Venue & Match Details
Stadium: Delta Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
Puckdrop: 3:30 PM ET / 1:30 PM MT
Broadcast: NHL Network, regional sports networks
Injury Report
Tampa Bay Lightning:
No major new injuries reported; Andrei Vasilevskiy expected to start in net.
Utah Mammoth:
Karel Vejmelka (G, 6–2–0, 2.75 GAA, .891 SV%) expected to start.
No significant skater absences reported.
Player Matchups
Nikita Kucherov (TB, 4G, 6A, 10 pts) vs. Clayton Keller (UTA, 4G, 8A, 12 pts): Elite playmakers driving their respective top lines.
Anthony Cirelli (TB, 6G, 4A) vs. Logan Cooley (UTA, 8G, 4A): Two-way center vs. rising star sniper.
Victor Hedman (TB, 8A) vs. Dylan Guenther (UTA, 5G, 7A): Veteran defenseman tasked with slowing Utah’s dynamic young winger.
Team Form
Tampa Bay Lightning:
Last 5: W–W–W–W–L
Goals For: 31 (2.8 per game, 22nd NHL)
Goals Against: 31 (2.8 per game, 9th NHL)
Power Play: 15.4% (26th NHL)
Penalty Kill: 89.2% (Top 5)
Utah Mammoth:
Last 5: L–W–W–W–W
Goals For: 40 (3.6 per game, 7th NHL)
Goals Against: 30 (2.7 per game, 5th NHL)
Power Play: 21.1% (15th NHL)
Penalty Kill: 73.5% (Bottom 10)
Series History
This is the first-ever season series between Tampa Bay and Utah, with the Mammoth in their inaugural campaign.
Tampa Bay brings championship pedigree, while Utah has quickly established itself as a tough home team (4–0–0 at Delta Center).
Betting Trends
Lightning: 0–5 ATS as favorites this season; 5 of last 7 games have gone Over 6.5.
Mammoth: 4–0 at home, covering puck line in 3 of those 4 wins.
Underdogs have covered in 10 of Tampa Bay’s last 11 games.
Both teams average a combined 6.5 goals per game, right on the posted total.
Game Odds
Tampa Bay Lightning – 115
Utah Mammoth 6.5
Odds Courtesy of Sports Odds Direct as of Saturday, November 1, 2025
