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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Utah Mammoth at St. Louis Blues: game preview

Puck drop10 Apr · 7:00 PM ET
VenueEnterprise Center
All-time meetings8 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Six points apart last season

Utah finished last season 15th in the league on 92 points. St. Louis finished 22nd on 86, and the 2025-26 season series went UTA 2-2-0.

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

Head-to-head

Meeting number 9

Across 8 completed games, Utah lead the head-to-head 4-4-0.

All-time record4-4-0Utah's record in the series
Meetings played8This is number 9
2025-26 seriesUTA 2-2-0
Last 53-2St. Louis
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
16 Apr 2026STL 5 – UTA 3——STL
9 Jan 2026STL 2 – UTA 4——UTA
29 Nov 2025UTA 0 – STL 1——STL
23 Oct 2025UTA 7 – STL 4——UTA
15 Apr 2025UTA 1 – STL 6——STL
Head-to-head finder

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateUtahSt. Louis
23 Oct 20256-2-0 · 12 pts6th3-3-1 · 7 pts21st
29 Nov 202512-11-3 · 27 pts21st9-10-7 · 25 pts28th
9 Jan 202622-20-3 · 47 pts20th17-20-8 · 42 pts29th
16 Apr 202643-33-6 · 92 pts15th37-33-12 · 86 pts22nd

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 23 Oct 2025, Utah were 6th in the league and St. Louis 21st. By 16 Apr 2026 it was 15th and 22nd.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Utah out-attempted St. Louis 224 to 204

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

Utah Mammoth

224 att · 89 on goal · 14 G · 15.7%
Crease13 att · 1 G
Slot74 att · 8 G
Wing89 att · 5 G
Point39 att · 0 G
Neutral zone9 att · 0 G

St. Louis Blues

204 att · 96 on goal · 12 G · 12.5%
Crease26 att · 2 G
Slot76 att · 8 G
Wing62 att · 2 G
Point32 att · 0 G
Neutral zone8 att · 0 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Utah and St. Louis are level on 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.

UtahSt. Louis
3.62xG for per game2.69
2.71xG against per game3.33
57.2%xG share44.7%
+2.5FinishingGoals minus expected goals−1.1
+2.8GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed−0.0

This season: 4 games for Utah, 3 for St. Louis. 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 5 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

St. Louis

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2712.5%
Power play · 2025-2617.6% · 26th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2790.0%
Penalty kill · 2025-2676.7% · 25th
Faceoffs · 2026-2744.6% · 83/186
Drawn · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2710 (3.33/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
83Mason McTavish32020.67
15Dalibor Dvorsky32020.67
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
20Andrew Peeke41120.50
55Colton Parayko30110.33
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 9 Apr: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 8 Apr: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Utah crease

UTA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 7 Apr

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

No appearances against St. Louis in the last meetings.

St. Louis crease

STL · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 7 Apr

Joel Hofer.9552 GP · 1-1-0 · GSAx +2.8
Jordan Binnington.8331 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx −2.5

No appearances against Utah in the last meetings.


Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.1 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 5 meetings

16 Apr 20268 · STL 5–3 UTA
9 Jan 20266 · STL 2–4 UTA
29 Nov 20251 · UTA 0–1 STL
23 Oct 202511 · UTA 7–4 STL
15 Apr 20257 · UTA 1–6 STL

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
St. Louis2.333.332.823.15

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 suggest6.1Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings6.6Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

6 on the injury lists

Utah · injuries

Maveric LamoureuxShoulderIRReturn12 Feb
Mikhail SergachevUpper BodyDay-to-dayReturn8 Oct

St. Louis · injuries

Alexey ToropchenkoUpper BodyIRReturn14 Nov
Felix TrudeauUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct
Logan MaillouxHandIRReturn25 Nov
Tyler TuckerKneeIRReturn12 Nov
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.

5 Oct · STL

Placed LW Alexey Toropchenko on injured reserve.

27 Sep · STL

Placed G Georgii Romanov and D Calle Rosen on waivers. Claimed RD Justin Barron off waivers.

19 Sep · STL

Placed D Marc Andre Gaudet was placed on waivers.

Injury report
#17Ethan BelchetzRound 1 · WindsorLW
#96Adam ValentiniRound 3 · MichiganC
#115Carl AxelssonRound 4 · MuskegonG
#130Theodor KnightsRound 5 · Modo Jr.D
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#11Tynan LawrenceRound 1 · Boston UniversityC
#16Maddox DagenaisRound 1 · QuebecC
#75Luke SchairerRound 3 · Usa U-18D
#107Landon NyczRound 4 · UmassD
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