Flyers shut out in 3-0 loss to Mammoth

Jackie Spiegel, The Philadelphia Inquirer on Mar 5, 2026

Published in Hockey

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PHILADELPHIA — There were two things hanging over the Flyers at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Thursday night: the impending NHL trade deadline and extending their winning streak.

But as the minutes continued to tick off until Friday’s 3 p.m. deadline, the Flyers’ inability to win four straight kept on going with a 3-0 loss to the Utah Mammoth.

It is the third time this year the Flyers have been shut out, and it’s been more than two years since the Flyers strung together a four-game winning streak. The previous four-game winning streak came against the Arizona Coyotes, who are now the Mammoth, on Feb. 12, 2024.

On Thursday, it was a lackadaisical effort by the Flyers that saw limited chances against goalie Vitek Vaněček. The Flyers mustered 16 shots on goal and had 44 shot attempts, despite three power-play opportunities.

Lou Nolan didn’t even have time to announce the penalty before Nick Schmaltz found the back of the net to give Utah a 1-0 lead in the second period. Eight seconds after Noah Cates was called for holding the stick, Dylan Guenther curled off the boards and into the high slot before going against the grain to Schmaltz on the goal line for the shot.

Less than seven minutes later, it was 2-0 on a goal by Clayton Keller, who just helped the United States win gold at the Winter Olympics. Matvei Michkov tried a wrap-around before eventually losing the puck to Guenther. Utah’s speedy forward chipped the puck around Rasmus Ristolainen and skated down the boards before sending the puck over to Keller as he split through.

Michael Carcone added an empty-netter in the third period.

Now the question is, who will be here when the trade deadline buzzer goes off at 3 p.m. on Friday? Ristolainen, whose name is swirling as someone more than likely getting traded, suited up and skated more than 22 minutes in his 800th NHL game.

Breakaways

Forward Travis Konecny missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury, and defenseman Nick Seeler, who sustained a lower-body injury in Monday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, did not play. … On Thursday, the Flyers signed forward Garrett Wilson to an NHL contract to finish the 2025-26 season. A member of Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League since 2019, a team source has also confirmed the captain inked a new AHL contract for next season. Wilson, a native of Barrie, Ontario, has 16 points (four goals, 12 assists) in 51 games this season and leads the team in penalty minutes (99), which enters Thursday tied for 11th overall in the AHL. Wilson, who turns 35 on March 16, has played 751 AHL games for San Antonio, Portland, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Toronto, and Lehigh Valley. He is Lehigh Valley’s all-time leader in games played (338) and ranks fourth in goals (62) and points (148). A rugged 6-foot-3, 218-pound winger, Wilson was drafted in the fourth round of the 2009 NHL draft by the Florida Panthers and has 84 regular-season and 10 playoff games at the NHL level under his belt. His last NHL game was a playoff game on April 16, 2019 for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Up next

On Saturday, the Flyers will be in Pittsburgh taking on the Penguins.