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The Utah Mammoth held off the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4 on Monday night in a back-and-forth contest.
Pittsburgh struck first when Erik Karlsson scored a power-play goal 71 seconds into the game. Utah answered with five different scorers, including Clayton Keller, who extended his goal streak to three consecutive games. Kevin Stenlund gave the Mammoth their first lead with 9:50 remaining in the opening period. Nate Schmidt added a slapshot from near the blue line at 8:16 of the second, and Nick Schmaltz converted a power play with a backhand 1:36 into the third.
Keller, Stenlund, Schmidt and Schmaltz each finished with a goal and an assist. Kailer Yamamoto also scored for Utah. Sebastian Cossa made 15 saves.
The Penguins rallied late with Richard Rakell's power-play marker at 7:01 of the second, Egor Chinakhov's goal at 2:55 of the third, and Declan Carlile's wrist shot with 5:05 left. Bryan Rust recorded two assists. Arturs Silovs stopped 24 shots.
Source: ESPN - Tue Oct 20, 12:01 AM ET
Written by the SportsMafia Wire desk in our own words from the original reporting (AI-assisted, checked against the source).