MONTREAL, CANADA – NOVEMBER 08: Goaltender Sam Montembeault #35 of the Montréal Canadiens stops Nick Schmaltz #8 of the Utah Mammoth during the third period at the Bell Centre on November 8, 2025 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montréal Canadiens defeated the Utah Mammoth 6-2. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
(Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Mammoth are looking for their third straight win tonight as they wrap up a four-game homestand against the Montreal Canadiens.
Utah (12-8-3, 27 points) is hosting the Canadiens (11-7-3, 25 points) at the Delta Center on Wednesday, November 26.
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Last one before we hit the road! pic.twitter.com/pNsAQUqc0P
— Utah Mammoth (@utahmammoth) November 26, 2025
Nick Schmaltz continues to lead the team with 22 points (10 goals, 12 assists), but Logan Cooley (13 goals, eight assists) and Clayton Keller (8 goals, 12 assists) are hot on his heels.
Defenseman Nate Schmidt comes into tonight’s game on a five-game points streak (goal, five assists).
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Nick Suzuki leads the Candiens’ offense with 23 points, registering 18 assists already in 21 games. Cole Caufield is Montreal’s only double-digit goals scorer, finding the back of the net 13 times in 2025.
Pregame
Gearing up for Durzi’s return tonight 💪
Read more here: https://t.co/IdNVIe3EKa pic.twitter.com/sO2ie9agCK
— Utah Mammoth (@utahmammoth) November 26, 2025
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Karel Vejmelka is the first goaltender off the ice for Utah.
That indicates he should start against Montreal.#TusksUp #GoHabsGo
— Cole Bagley (@BagleyKSLsports) November 26, 2025
#TusksUp Lines from today:
Schmaltz – Hayton – Keller
Guenther – Cooley – Yamamoto
Crouse – McBain – Peterka
Tanev – Stenlund – Carcone
O’Brien
Sergachev – DeSimone
Schmidt – Marino
Cole – Durzi
Simashev
— Cole Bagley (@BagleyKSLsports) November 26, 2025
Tourigny on Simashev coming out of the lineup: “We’re starting 7 games in 11 days…he won’t be out for long. He will be back in the lineup but we’ll do a rotation here.”
“Simashev is an important player for us in the future but he has certain things we want him to work on.”
— Cole Bagley (@BagleyKSLsports) November 26, 2025
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The Mammoth head out for an extended, six-game road trip that will have them traveling for nine consecutive days. The club opens the road trip in Dallas against the Stars on Friday, November 28. The puck drops at 6 p.m. MT.
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Brian Preece is a KSLSports.com insider covering Locals in MLB and the Salt Lake Bees. Follow Brian’s Bees and Beehive baseball here. Find Brian on X, Instagram, and BlueSky at @bpreece24.
