Utah Starts Road Trip in St. Louis

THE DETAILS

WHO: Utah (5-2-0) at St. Louis (3-2-1)

WHEN: Oct. 23, 2025 – 6:00 p.m. MT

WHERE: Enterprise Center

TV: Utah16, Mammoth+

RADIO: Mammoth App, NHL App, NHL.com, KSL Sports Zone (97.5FM/1280AM), KSL Sports App

MORNING SKATE NOTES

• Head coach André Tourigny shared that Karel Vejmelka will start his sixth game of the season and the team will use the same lineup as last game.
• This is the first game of a four-game road trip, and the Mammoth want to take the momentum from an undefeated homestand into the trip.

Bringing the Momentum on the Road

After a 4-0-0 homestand, the Mammoth head out on a four-game road trip. Utah wants to carry the momentum from their success at Delta Center into this trip. The next three games are against divisional opponents. By continuing their strong play and raising their game, the Mammoth should find success on the road.

“We know how we have to play and for us to keep growing our game, playing our game,” Tourigny shared. “We like the way we played in the last couple of games, now it’s for us to expand our game and keep getting better.”

“The confidence that we’re playing with,” Crouse said on what the team wants to bring from the homestand. “We’re playing good hockey. Can’t be too overconfident though. It’s a very humbling league. Playing with confidence, but also knowing the job from the past (games) and doing whatever we can to get a win here.”

Facing the Blues

Two important divisional points are on the line for tonight’s game and St. Louis’ offense can generate in multiple ways. Tourigny explained the Blues and their threats following morning skate:

“I think they’re excellent offensively. If you look at all their metrics, it’s a team, if you look in the past, they always (have) been really dangerous off the rush. But this year, they’re really dangerous off the rush, off cycling, and off the fore check. So, they had a lot of weapons offensively, their (defense) are really active. So, we have a ton of respect for their team and how hard they play and how much they can create offensively.”

Growing Chemistry

The line of Lawson Crouse, Jack McBain, and Michael Carcone has grown throughout the season, and Crouse scored his first of the year last game. The Associate Captain discussed what is developing with his line:

“We had some good opportunities to score in the past, just wasn’t find a way in for us … Continuing to do the things we do well, and you get rewarded here and there. So that was nice (scoring) and hopefully a couple more tonight.”

THE PREVIEW

Thursday’s Matchup

Utah

• The Mammoth enter Thursday’s game on a four-game win streak after sweeping its first homestand of the season.
• In Utah’s most recent game, a 4-3 overtime win over the Colorado Avalanche, the team withstood Colorado’s firepower and saw goals from four different goal scorers. Dylan Guenther scored his third game winning goal this season, and fourth goal of the year. Nick Schmaltz scored his fourth goal as well with his power play tally in the second period. Associate Captain Lawson Crouse and Alternate Captain Mikhail Sergachev both scored their first goals of the season as well.
• Karel Vejmelka stopped 30 of the 33 shots he faced in his fourth win of the year. Through his first five games played, Vejmelka has a 4-1-0 record, is averaging 2.20 goals against, and has a .911 save percentage.
• Schmaltz and Guenther are tied for the team-lead in goals while Schmaltz has sole possession of points. Captain Clayton Keller leads the Mammoth with seven assists.
• St. Louis is the first of four stops on this road trip with three of the games against Central Division opponents.

St. Louis

• The Blues enter Thursday’s game on a two-game points streak; however, the team fell 2-1 in overtime to the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night. Justin Faulk score on the power play for St. Louis’ lone goal.
• Goaltender Jordan Binnington stopped 26 of the 28 saves he faced against the Kings. Binnington has played in five of St. Louis’ first six games of the year, and started four of those. Through those games he has a 2-1-1 record, is averaging 2.60 goals against, and has a .894 save percentage.
• Jake Neighbours leads the Blues in goals (4) and points (5) in his fifth NHL season. Pavel Buchnevich’s four assists are a team-high. Buchnevich is one of four players tied for the second-most points on the team (4).
• The Blues wrap up their four-game homestand against the Mammoth. Following, St. Louis heads out on a two-game road trip with stops in Detroit and Pittsburgh.

By the Numbers

• The Mammoth are limiting their opponents to the fifth-fewest goals per game (2.29). They have been in the top-10 throughout the season due to a strong defensive effort. In addition, Utah is limiting its opponents to the third-fewest shots per game (23.4).
• Guenther leads the NHL in both game-winning goals (9) and overtime goals (4) over his last 37 contests dating back to February. He is one of three skaters with two overtime tallies in 2025-26 (per Mammoth PR).
• Sergachev tallied his first three points of the season on Tuesday. It was his 63rd career multi-point game and 10th three-point game of his NHL career (per Mammoth PR).
• Brayden Schenn has the 16th highest faceoff win rate in the NHL (58.1%). At home, he has won 56.6% of the draws he’s taken. As a team, St. Louis is 16th in the NHL for faceoff wins (50.5%).

Against St. Louis This Season

• This is the first of four matchups between the Mammoth and Blues this season and the first of two in Missouri. For the second straight year, both teams will play their final regular season game against each other.

Season Series

• Oct. 23: UTA at STL
• Nov. 29: UTA at STL
• Jan. 9: Uta vs STL
• Apr. 16: UTA vs STL

Upcoming Schedule

• Oct. 25: UTA at MIN
• Oct. 26: UTA at WPG
• Oct. 28: UTA at EDM