Montreal Canadiens take measure of Utah Mammoth

That brings us to the end of a first period — Utah Mammoth 1, Montreal Canadiens 0. Utah Mammoth edged the shot clock 14-9, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Nick Lardis opened the scoring for Utah Mammoth at 16:29.

Linus Ullmark was under siege with 12 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Utah Mammoth went 0-for-2 while Montreal Canadiens went 0-for-1.

Utah Mammoth owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a wild second period — Utah Mammoth 1, Montreal Canadiens 3. Utah Mammoth edged the shot clock 13-10, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Alexandre Texier tied it for Montreal Canadiens at 0:16, Elias Pettersson put Montreal Canadiens in front at 0:20, Mark Stone extended the lead for Montreal Canadiens at 2:37, and Jesper Boqvist cut the deficit for Utah Mammoth at 5:43.

Linus Ullmark was under siege with 12 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Utah Mammoth went 0-for-1.

Utah Mammoth owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Utah Mammoth 1, Montreal Canadiens 2. Montreal Canadiens edged the shot clock 14-9, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Cole Caufield extended the lead for Montreal Canadiens on the power play at 10:55, Cutter Gauthier cut the deficit for Utah Mammoth on the power play at 14:22, and Alexandre Texier extended the lead for Montreal Canadiens into the empty net at 19:07.

Karel Vejmelka was under siege with 12 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Utah Mammoth went 1-for-1 while Montreal Canadiens went 1-for-1, and an empty-netter helped seal it.

Montreal Canadiens owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.