The puck dropped in Anaheim on Monday night when the Utah Mammoth visited the Ducks. The Ducks were fresh off a three-game road trip on which they did not win once. The Mammoth had an up-and-down week before the game, winning one and losing two, and were joined by their moms on this visit to California. Per Jeff Marek, this would be the first game in NHL history with four Czech goaltenders matching up. Lukas Dostal and Karel Vejmelka would match up between the pipes, backed up by Petr Mrazek and Vitek Vanecek.
First Period
At just about four minutes into play, Ducks forward Troy Terry took a minor penalty for hooking, while Mikhail Sergachev took the same time for embellishment of the hook. Four-on-four play resulted in no goals.
Beckett Sennecke took a tripping penalty halfway through the period, and Utah had its first power play of the game, which they did not convert. Jackson LaCombe of the Ducks got his first goal of the season in the waning minutes of the period, with Ryan Strome and Alex Killorn assisting.