Mammoth fall 3-1 to Wild as Minnesota scores twice on the power play
Utah took seven penalties at the Delta Center, and Logan Cooley's late goal was its only score.
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The Minnesota Wild beat the Utah Mammoth 3-1 Tuesday night at the Delta Center, scoring twice on seven power plays. Utah went 0-for-4 with the extra man. [1][2]
Joel Eriksson Ek scored on the power play late in the first period, and Kirill Kaprizov added another 48 seconds into the second, his 14th goal of the season. Maxim Shabanov also scored for Minnesota. Logan Cooley scored Utah's only goal with 1:21 left. [1]
The game had 17 penalties and three fights, two of them in the first period. Jesper Wallstedt stopped 26 of 27 shots for Minnesota, and Karel Vejmelka made 27 saves for Utah. "You get in the box seven times against that kind of a power play, you're going to get hurt," Mammoth coach André Tourigny said. [1][2]
The Mammoth (8-5) have lost three of their last five and open a six-game road trip Thursday at Pittsburgh. [1]
Sources
- ABC4 via Yahoo Sports: Mammoth go down fighting against Minnesota, 3-1 sports.yahoo.com
- KSL Sports: Penalties plague Utah Mammoth in Central Division loss to Minnesota Wild sports.ksl.com
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