Maple Leafs’ comeback effort falls short in loss to Mammoth

SALT LAKE CITY — Dylan Guenther and Mikhail Sergachev each had a goal and an assist in the second period to help the Utah Mammoth beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Tuesday night. Daniil But, Vincent Trocheck, and MacKenzie Weegar also scored for Utah, and Karel Vejmelka made 22 saves. Auston Matthews, Jack Roslovic, John Tavares and rookie Gavin McKenna scored for Toronto, while Anthony Stolarz stopped 23 shots. Toronto trimmed a three-goal deficit to one in the third. With the Leafs trailing 5-2, Tavares scored a power-play goal at 7:12 of the period. McKenna drew the Leafs closer…