Utah Mammoth vs New Jersey Devils Final — October 6, 2026
UTAHStarting goaliesNJ
UTAHOffenseFull 2025-26 regular season (last season)NJUTAHDefenseNJUTAHTeamNJUTAH5-on-5NJUTAHSpecial teamsNJUTAHRecent formNJInjuries & restkey injuries · rest and travel
UTAHRest & travelNJUTAHKey injuriesNJAbout these numbers
Goalie status from the G&W goalie tracker (Confirmed, Expected, Likely or Not confirmed); teams confirm starters close to puck drop. Season lines come from the NHL Lab goalie tables. GSAx = goals saved above expected (Gridiron & Wine expected goals). HD Sv% = save rate on high-danger shots.
Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (32 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
2025-26 regular season, public NHL Lab tables; ranks out of 32 teams. Expected goals are Gridiron & Wine's own expected-goals numbers.
2025-26 regular season. Rates are per 60 minutes of power-play or penalty-kill time.
Regular-season results this season, oldest to newest (OTL = overtime or shootout loss). Records are season to date, with home and road splits. Over–under uses the consensus closing total.
Distance is straight-line from each team's home arena; time-zone change is at game time. Rest counts days since each team's previous game.
No key players listed.
Key players only. Injury report as of October 6, 9:40 a.m. ET.
The pre-game matchup
The Mammoth (2-1-0) visited the Devils (1-1-0) on Tuesday, October 6 at 7:10 PM ET.
Last season (2025-26), the Mammoth scored 3.27 goals per game (13th of 32) and allowed 2.93 (4th). The Devils scored 2.80 goals per game (27th of 32) and allowed 3.10 (17th). The Mammoth earned 56.1% of available standings points (15th) and the Devils 53.0% (21st).
Expected-goals share (5-on-5), the share of 5-on-5 expected goals created: Mammoth 53.4% (6th), Devils 49.7% (18th). Shot-attempt share (5-on-5), the share of all 5-on-5 shot attempts: Mammoth 53.1% (4th), Devils 51.4% (10th). High-danger chance share, the share of 5-on-5 high-danger chances: Mammoth 53.0% (11th), Devils 48.9% (18th). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.
The total closed at 6.5, up from 5.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Mammoth +105, Devils -125) prices the Mammoth at 47% and the Devils at 53%.
Written from the numbers available before kickoff.
Result
Final score and result vs the closing line
Utah Mammoth 5, New Jersey Devils 3
Utah Mammoth won by 2.
- Against the closing spread (New Jersey Devils -1.5): Utah Mammoth covered.
- Combined score 8 vs the closing total of 6.5: Over.
- Utah Mammoth closed at +105 on the moneyline (a 47% no-vig market-implied chance).
Actual result
New Jersey Devils 3
Before the game: market and G&W
From open to close the market moved 2 points toward Utah Mammoth.
Market numbers are the consensus moneyline with the bookmaker margin removed.
Win probability
Each team's chance of winning through the game, starting from the market's closing price (Utah Mammoth 47%, New Jersey Devils 53%) and moving with every goal, penalty and the clock until the final.
Biggest swings
- 2nd 1:42 — Utah Mammoth goal (2-1)Utah Mammoth 47% → 66% (+18 pts)
- 2nd 6:31 — New Jersey Devils goal (2-2)New Jersey Devils 32% → 52% (+20 pts)
- 2nd 12:05 — Utah Mammoth goal (3-2)Utah Mammoth 49% → 71% (+22 pts)
Chance Quality Result
Based on the quality of chances each team created, Utah Mammoth won 67% of G&W replays (New Jersey Devils 33%). The result went to the side that created the better chances.
The Chance Quality Result describes the chances each team created. It is not the official result and never changes it or any record. Expected goals count regulation chances with both goalies in net; empty-net goals are not included. Season xG tables count every game state, empty nets included, so their totals differ.
Game DNA
The Chance Quality Result above favoured Utah Mammoth. Here is where that came from.
| Mammoth | Goals | Devils |
|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | 5-on-5 chancesexpected goals | 1.6 |
| 1.8 | Power-play chancesexpected goals | 0.6 |
| 0.0 | Other situations4-on-4, 3-on-3, short-handed | 0.0 |
| 3.6 | Chance Quality Result chancesthe three rows above, as in the result | 2.2 |
| 0.1 | Overtime and pulled-goalie chancesnot part of the Chance Quality Result | 0.5 |
| 0.5 | Second chancesrebounds and flurries, part of the above | 0.0 |
| +1.3 | Finishinggoals vs expected on own shots | +0.2 |
| -0.2 | Goaltendingsaves vs expected · Karel Vejmelka 30/33 · Jake Allen 26/31 | -1.3 |
How the margin was built, from Utah Mammoth's side:
The first three rows add up to the Chance Quality Result's expected goals. Overtime chances and chances with a goalie pulled are listed on their own, and empty-net goals are not in expected goals. A team's finishing and the other team's goaltending are the same goals seen from each end.
The official play, graded
The official play on this game, at the price it was sent, graded against the final score.
Every official play is logged and graded, wins and losses alike. Full track record.
Line review
New Jersey Devils closed as the market favourite at 53% and lost.
The line moved toward Utah Mammoth before puck drop, and they won.
Market
Closing line and line movement
Mammoth +1.5 (-217)
Mammoth +1.5 (-250)
Devils -134 55%
Devils -125 53%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at kickoff. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
Members
G&W Line
G&W’s own number for this game, next to the market. Analytics
Matchup
Head-to-head
The teams have met 14 times since 2018-19: the Mammoth won 4 and the Devils 10.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2026 | Mammoth 1, Devils 4 Devils won | Devils -120 favorite won | 5.5 under |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Devils 2, Mammoth 1 Devils won | Mammoth -142 underdog won | 5.5 under |
| Mar 1, 2025 | Devils 3, Mammoth 1 Devils won | ||
| Oct 14, 2024 | Mammoth 0, Devils 3 Devils won | ||
| Mar 16, 2024 | Devils 1, Mammoth 4 Mammoth won |
Regular-season meetings since 2018-19, most recent first. Line = consensus closing moneyline favorite and total where line history is available.
Teams
Utah Mammoth
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New Jersey Devils
- New Jersey Devils team stats
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