The Utah Mammoth visit the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Saturday, October 10, 2026, with puck drop set for 7:00\u202fPM EDT.<\/p>\n
Matchup: Utah Mammoth (3-2-0, 6 points in 2026-27) at Buffalo Sabres (2-2-0, 4 points in 2026-27)<\/p>\n
Date: Saturday, October 10, 2026<\/p>\n
Puck drop: 7:00\u202fPM EDT<\/p>\n
Venue: KeyBank Center<\/p>\n
How to watch: BUF: MSG-B \u00b7 UTA: Utah16<\/p>\n
Utah Mammoth News & Notes<\/p>\n
Utah reshaped its lineup over the summer, acquiring center Vincent Trocheck from the New York Rangers in a deal that sent defenseman Sean Durzi, a prospect, and a draft pick to New York. The club announced its 23-man opening night roster on Sept. 28, and that group was built without defenseman Maveric Lamoureux, whose injury is expected to keep him out long-term. The Mammoth opened their road schedule in Boston on Oct. 8. <\/p>\n
The organizational pipeline runs through Tucson, and several Roadrunners attended Mammoth rookie camp in September, among them Owen Allard, Daniil But, Michael Hrabal and Artem Duda. But appeared in 29 games with Utah last season, recording three goals and four assists, and added 39 points in 41 AHL games. Hrabal signed a three-year entry-level contract in March and went 3-1-1 with a 2.96 goals-against average in five Tucson appearances after finishing his career at Massachusetts. <\/p>\n
Buffalo Sabres News & Notes<\/p>\n
Buffalo locked up a piece of its blue line before the season began, signing defenseman Louis Crevier to a four-year, $16 million extension on the eve of the opener. The timing mattered, because the group was already thinned out. Mattias Samuelsson was ruled week-to-week with a lower-body injury, and Olen Zellweger entered concussion protocol after both were hurt in their preseason debuts, leaving the Sabres weighing a recall for opening night.<\/p>\n
The early schedule has brought mixed returns. Buffalo hosted Dallas on Oct. 8 and came away with an overtime win, though the night was tempered by an injury update on forward Josh Doan. Goaltending has drawn scrutiny as well, with Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen\u2019s rough start keeping both criticism and trade chatter alive. A handful of Sabres are already feeling the heat after slow individual starts, and the team is coming off a frustrating defeat. <\/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: Kailer Yamamoto \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 Kailer Yamamoto \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
Buffalo Sabres Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Peyton Krebs \u2013 Jiri Kulich \u2013 Tage Thompson<\/p>\n
Line 2: Zach Benson \u2013 Noah Ostlund \u2013 Jack Quinn<\/p>\n
Line 3: Ryan McLeod \u2013 Josh Norris \u2013 Konsta Helenius<\/p>\n
Line 4: Beck Malenstyn \u2013 Justin Danforth \u2013 Josh Doan<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Rasmus Dahlin \u2013 Mattias Samuelsson<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Olen Zellweger \u2013 Owen Power<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Zach Metsa \u2013 Louis Crevier<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Colten Ellis \u2013 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen<\/p>\n
Buffalo Sabres Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Jack Quinn \u2013 Zach Benson \u2013 Noah Ostlund \u2013 Tage Thompson \u2013 Rasmus Dahlin<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Konsta Helenius \u2013 Ryan McLeod \u2013 Josh Doan \u2013 Owen Power \u2013 Josh Norris<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Ryan McLeod \u2013 Beck Malenstyn \u2013 Owen Power \u2013 Mattias Samuelsson<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Josh Norris \u2013 Zach Benson \u2013 Rasmus Dahlin \u2013 Louis Crevier<\/p>\n
Players To Watch<\/p>\n
Clayton Keller \u2014 Utah Mammoth<\/p>\n
Keller put four shots on net in his last outing and led Utah forwards with 19:41 of ice time, but he didn\u2019t find the scoresheet. With Michael Carcone day-to-day, Keller\u2019s workload isn\u2019t shrinking. If you need a shots-on-goal play tonight, the volume and minutes are already there.<\/p>\n
Rasmus Dahlin \u2014 Buffalo Sabres<\/p>\n
Dahlin logged 26:24 last time out, more than any Sabre, though just one shot came of it. Box Score Junkie has him at a 62.9% Corsi-for and 62.1% Fenwick through 107 minutes this season, with 3.1 high-danger expected goals generated while he\u2019s on the ice. The territorial tilt should follow him again.<\/p>\n
Injury Report<\/p>\n
Utah Mammoth<\/p>\n
Michael Carcone (LW) \u2014 Day-To-Day, Undisclosed, expected back Saturday, October 10<\/p>\n
Maveric Lamoureux (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Shoulder, expected back Friday, February 12<\/p>\n
Buffalo Sabres<\/p>\n
Jason Zucker (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Abdomen, expected back Thursday, October 15<\/p>\n
Alex Lyon (G) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Saturday, October 10<\/p>\n
Conor Timmins (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Saturday, October 17<\/p>\n
Topias Leinonen (G) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Saturday, October 10<\/p>\n
Jack Rathbone (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Saturday, October 24<\/p>\n
Next Up<\/p>\n
Utah Mammoth: host the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday, October 13.<\/p>\n
Buffalo Sabres: host the Florida Panthers on Monday, October 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Utah Mammoth visit the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center on Saturday, October 10, 2026, with puck drop…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5100],"tags":[73000,1107,229,5133,1518,9605,5,5236,3663,8024,3714,1565,3034,9608,4,5573,4184,4011,1108,7800,3154,3042],"class_list":["post-683512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-buffalo-sabres","tag-2026-27-nhl-regular-season","tag-buffalo","tag-buffalo-sabres","tag-buffalosabres","tag-clayton-keller","tag-daniil-but","tag-hockey","tag-injury-report","tag-josh-doan","tag-keybank-center","tag-line-combinations","tag-louis-crevier","tag-mattias-samuelsson","tag-maveric-lamoureux","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-game-preview","tag-olen-zellweger","tag-rasmus-dahlin","tag-sabres","tag-ukko-pekka-luukkonen","tag-utah-mammoth","tag-vincent-trocheck"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/117417510450135620","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683512","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=683512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}