Penguins take losing streak into matchup with the Mammoth

Pittsburgh Penguins (3-5-1, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Utah Mammoth (6-3, in the Central Division)

Salt Lake City; Monday, 9 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Penguins enter the matchup with the Utah Mammoth as losers of three straight games.

Utah is 6-3 overall and 2-1-0 at home. The Mammoth are 6-0-0 when scoring three or more goals.

Pittsburgh has gone 1-4-1 on the road and 3-5-1 overall. The Penguins have a -4 scoring differential, with 28 total goals scored and 32 allowed.

The teams meet Monday for the first time this season.

INJURIES: Mammoth: Maveric Lamoureux: out (shoulder), Michael Carcone: out (undisclosed).

Penguins: Samuel Girard: day to day (undisclosed), Justin Brazeau: out (lower-body), Trevor van Riemsdyk: out (lower body), Ryan Graves: out (lower-body), Egor Chinakhov: out (lower body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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