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The Utah Mammoth (8-5-0) and Pittsburgh Penguins (5-6-1) will meet in the NHL tonight. Puck drop is set for 7:00 p.m. EDT at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pa. The game will broadcast live on ESPN+.
The Mammoth are favored at -125 on the moneyline, with the Penguins +105 to pull off the upset. The over/under is set at 6.5 (-116o / -105u).
Let's get into our Mammoth vs. Penguins predictions and NHL picks.
Mammoth vs. Penguins Prediction
- Pick: Mammoth -1.5
Our Mammoth vs. Pittsburgh best bet is on the Mammoth to cover the puck line, with the best odds currently available at FanDuel. For all of your NHL bets, be sure to find the best lines by using our live NHL odds page.
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Mammoth vs Penguins Odds
| Mammoth Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
-1.5 +180 | 6.5 -130o / 106u | -130 |
| Penguins Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
+1.5 -225 | 6.5 -130o / 106u | +108 |
- Mammoth vs. Penguins puck line: Utah -1.5 (+210), Penguins +1.5 (-263)
- Mammoth vs. Penguins over/under: 6.5 (-116o / -105u)
- Mammoth vs. Penguins moneyline: Utah -125, Penguins +105
- Mammoth vs. Penguins best bet: Mammoth -1.5
Mammoth vs. Penguins Pick
The Utah Mammoth travel to Pittsburgh to take on the Penguins tonight in a cross-conference clash that triggers an actionable angle directly from Action Network's BetLabs database.
Our featured BetLabs system, "Early Road Puckline," targets early-season market inefficiencies by focusing on spread dynamics when road teams are finding their footing. In the opening 15 games of a season, rosters are still gelling, line combinations are fluid, and road travel creates wide variances in performance. When visiting favorites are laid on the puckline, the market often underestimates the volatility.
However, Utah presents a fascinating outlier to this trend: across all three of the Mammoth's road victories this season, every single one has come by two or more goals.
That margin-of-victory profile meets a severely compromised Pittsburgh squad. While the Penguins enter having won two straight, they haven't played since October 24 and are navigating a massive wave of injuries.
Pittsburgh’s blue line and depth are depleted, with Samuel Girard, Ryan Graves, and Trevor van Riemsdyk all sidelined on injured reserve. Scorers Bryan Rust and Elmer Soderblom are also sidelined.
While Evgeni Malkin may return from illness and Ben Kindel is back on the ice, the Penguins' defensive corps remains decimated, a fatal weakness against a high-octane Utah offense that ranks among the league's best.
Goaltending also heavily tilts the ice in Utah's favor. Pittsburgh's crease has been shaky, with both Arturs Silovs and Sergei Murashov posting sub-.900 save percentages and combined negative goals saved above expected.
While Mammoth projected starter Karel Vejmelka has also posted negative GSAx numbers early on, Utah insulates its goaltenders with exceptional structure, boasting a top-10 expected goals against (xGA) rate at 5-on-5.
With Pittsburgh icing an AHL-heavy defense against Utah's explosive attack, back the Mammoth to pull away late and clear the puckline.
Best Bet: Mammoth -1.5
