{"id":477943,"date":"2025-11-19T11:45:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=477943"},"modified":"2025-11-19T11:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:45:30","slug":"utah-mammoth-slumping-since-having-win-streak-snapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/11\/19\/utah-mammoth-slumping-since-having-win-streak-snapped\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Mammoth Slumping Since Having Win Streak Snapped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The last three weeks have been a difficult time for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/11\/11\/utah-mammoth-barrett-hayton-difficult-start-to-season\/\" target=\"_self\">Utah Mammoth<\/a>. Since having their seven-game win streak snapped by the Winnipeg Jets on October 26, the losses have piled up for Utah. Unfortunately, a new mascot can only help so much. What once looked like a team on the rise has quickly turned into one searching for answers, mostly to how they can bounce back. This difficult run of upcoming games will be the first real test of the season for the Mammoth. We\u2019ll find out what kind of team Utah really is in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<h2>Utah Mammoth in a Downward Spiral Following End of Win Streak<\/h2>\n<p>Because the Mammoth have just two wins in their last eight games, they\u2019ve fallen to fifth in the Central Division. This comes directly following the end of their seven-game win streak. A promising 8-2-0 start has now unraveled into a 10-7-3 record. Everything seemed to be going right for the Mammoth, as they kept finding ways to win. However, it doesn\u2019t always work out that way.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Deflating Power Play<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One part of the game that\u2019s been a problem for the Mammoth have been special teams, mainly the power play. Utah had a respectable start to the season with the man advantage, but that\u2019s changed. Being unable to produce on the power play can really take a team\u2019s energy away, as well as giving a boost to the team that kills the penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of creating momentum with scoring chances, the Mammoth are finding themselves against the run of play after an unsuccessful power play, spilling over to their five-on-five play.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No doubt about that one!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udea8 Gunner makes it 2-1, Mammoth. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ypA3ji4TPt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ypA3ji4TPt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Utah Mammoth (@utahmammoth) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/utahmammoth\/status\/1989527219023258039?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During their win streak, the Mammoth scored at least one power play goal in every game. Since then, Utah went seven straight games without capitalizing while up a man. They had 15 total power play opportunities during this stretch, which finally ended in Friday\u2019s overtime loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/11\/14\/nhl-predictions-new-york-islanders-utah-mammoth\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Islanders<\/a>. Utah went one for six against New York.<\/p>\n<p>This has become a recurring theme for the Mammoth, who own the 29th ranked power play at 15.0%. The mentality of Utah\u2019s top power play unit needs to change.<\/p>\n<h2><b>How Can Utah Bounce Back<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>First and foremost, the Mammoth need to figure out their power play. Besides the inconsistency, opposing teams have had no trouble reading Utah\u2019s plays while at five-on-four. It becomes predictable when the same plays are attempted. The onus is on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kellecl01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-16_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clayton Keller<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/coolelo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-16_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Logan Cooley<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/guentdy01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-16_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dylan Guenther<\/a> to try out new ideas. Sometimes a power play is the best place to do that, as long as they keep it simple.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest bright spot lately for the Mammoth has been their penalty kill. Utah hasn\u2019t allowed a power play goal over their last seven games. The Mammoth penalty kill is ranked 11th in the NHL at 81.8%. Overall, once the Mammoth start finding ways to score on the power play, it could spark them.<\/p>\n<h2>Up Next<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah begins a four-game home stand. They just finished a back-to-back with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/11\/17\/nhl-predictions-november-17th-utah-mammoth-vs-anaheim-ducks\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_self\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> and San Jose Sharks, losing both in overtime. The Mammoth have now lost three-straight, all in extra time. Perhaps spending some time at home could help turn the tide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last three weeks have been a difficult time for the Utah Mammoth. Since having their seven-game win streak snapped by the Winnipeg Jets on October 26, the losses have piled up for Utah. Unfortunately, a new mascot can only help so much. What once looked like a team on the rise has quickly turned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5373,"featured_media":475269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,4547,4548],"tags":[1063],"class_list":["post-477943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mammoth","category-hockey","category-nhl","tag-clayton-keller"],"modified_by":"Levi Pike, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477943"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":478109,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477943\/revisions\/478109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}