Schmaltz skated in on a 2-on-1 and elected to shoot from the right circle, where he was able to beat Darcy Kuemper five-hole.
His goal came Artemi Panarin tied it 3-3 for the Kings at 16:30 of the third period. He whiffed on his initial attempt from the right circle, but he quickly regained control and scored from a sharp angle with a soft wrist shot that went under the left pad of Karel Vejmelka.
Lawson Crouse had two goals and an assist for the Mammoth (37-28-6), who were coming off a 4-1 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Friday but have won three of their past four games. Vejmelka made 33 saves.
Quinton Byfield had a goal and an assist, and Alex Laferriere also scored for the Kings (28-25-17), have lost three in a row (0-1-2), including 4-1 to the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday. Kuemper made 30 saves.
Crouse opened the scoring at 7:04 of the first period. He gave the Mammoth a 1-0 lead by beating Kuemper from in tight with a one-timer off a pass from John Marino, who stole the puck from Samuel Helenius along the goal line.
Laferriere responded 26 seconds later to tie it 1-1. He scored glove side on Vejmelka with a wrist shot from the right circle on a 3-on-1 rush.
Crouse scored his second goal of the period to make it 2-1 at 9:19. Alexander Kerfoot curled out into the right circle and sent a backdoor cross-ice pass to Crouse, who scored short side with a one-timer from the bottom of the left circle.
Byfield quickly answered back again to tie it 2-2 at 9:47. Vejmelka couldn’t control Brandt Clarke’s long-range shot, so he reached out with his stick and poked the rebound into the left circle. However, the puck went right to Byfield, who shot into the net with Vejmelka out of position.
Schmaltz put the Mammoth back in front 3-2 at 16:11 of the second period, swatting in his own rebound in front. Schmaltz was able to skate into the puck after Brian Dumoulin and Cody Ceci bothe failed to clear away a rebound at the edge of the crease.
