{coyotes} McDavid scores twice to give him 401 career goals and 1,200 points as Oilers top Mammoth 5-2

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Connor McDavid scored twice to give him 401 career goals and 1,200 points, sparking the Edmonton Oilers to a 5-2 victory over the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday night.

McDavid became the fifth player in Oilers history to reach 400 goals when he took a feed from Mattias Ekholm and Evan Bouchard and beat Karel Vejmelka with 7:53 left in the second period.

The go-ahead goal was his 40th of the season and put Edmonton in front 3-2. He scored his 401st goal on an empty-netter with 7.5 seconds remaining that also gave him his 1,200th point. McDavid also has 799 career assists.

Evan Bouchard had three assists to give him 82 points as he joined Cale Makar, Erik Karlsson and Roman Josi as the only NHL defensemen to record multiple 80-point seasons since 2005-06.

To complete the milestone-rich contest, Edmonton's Ryan Nugent-Hopkins posted his 800th career NHL point with an assist in the first period on a goal by Roslovic, who had two scores. Matt Savoie scored a short-handed goal in the second.

Edmonton had 24 blocked shots and allowed just 18 shots on goal. Tristan Jarry made 16 saves.

The Oilers have won their last five games against the Mammoth and leapfrogged the Vegas Golden Knights (79-78 points) for second place in the Pacific Division as the playoff races heat up.

Alexander Kerfoot and Lawson Crouse scored for Utah. Vejmelka stopped 11 shots, but was replaced after the second period by Vitek Vanecek.

Utah's André Tourigny coached his 400th career NHL game (164-191-45).

Mammoth forward Barrett Hayton left in the first period with an upper-body injury and didn't return.

Oilers: Visit Vegas on Thursday night.

Mammoth: Host Washington on Thursday night to finish their four-game homestand.

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{coyotes} Mammoth becoming NHL destination thanks to trust in players, team

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Belief and trust -- in himself and the organization's faith in him -- sold Dylan Guenther on the Utah Mammoth.

It's why the 22-year-old forward signed an eight-year, $57.14 million contract ($7.14 million average annual value) on Sept. 20, 2024.

"I was playing in the minors the year before," Guenther said. "You don't even really know if you're going to be a full-time NHL player. That kind of commitment from them and trust from them was a good feeling to have, especially at such a young age."

The Mammoth have since shown that high level of commitment and trust in goalie Karel Vejmelka, and forwards JJ Peterka, Jack McBain, Logan Cooley and Nick Schmaltz. 

They've all reciprocated with autographs on long-term contracts; eight years for Cooley and Schmaltz, five each for Vejmelka, Peterka and McBain.

Defenseman MacKenzie Weegar, in the third season of an eight-year contract, showed his belief in the Mammoth by agreeing to waive his no-trade clause to go to Utah from the Calgary Flames on March 4.

Utah previously had acquired defenseman Mikhail Sergachev in a trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning on June 29, 2024. He too is in the third season of an eight-year contract.

In all, the Mammoth have eight players signed through the 2029-30 season.

"The players are vested in the vision, the vision of trying to become a championship organization, and they know that you have to play together long term to do that," Utah general manager Bill Armstrong said. "When Guenther stepped up and he was the first one to say, 'This is where I want to be,' that was huge. It kind of parlayed into Cooley saying, 'I want to be here,' and then 'Bainer' saying 'I want to be here too.' We traded for JJ and 'Sergy', and 'Vejy' saying 'I want to be a part of this too.' Well, here we go."

The buy-in has the Mammoth (37-28-6) in position to reach the Stanley Cup Playoffs this season. 

They haven't clinched, but they currently hold the first wild card in the West and a seven-point cushion with 11 games to play, including against the Edmonton Oilers at Delta Center on Tuesday (9:30 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+, SN1, TVAS).

"The fact the guys stay here means they love each other, they believe in each other, they want to be together and they believe they can achieve great things together," Utah coach Andre Tourigny said. "To follow that, they believe the organization will give them the means to succeed together. They believe everything will be put together to achieve their goals. 

"They have huge belief in (owners) Ryan and Ashley (Smith) with the way they've done things since we arrived in Utah. All the players that we have talk about the community here, the atmosphere at Delta Center, how the fans react to them. I think everything brings the vibe in the right direction."

The Mammoth missed the playoffs by seven points last season, their first since the franchise assets of the Arizona Coyotes were sold to Utah.

If they make the playoffs this season it will be the first time the Mammoth/Arizona Coyotes have clinched a playoff berth since 2012. The Coyotes were one of 12 teams in the West that was part of the League's return to play in the 2020 playoffs, but they never clinched.

"I think we can be a dangerous team in the playoffs," Schmaltz said. "We play a pretty hard game. We play fast. We're tough to play against. I think we'll take advantage of it."

Schmaltz said the growth he has seen this season was one of several significant factors in him signing an eight-year, $64 million contract ($8 million AAV) on March 11, along with the term, familiarity, appreciation for Utah and the long-term commitments his teammates have made. 

He could have become an unrestricted free agent after this season. 

"I think we're in a window where we can be a successful team here for the foreseeable future," Schmaltz said. "That's what my thought was and it's nice to see other guys buying in long term. It was kind of a no-brainer."

Weegar came to a similar conclusion after doing his analysis of moving to Utah when the Flames presented him with the opportunity.

"That core group of guys is what is going to drive this team for years, the Cooleys, the Guenthers, (Clayton) Keller, JJ, Sergy," Weegar said. "They have everything in place with their core group of guys and they're good. They're not still just getting their feet wet. They're established now. That was huge for me. I didn't want to go into a place that didn't have a core group of guys ready to win and they have that right now."

The timing was part of the plan put into motion as soon as the team arrived in Utah after the 2023-24 season.

The Smiths, who run Smith Entertainment Group, promised that they would renovate Delta Center and make it into a state-of-the-art arena for hockey. 

That is in the process of happening.

They said they would build the team a first-rate practice facility. They did.

They told the players their travel would be first class. It is.

They promised to build a consistent winning team, which they feel they're doing with the long-term commitments they've already made.

It's possible that forward Barrett Hayton (restricted free agent after the season) will be next, followed by forwards Lawson Crouse (signed through next season) and Keller (signed through 2027-28).

"It's just a totally different level here," Schmaltz said. "Arizona was great. Living there was awesome. But the circumstances weren't ideal and this was a complete 180. Now I feel we have one of the best owners in the League that is willing to do whatever it takes. Whatever he says he follows through and gets it done quick."

The Mammoth have plenty more talent on the way, too.

Defensemen Maveric Lamoureux (No. 29 pick in 2022) and Daniil But (No. 12, 2023), and forward Dmitri Simashev (No. 6, 2023) have played NHL games this season.

Goalie Michael Hrabal (No. 38, 2023) has had three strong seasons at UMass-Amherst and could be ready to turn pro. Forwards Tij Iginla (No. 6, 2024), Cole Beaudoin (No. 24, 2024) and Caleb Desnoyers (No. 4, 2025) are crushing it in the Canadian Hockey League.

"There's a good chunk of good players coming and what we've tried to do is be able to develop them," Armstrong said. "When you have your guys in place it allows you to bring guys in slowly. Instead of putting all of our rookies in and getting our butts whooped, we're going to gradually put one in here, put one in there."

It all comes back to belief and trust in the core, to what Guenther saw and felt when he signed his eight-year contract.

Vejmelka's five-year, $23.75 million deal ($4.75 million AAV) came next, on March 5, 2025. Peterka was acquired from the Buffalo Sabres and signed a five-year, $38.5 million contract ($7.7 million AAV) on June 26.

Cooley signed an eight-year, $80 million deal ($10 million AAV) on Oct. 29. Weegar waived to come to Utah and Schmaltz re-upped for eight more years a week later.

Playoff games at Delta Center should come next, in a couple of weeks if all goes right. 

It's just beginning.

"For me, now it's obvious that's why 'Schmaltzy' wanted to stick around for eight more years," Weegar said. "This team is so good and the ceiling is so high."

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{coyotes} Mammoth sign top prospect Caleb Desnoyers to entry-level contract

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A top prospect is headed to Utah.

The Mammoth signed forward Caleb Desnoyers to a three-year entry-level contract, the team announced on Monday.

Desnoyers, 18, was selected fourth overall by the Mammoth in the 2025 NHL Draft.

The Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., native has spent this season as captain of the QMJHL's Moncton Wildcats, with whom he's recorded 22 goals and 56 assists over 45 games.

He led the Wildcats to a QMJHL title and the Memorial Cup last season before falling to the London Knights in the semifinals.

Desnoyers also had six assists in seven games for Canada at the world juniors earlier this year, en route to a bronze medal.

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{coyotes} Schmaltz scores in OT to give the Mammoth a 4-3 victory over the Kings

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Nick Schmaltz scored his second goal of the game on a break at 1:46 of overtime to give the Utah Mammoth a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday night.

Schmaltz carried the puck in on a 2-on-1 with defenseman Mikhail Sergachev on his left and fired a snap shot between goalie Darcy Kuemper's legs.

After Los Angeles controlled play in the 3-on-3 overtime and nearly ended it on Alex Laferriere's shot that went off the right post, Kevin Stenlund won a faceoff against Quinton Byfield to set up Schmaltz's seventh winning goal of the season.

Artemi Panarin tied it for Los Angeles with 3:30 left in regulation with his 25th goal of the season His shot from deep on the far right side eluded goalie Karel Vejmelka.

Schmaltz pushed his career-high goals total to 26 and reached 63 points to match his career high set in 2024-25. Lawson Crouse scored twice in the first period and added an assist, and Vejmelka made 33 saves to help Utah end a four-game home losing streak. The Mammoth hold the first wild card in the Western Conference, five points ahead of Nashville.

Byfield had a goal and an assist, and Leferriere also scored for Los Angeles. Kuemper stopped 30 shots.

The Kings are two points behind Nashville for the final wild card.

Kings: At Calgary on Tuesday night.

Mammoth: Host Edmonton on Tuesday night.

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{coyotes} Ducks beat the Mammoth 4-1 to pad their Pacific Division lead

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Alex Killorn broke a tie off a scramble at 9:09 of the second period, Lukas Dostal stopped 29 shots and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Utah Mammoth 4-1 on Friday night to pad their Pacific Division lead.

After the puck was cleared off the goal line behind goalie Vitek Vanecek, the Ducks' Sennecke ended up with it on the left side and slipped a pass to Killorn for a shot before Vanecek was set. Killorn also had two assists.

Ryan Poehling, Cutter Gauthier and Mikael Granlund also scored to help the Ducks - playing without suspended defenseman Radko Gudas - rebound from a 3-2 overtime loss to Philadelphia on Wednesday night at home. They moved three points ahead of Edmonton in the division.

Gudas served the fourth game of a five-game suspension for kneeing Auston Matthews in a loss at Toronto on March 12. Matthews tore the medial collateral ligament in his left knee and will miss the rest of the season.

Poehling tied it with 6:23 left in the first, beating Vanecek with a nifty move on a short-handed break. Poehling took a pass from Killorn, sped down the left side, cut right and shot against the grain to the left.

The Ducks put it away with two empty-net goals, with Gauthier scoring his 36th goal on the first.

Dylan Guenther scored his 34th goal of the season for Utah - at 1:48 of the first of the Mammoth's second shot on goal.

Utah remained six points ahead of Los Angeles for the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference.

The Mammoth opened a four-game homestand. They had won two straight on the road, beating Dallas 6-3 on Monday night to snap a four-game losing streak and topping Vegas 4-0 Thursday night.

Ducks: Host Buffalo on Sunday.

Mammoth: Host Los Angeles on Sunday night.

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{coyotes} Red Wings prospect Trey Augustine headlines Mike Richter Award finalists

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Two second-round NHL Draft picks are among the finalists for the Mike Richter Award as top goalie in the NCAA this season.

Michigan State's Trey Augustine (Detroit Red Wings), UMass' Michael Hrabal (Utah Mammoth) and the undrafted Josh Kotai of Augustana are the three finalists, the Hockey Commissioners Association announced Friday.

The American-born Augustine, picked 41st overall by the Red Wings in 2023, is 23-8-1 with a 2.08 goals-against average and .929 save percentage this season, earning him the Big Ten's goalie of the year award for a second straight campaign. His Spartans team is guaranteed a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, starting next week.

The Czech-born Hrabal, selected 38th overall in 2023 by what were then the Arizona Coyotes in 2023, is 19-8-1 with a 1.98 ERA and .936 save percentage this season. He also was named Hockey East's player of the year earlier this week.

UMass needs a win against Merrimack in a Hockey East semifinal on Friday to keep its NCAA tourney hopes alive.

Kotai, 23, is 20-11-4 with a 1.99 GAA and .938 save percentage this season. Augustana was eliminated from the CCHA conference championship last week, but still could get an NCAA tournament spot with some help on the out-of-town scoreboard this weekend.

The Richter winner will be announced April 10.

Montreal Canadiens goalie Jacob Fowler won the award last year with Boston College.

Previous winners include Connor Hellebuyck, Thatcher Demko and Jeremy Swayman.

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{coyotes} Mammoth sign forward Michael Carcone to two-year contract extension

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Michael Carcone is staying in Utah.

The Mammoth have signed forward Michael Carcone to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of $1.75 million, the team announced on Friday.

Carcone has ben a depth piece for the Mammoth all season with 14 goals and 12 assists in 66 games.

The 29-year-old Ajax, Ont. native was undrafted and signed by the Vancouver Canucks in 2016. He is having a bounce-back season after only recording seven goals over 53 games in 2024-25. Carcone spent the first four years of his career with the Arizona/Utah organization.

Prior to this contract, Carcone was re-signed by the Mammoth on July 15 to a one-year deal.

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