Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\nUtah Mammoth News & Notes<\/p>\n
Utah opened the 2026-27 season with a 6-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks in its home opener, then followed with a 4-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The club announced its 23-man opening night roster on Sept. 28. Andr\u00e9 Tourigny returns behind the bench after signing a multiyear contract in June, part of a staff update that also included a new deal for Forsythe and the addition of Foote. The team\u2019s official hashtag remains #TusksUp.<\/p>\n
General manager Bill Armstrong reshaped the lineup over the summer, acquiring Vincent Trocheck and Anders Lee, with Sean Durzi, Beaudoin and a third-round pick going out in the Trocheck deal. The blue line took a hit before the opener, as Maveric Lamoureux underwent shoulder surgery and is expected to miss four to six months. Utah\u2019s rookie camp roster in September featured Tucson Roadrunners regulars Owen Allard, Michael Hrabal, Daniil But and Artem Duda, the latter returning from a leg injury. <\/p>\n
New York Rangers News & Notes<\/p>\n
Goaltending has been the story in New York over the past week. A report indicated Joonas Korpisalo is week to week, and the offseason acquisition landed on injured reserve. The Rangers followed with a roster move involving a 24-year-old goaltender ahead of their meeting with Tampa Bay. Dylan Garand figured into the takeaways from a 2-0 road win over Detroit, a game in which Sean Durzi and Eeli Tolvanen were also among the names cited.<\/p>\n
The club revealed its opening night roster earlier this week. Forward Adam Sykora left the preseason opener against New Jersey with a lower-body injury, and the team later shared a disappointing update on the prospect. General manager Chris Drury has described the retool as going to plan, saying the offseason additions made the Rangers younger and faster. Defenseman Braden Schneider, in his sixth season, has been floated as a trade candidate before the deadline. The team hashtag remains #NYR. <\/p>\n
Utah Mammoth Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Clayton Keller \u2013 Nick Schmaltz \u2013 Vincent Trocheck<\/p>\n
Line 2: Anders Lee \u2013 Logan Cooley \u2013 Dylan Guenther<\/p>\n
Line 3: Jack McBain \u2013 Barrett Hayton \u2013 Lawson Crouse<\/p>\n
Line 4: Michael Carcone \u2013 Kevin Stenlund \u2013 Daniil But<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Mikhail Sergachev \u2013 MacKenzie Weegar<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Nate Schmidt \u2013 John Marino<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Dmitri Simashev \u2013 Andrew Peeke<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Karel Vejmelka \u2013 Sebastian Cossa<\/p>\n
Utah Mammoth Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Nick Schmaltz \u2013 Logan Cooley \u2013 Clayton Keller \u2013 Dylan Guenther \u2013 Mikhail Sergachev<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Anders Lee \u2013 Vincent Trocheck \u2013 Michael Carcone \u2013 Daniil But \u2013 John Marino<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Nick Schmaltz \u2013 Lawson Crouse \u2013 Mikhail Sergachev \u2013 MacKenzie Weegar<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Kevin Stenlund \u2013 Jack McBain \u2013 Nate Schmidt \u2013 John Marino<\/p>\n
New York Rangers Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Gabriel Perreault \u2013 Mika Zibanejad \u2013 Alexis Lafreni\u00e8re<\/p>\n
Line 2: Oliver Bjorkstrand \u2013 J.T. Miller \u2013 Pavel Dorofeyev<\/p>\n
Line 3: Will Cuylle \u2013 Noah Laba \u2013 Eeli Tolvanen<\/p>\n
Line 4: Tye Kartye \u2013 Joe Veleno \u2013 Jaroslav Chmelar<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Vladislav Gavrikov \u2013 Adam Fox<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Marcus Pettersson \u2013 Sean Durzi<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Alberts Smits \u2013 Braden Schneider<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Igor Shesterkin \u2013 Dylan Garand<\/p>\n
New York Rangers Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Alexis Lafreni\u00e8re \u2013 J.T. Miller \u2013 Pavel Dorofeyev \u2013 Mika Zibanejad \u2013 Adam Fox<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Oliver Bjorkstrand \u2013 Will Cuylle \u2013 Gabriel Perreault \u2013 Eeli Tolvanen \u2013 Sean Durzi<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Joe Veleno \u2013 Tye Kartye \u2013 Marcus Pettersson \u2013 Adam Fox<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Mika Zibanejad \u2013 Will Cuylle \u2013 Vladislav Gavrikov \u2013 Sean Durzi<\/p>\n
Players To Watch<\/p>\n
Mikhail Sergachev \u2014 Utah Mammoth<\/p>\n
Sergachev did a bit of everything last time out: a goal, an assist, four shots and 22:01 of ice time. Box Score Junkie has him at a 61.7% Corsi-for and 68.4% Fenwick through the 2026-27 season to date, so the attempts keep flowing his way. A sensible shots-on-goal play from the back end.<\/p>\n
Adam Fox \u2014 New York Rangers<\/p>\n
Fox logged a team-high 22:50 with two shots and an assist in his last outing. Box Score Junkie\u2019s 2026-27 numbers show a 54.1% Corsi-for and 58.7 shot attempts for per 60 across 60 minutes, with 1.0 high-danger xG generated while he\u2019s on the ice. He\u2019s still chasing a first goal on 0.8 expected.<\/p>\n
Injury Report<\/p>\n
Utah Mammoth<\/p>\n
Maveric Lamoureux (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Shoulder, expected back Friday, February 12<\/p>\n
New York Rangers<\/p>\n
Joonas Korpisalo (G) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Friday, October 9<\/p>\n
Aidan Thompson (C) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Sunday, October 11<\/p>\n
Adam Sykora (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Monday, January 25<\/p>\n
Next Up<\/p>\n
Utah Mammoth: visit the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday, October 6.<\/p>\n
New York Rangers: host the New York Islanders on Tuesday, October 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Jones \u2013 Imagn Images The Utah Mammoth visit the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5111],"tags":[73000,1503,4506,8493,5169,9605,3670,4154,5,5236,1619,3714,5788,9608,1255,3328,35,5190,5193,4,5573,36,1524,3154,3042],"class_list":["post-678462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-rangers","tag-2026-27-nhl-regular-season","tag-adam-fox","tag-adam-sykora","tag-anders-lee","tag-braden-schneider","tag-daniil-but","tag-dylan-garand","tag-eeli-tolvanen","tag-hockey","tag-injury-report","tag-joonas-korpisalo","tag-line-combinations","tag-madison-square-garden","tag-maveric-lamoureux","tag-mikhail-sergachev","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkrangers","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-game-preview","tag-rangers","tag-sean-durzi","tag-utah-mammoth","tag-vincent-trocheck"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/117382451630869233","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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