Overview
- The Utah Mammoth beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 in overtime Thursday night when Mikhail Sergachev scored 3:27 into extra time to end the game.
- Logan Cooley, a Pittsburgh native, completed a hat trick by batting in the tying goal with one second left in regulation to force overtime.
- Utah goalie Sebastian Cossa made 31 saves and earned the win while Pittsburgh starter Arturs Silovs stopped 30 shots but took the loss.
- Pittsburgh received a late boost from recent activations with Ben Kindel returning and scoring the go-ahead goal with about 25 seconds left and Sam Girard, Evgeni Malkin and Egor Chinakhov also back in the lineup.
- The result reinforces Utah’s offensive depth and power-play potency while keeping the Mammoth’s weak penalty kill and questions about Karel Vejmelka’s role in net in focus as Utah begins a multi-game road swing and Pittsburgh prepares for Saturday’s trip to Montreal.