Utah's Marino Bet Is About 2031, Not 2026
Utah handed a defenseman with four goals an eight-year contract. The reflex was to call it an overpay. Read it inside the whole blue line and it is a timeline statement, not a term mistake.
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Mammoth by the numbers
Final 2025-26 regular season · source NHL, data as of 2026-09-28. Goals per game exclude shootout deciders. Standings · All 32 teams
- 43-33-6Record
- 92Points
- 15thNHL rank
- 3.27GF / GP
- 2.93GA / GP
- 20.0PP%
- 78.1PK%
- 49.2FO%
Possession · 5-on-5
Computed by Play-Pause Hockey from the league play-by-play, 2025-26, 1312 regular-season games. Where a rank is shown it is among the 32 clubs, 1st = best. PDO and zone starts carry none: a high PDO means hot rather than good, and zone starts are how a club is deployed rather than how well it plays. All 32 teams
- 53.1CF%4th of 32 · Share of shot attempts
- 52.9FF%4th of 32 · Unblocked attempts
- 100.3PDOShooting % + save %, 100 is neutral
- 51.1OZS%Share of zone faceoffs in the attacking end
Skaters
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Clayton Keller | 82 | 26 | 62 | 88 |
 Nick Schmaltz | 82 | 33 | 41 | 74 |
 Dylan Guenther | 79 | 40 | 33 | 73 |
 Mikhail Sergachev | 78 | 10 | 49 | 59 |
 John-Jason Peterka | 82 | 25 | 22 | 47 |
 Lawson Crouse | 81 | 24 | 20 | 44 |
 Logan Cooley | 54 | 24 | 19 | 43 |
 John Marino | 80 | 4 | 32 | 36 |
 Michael Carcone | 79 | 16 | 15 | 31 |
 MacKenzie Weegar | 79 | 4 | 24 | 28 |
 Sean Durzi | 60 | 5 | 22 | 27 |
 Barrett Hayton | 67 | 10 | 15 | 25 |
 Jack McBain | 75 | 9 | 16 | 25 |
 Ian Cole | 82 | 3 | 20 | 23 |
 Kailer Yamamoto | 59 | 13 | 10 | 23 |
 Nate Schmidt | 82 | 5 | 17 | 22 |
 Kevin Stenlund | 80 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
 Alexander Kerfoot | 34 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
 Nick DeSimone | 40 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
 Daniil But | 29 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
 Liam O'Brien | 38 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
 Brandon Tanev | 56 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Dmitri Simashev | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Kevin Rooney | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Maveric Lamoureux | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Andrew Agozzino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalies
| Goalie | GP | W | L | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Karel Vejmelka | 64 | 38 | 20 | .897 | 2.75 |
 Vitek Vanecek | 22 | 5 | 13 | .883 | 2.93 |
Mammoth on NHL EDGE
Puck and player tracking, 2025-26 regular season · source NHL EDGE. Ranks are among the 32 clubs, 1st = best; defensive-zone time ranks the least time first. All 32 teams
- 24.4mphTop skating speed4th of 32league avg 23.8
- 57Shots over 90 mph13th of 32league avg not published
- 2207Bursts over 20 mph4th of 32league avg 1762
- 3665.3miDistance skated29th of 32league avg 3727.0
- 99.0mphTop shot speed21st of 32league avg 99.7
- 2272Shots on goal20th of 32league avg 2282
- 11.8%Shooting %7th of 32league avg 11.1
- 41.4%Offensive-zone time11th of 32league avg 41.1
- 40.6%Defensive-zone time10th of 32league avg 41.1
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Why the Devils Set Hayton's Price $666 Under the Line
Match and inherit a walk-year trap, or hand a former No. 5 pick to a rival for a mid-round pick. New Jersey bought Utah that choice at the lowest legal cost, and the cap hit proves it wasn't luck.