Minnesota Wild defeated Utah Mammoth 3-1 to move to 9-5
The Minnesota Wild defeated the Utah Mammoth 3-1 on the road Tuesday at Delta Center.
The Minnesota Wild defeated the Utah Mammoth 3-1 on the road Tuesday at Delta Center.
The margin of victory was 2 goals, and the two teams combined for 4 goals. The win moves the Wild to 9-5 on the season.
The Mammoth fall to 8-5. They are 2-3 over their last 5 games.
In the standings, the Wild sit 1st in the Central Division, while the Mammoth are 2nd in the same group. Because both clubs play in the same division, the result carries extra weight for tiebreakers later in the season.
Across the season so far, the Wild are scoring 3.1 goals per game and allowing 2.2, while the Mammoth are scoring 3.6 and allowing 3.3. That gives the Wild the better point differential, +13 to +4.
Up next, the Wild host the New York Islanders on Friday, October 30. The Mammoth visit the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday, October 29.
The 4 combined goals were below the 6.1 goals these two teams’ games have averaged this season.
By the numbers
- Final: Minnesota Wild 3, Utah Mammoth 1
- Margin: 2 goals · Combined: 4 goals
- Wild: 9-5 overall · 4-0 at home · 5-5 on the road · last 5: L-L-W-W-W
- Mammoth: 8-5 overall · 4-2 at home · 4-3 on the road · last 5: L-W-L-W-L
- Venue: Delta Center
Because the NHL awards a point for overtime and shootout losses, the standings are ordered by points rather than wins. The top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference qualify for the 16-team playoff bracket.
After this result, the top of the Central Division reads: Minnesota Wild (9-3-2), Utah Mammoth (8-5), Dallas Stars (7-4-1), Colorado Avalanche (7-5-1), Nashville Predators (4-3-5).
Follow both clubs on the Minnesota Wild and Utah Mammoth team pages, check the latest NHL standings and scores, or compare them head-to-head on the Wild vs Mammoth page. Scores and records in this report come from official league data and update automatically.
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