Clayton Keller, Kevin Stenlund, Nate Schmidt and Nick Schmaltz all tallied a goal and an assist to help the Utah Mammoth beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 on Monday night.<\/p>\n
Kailer Yamamoto added a goal, and Sebastian Cossa had 15 stops for Utah.<\/p>\n
Erik Karlsson, Richard Rakell, Egor Chinakhov, and Declan Carlile each scored for Pittsburgh. Bryan Rust assisted on two goals. Arturs Silovs tallied 24 saves.<\/p>\n
Karlsson’s deflected power-play goal put the Penguins on the board just 71 seconds into the game.<\/p>\n
Keller leveled the score with a backhand at 6:00 of the first with his third goal in three games. Lawson Crouse snagged the puck near the boards and redirected it around Karlsson’s leg to Keller between the circles.<\/p>\n
Stenlund tapped in the puck from close range with 9:50 left in the first to give the Mammoth their first lead.<\/p>\n
Rakell tied it up on another power play goal at 7:01 of the second, flicking in a wrist shot near the left post.<\/p>\n
Utah surged back in front with a pair of goals late in the second. Schmidt reclaimed the lead with 8:16 to go, blasting a slapshot home from near the blue line. Yamamoto tipped in the puck from the low slot with 5:20 left to extend the lead.<\/p>\n
Schmaltz’s power play goal made it 5-2 for Utah at 1:36 of the third. Silovs denied his initial shot, but Schmaltz threaded a backhand around the goalie’s left leg on a second effort.<\/p>\n
The Penguins cut the deficit to one late in the third period with goals from Chinakhov and Carlile. Chinakhov found the back of the net at 2:55 of the third. Carlile followed with a score off a wrist shot with 5:05 left.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Penguins: Host Florida on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Mammoth: At Seattle on Thursday.<\/p>\n