Mammoth beats the Lightning 5-4

The Utah Mammoth beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4 on Saturday, October 24, at Delta Center in Salt Lake City.

The Lightning led 3-2 after the first period, it was tied 4-4 after the second period, and it was tied 4-4 after regulation. The game went to overtime.

With 5:10 left in the first period, Jake Guentzel scored . Tampa Bay Lightning led 1-0. With 1:44 left in overtime, Dmitri Simashev scored on a wrist shot, assisted by Barrett Hayton and Karel Vejmelka. Utah Mammoth led 5-4.

Pontus Holmberg led the Lightning with 1 goal. Dmitri Simashev led the Mammoth with 2 goals. Karel Vejmelka stopped 29 of 33 shots for the Mammoth.

Utah Mammoth was favored by 1.5 goals. Mammoth did not cover. The total was 6.5, and the game went over.

The Mammoth are 8-4. In their last 4 games they beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4 at home on October 24, lost to the Seattle Kraken 3-5 in Seattle on October 22, beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 at home on October 19, and lost to the Edmonton Oilers 2-6 at home on October 17.

The Lightning are 7-4. In their last 4 games they lost to the Utah Mammoth 4-5 in Utah on October 24, lost to the Colorado Avalanche 3-6 in Colorado on October 23, beat the Vegas Golden Knights 6-2 in Vegas on October 20, and beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 at home on October 17.

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