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    Kings fall to Mammoth in overtime
    • March 23, 2026

    SALT LAKE CITY — Nick Schmaltz scored his second goal of the game on a break at 1:46 of overtime to give the Utah Mammoth a 4-3 victory over the Kings on Sunday night.

    Schmaltz carried the puck in on a 2-on-1 with defenseman Mikhail Sergachev on his left and fired a snap shot between goalie Darcy Kuemper’s legs.

    After the Kings controlled play in the 3-on-3 overtime and nearly ended it on Alex Laferriere’s shot that went off the right post, Kevin Stenlund won a faceoff against Quinton Byfield to set up Schmaltz’s seventh winning goal of the season.

    Kings’ Artemi Panarin tied it with 3:30 left in regulation with his 25th goal of the season His shot from deep on the far right side eluded goalie Karel Vejmelka.

    Schmaltz pushed his career-high goals total to 26 and reached 63 points to match his career high set in 2024-25. Lawson Crouse scored twice in the first period and added an assist, and Vejmelka made 33 saves to help Utah end a four-game home losing streak. The Mammoth hold the first wild card in the Western Conference, five points ahead of Nashville.

    Byfield had a goal and an assist, and Leferriere also scored for the Kings. Kuemper stopped 30 shots.

    The Kings are two points behind Nashville for the final wild card.

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    Kings: At Calgary on Tuesday night.

     Orange County Register 

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