Mammoth hold off Penguins 5-4 as Pittsburgh's slide reaches four games

A two-goal cushion that held

The Utah Mammoth beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 in regulation on Monday night, Oct. 19, 2026, at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, according to Yahoo Sports' final box score. ESPN lists the same 5-4 final. ^{[1] [2]}

Utah took a 4-2 lead into the third period. Nick Schmaltz made it 5-2 on a power play 1:36 into the final period, and Pittsburgh needed two more goals to get within one but ran out of time, Yahoo's scoring summary shows. ^[1]

How the goals came

Erik Karlsson opened the scoring for Pittsburgh with a power-play goal at 1:11 of the first. Clayton Keller tied it at 6:00 and Kevin Stenlund put Utah ahead at 10:10, so the Mammoth led 2-1 after one, per Yahoo. ^[1]

In the second, Rickard Rakell tied the game 2-2 on another Pittsburgh power play at 7:01. Nate Schmidt scored at 11:44 and Kailer Yamamoto at 14:40 to give Utah the 4-2 edge, Yahoo reports. CBS Sports' box score, captured after the second period, matches those goals and credits assists to Bryan Rust, Tommy Novak, Mikhail Sergachev and others. ^{[1] [3]}

After Schmaltz's goal, Yahoo credits Egor Chinakhov at 2:55 and Declan Carlile at 14:55 for Pittsburgh's third-period goals. Schmidt, Stenlund and Schmaltz were named the game's three stars, each with a goal and an assist. ^[1]

Goaltending and special teams

Pittsburgh's Silovs made 24 saves on 29 shots, a .828 save percentage, according to Yahoo. CBS Sports lists Sebastian Cossa in Utah's net through the first two periods, stopping 11 of 13 shots. Its box score had Utah outshooting Pittsburgh 25-13 at that point. The captured page does not show who finished the game or Utah's final save total. ^{[1] [3]}

Pittsburgh scored on both of its first two goals with the man advantage. Utah, which entered the night with the league's top power play at 35.3 percent according to Inside the Rink, added Schmaltz's goal on its own. ^{[1] [3] [5]}

Standings and form

Utah moved to 7-3-0 and Pittsburgh dropped to 3-6-1, Yahoo's records show. Before the game the teams were 6-3-0 and 3-5-1, per Inside the Rink and Covers. ^{[1] [4] [5]}

Both clubs arrived off 6-2 road losses on Saturday, Oct. 17: Pittsburgh at Vegas, which was its third straight defeat, and Utah at Edmonton, Covers reports. By that count, Monday extended Pittsburgh's losing streak to four. The two teams last met on March 14, 2026, when Pittsburgh won 4-3 in Utah, according to Covers. ^[4]

The game was the first meeting between the clubs this season, per Inside the Rink. Reasons for the surge in searches for the matchup have not been established. ^[5]

What comes next

Pittsburgh now has to find a way out of the losing streak with a 3-6-1 record in the early weeks of the season, while Utah gets a bounce-back win after the Edmonton loss. Neither team's next game was confirmed in the sources reviewed. ^{[1] [4]}