Mammoth survive late Penguins rally for 5-4 win

Sebastian Cossa denied Ben Kindel from close range in the closing seconds as the Utah Mammoth held on to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 at Delta Center on Monday, Oct. 19.

Utah led 5-2 early in the third period before goals from Egor Chinakhov at 2:55 and Declan Carlile at 14:55 brought Pittsburgh within one. The Penguins could not find an equaliser with Arturs Silovs off for an extra attacker.

Clayton Keller, Nick Schmaltz, Kevin Stenlund and Nate Schmidt each finished with a goal and an assist for Utah. Kailer Yamamoto also scored. Cossa stopped 15 of 19 shots, while Silovs made 24 saves on 29 shots.

Erik Karlsson gave Pittsburgh an early lead on a power play, but Keller and Stenlund put Utah ahead before the first intermission. Rickard Rakell tied it on another power play at 7:01 of the second period.

Schmidt restored Utah’s lead at 11:44, Yamamoto made it 4-2 at 14:40 and Schmaltz scored on a power play at 1:36 of the third. Karlsson and Rakell each had a goal and an assist for Pittsburgh, and Bryan Rust supplied two assists.

The Mammoth improved to 7-3-0 with their fourth win in five games. Pittsburgh fell to 3-6-1 after its fourth consecutive defeat.