{"id":475958,"date":"2026-02-27T23:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T23:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/475958\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T23:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T23:02:14","slug":"utah-mammoth-vs-minnesota-wild-live-blog-utah-mammoth-vs-minnesota-wild-blog-live-updates-analysis-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/475958\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Mammoth Vs. Minnesota Wild Live Blog Utah Mammoth Vs. Minnesota Wild Blog: Live Updates, Analysis, And More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SALT LAKE CITY \u2013\u00a0A post-Olympic gauntlet for the Utah Mammoth continues as they welcome Minnesota to town, one of the top teams in the NHL.<\/p>\n<p>The Mammoth (30-24-4, 64 points) is hosting the Minnesota Wild (34-14-10, 78 points) at the Delta Center on Friday, February 27.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota is one of four teams with 80+ points this season and holds the second-best record in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/standings\/2026-02-27\/wildcard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Western Conference<\/a>. Utah maintains a one-point lead over the Seattle Kraken for the top Wild Card spot in the West.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kslsports.com\/nhl\/utah-mammoth\/utah-mammoth-lose-to-colorado-avalanche-following-olympics\/572235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Hat Trick: Utah Mammoth Play Rusty In Loss To Colorado Avalanche<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Friday night matchup \ud83d\udc4a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QerJqUqIRm\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/QerJqUqIRm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Utah Mammoth (@utahmammoth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/utahmammoth\/status\/2027403981761417500?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rising Mammoth star Dylan Guenther scored twice in a loss to Colorado on Wednesday, increasing his team-leading total to 27 goals and 49 points overall.<\/p>\n<p>Gold-medal winner Clayton Keller leads Utah with 55 points (17 G, 38 A), followed by 53 points (23 G, 30 A) from Nick Schmaltz.<\/p>\n<p>Guenther and Keller both come into the night riding three-game point streaks.<\/p>\n<p>The Wild have incredible scoring depth as five players began the day with a four-game or better point streak.<\/p>\n<p>Team USA hockey hero Quinn Hughes leads the way with 18 points in his past ten games and 57 points (5 G, 52 A) overall. Matt Boldy is the leading scorer for the Wild with 62 points (32 G, 30 A).<\/p>\n<p>Pregame<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fi\">On the ice:<\/p>\n<p>Vejmelka<br \/>Vanecek<br \/>Keller<br \/>Yamamoto<br \/>Maatta<br \/>Tanev<br \/>Marino<br \/>Schmidt<br \/>DeSimone<br \/>Schmaltz<br \/>Cooley<br \/>O\u2019Brien<br \/>Hayton <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CQlffhuSc8\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/CQlffhuSc8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cole Bagley (@BagleyKSLsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BagleyKSLsports\/status\/2027436665917366384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow the Utah Mammoth with KSL Sports<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Blackhawks come calling at Delta Center on Sunday, March 1. The matinee matchup begins at 2 p.m. MT.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the entire 2025-26 Utah Mammoth schedule\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kslsports.com\/utah-mammoth\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Smith Entertainment Group\u2019s (SEG) streaming platform will also continue to carry all Mammoth games on SEG+ in 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p>Cole Bagley is the Utah Mammoth insider for KSL Sports.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BagleyKSLsports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Follow him on X<\/a>.\u00a0You can hear Cole break down the team on KSL Sports Zone and KSL 5 TV.<\/p>\n<p>All Mammoth games will be broadcast live on the KSL Sports Zone (97.5 FM\/1280 AM). Occasionally, KSL NewsRadio (102.7 FM \/ 1160 AM) also airs Jazz games.<\/p>\n<p>Take us with you, wherever you go.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kslsports.com\/app\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download the new &amp; improved KSL Sports app from Utah\u2019s sports leader. You can stream live radio and video, and stay up to date on all of your favorite teams.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian Preece is a KSLSports.com insider covering Locals in MLB and the Salt Lake Bees. Follow Brian\u2019s Bees and Beehive baseball\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kslsports.com\/author\/bpreeceksl-com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0Find Brian on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bpreece24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram,<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BlueSky<\/a>\u00a0at @bpreece24.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bpreece24\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @bpreece24<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kslsports.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746835450_492_Utah-Mammoth-Newsletter_300x250.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;max-width:100%;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Utah-Mammoth-Newsletter_830x100.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;max-width:100%;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SALT LAKE CITY \u2013\u00a0A post-Olympic gauntlet for the Utah Mammoth continues as they welcome Minnesota to town, one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5118],"tags":[5,689,161,38,5280,4,162],"class_list":{"0":"post-475958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-wild","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-kslsports-com-utah-sports-news","10":"tag-minnesota","11":"tag-minnesota-wild","12":"tag-minnesotawild","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-wild"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116145092247812283","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}