Utah Mammoth (8-5, in the Central Division) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (5-6-1, in the Metropolitan Division)

Pittsburgh; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Utah Mammoth after the Penguins knocked off the Nashville Predators 3-2 in overtime.

Pittsburgh is 4-1-0 at home and 5-6-1 overall. The Penguins have scored and given up 39 goals this season for an even scoring differential.

Utah is 8-5 overall and 4-3-0 in road games. The Mammoth have committed 61 total penalties (4.7 per game) to rank fifth in the league.

Thursday's game is the second meeting between these teams this season. The Mammoth won the previous meeting 5-4.

TOP PERFORMERS: Nicholas Robertson has six goals for the Penguins. Evgeni Malkin has four goals and one assist over the last 10 games.

Nick Schmaltz has seven goals and seven assists for the Mammoth. Clayton Keller has scored four goals and added six assists over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Penguins: 3-6-1, averaging 2.6 goals, 4.5 assists, 2.8 penalties and 6.1 penalty minutes while giving up 3.2 goals per game.

Mammoth: 6-4-0, averaging 3.5 goals, 6.5 assists, 4.7 penalties and 12 penalty minutes while giving up 3.7 goals per game.

INJURIES: Penguins: Samuel Girard: out (undisclosed), Bryan Rust: out (lower-body), Egor Chinakhov: day to day (lower body), Ben Kindel: out (undisclosed), Justin Brazeau: out (lower-body), Trevor van Riemsdyk: out (lower body), Ryan Graves: out (lower-body), Evgeni Malkin: day to day (illness), Elmer Soderblom: day to day (upper-body).

Mammoth: Maveric Lamoureux: out (shoulder), Michael Carcone: out (upper body), John Marino: out (upper body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.