Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\nMinnesota Wild News & Notes<\/p>\n
Quinn Hughes made his first appearance in Vancouver since leaving the Canucks on Oct. 25 and heard a mixed reception, with boos mingling with cheers through the night. The former Vancouver captain answered with the game-winning goal and reached a personal milestone in Minnesota\u2019s victory, which extended the Canucks\u2019 losing streak to 10 games. Hughes said afterward that he was proud of his time with the organization despite the rough welcome from the crowd. <\/p>\n
Minnesota visits Utah on Tuesday with first place in the Central Division at stake, the Mammoth having opened the season at a similar pace. The Wild also remain attached to Dylan Larkin trade speculation, with reports indicating Detroit\u2019s asking price has included forward Danila Yurov and that Montreal is pushing as a rival suitor. Off the ice, a new DIRECTV agreement gives Wild fans another way to watch games this season. <\/p>\n
Utah Mammoth News & Notes<\/p>\n
Defenseman Dmitri Simashev scored the first two goals of his NHL career on Oct. 24, the second in overtime, to lift Utah past Tampa Bay 5-4 in a comeback win at home. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m sleeping right now,\u201d Simashev said afterward. The 2023 first-round pick, in his first full NHL season, had spoken days earlier about feeling more comfortable at the level, saying he was living his life and his dream. <\/p>\n
Utah\u2019s name has surfaced in two of the league\u2019s larger trade storylines. ESPN reported that Detroit captain Dylan Larkin has expanded his list of acceptable trade destinations to 10 teams, with the Mammoth among the additions and described as the most intriguing of the new names. Utah has also been linked to a possible deal for a star goaltender. The club entered Tuesday\u2019s home meeting with Minnesota with the Central Division lead at stake. <\/p>\n
Minnesota Wild Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Kirill Kaprizov \u2013 Joel Eriksson Ek \u2013 Matt Boldy<\/p>\n
Line 2: Blake Coleman \u2013 Michael McCarron \u2013 Bobby Brink<\/p>\n
Line 3: Yakov Trenin \u2013 Danila Yurov \u2013 Maxim Shabanov<\/p>\n
Line 4: Nico Sturm \u2013 Ryan Hartman \u2013 Tyler Pitlick<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Quinn Hughes \u2013 Jared Spurgeon<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Jonas Brodin \u2013 Olli Maatta<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Matt Kiersted \u2013 Zach Bogosian<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Jesper Wallstedt \u2013 Calvin Pickard<\/p>\n
Minnesota Wild Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Maxim Shabanov \u2013 Joel Eriksson Ek \u2013 Kirill Kaprizov \u2013 Quinn Hughes \u2013 Matt Boldy<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Blake Coleman \u2013 Ryan Hartman \u2013 Danila Yurov \u2013 Bobby Brink \u2013 Jonas Brodin<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Michael McCarron \u2013 Blake Coleman \u2013 Olli Maatta \u2013 Zach Bogosian<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Yakov Trenin \u2013 Nico Sturm \u2013 Jared Spurgeon \u2013 Jonas Brodin<\/p>\n
Utah Mammoth Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Logan Cooley \u2013 Vincent Trocheck \u2013 Dylan Guenther<\/p>\n
Line 2: Clayton Keller \u2013 Nick Schmaltz \u2013 Lawson Crouse<\/p>\n
Line 3: Anders Lee \u2013 Barrett Hayton \u2013 Kailer Yamamoto<\/p>\n
Line 4: Jack McBain \u2013 Kevin Stenlund \u2013 Daniil But<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Mikhail Sergachev \u2013 MacKenzie Weegar<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Nate Schmidt \u2013 Andrew Peeke<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Dmitri Simashev \u2013 Nick DeSimone<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Karel Vejmelka \u2013 Sebastian Cossa<\/p>\n
Utah Mammoth Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Nick Schmaltz \u2013 Logan Cooley \u2013 Clayton Keller \u2013 Dylan Guenther \u2013 Mikhail Sergachev<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Anders Lee \u2013 Vincent Trocheck \u2013 Kailer Yamamoto \u2013 Barrett Hayton \u2013 MacKenzie Weegar<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Nick Schmaltz \u2013 Lawson Crouse \u2013 Mikhail Sergachev \u2013 MacKenzie Weegar<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Kevin Stenlund \u2013 Jack McBain \u2013 Nate Schmidt \u2013 Andrew Peeke<\/p>\n
Players To Watch<\/p>\n
Joel Eriksson Ek \u2014 Minnesota Wild<\/p>\n
Eriksson Ek put five shots on net last time out and chipped in an assist in 20:10. Box Score Junkie has him at a 65.7% Corsi-for with 80.2 shot attempts for per 60 this season to date, and 13.4 high-danger xG with him on the ice. Three goals on 8.7 expected says the finishing is due to correct.<\/p>\n
Vincent Trocheck \u2014 Utah Mammoth<\/p>\n
Trocheck set up both of Utah\u2019s late pushes with two assists in 21:02 last game on just two shots. Box Score Junkie\u2019s 2026-27 numbers back the play-driving: 57.6% Corsi-for, 58.5% Fenwick and 67.8 attempts for per 60, with 6.7 high-danger xG generated. An assist prop is the natural angle.<\/p>\n
Injury Report<\/p>\n
Minnesota Wild<\/p>\n
Filip Gustavsson (G) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Hip, expected back Thursday, November 19<\/p>\n
Marcus Foligno (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Thursday, October 29<\/p>\n
Nick Foligno (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Thursday, October 29<\/p>\n
Brock Faber (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Skull, expected back Tuesday, November 3<\/p>\n
Utah Mammoth<\/p>\n
John Marino (D) \u2014 Out, Upper Body, expected back Sunday, November 1<\/p>\n
Michael Carcone (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Sunday, November 1<\/p>\n
Maveric Lamoureux (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Shoulder, expected back Friday, February 12<\/p>\n
Betting Odds<\/p>\n
Moneyline (DraftKings, as of October 27 at 4:16\u202fAM ET): Minnesota Wild +110, Utah Mammoth -130.<\/p>\n
Odds change through the day; check the sportsbook before betting. 21+. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER.<\/p>\n
Next Up<\/p>\n
Minnesota Wild: host the New York Islanders on Thursday, October 29.<\/p>\n
Utah Mammoth: visit the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday, October 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inside The Rink Gameday Graphic The Minnesota Wild visit the Utah Mammoth at Delta Center on Tuesday, October…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5118],"tags":[73000,8478,1094,9895,5,5236,499,3714,161,38,5280,4,5573,1496,3154,3042,162],"class_list":["post-696742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-minnesota-wild","tag-2026-27-nhl-regular-season","tag-danila-yurov","tag-delta-center","tag-dmitri-simashev","tag-hockey","tag-injury-report","tag-joel-eriksson-ek","tag-line-combinations","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-wild","tag-minnesotawild","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-game-preview","tag-quinn-hughes","tag-utah-mammoth","tag-vincent-trocheck","tag-wild"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/117513050345760372","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696742","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=696742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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