The Utah Mammoth will face the Vegas Golden Knights in the First Round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs starting April 18, 2026.
This marks the first postseason appearance in Utah Mammoth franchise history.
Utah enters as the first wild card seed in the Western Conference.
Vegas enters as the winner of the Pacific Division.
The Mammoth finished the 2025-26 regular season with a 43-33-6 record.
They earned 92 points and placed fourth in the Central Division.
Their home record was 22-16-3 and their away record was 21-17-3.
The team’s monthly record breakdown was provided.
In October they were 8-3-0 and in November they were 4-8-3.
December saw a 6-8-0 record and January was 10-4-1.
February was 3-1-0, March was 7-6-2, and April was 5-3-0.
Six different Utah skaters scored 20 or more goals this year.
Dylan Guenther led with 40 goals, followed by Nick Schmaltz with 33.
Clayton Keller had 26, JJ Peterka had 25, and Lawson Crouse and Logan Cooley each had 24.
Four players recorded 50 or more points during the season.
Clayton Keller led with 88 points and Nick Schmaltz had 74.
Dylan Guenther had 73 points and Mikhail Sergachev had 59.
Goaltender Karel Vejmelka led the NHL in games played with 64.
His 38 wins were the second-most in the league this season.
He finished with a 38-20-3 record and recorded two shutouts.
Vejmelka had a 2.75 goals-against average and a .897 save percentage.
He also recorded two assists for two points this season.
Vítek Vaněček is the other half of Utah’s goaltending tandem.
He played 22 games with a 5-13-3 record this year.
Vaněček had a 2.93 goals-against average and a .883 save percentage.
He recorded one shutout and one assist for one point.
Utah’s roster has a balance of veterans and younger players.
The team’s average age is 28.52 years old, ranking 14th in the league.
With 10,687 combined games played, Utah’s roster is the 19th-most experienced.
The Mammoth added one player ahead of the trade deadline.
They acquired veteran defenseman MacKenzie Weegar from the Calgary Flames.
Team leaders for the season were Dylan Guenther in goals with 40.
Clayton Keller led in assists with 62 and in total points with 88.
Mikhail Sergachev led the team in time on ice.
