Utah Mammoth at Washington Capitals: game preview
UtahMammoth2026-27: 3-1-0 · 6 pts · 2025-26: 43-33-6 · 92 pts · 15that
WashingtonCapitals2026-27: 1-1-0 · 2 pts · 2025-26: 43-30-9 · 95 pts · 12thThree points apart last season
Utah finished last season 15th in the league on 92 points. Washington finished 12th on 95.
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 3 Mar 2026, Utah were 16th in the league and Washington 19th. By 26 Mar 2026 it was 18th and 16th.
Utah out-attempted Washington 165 to 107
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Utah Mammoth
Washington Capitals
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, 2 for Washington. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Utah, 10 for Washington.
2025-26: 82 games for Utah, 82 for Washington.
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.
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Small sampleWashington
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Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.
Who has stopped this matchup
Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Expected starter after their game on 12 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 11 Feb
No appearances against Washington in the last meetings.
Washington crease
WSH · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 11 Feb
No appearances against Utah in the last meetings.
Scoring rates point to about 6.2 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
Washington3.002.503.212.98Goals 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.
5 on the injury lists
Utah · injuries
Washington · 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.
Placed G Clay Stevenson, D Louie Belpedio, C Mike Brodzinski and RW Spencer Smallman on waivers. Released G Cal Petersen and D Jonathan McDonald from their professional tryout agreements. Assigned LW Maxim Schäfer to Cape Breton (QMJHL).
Placed G Clay Stevenson, D Louie Belpedio, C Mike Brodzinski and RW Spencer Smallman on waivers. Released G Cal Petersen from his professional tryout agreement.
Placed D Justin Holl on waivers for the purpose of being loaned to Hershey (AHL).
Utah · 2026 draft
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