Overview
- Keller scored the overtime decider and added a primary assist, sealing Utah’s first meeting with Buffalo since the offseason trade for JJ Peterka.
- Vejmelka was credited with the secondary assist on the winning rush after gloving an Alex Tuch shot and finished with 17 stops.
- Nick Schmaltz opened Utah’s scoring in the third period, helping the Mammoth improve to 9-4 and halt a two-game skid.
- Buffalo’s Noah Ostlund netted his first NHL goal hours after being recalled from AHL Rochester as the Sabres fell in OT for the fourth time in a five-game OT stretch.
- Peterka, plus ex-Mammoth players Josh Doan and Michael Kesselring, were held without points, with the Sabres missing Zach Benson, Jason Zucker and Jiri Kulich.