	0	0	0	19	10.5	0	1	0.0	13	25	3	13	18:39
MacKenzie Weegar M. Weegar	21	1	6	7	+10	15	1	1	0	0	0	43	2.3	0	0	0	40	37	16	15	20:25
Andrew Peeke A. Peeke	16	0	5	5	-6	6	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	0	0	0	22	35	3	7	20:03
Barrett Hayton B. Hayton	8	1	4	5	+3	10	0	1	0	0	0	16	6.3	37	72	51.4	3	2	4	3	14:17
Logan Cooley L. Cooley	6	1	4	5	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	25	73	34.2	5	1	2	3	16:40
Michael Carcone M. Carcone	6	1	3	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	9	11.1	0	0	0	12	0	0	3	11:46
John Marino J. Marino	19	1	3	4	+18	2	0	0	0	1	0	20	5.0	0	0	0	11	11	7	9	20:14
Liam O'Brien L. O'Brien	4	2	1	3	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	33.3	0	0	0	11	1	0	1	11:06
Kevin Stenlund K. Stenlund	10	3	0	3	+1	4	0	0	1	0	0	17	17.6	53	94	56.4	6	7	2	0	13:00
Kailer Yamamoto K. Yamamoto	8	1	2	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9.1	2	3	66.7	9	5	2	3	14:16
Jack McBain J. McBain	7	1	2	3	+6	4	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	30	50	60.0	18	5	2	3	13:37
Lawson Crouse L. Crouse	16	2	0	2	+1	14	0	0	0	1	0	29	6.9	6	12	50.0	49	2	5	4	14:56
Dylan Guenther D. Guenther	5	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	7.1	2	5	40.0	2	2	3	2	13:51
Nick DeSimone N. DeSimone	2	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	15:39
Dmitri Simashev D. Simashev	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	3	12:32

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Karel Vejmelka K. Vejmelka	9	9	6	2	1	255	239	.937	16	1.77	1	541
	Sebastian Cossa S. Cossa	1	0	1	0	0	14	12	.857	2	2.67	0	45

Team Leaders

T. Thompson

O. Power

GWG

O. Power

SV%

.900

C. Ellis

Season

Career vs UTA

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Owen Power O. Power	4	1	4	5	+2	0	1	1	5	20.0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	26:16
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	4	2	2	4	+3	2	0	0	23	8.7	26	55	47.3	3	2	2	7	19:45
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	4	1	2	3	+2	0	0	0	9	11.1	14	40	35.0	0	1	0	4	17:57
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	4	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	4	25.0	16	32	50.0	5	1	0	1	11:59
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	4	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	3	0.0	3	7	42.9	6	0	0	2	15:04
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	4	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	11	9.1	0	0	0	8	8	2	4	26:45
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	4	1	1	2	-3	4	0	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	3	3	1	5	20:43
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	4	2	0	2	-1	2	0	0	12	16.7	0	0	0	6	2	0	5	19:55
Josh Norris J. Norris	4	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	5	0.0	15	29	51.7	5	1	0	1	15:59
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	4	0	1	1	-5	2	0	0	3	0.0	21	40	52.5	0	1	0	5	14:59
Louis Crevier L. Crevier	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	5	6	1	10	15:16
Zach Benson Z. Benson	4	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	8	0.0	2	5	40.0	7	1	0	5	19:17
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	4	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	5	0	2	11:25
Konsta Helenius K. Helenius	4	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	1	0.0	4	1	0	7	14:07
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0	7	14	50.0	3	0	0	1	7:32
Matt Grzelcyk M. Grzelcyk	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:27
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	4	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	17	1	1	2	8:46
Josh Doan J. Doan	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0.0	1	2	50.0	8	3	1	3	16:26
Olen Zellweger O. Zellweger	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	16:02
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	9	16	56.3	2	1	1	0	10:01

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	3	3	1	2	0	55	43	.782	12	4.02	0	179
	Colten Ellis C. Ellis	1	1	1	0	0	20	18	.900	2	1.86	0	64

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPA	SHG	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Olen Zellweger O. Zellweger	6	1	2	3	-5	2	1	0	1	1	14	7.1	0	0	0	4	6	3	7	19:08
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	4	0	2	2	+3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	29	48.3	9	0	2	2	9:19
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	2	0	2	2	-3	0	1	0	0	0	8	0.0	1	1	100.0	3	1	1	2	15:54
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	2	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	1	16	6.3	0	1	1	0	16:07
Matt Grzelcyk M. Grzelcyk	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	4	6	3	3	19:09
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	4	0	1	1	-1	5	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	13	3	1	3	10:45
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	4	0	1	1	-6	0	1	0	0	0	5	0.0	11	25	44.0	7	0	1	3	19:19
Josh Norris J. Norris	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	11	22	50.0	7	4	0	0	16:04
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	4	1	0	1	-5	0	0	1	0	0	5	20.0	30	62	48.4	0	0	2	3	17:22
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	15:07
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	3	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	28	48	58.3	2	6	2	3	13:46
Owen Power O. Power	4	0	1	1	-4	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	2	7	1	11	21:19
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	10	22	45.5	3	1	1	0	14:46
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	1	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	8	12	66.7	1	0	0	1	14:30
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	0	5	17:58
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	2	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	24:03
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	3	3	1	1	20:24
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	4	0	0	0	-1	16	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	16	35	45.7	13	2	1	2	14:52
Louis Crevier L. Crevier	5	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	9	4	0	4	18:00
Josh Doan J. Doan	2	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	4	2	1	3	16:29
Zach Benson Z. Benson	1	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16:27

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	MIN
Alex Lyon A. Lyon	3	2	1	1	1	72	65	.903	7	2.37	177
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen U. Luukkonen	1	1	0	1	0	28	23	.821	5	5.00	60
Colten Ellis C. Ellis	1	1	0	1	0	36	32	.889	4	4.15	58

Buffalo and Utah square off in non-conference matchup

The Associated Press

Oct 9, 2026

Utah Mammoth (3-2, in the Central Division) vs. Buffalo Sabres (2-2, in the Atlantic Division)

Buffalo, New York; Saturday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabres and the Utah Mammoth take the ice in an out-of-conference matchup.

Buffalo had a 50-23-9 record overall and a 28-13-7 record at home last season. The Sabres committed 316 total penalties last season, averaging 3.9 per game and serving 9.7 penalty minutes per game.

Utah had a 43-33-6 record overall and a 22-18-4 record in road games last season. The Mammoth scored 46 power-play goals last season on 232 total chances (2.8 chances per game).

The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season.

INJURIES: Sabres: Conor Timmins: out (lower-body), Jason Zucker: out (abdomen), Alex Lyon: out (upper-body), Topias Leinonen: out (lower-body), Jack Rathbone: out (undisclosed).

Mammoth: Maveric Lamoureux: out (shoulder).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Mammoth UTA

Sabres BUF

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2026-27 Central Division

Last 5

Game Info

Buffalo and Utah square off in non-conference matchup

Players Mentioned

Alex Lyon

Jason Zucker

Jack Rathbone

Conor Timmins