Mammoth hang on to beat Maple Leafs 5-4

SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Mammoth scored four times in the second period and held off a late Toronto rally to beat the Maple Leafs 5-4 on Tuesday night.

Utah led 5-2 after two periods, according to the NHL.com game recap. The Maple Leafs scored twice in the third period to pull within a goal at Delta Center but could not find the equalizer.

Daniil But opened the scoring in the first period. Utah then took control in the second, getting goals from Vincent Trocheck, Mikhail Sergachev (short-handed), Dylan Guenther and MacKenzie Weegar. Weegar’s goal, late in the period, made it 5-2 and turned out to be the winner.

Auston Matthews, on the power play, and Jacob Roslovic scored for Toronto in the second period. Matthews finished with a goal, an assist and four shots, according to the box score on Fox Sports.

John Tavares scored on the power play in the third period and Gavin McKenna added another to make it 5-4. Toronto could not get the tying goal.

Karel Vejmelka made 22 saves for Utah. Anthony Stolarz stopped 23 shots for the Maple Leafs.

“I probably want two or three of those goals back,” Stolarz said, according to NHL.com.

Utah improved to 5-2-0. Toronto fell to 3-3-1 but has earned points in two of its past three games (2-0-1).

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Via NHL.com and Fox Sports.