The Utah Mammoth beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Tuesday at Delta Center, scoring four goals in the second period before holding on as Toronto scored three times in the final 40 minutes. Mikhail Sergachev had a goal and an assist for Utah, which improved to 5-2-0.
Utah blew the game open in the middle frame. Vincent Trocheck, Sergachev, Dylan Guenther and MacKenzie Weegar all scored in the second period, turning a 1-0 lead into a 5-1 advantage. Toronto’s top line got the Maple Leafs within one in the third, with Auston Matthews, Jack Roslovic, John Tavares and Gavin McKenna each scoring a goal in the game, but Toronto ran out of time and fell to 3-3-1.
Key Moments: How Utah Mammoth Beat Maple Leafs 5-4
Daniil But opened the scoring at 14:55 of the first period on a snap shot, assisted by Jack McBain and Andrew Peeke. Utah then took over in the second. Trocheck made it 2-0 just a minute in, and Sergachev followed three minutes later with a wrist shot assisted by Barrett Hayton and Kevin Stenlund, pushing the lead to 3-0.
Matthews answered for Toronto at 5:16, backhanding home a pass from Tavares to cut the deficit to 3-1. Utah responded again. Guenther scored at 14:17 off a Sergachev feed to make it 4-1, and after Roslovic pulled Toronto within two at 16:29, Weegar closed the period with a snap shot off passes from Clayton Keller and Nick Schmaltz that made it 5-2 entering the third.
Toronto pushed in the final period. Tavares scored on a snap shot assisted by goaltender Anthony Stolarz at 7:12, and McKenna added a goal at 11:01 off a William Nylander assist to pull Toronto within 5-4. The Maple Leafs could not find an equalizer, and Utah closed out the win.
Top Performers
Sergachev led Utah with a goal and an assist for two points in 23:39 of ice time. Guenther and Weegar each had a goal and an assist, while Hayton, Keller and Schmaltz each picked up an assist in the four-goal second period. Utah goaltender Karel Vejmelka stopped 22 of 26 shots for a .846 save percentage.
Matthews finished with a goal and an assist for Toronto. Tavares led the Maple Leafs with two points on his third-period goal and his first-period assist on the Matthews goal. Toronto goaltender Anthony Stolarz allowed five goals on 28 shots, saving 23 for an .821 mark, and also picked up an assist on Tavares’ goal.
What It Means
Utah sits atop the Central Division with 10 points through seven games. The Mammoth also lead the season series with Toronto 1-0. Toronto fell to seventh in the Atlantic Division with seven points, part of a stretch that has the Maple Leafs struggling to find consistency early in the season.
What’s Next
Toronto has dropped three of its last four games, a stretch that included a shootout loss to the Golden Knights and a win over Colorado. Utah will look to build on its hot start.
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