Two 10-6-1 teams meet Saturday with matching points and a razor-thin power-index gap.
Ottawa and Utah arrive level at 21 points and 10-6-1, with the Mammoth 13th and the Senators 14th in the power index, separated by just 0.1 points. Both teams are 2-3 over their last five, while Ottawa carries a one-game win streak and Utah a one-game skid into Saturday’s 7 p.m. ET matchup at Canadian Tire Centre. Utah’s +4.4 shots-on-goal differential per game contrasts sharply with Ottawa’s -1.1, putting the focus on whether Logan Cooley, with 18 points, and Clayton Keller, with 17, can turn that volume into chances against Linus Ullmark, who has a .947 save percentage in eight appearances. Tim Stützle leads Ottawa with 21 points, and the game may turn on whether the Senators’ top-end production can offset Utah’s shot-generation edge.