San Jose Sharks at Utah Mammoth
· National Hockey League
Schmaltz has three goals and an assist as Mammoth beat Sharks 6-3
Clayton Keller had a goal and three assists and Liam O'Brien and Michael Carcone also scored for Utah. Karel Vejmelka stopped 18 shots as the Mammoth won their second straight and third in four games.
Tyler Toffoli, Jeff Skinner and Macklin Celebrini scored for San Jose, which was an NHL-worst 20-50-12 last season and is winless in four games (0-2-2) this year. Yaroslav Askarov finished with 28 saves.
Schmaltz finished off his second career hat trick 54 seconds into third, getting a pass from Keller from behind the net and scoring from the left side to push Utah's lead to 4-2.
Carcone made it a three-goal lead at 3:25 and Keller pushed the advantage to 6-2 as he scored off a pass from Schmaltz with 8 1/2 minutes to go.
Celebrini got his first of the season with a power-play goal with 3:09 remaining to cap the scoring.
Schmaltz got the Mammoth on the scoreboard 9:39 into the first period as he converted a one-timer off a pass from Logan Cooley on the inside edge of the right circle on a power play.
Schmaltz got his second of the night less than four minutes later as he got a pass from Clayton Keller and turning and firing a shot into the top left corner past Askarov.
The Sharks tied it with a pair of goals 1:50 apart in the second. First, Toffoli got San Jose on the scoreboard with a power-play goal at 5:23 as he knocked in the rebound of a point shot by Dmitry Orlov.
Skinner then tied it at 7:13 as his pass from the left corner to the front of the net went off Mammoth defenseman Ian Cole and past Vejmelka. It was Skinner's third goal in four games this season.
O'Brien regained Utah's lead with 3:51 left in the middle period. Askarov went behind the net to play the puck, but it bounced away and O'Brien got it on the left side of the net, spun and put a backhander in as the goalie tried to get back in position.
Mammoth: Host Boston on Sunday.
Regular Season SeriesUTA leads series 1-0
Scoring Summary
 |
Goal | 1st Period 9:39 | Nick Schmaltz Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Logan Cooley (1), Clayton Keller (2) |
|
Goal | 1st Period 13:31 | Nick Schmaltz Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Clayton Keller (3) |
 |
Goal | 2nd Period 5:23 | Tyler Toffoli Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Dmitry Orlov (4), Will Smith (4) |
|
Goal | 2nd Period 7:13 | Jeff Skinner Goal (3) Backhand, assists: Macklin Celebrini (4), Vincent Desharnais (1) |
|
Goal | 2nd Period 16:09 | Liam O'Brien Goal (1) Backhand, assists: Brandon Tanev (1), Ian Cole (1) |
|
Goal | 3rd Period 0:54 | Nick Schmaltz Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Clayton Keller (4) |
|
Goal | 3rd Period 3:25 | Michael Carcone Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Lawson Crouse (1) |
|
Goal | 3rd Period 11:32 | Clayton Keller Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Nick Schmaltz (4), Barrett Hayton (1) |
|
Goal | 3rd Period 16:51 | Macklin Celebrini Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Jeff Skinner (1), Alexander Wennberg (2) |
Statistics
 SJ |
 UTA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Blocked Shots | 8 |
| 25 | Hits | 14 |
| 7 | Takeaways | 4 |
| 21 | Shots | 34 |
| 2 | Power Play Goals | 1 |
| 3 | Power Play Opportunities | 4 |
| 66.7 | Power Play Percentage | 25.0 |
| 0 | Short Handed Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Shootout Goals | 0 |
| 24 | Faceoffs Won | 25 |
| 49.0 | Faceoff Win Percent | 51.0 |
| 18 | Giveaways | 17 |
| 6 | Total Penalties | 5 |
| 20 | Penalty Minutes | 18 |
Utah Mammoth Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Jack McBain, C | Day-To-Day | Oct 21 |
| Sean Durzi, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 17 |
| Anson Thornton, G | Injured Reserve | Oct 6 |
| Juuso Valimaki, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 6 |
| Terrell Goldsmith, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 6 |
San Jose Sharks Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| John Klingberg, D | Day-To-Day | Oct 22 |
| Shakir Mukhamadullin, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 19 |
| Timothy Liljegren, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 18 |
| Ryan Ellis, D | Injured Reserve | Oct 5 |
| Logan Couture, C | Injured Reserve | Sep 30 |
Game Information
Delta Center
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Attendance: 12,478 | Capacity:
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Attendance: 12,478 | Capacity:
