The Utah Mammoth kick off the 2025-26 preseason today in a split squad game against the Colorado Avalanche. Game 2 gets underway at 7:30 p.m. MT at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado. Game #2 was delayed due to travel issues that also delayed Game #1 to 5:00 p.m.

Here are the projected lineups for Game 1 for the Mammoth, please note these are subject to change. 

Forwards:

#19 Danil But 

#22 Jack McBain

#25 Sammy Walker

#45 Noel Nordh

#49 Miko Matikka

#56 Kailer Yamamoto

#58 Ty Tullio

#67 Lawson Crouse

#77 J.J. Peterka 

#92 Logan Cooley

#93 Gabe Smith

Defense:

#26 Dmitri Simashev 

#28 Ian Cole

#47 Max Pšenička 

#50 Sean Durzi

#55 Maksymilian Szuber 

#57 Nick DeSimone

#75 Tomas Lavoie

Goalies:

#33 Jaxson Stauber 

#41 Vitek Vanecek

As it stands right now, this game will see the puck drop at 7:30. The Avalanche haven't the full lineup, but have named a few star forwards in each game. In this game, they will dress Artturi Lehkonen, Brock Nelson, Martin Necas and John Manson.

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