PIT @ UTA Gameday Thread
PIT @ UTA
Venue: Delta Center
Puck drop: Mon Oct 19, 2026 9:00pm EDT
Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.
Game Preview
PIT
- Record 2-7-1
- Streak L7
- GF/GP · GA/GP 3.1 · 3.3
- Power play 4/29 (13.8%)
- Last game L vs VGK (0–0)
UTA
- Record 6-4-0
- Streak L1
- GF/GP · GA/GP 3.4 · 2.6
- Power play 12/32 (37.5%)
- Last game L vs EDM (0–0)
Recent meetings:
- 2026-03-14 PIT 4 @ UTA 3
- 2025-12-14 UTA 5 @ PIT 4 OT/SO
Players to watch (last 5 team games):
PIT
- Erik Karlsson 5 pts · 0 G · 6 SOG
- Sidney Crosby 4 pts · 3 G · 9 SOG
- Evgeni Malkin 3 pts · 2 G · 11 SOG
- Samuel Girard 3 pts · 0 G · 5 SOG
UTA
- Barrett Hayton 5 pts · 1 G · 8 SOG
- Clayton Keller 4 pts · 2 G · 11 SOG
- Mikhail Sergachev 4 pts · 2 G · 10 SOG
- John Marino 4 pts · 2 G · 6 SOG
Prediction:
Expected goals: PIT 2.88 · UTA 3.52 · Win odds: PIT 37.6% · UTA 62.4% · OT/SO chance: 15.9%
- 3-3 34.4%
- 2-4 32.8%
- 2-3 32.7%
Box Score
PIT 4
Final
UTA 5
2026-10-19
| Stat | PIT | UTA |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 4 | 5 |
| Shots | 19 | 29 |
| Power Play | 2/2 (100.0%) | 1/2 (50.0%) |
| PIM | 6 | 6 |
| Faceoffs | 24 / 33 | 33 / 24 |
| Blocks | 15 | 13 |
| Saves | 24 | 15 |
| PIT Scorers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| G | A | PTS | |
| Erik Karlsson | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rickard Rakell | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Declan Carlile | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Egor Chinakhov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Rust | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kaedan Korczak | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Spencer Stastney | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tommy Novak | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| UTA Scorers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| G | A | PTS | |
| Clayton Keller | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kevin Stenlund | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nate Schmidt | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Schmaltz | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kailer Yamamoto | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Barrett Hayton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Daniil But | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jack McBain | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lawson Crouse | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Logan Cooley | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mikhail Sergachev | 0 | 1 | 1 |