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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Utah Mammoth at Winnipeg Jets: game preview

Puck drop23 Nov · 7:30 PM ET
VenueCanada Life Centre
All-time meetings7 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Ten points apart last season

Utah finished last season 15th in the league on 92 points. Winnipeg finished 26th on 82, and the 2025-26 season series went UTA 3-0-0.

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

Head-to-head

Meeting number 8

Across 7 completed games, Utah lead the head-to-head 5-2-0.

All-time record5-2-0Utah's record in the series
Meetings played7This is number 8
2025-26 seriesUTA 3-0-0
Last 54-1Utah
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
14 Apr 2026WPG 3 – UTA 5——UTA
21 Dec 2025WPG 3 – UTA 4 OT——UTA
26 Oct 2025UTA 3 – WPG 2——UTA
5 Apr 2025WPG 1 – UTA 4——UTA
24 Jan 2025UTA 2 – WPG 5——WPG
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateUtahWinnipeg
26 Oct 20258-2-0 · 16 pts2nd6-3-0 · 12 pts8th
21 Dec 202518-17-3 · 39 pts21st15-17-3 · 33 pts29th
14 Apr 202643-32-6 · 92 pts14th35-34-12 · 82 pts26th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 26 Oct 2025, Utah were 2nd in the league and Winnipeg 8th. By 14 Apr 2026 it was 14th and 26th.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Utah out-attempted Winnipeg 189 to 162

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

Utah Mammoth

189 att · 90 on goal · 12 G · 13.3%
Crease13 att · 1 G
Slot78 att · 8 G
Wing61 att · 2 G
Point28 att · 0 G
Neutral zone9 att · 1 G

Winnipeg Jets

162 att · 80 on goal · 8 G · 10.0%
Crease18 att · 2 G
Slot53 att · 2 G
Wing53 att · 4 G
Point33 att · 0 G
Neutral zone5 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.

UtahWinnipeg
3.62xG for per game3.37
2.71xG against per game3.37
57.2%xG share50.0%
+2.5FinishingGoals minus expected goals−1.1
+2.8GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+2.1

This season: 4 games for Utah, 3 for Winnipeg. 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

Winnipeg

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2750.0%
Power play · 2025-2618.5% · 24th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2788.9%
Penalty kill · 2025-2677.6% · 21st
Faceoffs · 2026-2744.6% · 79/177
Drawn · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-279 (3.00/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
81Kyle Connor33251.67
91Cole Perfetti32351.67
17Adam Lowry31231.00
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
20Andrew Peeke41120.50
44Josh Morrissey30331.00
2Dylan DeMelo31120.67
38Mario Ferraro31010.33
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 21 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 21 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Utah crease

UTA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 20 Nov

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

No appearances against Winnipeg in the last meetings.

Winnipeg crease

WPG · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 20 Nov

Stuart Skinner.9092 GP · 1-0-1 · GSAx +1.1
Clay Stevenson.9381 GP · 1-0-0 · GSAx +1.0

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

14 Apr 20268 · WPG 3–5 UTA
21 Dec 20257 · WPG 3–4 UTA
26 Oct 20255 · UTA 3–2 WPG
5 Apr 20255 · WPG 1–4 UTA
24 Jan 20257 · UTA 2–5 WPG

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
Winnipeg3.002.672.823.17

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 meetings6.4Goals 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

Winnipeg · injuries

Connor HellebuyckSuspensionIRReturn17 Oct
Elias SalomonssonShoulderIRReturn15 Oct
Garrett BrownLower BodyIRReturn9 Oct
Walker DuehrLower BodyIRReturn17 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.

10 Aug 2026 · WPG

Signed F Tyrel Bauer to a two-year contract.

15 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Cole Perfetti to a five-year contract.

13 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Viggo Björck to a three-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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#8Viggo BjorckRound 1 · DjurgardenC
#71Samuel HrenakRound 3 · FargoG
#116Zach WootenRound 4 · Green BayLW
#135Alexandre TailleferRound 5 · QuebecD
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