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2026-27 forecast · Fri, Feb 26, 9:00 PM ET
Karel Vejmelka · 0.897 SV%
The preseason ratings make Utah Mammoth 59.0% to win at home: a modest lean, worth 9.0 points over a coin flip, which grades B. Over a full season those same ratings project UTA for 99 points and FLA for 92.
A preseason forecast from each team's regressed rating and home ice, the ratings behind the projected standings. The full model read, with the starting goalies, rest and form, publishes within seven days of the game and replaces this page’s numbers. How this is calculated
PuckCast's preseason forecast gives Utah Mammoth a 59.0% chance to win on Fri, Feb 26. The matchup detail follows.
UTA controlled play at 5v5 last season, 52.6% of the expected goals to 49.8%.
In goal, neither team has named a starter. Last season Karel Vejmelka (UTA) saved -22.7 goals above expected to Jacob Markstrom's -29.8, on save percentages of 0.897 and 0.883.
None of that is the model read. This is a rating-and-home-ice forecast; the full prediction, with confirmed goalies, rest and form, priced against the market, publishes inside the seven days before puck drop and replaces these numbers. Utah Mammoth over Florida Panthers is where it starts, not where it ends.
No sportsbook has posted a price for this game yet. Prices usually appear roughly a week before puck drop.
No starter is named this far out. These are each side’s projected starters on the current roster, with last season’s numbers.
FLA
Jacob Markstrom
44 games, 2025-26
UTA
Karel Vejmelka
64 games, 2025-26
| FLA | Metric | UTA |
|---|---|---|
| 49.8% | xGF% (5v5) | 52.6% |
| — | Shot share | — |
| — | Goals for / game | — |
| — | Goals against / game | — |
| — | Power play | — |
| — | Penalty kill | — |
| — | Faceoffs | — |
Florida Panthers
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Aleksander Barkov | C | 23 | 50 | 72 |
 Brady Tkachuk | L | 29 | 38 | 67 |
 Sam Reinhart | C | 31 | 34 | 65 |
 Matthew Tkachuk | L | 23 | 41 | 63 |
Utah Mammoth
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Clayton Keller | R | 27 | 53 | 80 |
| Date | Game | Pick | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | UTA @ FLA | FLA | UTA 4–3 FLA | Missed |
| 2025-12-10 | FLA @ UTA | FLA | FLA 4–3 UTA | Correct |
| Team | Proj. points | Playoff odds |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Panthers | 92 | 38.1% |
| Utah Mammoth | 99 | 60.8% |
Forecast method preseason-elo-v1; ratings as of 2026-08-19.
 Dylan Guenther | R | 33 | 33 | 66 |
|---|
 Logan Cooley | C | 29 | 33 | 61 |
|---|
 Nick Schmaltz | C | 22 | 37 | 59 |
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