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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Utah Mammoth at New York Islanders: game preview

Puck drop15 Feb · 3:00 PM ET
VenueUBS Arena
All-time meetings4 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

One points apart last season

Utah finished last season 15th in the league on 92 points. NY Islanders finished 19th on 91.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 5

Across 4 completed games, Utah lead the head-to-head 2-1-1.

All-time record2-1-1Utah's record in the series
Meetings played4This is number 5
2025-26 series—
Last 42-2Utah
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
1 Jan 2026UTA 7 – NYI 2——UTA
14 Nov 2025NYI 3 – UTA 2 OT——NYI
11 Jan 2025NYI 2 – UTA 1——NYI
10 Oct 2024UTA 5 – NYI 4 OT——UTA
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateUtahNY Islanders
14 Nov 202510-7-1 · 21 pts14th10-6-2 · 22 pts8th
1 Jan 202619-19-3 · 41 pts25th22-15-4 · 48 pts8th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 14 Nov 2025, Utah were 14th in the league and NY Islanders 8th. By 1 Jan 2026 it was 25th and 8th.


Where the shots come from · last 4 meetings

Utah out-attempted NY Islanders 115 to 114

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

Utah Mammoth

115 att · 51 on goal · 9 G · 17.6%
Crease4 att · 1 G
Slot44 att · 3 G
Wing45 att · 4 G
Point19 att · 1 G
Neutral zone3 att · 0 G

New York Islanders

114 att · 44 on goal · 5 G · 11.4%
Crease12 att · 1 G
Slot53 att · 1 G
Wing38 att · 3 G
Point8 att · 0 G
Neutral zone3 att · 0 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Utah have created the better chances, last 10 games

Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.

UtahNY Islanders
3.62xG for per game2.90
2.71xG against per game3.70
57.2%xG share44.0%
+2.5FinishingGoals minus expected goals+0.3
+2.8GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+4.1

This season: 4 games for Utah, 3 for NY Islanders. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →


Special teams

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.

All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings

Utah

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2761.5%
Power play · 2025-2620.0% · 18th
Power play · last 4 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2792.9%
Penalty kill · 2025-2678.1% · 19th
Faceoffs · 2026-2753.0% · 124/234
Drawn · 2026-2713 (3.25/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2714 (3.50/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0

NY Islanders

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2718.2%
Power play · 2025-2616.5% · 30th
Power play · last 4 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2783.3%
Penalty kill · 2025-2680.8% · 10th
Faceoffs · 2026-2749.1% · 81/165
Drawn · 2026-2711 (3.67/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2712 (4.00/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0

Skaters

Skaters to watch

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.

PlayerGPGAPP/GP
8Nick Schmaltz45271.75
11Dylan Guenther43361.50
10Brayden Schenn31341.33
14Bo Horvat32131.00
53Casey Cizikas31120.67
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
20Andrew Peeke41120.50
8Logan Stanley30220.67
3Adam Pelech30110.33
Defencemen stats

Goaltending

Who has stopped this matchup

Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Expected starter after their game on 14 Feb: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 13 Feb: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Utah crease

UTA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 12 Feb

Karel Vejmelka.9133 GP · 2-1-0 · GSAx +1.7
Sebastian Cossa.9471 GP · 1-0-0 · GSAx +1.4

No appearances against NY Islanders in the last meetings.

NY Islanders crease

NYI · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 12 Feb

Ilya Sorokin.9682 GP · 1-1-0 · GSAx +4.1
Semyon Varlamov.8641 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx +0.4

No appearances against Utah in the last meetings.


Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.0 goals

No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.

Goals in the last 4 meetings

1 Jan 20269 · UTA 7–2 NYI
14 Nov 20255 · NYI 3–2 UTA
11 Jan 20253 · NYI 2–1 UTA
10 Oct 20249 · UTA 5–4 NYI

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
Utah4.252.003.272.93
NY Islanders3.002.332.842.94

Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.

Scoring rates suggest6.0Goals in this game
Last 4 meetings6.5Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

4 on the injury lists

Utah · injuries

Maveric LamoureuxShoulderIRReturn12 Feb
Mikhail SergachevUpper BodyDay-to-dayReturn8 Oct

NY Islanders · injuries

Alexander RomanovUndisclosedDay-to-dayReturn8 Oct
Mathew BarzalKneeIRReturn10 Oct
27 Sep · UTA

Placed LW Ben McCartney on waivers.

25 Sep · UTA

Assigned Fs Yegor Borikov, Caleb Desnoyers, Tij Iginla, Gabe Smith and G Michael Hrabal to Tucson (AHL). Waived for the purpose of assignment to Fs Brandon Tanev and Joshua Roy and D Zac Jones.

23 Jul 2026 · UTA

Signed D Max Psenicka to a three-year contract.

27 Sep · NYI

Agreed to terms with LD Logan Stanley on a 1-Year contract worth $1.5M. Placed G Vitek Vanecek on waivers with the intention of sending to Hamilton (AHL)

26 Sep · NYI

Waived Fs Tanner Fritz, Matt Luff and Nathan Chaffee. Waived Fs Dylan Foudy and Hudson Kuefler for the purpose of sending to Hamilton (AHL).

24 Jul 2026 · NYI

Signed F Alex Jefferies to a one-year contract.

Injury report
#17Ethan BelchetzRound 1 · WindsorLW
#96Adam ValentiniRound 3 · MichiganC
#115Carl AxelssonRound 4 · MuskegonG
#130Theodor KnightsRound 5 · Modo Jr.D
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NY Islanders · 2026 draft

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#13Malte GustafssonRound 1 · Hv71D
#109Lincoln KuehneRound 4 · Arizona StateD
#141Vladimir DraveckyRound 5 · BrantfordD
#173Artyom MatyukRound 6 · Nizhny Novgorod Jr.C
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