{coyotes} David Pastrnak's four points lead Bruins to 6-1 rout of Mammoth

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BOSTON (AP) David Pastrnak scored his first two goals of the season and added two assists as the Boston Bruins routed the Utah Mammoth 6-1 in Thursday night.

Matthew Poitras, Casey Mittelstadt, Mason Lohrei and Morgan Geekie also scored for the Bruins, who led 3-0 after one period and 6-0 after two. Jeremy Swayman made 36 saves.

Pastrnak scored his first goal with 5:38 left in the first period on a power-play wrist shot, assisted by Frederic Brunet and Geekie. He tacked on a power-play slap shot 4:40 into the second period, assisted by Geekie and Hampus Lindholm.

Jack McBain scored for the Mammoth midway through the third period to spoil Swayman's shutout bid.

Karel Vejmelka stopped 11 of 14 shots he faced before he was replaced by Sebastian Cossa, who made five saves for the Mammoth.

The Bruins scored three power-play goals, while the Mammoth went scoreless on the power play. The Bruins blocked 23 shots in the win.

Utah: Visits the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday night.

Boston: Hosts the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.

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{coyotes} Anders Lee and Vincent Trocheck bring simple, direct hockey to the Utah Mammoth

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Logan Cooley made a between-the-legs, highlight-reel pass in a game early this season. Older Utah Mammoth teammate Anders Lee watched in amazement.

“I mean, I’m not trying that,” Lee said with a chuckle.

No one is asking him to try anything of the sort. The Mammoth made the playoffs with a young, fast, skilled core led by Cooley, Dylan Guenther and captain Clayton Keller, and Lee and fellow veteran forward Vincent Trocheck were added over the summer to bring a more direct, simple and straightforward brand of hockey from their careers in the Eastern Conference and complement what the established group already excels at.

“They’ve always been skillful and everyone’s kind of known them as being a fast, small, skilled team, and now they’ve gone out and added some bigger pieces, some grit to their lineup and I think they have a little bit of everything,” said New Jersey forward Evan Rodrigues, who won the Stanley Cup back to back with Florida in 2024 and ’25. “They got good goaltending, a good D corps, guys who can put the puck in the net (and now) guys who also kind of muck it up in front of the net.”

After losing in the first round to bigger, stronger and more seasoned Vegas, Utah clearly could use some more players who can muck it up around the crease. Enter Lee, a 6-foot-3, 234-pound winger who had been with the New York Islanders for more than a decade, and Trocheck, a do-it-all center who played across town with the Rangers the past four years and helped the U.S. win Olympic gold in Milan.

Trocheck has started on right wing on the top line alongside Keller and Nick Schmaltz. Lee is on the left side with Cooley and Guenther.

The trios have combined to produce six goals at even strength through four games, while the Mammoth have the NHL’s best power play at an unsustainable 61.5% success rate. The chemistry is still developing with the new faces.

“We’re still figuring each other out a little bit, and I think it’s going to come eventually,” Keller said. “We’ve shown flashes, but I think (it is about) just connecting a little bit. We’re talking about it a lot and each other’s tendencies and things like that, so it’s not something I’m too worried about, to be honest. I think we’re all pretty smart players that think the game at a high level.”

That was the intent in acquiring Trocheck via trade and signing Lee in free agency hours apart on July 1.

Coach Andre Tourigny pointed out that they are two different players but acknowledged they do something similar: “They’re guys who play on the inside a lot.”

That is important and needed when some of the most talented players are better suited to make a difference on the perimeter.

“Andy is a real power forward: toughness, physicality. Even he’s heavy down low. He can protect the puck,” Tourigny said. “Trocheck is good in the) faceoff dots, playing both special teams, really good defensively.”

The on-ice fit is obvious. There is also the experience that Lee and Trocheck bring from several playoff runs.

“It’s good to have some guys that have been in a lot of different situations where us young guys could kind of lean on them,” Cooley said.

It will take until spring to see how much that benefits Utah. Until then, Lee and Trocheck are affecting younger teammates with not only what they do but what they say.

“Just the things (Lee is) saying on the bench after games and just listening to him tell stories,” Guenther said. “And same for Troch. He’s always adding things that maybe weren’t being said before, like talking about faceoff skill, edge battles — just kind of little things that maybe you weren’t even really aware of before.”

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{coyotes} Nick Schmaltz's NHL-leading 5th goal lifts Mammoth past Devils 5-3

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) Nick Schmaltz scored his NHL-best fifth goal of the season, and the Utah Mammoth relied on their proficient power play to beat the New Jersey Devils 5-3 on Tuesday night.

Clayton Keller, MacKenzie Weegar, Lawson Crouse and Vincent Trocheck also scored for the Mammoth, and Mikhail Sergachev had three assists to surpass 300 for his career before leaving the game when he took a puck to the back of the helmet late in the second period.

Utah went 2 for 4 on the power play and has scored on 8 of 13 opportunities this season with the man advantage, including Keller's goal in the first period and Schmaltz's go-ahead tally midway through the second that made it 3-2.

Luke Evangelista scored twice for New Jersey and Jesper Boqvist had the other goal.

The Mammoth beat the Devils for the first time, having gone 0-4 in the franchise's previous two seasons.

Karel Vejmelka stopped 30 shots for Utah, and New Jersey's Jake Allen made 26 saves.

Sergachev reached 300 assists with his second of the game, on Weegar's goal early in the second period. The 28-year-old Russian defenseman reached the milestone in his 634th NHL game.

He also assisted on Schmaltz's goal for his seventh career four-assist game and fourth in his last 32 contests.

Schmaltz had two assists, the second on Trocheck's goal that made it 5-3 with 3:08 remaining.

New Jersey defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler left with an injury early in the third period.

Mammoth: At Boston on Thursday.

Devils: Host Vancouver on Saturday.

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{coyotes} Igor Shesterkin, Rangers beat Mammoth 4-2 for third straight win

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NEW YORK (AP) Igor Shesterkin made 28 saves and had an assist on Eeli Tolvanen's empty-net goal with 1:15 remaining and the New York Rangers beat the Utah Mammoth 4-2 on Sunday night.

Three nights after becoming the first Rangers goalie to score, Shesterkin got his fourth career assist when he made a long pass to Will Cuylle before Tolvanen scored for the third straight game.

Gabe Perreault scored the tiebreaking goal 3:15 into the third and J.T. Miller scored with 7:13 remaining as the retooled Rangers won their third straight after opening with a loss.

Perreault snapped a 1-1 tie by pouncing on a loose puck after goalie Karel Vejmelka made a pad save on Alexis Lafreniere. Vejmelka did not control the rebound and Perreault’s shot from slightly inside the left circle sailed into the open net.

Miller scored when he deflected Vladislav Gavrikov’s shot by Vejmelka for a 3-1 lead. Gavrikov scored late on a shot from the point late in the first period before setting up Miller.

Nick Schmaltz backhanded a rebound off Clayton Keller’s shot in the second for the Mammoth, who were trying to open 3-0-0 for the second time in three seasons in Utah. Andrew Peeke scored with 5:03 remaining for Utah.

Vejmelka made 18 saves, including a pair on Lafreniere on breakaways.

Vincent Trochek was given a video tribute and a nice ovation from the crowd during a break in the first period. Trocheck was traded to Utah in July after totaling 89 goals and 253 points in 313 games for the Rangers in the past four seasons.

The Rangers played with 11 forwards for most of the game after Joe Velano exited with a lower-body injury after his leg got tangled with Keller along the boards near the New York bench 9:21 into the first.

Utah: At New Jersey on Tuesday night.

Rangers: Host the New York Islanders on Tuesday night.

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{coyotes} Nick Schmaltz's two goals lead Mammoth past Blue Jackets 4-1

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Nick Schmaltz had two goals and the Utah Mammoth scored three times on the power play to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Saturday night for its second straight victory to open the season.

Mikhail Sergachev and Dylan Guenther each scored power-play goals. Sergachev added an assist and Guenther and Logan Cooley each had two assists. Sebastian Cossa stopped 15 shots in his Utah debut.

Clayton Keller had two assists to reach 600 NHL career points. He has two goals and 15 assists for 17 points in 17 career games against the Blue Jackets and four assists this season.

Kent Johnson scored for Columbus, and Jet Greaves stopped 21 shots. Matthew Knies had an assist, giving him four points in his first two games with the Blue Jackets.

Sergachev put Utah ahead with a power-play goal from near the blue line at 11:55 of the first period. Schmaltz doubled the lead less than five minutes later.

Johnson scored on a breakaway 1:30 into the second period to make it 2-1 before Guenther scored on the power play at 5:59 of the third for his third power-play goal in Utah’s first two games.

Schmaltz made it 4-1 with a power-play goal at 14:13 for his 500th NHL point.

The game opened a five-game road trip for Utah and was the first half of a back-to-back.

Mammoth: At the New York Rangers on Sunday night.

Blue Jackets: Hosts the Pittsburgh on Friday night.

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{coyotes} Dylan Guenther scores twice as Mammoth rout Blackhawks 6-0

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Dylan Guenther scored two power-play goals, Karel Vejmelka made 15 saves and the Utah Mammoth opened the season with a 6-0 romp over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.

Clayton Keller assisted on both power-play goals. Michael Carcone, Nick Schmaltz, Anders Lee and Daniil But also scored to help the Mammoth beat the Blackhawks in a season opener for the second time in three seasons.

Chicago generated only nine shots on goal over the first two periods. Arvid Soderblom had 26 saves for the Blackhawks. They lost their second straight after falling 5-2 at Vegas on Tuesday night.

Utah opened the scoring on Guenther’s first power play goal with 3:19 left in the first period. Carcone made it a two-goal lead for the Mammoth 40 seconds later, flicking a wrist shot over Soderblom’s elbow.

Schmaltz scored Utah’s third goal at the 9:46 of the second. He collected a puck that deflected off Soderblom’s skate as he dropped to his belly and tapped it in behind him at close range.

The Mammoth added two more goals later in the period. Lee tapped in the puck in traffic off a feed from Andrew Peeke with 6:54 left in the second. Guenther added his second power-play goal with 4:32 remaining in the period to put Utah up 5-0.

But capped the scoring with 7:10 left in the third.

Blackhawks: At Buffalo on Saturday night.

Mammoth: At Columbus on Saturday night.

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{coyotes} By the Numbers: 2026-27 NHL opening rosters

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723 – Players on official opening-day rosters. 

433 – Players who are Gen Z (59.9% of 723). Last season, 61% of NHL players were Gen Z.

306 – Canadian players, the most of any country (42.3% of 723).

283 – Players born in the 2000s (up from 232 last year), amounting to 39% of the League (each team carries at least three).

192 – American players (26.6% of 723); the most American nationals to dress in season openers in one campaign is 185, achieved in 2023-24 (178 of them played, also the most). 

90 – Players born on or since Oct. 8, 2003, when the oldest active player, Brent Burns (COL), made his NHL debut (Burns can set the NHL “Ironman” record this season).

89 – Undrafted players (12.3% of 723). 

41 – Age of Brent Burns (COL), the oldest player named to an opening-day roster; Corey Perry (LAK) and Alex Ovechkin (WSH) are also 41. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) is the only other 40-year-old expected to play this season.

34 – Percentage of players age 25 or younger (243 of 723). This season, the *2027 NHL All-Star Skills* will spotlight 10 young stars ages 25 or younger competing across eight events.  

31 – Percentage of players born outside North America (227 of 723), with Sweden topping the list with 75 players. In 2025-26, 30.4% of players were born outside of North America (316 of 1,038) – the fourth-highest rate in League history.

29 – U.S. birth states represented. Last season, players born in 33 states played in the NHL (regular season or playoffs); the most states represented in one season is 37 (2023-24).

28 – Players born on or since Oct. 5, 2005, when Sidney Crosby (PIT) and Alex Ovechkin (WSH) both made their NHL debut. That list includes Michael Brandsegg-Nygard (DET) who was born that day in Oslo, Norway.

26.4 – Average age of Chicago’s opening-day roster, the youngest in the NHL.

24 – Players with a birth city listed as Toronto, the most common on opening-day rosters and home to the first game of Sportsnet’s doubleheader tonight (7 ET).

22 – Reigning Stanley Cup champions still with Carolina (including Seth Jarvis who is part of their Injured and/or Non-Roster list). The only departure is goaltender Frederik Andersen; defenseman Alexander Nikishin remains a restricted free agent.

20 – Players who are looking to make their NHL debut (regular season or playoffs). Forward Judd Caulfield (ANA; 25 years, 194 days) and goaltender Remi Poirier (DAL; 24 years, 358 days) are the two oldest players on that list. Last year, goaltender Brandon Bussi (CAR) was the oldest player looking to make his NHL debut and went on to secure the Stanley Cup-clinching victory for Carolina.

17 – Sets of brothers, including one trio – Quinn (MIN), Jack (NJD) and Luke (NJD) Hughes – and five pairs who are teammates (including one where one brother is on the Injured and/or Non-Roster list).

16 – Birth countries represented, including seven from Germany, where the League will host NHL regular-season games  in 2026-27 (and beyond). Players born in at least 20 countries have played in the NHL in each of the past 25 seasons (20 in 2025-26).

12 – Teenagers, including five 18-year-olds (all first-round picks in the 2026 NHL Draft). Last season, 11 teenagers played in a season opener, which was the most since 2018-19 (17). The last time at least five 18-year-olds played in season openers was 2016-17 (5).

5 – Members of the 2026 NHL Draft class: Gavin McKenna (TOR; No. 1), Ivar Stenberg (SJS; No. 2), Alberts Smits (NYR; No. 5), Viggo Bjorck (WPG; No. 8) and Nikita Klepov (ANA; No. 15). The top two picks last played in their team’s ensuing season opener in 2019-20 (Jack Hughes: No. 1 & Kaapo Kakko: No. 2). The last time at least five members of a draft class skated in an ensuing season opener was 2016-17 (6 – Auston Matthews: No. 1; Patrik Laine: No. 2; Jesse Puljujarvi: No. 4; Matthew Tkachuk: No. 6; Mikhail Sergachev: No. 9; Jakob Chychrun: No. 16).

0 – Players with experience in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but none in the regular season.

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