Utah Mammoth · #6 · Defence

John Marino

Age 29 · Shoots right · 6′1″ · 200 lb · Born North Easton, Massachusetts, USA

Drafted 2015, #154 overall by Edmonton

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Games42026-27 Small sample
Goals0T-12th on UTA
Assists1T-7th on UTA
Points1T-11th on UTA
P / GP0.25T-348th in the NHL
Shots20.0% shooting
TOI / GP20:324th on UTA

2025-262025-26: 80 games, 4-32-36, 0.45 points per game Season detail →

John Marino has 1 point in 4 games of 2026-27, after 36 points in 80 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 4 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

1 point in 4 games for the 2nd-placed Utah

Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL defencemen

Takeaways288th
Penalty differential+186th
Ice time20:3264th
Assists / 600.7355th
Points / GP0.2550th
PP points042nd
Goals / 600.0039th
Shooting %0.0%38th
Shots / GP0.5023rd
Blocked shots218th
Hits08th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

0.30.31–4

Dashed line: season average (0.3). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points1T-11th on UTA
Points per game0.25T-348th in NHL
Goals0T-232nd in NHL
Assists1T-7th on UTA
Shooting %0.0%Below avg (11.6%)
Ice time20:324th on UTA
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Ice time and special teams

A top-four defenceman who plays on the power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Utah's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength18:40
Power play1:22
Shorthanded0:30
Total20:32

29.3 shifts a game, averaging 42 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-5th on UTA
PP assists0T-6th on UTA
PP points0T-7th on UTA · T-142nd NHL
SH goals0
PP points / 600.00T-7th on UTA

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP8Utah total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every UTA PPG
PP TOI share32.7%of UTA PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

No goals yet: his one point is an assist

How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals0T-4th on UTA
Overtime goals0T-1st on UTA
First goal of the game0
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals0
Power-play goals0

Assists

Primary0 · 0%
Secondary1 · 100%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 600.73
Goals / 600.00
Shots / 601.5
ES points / 600.801 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the point

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot3 att · 0 G
Wing0 att · 0 G
Point4 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

7 attempts across the 4 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.1543rd
Goals0
Goals vs expected−0.1
Unblocked attempts4
xG per attempt.013
ixG per 600.04

2026-27 · 4 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

Top speed in the 66th percentile of defencemen: 20.83 mph

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.

Tracking percentile among NHL defencemen

Offensive-zone time45.1%79th
Defensive-zone time36.9%79th
Distance skated, mi10.876th
Top speed, mph20.8366th
Hardest shot, mph84.6061st
22+ mph bursts048th
90+ mph shots042nd
20+ mph bursts139th
Average shot, mph64.621st
Distance / 60, mi7.914th

Bars show the percentile against 198 defencemen with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph20.83Defenceman average 20.52
Hardest shot, mph84.60Defenceman average 81.3
Distance skated10.8 mi2.79 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts38.8%29.9% defensive · 31.3% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

45.3%All situations36.8%
45.0%Even strength37.2%
49.4%Power play30.9%
51.1%Shorthanded32.3%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 19.90vsCHI1 Oct · 2nd 10:50
  2. 19.90@CBJ3 Oct · 2nd 17:28
  3. 19.04@CBJ3 Oct · 2nd 07:17
  4. 18.96@NYR4 Oct · 1st 05:39
  5. 18.58@NYR4 Oct · 1st 16:28
  6. 18.19@CBJ3 Oct · 2nd 06:11
  7. 18.14@NYR4 Oct · 1st 14:09
  8. 18.11vsCHI1 Oct · 1st 00:21

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.1
20-22 mph1 · avg 1.9
18-20 mph9 · avg 12

Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.

Hardest shots

  1. 84.60vsCHI1 Oct · 3rd 12:40
  2. 70.64@NYR4 Oct · 3rd 14:28
  3. 69.88@NYR4 Oct · 3rd 07:47
  4. 65.34@CBJ3 Oct · 3rd 06:49
  5. 63.47@CBJ3 Oct · 2nd 19:09
  6. 20.03@NYR4 Oct · 2nd 13:01

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.2
80-89 mph1 · avg 1.2
70-79 mph2 · avg 2.8

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 2.56@NJD6 Oct · 19:13 TOI
  2. 2.75@NYR4 Oct · 21:07 TOI
  3. 2.72@CBJ3 Oct · 20:27 TOI
  4. 2.79vsCHI1 Oct · 21:22 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 2.71 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways2T-2nd on UTA
Giveaways9
TK / GV ratio0.22
Hits018th on UTA
Blocked shots2T-11th on UTA

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn2
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Game log

Against Boston, a point in zero of two

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
16 Dec 2025@BOSL 1-40000019:55
19 Oct 2025vsBOSW 3-20000022:25

Contract

Final season of his deal: an unrestricted free agent next summer

In 2025-26 he scored 8.2 points per $1M of cap hit, 55th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$4.4M4.2% of the $104M ceiling
Term6 yearsYear 6 of 6
Expires2026-27UFA at 30
Cap value$26.4MCap hit × 6 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.


Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Seven seasons, with 3 clubs

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2019-20PIT56620260.469.8%
2020-21PIT52310130.255.4%
2021-22PIT81124250.311.1%
2022-23NJD64414180.286.0%
2023-24NJD75421250.337.0%
2024-25UTA35113140.403.3%
2025-26UTA80432360.457.3%
Career443231341570.355.5%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2015Edmonton · round 6#154

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · UTA points

Games35
Goals1
Points70.20 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct