Year in Review: Barrett Hayton

In this series, we take a look at different Mammoth players and their performances during the 2025-26 regular season and postseason.

Let’s take a look back at center Barrett Hayton’s seventh NHL season and his second playoff appearance.

On the Ice

During the 2025-26 regular season, Hayton played 67 of the team’s 82 games. He scored 10 goals and added 15 assists for 25 points. He finished the year with four power play goals, six power play points, and one game winning goal. Hayton won 52.6% of his faceoffs this year, which was his second-highest win rate throughout his career.

Hayton missed part of Utah’s preseason and the start of the regular season with an undisclosed injury. However, he made his season debut on Oct. 13 and scored his first goal of the year on Oct. 15, in Utah’s home opener. It was the Mammoth’s first home goal of the season and the first goal with the team’s new goal horn.

On Mar. 24, Hayton’s regular season was cut short when he suffered an upper-body injury in a game against the Edmonton Oilers. Hayton made his return to game action in the first round of the playoffs. He played 12:49 and had two shots on goal. Game 5 was Hayton’s only playoff game this season.

Milestones

• 300^th NHL Game: Oct. 28, at Edmonton (1G).

What’s Next

Hayton is a restricted free agent and is arbitration eligible. The 2025-26 season was the second year of Hayton’s two-year contract valued at $5.30 million. Hayton shared in his exit interview that he would like to stay in Utah.

“Yeah absolutely,” Hayton said. “I love this group; I love this city.” 

He Said It

“100%, yeah. I know personally I have a lot of fire from that. I know every guy in the room has the same, and that’ll drive us this off season, and we’re hungry.”

-Hayton on how the First Round loss will drive him and his teammates moving forward