Utah Mammoth at Boston Bruins: game preview
UtahMammoth2026-27: 3-1-0 · 6 pts · 2025-26: 43-33-6 · 92 pts · 15that
BostonBruins2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 45-27-10 · 100 pts · 8thEight points apart last season
Utah finished last season 15th in the league on 92 points. Boston finished 8th on 100, and the 2025-26 season series went UTA 1-1-0.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 5
Across 4 completed games, Utah lead the head-to-head 2-2-0.
Last 4 meetings
See all: Last 4 meetings →The table on each 2025-26 meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 19 Oct 2025, Utah were 10th in the league and Boston 20th. By 16 Dec 2025 it was 22nd and 11th.
Utah out-attempted Boston 248 to 209
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Utah Mammoth
Boston Bruins
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.
This season: 4 games for Utah, 4 for Boston. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Utah, 10 for Boston.
2025-26: 82 games for Utah, 82 for Boston.
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 sampleBoston
Small sampleDavid Pastrnak has 5 points in the last 4 meetings
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.
David Pastrnak vs Utah · game by game
See all: David Pastrnak vs Utah · game by game →Jeremy Swayman has been the difference
Jeremy Swayman faced 53 shots across 2 appearances against Utah and conceded 3, a .943 save percentage against a season figure of .914. Starters are confirmed on game day.
- Started 3 of 4 this season
- 63 of the team's last 82 starts
2026-27: 3 GP · .913 SV% · GSAx +2
Also possible: Cossa 35%
- Started 3 of 4 this season
- 55 of the team's last 82 starts
2026-27: 3 GP · .914 SV% · GSAx +1
Also possible: DiPietro 42%
Utah crease
UTA · 2026-27 Expected: Vejmelka · 65%
Jeremy Swayman
See all: Jeremy Swayman →BOS · 2-1-0 in 2026-27 Expected starter · 58%
Also on the roster, 2026-27: Michael DiPietro .897 (1 GP)
Full game logScoring 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 4 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
Utah4.252.003.272.93
Boston2.252.753.323.05Goals 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.
3 on the injury lists
Utah · injuries
Boston · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Placed LW Ben McCartney on waivers.
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.
Signed D Max Psenicka to a three-year contract.
Reinstated C Matthew Poitras from injured reserve.
Placed RW Michael Eyssimont on waivers.
Placed D Henri Jokiharju on waivers. Placed C Matthew Poitras on injured reserve.
Utah · 2026 draft
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