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The Tampa Bay Lightning travel to face the Utah Mammoth on Saturday in the first meeting between the clubs this season.
Tampa Bay enters at 7-3, with a 2-2-0 mark away from home. The Lightning have won three of four games when recording fewer penalty minutes than their opponent. Utah carries a 7-4 record and sits 3-1-0 on home ice, having scored 41 goals while allowing 36 for a plus-5 differential. The Mammoth are coming off a 5-3 defeat to the Seattle Kraken, though forward Cooley netted two goals in that contest.
Injuries will thin both rosters. Utah will be without Maveric Lamoureux (shoulder) and Michael Carcone (upper body), while defenseman John Marino is day to day with an upper-body ailment. Tampa Bay lists Victor Hedman as day to day with an undisclosed issue and will miss Yanni Gourde, who is sidelined with a hip injury.
The Lightning, of the Atlantic Division, aim to improve their road record against a Central Division Mammoth squad looking to rebound from its most recent loss.
Source: ESPN - Sat Oct 24, 4:10 AM ET
Written by the SportsMafia Wire desk in our own words from the original reporting (AI-assisted, checked against the source).