San Jose Sharks vs. Utah Mammoth | Full Game Highlights | ESPN NHL

San Jose Sharks vs. Utah Mammoth | Full Game Highlights | ESPN NHL

As the opening face off, the Sharks in the Traveling White and the home blue for Utah as the starting lineups brought to you by American Express and at center looking to move in. JJ Purka for the Mammoth. Drop pass Kulie a shot and that gets blocked by Mario Ferraro over the corner. Here is Sergich. Five on three. Keller for Kulie. One time score. Nick Schmaltz gets Utah on the board in a power play goal. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] You’re seeing great movement. There’s Nick Schmaltz in that bumper spot right in the middle of the ice. So effective in small areas. Great puck retriever. But watch how he’s moving around to try to find that soft area. Right? He’s everywhere he’s going. He’s looking to see where can I get in the best position to not only receive a pass. Tulie plays it to himself. Centers for Gunther across save. Ascarov. Another point blank chance. This one from Purka. Centering pass. Schmalls. It bounces through the slot now at the line. Cole goes off the back glass. Baron Hatton for Utah. Tied up by Orlov. Colin Gra tries to dig it out but a turnover. Small score. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Here’s a look at Nick Schmaltz. And you know, go back to that battle that we were talking about with San Jose, but this in that battle right there, Utah wins it. Schmaltz is behind the net. He’s down below the goal line. And with some help, he comes out with the puck. Orof tries to block it, but he goes up and over for his second goal of the game. His first two on the season. Through traffic and it just skipped wide shot and a save for Mela. That one coming off the stick of Dehorn. Little bit of pressure now for the Sharks. Goodrow is fourth line. And a big hit behind the net. Part of this deeper defense core that Utah has this year. Twoonone developing. Tanv top of the circle driving shot saved by Ascarov. He has been very impressive and what you can see Tanv is trying to get it around the sliding Dickinson there. Sharks are averaging just one shot per power play so far this season. Third lowest in the league. Here is Defoley kicking it to a stick. Ekkan off to the wing. Here is Smith at the line for Orla. Sets it up. Tease it up. Club saved and a score off the rebound. Tyler Tofoley and the Sharks are on the board. That is exactly what the Sharks needed. They take that power play. They they lose the zone once they come back in pretty easily. Good zone entry by them which this season are struggling with that zone entry and then it’s a big blast from the point with that net front presence and tool I mentioned him early got in a little bit tight in this one. He was in a perfect position. Right shot on that side and that’s an easy tap in goal for Tyler Defoley. Right place, right time. Here is Celabbrini winning the battle. Skinner in the corner. Back pass toward the slot. It’s in. Score. The Sharks have tied the game. Seemed like a harmless play from the corner. Two goals within a minute 50. And we’re not at a two. And it looks like it could be Jeff Skinner getting the goal. Pucks up high. He thinks he’s all alone. He completely loses Jeff Skinner down low. And Cole’s been out there a while. A long change, too. If you get stuck out there, it’s it’s tougher. Aster tapped it over. Score. Liam O’Brien. 3-2 Utah. [Music] [Applause] Coming off that dasher goes off his skate and there’s no support. But you know what that’s Gunther’s got that’s he’s got an elite shot of whether it’s a wrist shot that one-time it’s it’s good now driving the net backand in front trying to jam it in for the hattick the splits and Ascarov hangs on Keller tips it in couple of goals for Schmaltz O’Brien right now the difference his goal in this game center score the hattick [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] And then it’s Nick Small. It’s a beautiful play here. Again, the puck comes from down low. This is like his second goal, too, where it’s a good work down low. They take advantage of a broken defensive zone play. Watch San Jose. They leave so much space. There are three guys around Schmolz. Iorio hustling back cross for Ferraro and the forch check from Krauss creating an opportunity here for Utah. Konei scores [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] coming back. They weren’t able to get out of their zone cleanly and then they finally take it there. San Jose was not able to take advantage of that and keep pinning it in their end. Carone comes in on that poor check originally puts pressure on. You can see he stick handles the puck not once, not twice. He’s able to get it clean. Both teams changing. Here is Hayden into the zone. Keller the drop pass. Schmaltz across. Keller score. First of the season. 62 Utah. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you do it. That is how you draw it up. It is a beautiful play. And again, you get the San Jose Sharks running a little bit, but Utah takes advantage. That is pinpoint passing stick to stick and they’re going across the middle twice. It came over to Schmaltz. Schmaltz looked like he was going to shoot and they and the San Jose Sharks for this Utah Mammoth team, but they found their offense tonight. The first four games of the season, they scored a total of eight goals. They have six ascarov makes a save. Here’s Sergvanked ahead into the zone. Purka cuts it to the center. Purka wrist shot high and wide and Purka, they have a very different power play than we saw with the Mammoth. That’s a lot of movement. It’s dynamic quick passing but a lot of movement with their feet and they were able to generate not necessarily shots on goal but certainly a chance. Here’s Wenberg into the zone. Celibbrini walking into the slot. Shot score. Mean Celrini his first of the season and a power play goal for the Sharks. Their second power play tally tonight. 63 Mammoth. They know they want more here than a 6-3 score which is what they’re looking at with three minutes left. But talk about some of the the the building of this, right? The passing coming around and forcibly finds the puck high in the slot and it’s Wenberg. Yeah. Who takes the the eyes away. Watch him. Number 21 in white. He stands there. He sticks up and he’s he’s trying to get out of the way so he doesn’t serve as a blocking CBrini’s shot. But that’s for as good as Mlin Celibbrini is. One goal so far this season and take that momentum and run with it and come away with a very Substantial win here. Six to three at home. Final seconds have ticked off and the Utah Mammoth behind a hat-tick from Nick Schmaltz. A four-point night from him. Four points for Clayton Keller and a six-3 win over the San Jose Sharks and a season high in goals. And the offense finally breaking through for Utah. And that’s been the big question mark. You look at them, they’re two and two. And again, small sample size, but we can’t that’s what we do. We pick apart everything. So, where are they going to find the scoring? And Nick Schmolz was the answer here tonight. Still top six scoring though. So, for them to make a make that promise come true and try to make a push for a playoff spot, they’re definitely going to have to have some depth on their scoring and get that secondary going. [Music] [Music]

Check out these highlights as the Utah Mammoth get a big 6-3 home win over the San Jose Sharks behind a hat trick from Nick Schmaltz.

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