The Minnesota Wild (18-5-4, 40 points, T-1st Central) pay a visit to Utah on Tuesday to play the Utah Hockey Club (12-11-4, 28 points, 5th Central) in an NHL Central Division and Western Conference clash. Minnesota was defeated by the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 on Friday night, which snapped a 5-game winning streak for the Wild and dropped Minnesota into a tie for first in the Central division with Winnipeg. Utah defeated Philadelphia 4-2 on Sunday and has won two straight, but is just fifth in the Central. Minnesota will play without Jakub Lauko, Joel Eriksson Ek, Jonas Brodin, and Mats Zuccarello. Utah will play without Connor Ingram, John Marino, Sean Durzi, and Maveric Lamoureux.
Minnesota is above average on attack and one of the best in goal
The Minnesota Wild have a goals-for average of 3.2 and a goals-against average of 2.3, which are 13th and second respectively. Minnesota is averaging 28.7 (28th) shots per game and allowing an average of 29.1 (22nd). Minnesota’s power play is 19th, scoring 19.4% of the time the Wild have the man advantage while the penalty kill is 28th, holding opponents scoreless 73.4% of the time Minnesota is short-handed.
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Kirill Kaprizov is the stats king for Minnesota, leading the Wild in goals (17), assists (25), and points (42) Matt Boldy is second in goals with 12. The Wild miss the presence of Mats Zuccarello (14 points) and Joel Eriksson Ek (13 points), who are both on injured reserve. Boldy is second in points with 27. Minnesota has eight active players with double digits in points. Jake Middleton is the leader in plus/minus at 21. Goalie Filip Gustavsson is 13-4-3 with a 1.99 goals-against average and a .931 save percentage. Gustavsson has 2 shutouts.
Utah needs more on attack but its blue line and goalie are playing above-average
The Utah Hockey Club have a goals-for average of 2.9 and a goals-against average of 2.9, which are 20th and 11th respectively. Utah is averaging 27.0 (27th) shots per game and allowing an average of 28.3 (15th). Utah’s power play is 22nd, scoring 17.6% of the time the Hockey Club has the man advantage while the penalty kill is 24th, holding opponents scoreless 77.8% of the time Utah is shorthanded.
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Dylan Guenther is the leader in goals scored with 10. Jake McBain is second with nine goals and three others have seven goals each. Clayton Keller is the leader in assists with 17 and points with 24. Nick Schmaltz is tied for the lead in assists with 17. Guenther and Logan Cooley are tied for second in points with 23 each. Utah has 10 players with double digits in points. Michael Kesselring is the leader in plus/minus at 10. Goalie Karel Vejmelka is 4-7-1 with a 2.35 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage. No. 1 goalie Connor Ingram is on injured reserve.
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Minnesota is tied first in the Central Division with the Winnipeg Jets and the Wild have a strong record on the road this season at 11-2-3. The Utah Hockey Club is 5th in the Central Division and is playing below average at home at 4-5-2. Minnesota’s blueline and goaltending are one of the NHL’s best as the Wild have a goals-against average of just 2.3, which is second-best in the league. Utah on the other hand has a goals-against of 2.9 which is 11th. The Hockey Club has a 2.9 goals-for average while Minnesota has a 3.2 goals-for average. Minnesota has won five of its last six, 11 of the last 15 played on the road and 13 of the last 17 against Utah. Utah has lost four of the last five played on its home ice. Minnesota’s Filip Gustavsson is first in the NHL in goals-against at 1.99. Utah’s No. 1 goalie Connor Ingram is out injured.
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Minnesota has a goals-against average of just 2.3 and Utah has a 2.9 goals-against average. The total has finished under in six of Minnesota’s last seven games and the total has finished under in four of Utah’s last five games against a team from the Central Division. Minnesota goalie Filip Gustavsson has an impressive 1.99 goals-against average.
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