Mammoth vs Oilers: Prediction, Team News and Canadian Odds

Result: Edmonton Oilers 6-2 Utah Mammoth

Connor McDavid had two goals and three assists. Edmonton led 5-0 by the midpoint, with McDavid setting up Zach Hyman and Kasperi Kapanen and Leon Draisaitl before scoring his second. Karel Vejmelka was pulled after 33:48. Edmonton was outshot 28-21 and won by four anyway.

Wrong side, right total, and one error we need to correct. This page said Zach Hyman was unavailable and the FAQ answered a flat no to whether he was playing. He played, and he scored on the power play. That came from the league injury feed and should never have been stated as fact. We also built the Edmonton section on Devon Levi at 4-1-0, and Tristan Jarry started instead and stopped 26 of 28, which is the fourth time this weekend a goaltender we wrote around did not take the ice. Eight goals cleared the six we wanted for the over.

The preview as published before the game follows.

Utah won in Edmonton on Thursday and gets the Oilers again two days later. Mammoth vs Oilers moves to the Delta Center on Saturday 17 October at 10:00pm ET, with Edmonton still missing eleven players.

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Mammoth vs Oilers odds

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Utah has won three in a row and took the first meeting 4-2

The Mammoth are 6-2-0. At Rogers Place on Thursday they scored twice on the power play before Edmonton had a goal, and won 4-2 with two from Clayton Keller.

Karel Vejmelka has started six of the eight and is 5-1-0 at a .898, with Sebastian Cossa taking the other two. The injury list is just Maveric Lamoureux and Michael Carcone, one of the shortest of any club playing Saturday.

The run also includes a 5-4 win over Toronto and a 4-1 win in Buffalo. Only the 6-1 loss in Boston on 8 October looks out of place, and Utah has scored 31 goals in eight games.

How they compare

Utah finished a point behind Edmonton last season despite conceding far less, 2.93 a game to 3.23. The Oilers’ power play, running at 30.6 per cent, made up the difference.

Edmonton has eleven players out and lost at home for the first time

Thursday was Edmonton’s first regulation loss. After a 6-5 overtime defeat to Vancouver on opening night, the Oilers won five straight, including 9-7 in Vancouver and 4-1 in Los Angeles on 13 October, and they’re 5-1-1. They’ve scored 31 goals in seven games, more than four a game, despite the absences.

Eleven Oilers are unavailable. Zach Hyman, Jake Walman, Jason Dickinson, Matt Savoie and Mattias Janmark are all out, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has been skating but wasn’t ready on Thursday, and Frederik Andersen, signed in July, is still rehabbing a knee.

Devon Levi has carried the goaltending at 4-1-0 and .897. He stopped 20 of 23 on Thursday before being pulled late for an extra attacker, and Keller scored into the empty net. Tristan Jarry has two starts and a .837.

Edmonton leads the series, but Utah has won two of the last three

Edmonton leads the series five wins to two, but Utah has won two of the last three: Thursday’s game and a 6-5 overtime win at home in April.

These two usually score. The three meetings before Thursday had 11, 7 and 9 goals, with Edmonton winning 6-3 at home last October and 5-2 in Salt Lake City in March.

Team news

Edmonton has eleven players out to Utah’s two. The Oilers had been winning with half a forward group until Thursday, and now they face a near-complete Utah lineup on the road. The full league list is on our NHL injury report.

Players to watch

Clayton Keller, Utah. Two goals in Edmonton on Thursday, one on the power play and one into the empty net.

Connor McDavid, Edmonton. Fourteen assists already, the latest on Leon Draisaitl’s goal on Thursday. Edmonton’s scoring hasn’t been the problem.

Karel Vejmelka, Utah. Five wins from six starts, and 22 saves on 24 shots in Edmonton. He’s been the steadier goaltender in this matchup.

Score prediction

Utah Mammoth 4-3 Edmonton Oilers. Utah is at home with a near-full lineup and has just beaten this team, but Edmonton scores enough to make it close whoever is missing.

Mammoth vs Oilers prediction

We’re with Utah: 6-2-0, a win in Edmonton two days ago and two players out to Edmonton’s eleven, with Vejmelka the better goaltender in this matchup.

Edmonton still has McDavid, Draisaitl and a power play that ran at 30.6 per cent last season, which is enough to win any single game. Our lean: Utah, and the over if the total sits at 6.5 or lower. The last four meetings produced 6, 11, 7 and 9 goals. Our NHL power rankings have both clubs, and Saturday’s late games are on the NHL schedule.

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