DETROIT, Michigan – The Utah Mammoth take the ice tonight in Detroit, looking to finish with a winning record on a three-game eastern road trip.
The Mammoth (16-16-3, 35 points) traveled to the Wolverine State to face the Atlantic Division-leading Red Wings (19-12-3, 41 points) on Wednesday, December 17.
Utah began the day fourth in the Central Division, two points out of playoff positioning with 47 games to play. The Mammoth are 8-11-2 on the road and are 4-6 in their past ten games.
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Midweek matchup. pic.twitter.com/Uy8c7Obdhy
— Utah Mammoth (@utahmammoth) December 17, 2025
Detroit has only three players with 10 or more goals. Lucas Raymond (10 goals, 27 assists), Dylan Larkin (17 goals, 16 assists), and points leader Alex DeBrincat (20 goals, 19 assists) are shouldering a heavy workload.
DeBrincat, Raymond, and Axel Sandin-Pelikka enter the night riding two-game point streaks.
Utah’s scoring punch is more evenly distributed amongst four active skaters and Logan Cooley, who remains out with a lower-body injury.
Nick Schmaltz leads the way with 30 points (12 goals, 18 assists), followed closely by Captain Clayton Keller’s 10 goals and 18 assists. Dylan Guenther is the team’s goals leader with 15 red lamps lit and 12 assists. First-year Mammoth skater JJ Peterka has 13 goals and 12 assists to round out the quartet.
Pregame
Matthew Tkachuk reveals that he pranked his teammates last season by sending them on a 29 minute walk to the Red Lotus Bistro when they played Utah for the first time.
He convinced them that Clayton Keller had recommended it as the best restaurant in town. https://t.co/nsJXabMWFq
— Cole Bagley (@BagleyKSLsports) December 17, 2025
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The Mammoth welcomes the New Jersey Devils into the Delta Center on Friday, December 19. The puck drops at 7 p.m. MT.
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