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2026-27 forecast · Sun, Mar 21, 2:00 PM ET
Filip Gustavsson · 0.904 SV%
The preseason ratings make Minnesota Wild 56.4% to win at home: a modest lean, worth 6.4 points over a coin flip, which grades B. Over a full season those same ratings project MIN for 101 points and UTA for 99.
A preseason forecast from each team's regressed rating and home ice, the ratings behind the projected standings. The full model read, with the starting goalies, rest and form, publishes within seven days of the game and replaces this page’s numbers. How this is calculated
UTA controlled play at 5v5 last season, 52.6% of the expected goals to 51.2%.
In goal, neither team has named a starter. Last season Filip Gustavsson (MIN) saved -9.1 goals above expected to Karel Vejmelka's -22.7, on save percentages of 0.904 and 0.897.
None of that is the model read. This is a rating-and-home-ice forecast; the full prediction, with confirmed goalies, rest and form, priced against the market, publishes inside the seven days before puck drop and replaces these numbers. Minnesota Wild over Utah Mammoth is where it starts, not where it ends.
No sportsbook has posted a price for this game yet. Prices usually appear roughly a week before puck drop.
No starter is named this far out. These are each side’s projected starters on the current roster, with last season’s numbers.
UTA
Karel Vejmelka
64 games, 2025-26
MIN
Filip Gustavsson
50 games, 2025-26
| UTA | Metric | MIN |
|---|---|---|
| 52.6% | xGF% (5v5) | 51.2% |
| — | Shot share | — |
| — | Goals for / game | — |
| — | Goals against / game | — |
| — | Power play | — |
| — | Penalty kill | — |
| — | Faceoffs | — |
Utah Mammoth
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Clayton Keller | R | 27 | 53 | 80 |
 Dylan Guenther | R | 33 | 33 | 66 |
 Logan Cooley | C | 29 | 33 | 61 |
 Nick Schmaltz | C | 22 | 37 | 59 |
Minnesota Wild
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Matt Boldy | L | 35 | 45 | 80 |
| Date | Game | Pick | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | UTA @ MIN | MIN | UTA 0–5 MIN | Correct |
| 2026-02-27 | MIN @ UTA | UTA | MIN 2–5 UTA | Correct |
| 2025-10-25 | UTA @ MIN | MIN | UTA 6–2 MIN | Missed |
| Team | Proj. points | Playoff odds |
|---|---|---|
| Utah Mammoth | 99 | 60.8% |
| Minnesota Wild | 101 | 65.5% |
Forecast method preseason-elo-v1; ratings as of 2026-08-19.
 Kirill Kaprizov | L | 38 | 41 | 79 |
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 Quinn Hughes | D | 12 | 67 | 78 |
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 Brock Faber | D | 13 | 35 | 47 |
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