‘Just another day at the office’: Mammoth stay calm as they face elimination

Utah Mammoth left wing Michael Carcone (53) celebrates after scoring during the third period to tie Game 4 of a first-round NHL Stanley Cup playoff series against the Vegas Golden Knights at 3-3 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 27, 2026. | Rio Giancarlo, Deseret News Utah Mammoth fans can be both disappointed and encouraged from the team’s series thus far with the Vegas Golden Knights. On one hand, the Mammoth face elimination as they return to Salt Lake City for Game 6 on Friday.

On the other, they have never found themselves down and out in any playoff game. To this point, every one of their playoff losses has been decided by a single goal (excluding an empty-netter in Game 1). And in each of their losses, they’ve held a lead in the third period.

Head coach André Tourigny touched on both sides of the issue during his off-day media availability at the team’s hotel in Las Vegas Thursday morning. “We need to be a little bit better, (but) it’s not like we gave volume,” he said. “Yesterday in the third period, we gave (up) two scoring chances.

So, it’s not like, OK, we gave up six (and) at some point, something has to go in. I think we did a lot of good stuff, but obviously the one we gave started with the puck on our breakout, so that’s an area I would like to clean. ” Clayton Keller on the upcoming Game 6: “These are the most fun game to be a part of.