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ST. PAUL, Minn. – Logan Cooley and Nick Schmaltz each scored twice, and the Utah Mammoth extended its winning streak to six games with a 6-2 victory against the Minnesota Wild at Grand Casino Arena on Saturday. Schmaltz extended his point streak to six games (seven goals, six assists). Cooley has five goals and two assists in two games.
Nick Schmaltz also had two goals and the Utah Mammoth won their sixth straight game, beating the Minnesota Wild 6-2 on Saturday night.
BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Wild head into a matchup against the Winnipeg Jets as losers of three in a row. Minnesota has gone 3-5-2 overall with a 1-2-0 record in Central Division games. The Wild are first in the NHL with 13 power-play goals.
Coming off an abysmal roadtrip, the Wild reshuffle their lines in hopes of igniting offense and rediscovering their winning identity.
The former University of Minnesota star scored two goals and three points in Utah's 6-2 win over the Wild on Saturday.
Marcus Johansson scored the Minnesota Wild's only goal in a 5-1 loss to the Washington Capitals on Friday night.
The Minnesota Wild have come out of the gates cold. Their five-on-five performance has been dreadful, whether measured by results or underlying metrics. On the Wilderness Talk Podcast, I identified two main culprits for Minnesota’s inept five-on-five play: young defensemen and a thin forward