Dylan Guenther scored the tiebreaking goal on the power play at 12:55 of the third period as the Utah Mammoth defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken 5-3 Friday night in Salt Lake City.

Nick Schmaltz had a goal and two assists, Kailer Yamamoto scored against his former team and JJ Peterka and Lawson Crouse added empty-netters as the Mammoth snapped a three-game losing streak. Goaltender Karel Vejmelka made 32 saves.

Mason Marchment tallied twice and Ben Meyers also scored for Seattle, which lost for the seventh time in its past eight games (1-6-1). Goalie Philipp Grubauer stopped 26 of 29 shots.

With Kraken defenseman Ryan Lindgren in the box for tripping, the Mammoth took advantage of Seattle's league-worst penalty kill to take the lead. Mikhail Sergachev kept the puck in the offensive zo

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