MN Wild Now Projected to Win Central

Rob Gray-Imagn Images via Reuters Connect The Minnesota Wild won their third straight game Tuesday night, beating the Utah Mammoth 3-1 in Salt Lake City to improve to 9-3-2. Joel Eriksson Ek and Kirill Kaprizov scored on the power play, Maxim Shabanov added an insurance goal, and Jesper Wallstedt was absolutely phenomenal, stopping 26 of 27 shots, some of which while standing on his head. he s got eyes in the back of his head #Ultramoment | @MichelobULTRA https://t.co/b4qJdZWPQu Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) October 28, 2026 Wins at Seattle, Vancouver and Utah closed out a five-game road trip and pushed Minnesota to 20 points through 14 games. That s first in the Central Division by a rather convincing four-point margin, at this early stage of the season. It s currently the high-water mark in the Western Conference too, and second in the NHL. After losing at home to the Wild, Utah sits four points back in the West with 16 points. Of course, pacing the division in la