\u2014 Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) March 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Those are penalties the Mammoth have to avoid.<\/p>\n Doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s the best power play in the league or the worst, if a team sits in the box that many times in short order, they are begging to be scored on.<\/p>\n \u201cObviously, you can\u2019t when you\u2019re disconnected, you\u2019re chasing the game, and when you\u2019re chasing the game, you\u2019re taking penalties. Then just one goes over the other, and you\u2019re losing the game that way. And we\u2019ll let it slip,\u201d Mikhail Sergachev said.<\/p>\n When a team is forced to constantly defend in their own end while down a man, generating offense is low priority as they must consistently ice the puck to kill time.<\/p>\n Moving further down the stretch, that many penalties in one period simply cannot happen again as it set the tone for the rest of the game and buried Utah\u2019s chances to win.<\/p>\n Utah burned an unnecessary mulligan against the Chicago Blackhawks<\/p>\n With 22 games remaining on their schedule, every single point is precious for the Utah Mammoth.<\/p>\n Despite leading the Western Conference wild card race with 66 points, Utah cannot afford to drop many more games as three other teams (Nashville, Los Angeles, & San Jose) are on their heels, all within three to five points.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, after losing to an inferior opponent and one of the easier matchups remaining on their schedule, Utah is beginning to run out of mulligans.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the end of the day, we are serious about our business and who is on the other side,\u201d Head Coach Andre Tourigny said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need two points every night, and we are in a hell of a race. We need to take that game and learn from it, and that has to hurt big time. We (need to) make sure that doesn\u2019t happen again. If that\u2019s the purpose of that game, it is what it is. But, there is no reason for us to play like that.\u201d<\/p>\n If the 95-point benchmark holds firm as the qualifying number for the playoffs, Utah needs approximately 14 more wins and an overtime loss to get it done.<\/p>\n Doable?<\/p>\n Absolutely.<\/p>\n But losing 4-0 on home ice to Chicago at this point in the season is unacceptable which the players and coaches recognized.<\/p>\n \u201cI am obviously extremely disappointed about all of us: coaches and players,\u201d Tourigny added.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we have to be much better. There is no reason that (game) should ever happen. That kind of effort in front of fans\u2026 I am really disappointed in us, and it is on all of us, starting with me. That cannot happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n Not that any game is ever really a gimme, but the Blackhawks season is essentially over.<\/p>\n Playing them three times down the stretch is almost a gift but not when points are squandered in a shutout loss at home.<\/p>\n With an opportunity to face them twice more in the next 11 days, Utah has to make sure take care of business by picking up four points.<\/p>\n A preview of Utah\u2019s five-game road trip<\/p>\n Following their disappointing three-game home stand, the Mammoth will now depart for the longest remaining road trip of the regular season.<\/p>\n After two stops in DC and Philly ahead of Friday\u2019s trade deadline, Utah will then travel to Columbus before wrapping things up on a back-to-back in Chicago and Minnesota.<\/p>\n What should the expectation be?<\/p>\n Like any road trip, picking up roughly half of the available points is generally the minimum expectation.<\/p>\n Considering the competition, Utah is more than capable of three wins.<\/p>\n Chicago and Philadelphia are the more likely victories and if they can steal one of the other three game to pick up six points, that will keep them trending in the right direction.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a tough, tough performance, and our fans deserve better, a lot better than that. But, you know, it just happens to everyone,\u201d Sergachev explained.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been playing really good hockey lately, and we just got to get back to that, and through hard work. And we\u2019re gonna do it.\u201d<\/p>\n What\u2019s next for the Utah Mammoth?<\/p>\n The Utah Mammoth will begin a five-game road trip against the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night at 5 p.m. MT.<\/p>\n The game will be available on Mammoth+.<\/p>\n All Mammoth games will also be broadcast live on the KSL Sports Zone (97.5 FM\/1280 AM).<\/p>\n Cole Bagley is the Utah Mammoth insider for KSL Sports.\u00a0Keep up with him on X here<\/a>.\u00a0You can hear Cole break down the team on KSL Sports Zone and KSL 5 TV.
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