Mammoth vs Penguins Prediction, Player Props & Odds (Oct 29, 2026)

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Mammoth logo

Mammoth5th in the West
FINAL4 – 3
Pittsburgh Penguins logo

Penguins14th in the East

NHL · Thursday, October 29, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · PPG Paints Arena

Final score by period

Team 1 2 3 OT T
Mammoth 2 0 1 1 4
Penguins 0 1 2 0 3

How the bets settled

MoneylineMammoth wonClosed at -130
SpreadPenguins coveredPenguins +1.5, by 0.5
TotalOver 6.57 scored, 0.5 over

Closing line, DraftKings.

Game review

The Mammoth beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on October 29, with the game decided in the last period after Pittsburgh had erased an early deficit. Mammoth jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first, Pittsburgh answered across the second and third, and Mammoth took the final period 1-0.

Logan Cooley led Mammoth with three goals and three points, while Vincent Trocheck added an assist. Ben Kindel scored and finished with two points for Pittsburgh, and Evgeni Malkin had two assists. Mammoth’s 20 blocked shots to Pittsburgh’s 12, 25 hits to 7, and 56.1 percent faceoff win rate helped control the game; both teams went 0 for 1 on the power play, and Pittsburgh’s short-handed goal was not enough.

For bettors, Pittsburgh covered the closing 1.5-goal spread by 0.5 in the loss, and the closing total of 6.5 went over by 0.5.

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Against the spread, start to finish

PenguinsMammoth
The score margin against the closing spread (Penguins +1.5). Blue: Penguins covering. Orange: Mammoth covering.
+0.5Largest UTA cover
23%UTA covering
+2.5Largest PIT cover
77%PIT covering

Top performers

Mammoth

  • GoalsLogan Cooley3
  • AssistsVincent Trocheck1
  • PointsLogan Cooley3

Penguins

  • GoalsBen Kindel1
  • AssistsEvgeni Malkin2
  • PointsBen Kindel2

Team stats

MammothPenguins
35Shots33
56.1%Faceoffs won43.9%
0Power play goals0
25Hits7
20Blocked shots12
6Takeaways4
16Giveaways19
2Penalty minutes2

Box score

Utah MammothPittsburgh Penguins

Utah Mammoth

Forwards

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Daniil But LW 0 0 0 0 0 8:59 12 0 0 1 1 0 0.0
Logan Cooley C 3 0 0 5 2 18:36 24 2 1 0 1 0 100.0
Lawson Crouse LW 0 1 0 1 2 17:29 24 2 0 0 1 0 0.0
Dylan Guenther RW 0 0 0 0 -1 16:00 21 3 2 0 0 0 0.0
Barrett Hayton C 0 1 0 3 1 16:17 21 0 0 0 0 0 60.0
Clayton Keller RW 0 1 0 3 -2 17:53 27 1 1 0 1 2 0.0
Anders Lee LW 0 0 0 4 0 15:21 18 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Jack McBain C 0 0 0 1 -1 12:34 19 3 0 0 0 0 66.7
Nick Schmaltz C 0 0 0 3 0 15:23 22 1 1 0 0 0 55.6
Kevin Stenlund C 0 0 0 1 -1 13:43 22 0 0 1 1 0 69.2
Vincent Trocheck C 0 1 0 4 3 19:54 25 3 2 0 1 0 37.5
Kailer Yamamoto RW 0 0 0 1 0 15:19 18 3 1 0 0 0 0.0

Defenses

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Artem Duda D 0 0 0 4 0 15:17 23 0 1 2 0 0 0.0
Andrew Peeke D 0 1 0 1 1 19:44 31 2 1 0 1 0 0.0
Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 1 0 22:43 33 1 3 0 1 0 0.0
Mikhail Sergachev D 1 0 0 2 0 26:16 32 1 5 0 0 0 0.0
Dmitri Simashev D 0 0 0 0 0 13:16 18 1 1 1 2 0 0.0
MacKenzie Weegar D 0 0 0 1 0 23:57 30 2 1 1 4 0 0.0

Goalies

Player GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM
Sebastian Cossa G 3 33 0 0 30 .909 29 1 0 63:07 0 0

Pittsburgh Penguins

Forwards

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Egor Chinakhov RW 0 1 0 0 1 16:15 20 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 3 -2 19:30 22 0 0 1 1 0 52.9
Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 1 -1 12:45 22 0 1 0 1 0 100.0
Ben Kindel C 1 1 0 2 1 16:32 21 0 1 0 1 0 40.0
Ville Koivunen RW 0 0 0 1 -1 16:43 17 0 0 1 0 0 100.0
Andrei Kuzmenko LW 0 0 0 1 0 14:37 17 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hendrix Lapierre C 0 0 0 2 0 13:29 17 1 0 0 1 0 33.3
Blake Lizotte C 0 0 0 1 -1 12:59 23 3 1 0 2 0 26.7
Evgeni Malkin C 0 2 0 4 1 16:23 23 1 0 0 3 0 100.0
Tommy Novak C 0 0 0 1 -1 17:03 20 0 0 0 2 0 0.0
Rickard Rakell RW 1 0 0 3 0 18:31 24 2 3 1 2 0 0.0
Nick Robertson LW 0 0 0 5 0 12:11 20 0 2 0 0 0 0.0

Defenses

Player G A SOG S +/- TOI SHFT HT BS TK GV PIM FO%
Declan Carlile D 0 0 0 1 -1 21:10 21 0 1 1 2 0 0.0
Samuel Girard D 0 0 0 2 2 19:49 20 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Erik Karlsson D 1 0 0 1 -2 21:33 24 0 1 0 3 2 0.0
Kaedan Korczak D 0 1 0 1 0 19:08 20 0 1 0 0 0 0.0
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 2 1 23:03 21 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Spencer Stastney D 0 0 0 2 -1 16:40 21 0 1 0 0 0 0.0

Goalies

Player GA SA SOS SOSA SV SV% ESSV PPSV SHSV TOI YTDG PIM
Arturs Silovs G 4 35 0 0 31 .886 30 0 1 63:27 0 0

Attendance 15,383 · Officials: TJ Luxmore, Kendrick Nicholson, Shandor Alphonso, Chris Martenet

Recap: Cooley completes hat trick against hometown team with a second left, Mammoth stun Penguins 4-3 (ESPN)

Highlights

Play-by-play on ESPN

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Mammoth vs Penguins pre-game preview

Thursday’s Utah at Pittsburgh matchup has Utah as the moneyline favorite at -129, Pittsburgh at +1.5 on the spread, and a total of 6.5, with the spread and total unchanged from the opener. In the last meeting on October 19, Utah won 5-4 at home. Utah is 8-5 straight up and 5-8 against the spread this season, 6-4 and 3-7 ATS over its last 10, and most recently lost 3-1 to Minnesota on October 27. Pittsburgh is 5-7 straight up and 6-6 ATS, 3-7 and 4-6 ATS over its last 10, and most recently beat Nashville 3-2 on October 24.

The defensive profile is worth tracking: Utah allows 3.31 goals per game (23rd) and Pittsburgh allows 3.25 (21st), while Utah allows 24 shots per game (fourth). Pittsburgh’s injury report lists Evgeni Malkin as day-to-day plus several players on injured reserve, adding lineup uncertainty to the matchup.

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Player stats and form

Season averages and each player’s last 5 games, newest first. Splits: per-game averages (games in brackets); vs the opponent covers this season and last, newest game first.

Mammoth

Clayton Keller R1.2 PTS · 2.2 SOG · 0.3 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/27 vs MIN 21:50 0 0 3 0
10/24 vs TBL 16:07 0 1 1 0
10/22 @ SEA 20:09 0 1 2 0
10/19 vs PIT 19:03 1 1 1 0
10/17 vs EDM 16:42 0 0 1 2
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs PIT
PTS 1.2 (13) 1.3 (7) 1.1 (88) 0.7 (3)
2 · 0 · 0
SOG 2.2 (13) 2.7 (7) 2.8 (88) 2.3 (3)
1 · 4 · 2

Mikhail Sergachev D1.2 PTS · 2.5 SOG · 0.2 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/27 vs MIN 24:10 0 1 0 0
10/24 vs TBL 26:01 0 1 3 1
10/22 @ SEA 26:58 0 2 2 0
10/19 vs PIT 24:54 0 1 4 0
10/17 vs EDM 21:01 1 0 4 0
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs PIT
PTS 1.2 (13) 1.1 (7) 0.8 (84) 0.7 (3)
1 · 0 · 1
SOG 2.5 (13) 2.3 (7) 2.0 (84) 2.3 (3)
4 · 2 · 1

Nick Schmaltz C1.1 PTS · 2.7 SOG · 0.5 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/27 vs MIN 18:27 0 1 3 0
10/24 vs TBL 14:58 0 0 0 0
10/22 @ SEA 17:49 0 0 1 1
10/19 vs PIT 17:41 1 1 2 1
10/17 vs EDM 17:00 0 0 2 3
Splits Season Road 2025-26 vs PIT
PTS 1.1 (13) 1.3 (7) 0.9 (88) 1.0 (3)
2 · 0 · 1
SOG 2.7 (13) 3.6 (7) 2.4 (88) 5.0 (3)
2 · 4 · 9

Pittsburgh Penguins

Erik Karlsson D1.0 PTS · 1.7 SOG · 0.1 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/24 vs NSH 26:12 0 1 2 1
10/22 vs FLA 24:09 0 0 3 0
10/19 @ UTA 27:40 1 1 1 0
10/17 @ VGK 21:56 0 1 1 0
10/16 @ COL 20:57 0 1 2 0
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs UTA
PTS 1.0 (12) 0.8 (5) 0.9 (81) 1.7 (3)
2 · 2 · 1
SOG 1.7 (12) 1.6 (5) 2.3 (81) 1.3 (3)
1 · 1 · 2

Evgeni Malkin C0.8 PTS · 2.0 SOG · 0.6 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/22 vs FLA 12:54 1 1 1 0
10/19 @ UTA 16:34 0 0 1 0
10/17 @ VGK 12:51 1 0 2 1
10/16 @ COL 17:01 1 0 2 0
10/13 @ CHI 20:26 0 0 3 0
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs UTA
PTS 0.8 (11) 1.3 (4) 1.0 (62) 0.0 (1)
0
SOG 2.0 (11) 2.0 (4) 2.5 (62) 1.0 (1)
1

Samuel Girard D0.8 PTS · 1.3 SOG · 0.1 G per game
Date Opp TOI G A SOG HIT
10/17 @ VGK 11:22 0 0 0 0
10/16 @ COL 19:52 0 1 2 1
10/13 @ CHI 18:23 0 1 1 1
10/10 vs DAL 21:08 0 0 2 0
10/9 @ CBJ 19:25 0 1 0 0
Splits Season Home 2025-26 vs UTA
PTS 0.8 (9) 0.3 (3) 0.3 (66) 0.5 (2)
1 · 0
SOG 1.3 (9) 2.0 (3) 0.7 (66) 1.0 (2)
1 · 1

Injury report

Mammoth

  • John Marino (D): Out, Upper Body
  • Maveric Lamoureux (D): Injured Reserve, Shoulder
  • Michael Carcone (L): Injured Reserve, Carcone

Pittsburgh Penguins

  • Trevor van Riemsdyk (D): Injured Reserve, Lower Body
  • Justin Brazeau (R): Out, Lower Body
  • Elmer Soderblom (L): Injured Reserve, Upper Body
  • Bryan Rust (R): Injured Reserve, Rust
  • Ryan Graves (D): Injured Reserve, Graves

Matchup ranks

What each defense allows per game this season. Rank 1 allows the fewest, so a high number means a softer matchup for the other team’s overs.

Mammoth defense Penguins defense
Goals allowed per game 3.47 (26th of 32) 3.43 (24th of 32)
Shots on goal allowed per game 24.4 (3rd of 32) 27.71 (19th of 32)
Points allowed per game 8.93 (21st of 32) 9.14 (22nd of 32)
Power-play points allowed per game 2.73 (26th of 32) 1.07 (5th of 32)
Pace (possessions) 54.2 (19th) 55.3 (15th)

Venue and weather

PPG Paints Arena · Pittsburgh, PAIndoor, weather won’t matter
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Mammoth vs Penguins odds

Line movement from the open

Line Open Close Move
Penguins spread +1.5 +1.5 –
Total 6.5 6.5 –
Mammoth moneyline -130 -130 –
Penguins moneyline +110 +110 –

DraftKings opening and closing numbers via ESPN.

Line movement chart

Penguins spread +1.5 → +1.5
Total 6.5 → 6.5
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