SALT LAKE CITY – Despite an explosive second period with three goals in roughly five minutes, the Utah Mammoth came up short against the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night as they lost the special teams battle and gave up two goals on the PK.

Here are the key takeaways from Utah’s 4-3 loss to Montreal.

Utah’s power play found a pulse after lighting the lamp against Montreal

Through the previous 23 games this season, Utah’s power play could arguably be classified as lifeless as they’d only scored nine goals on 65 opportunities (13.85 percent).

How does that compare to the rest of the league?

In addition to being the third worst power play in the entire NHL, according to hockeyreference.com , Utah was nearly seven percent below the league average (20.16 percent) coming into their

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