SALT LAKE CITY (Interstat) — The Minnesota Wild will visit the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday in an NHL game at Delta Center in Salt Lake City. Minnesota enters with an 8-5 record, while Utah is 8-4.

Minnesota most recently won 4-2 at Vancouver. Calvin Pickard stopped 15 of 17 shots in that victory, and Quinn Hughes and Kirill Kaprizov each had one goal and one assist. Pickard is a player to watch for the Wild. In his previous recent performances, he made 15 saves on 17 shots in a 4-2 win at Vancouver and 20 saves on 25 shots in a 5-2 loss at Winnipeg. Minnesota’s other recent results include a 5-1 win at Seattle, a 2-1 loss at Calgary, a 4-3 overtime loss at Edmonton, a 2-1 win against Columbus, a 5-4 win against St. Louis, a 5-2 loss at Winnipeg, a 4-2 win against Vegas, a 4-1 win at Florida, a 3-2 loss at Tampa Bay and a 3-2 overtime loss at Buffalo.

Utah most recently earned a 5-4 overtime win against Tampa Bay. Dmitri Simashev scored twice on three shots in that game, Vincent Trocheck added two assists and Kailer Yamamoto scored once. Simashev is a player to watch for the Mammoth. His recent work includes a two-goal effort against Tampa Bay, one shot and one hit at Seattle, one shot and two hits against Pittsburgh, two shots against Edmonton, one shot and one hit against Toronto, two shots and one hit at Buffalo, one assist and two shots and one hit at Boston, one shot and two penalty minutes and one hit at New Jersey, one hit at N.Y. Rangers and one assist and two shots against Chicago. Utah’s other recent results include a 5-3 loss at Seattle, a 5-4 win against Pittsburgh, a 6-2 loss against Edmonton, a 4-2 win at Edmonton, a 5-4 win against Toronto, a 4-1 win at Buffalo, a 6-1 loss at Boston, a 5-3 win at New Jersey, a 4-2 loss at N.Y. Rangers and a 4-1 win at Columbus.

The matchup will feature a Minnesota side trying to build on its latest win against a Utah team playing at home. Minnesota will next host the N.Y. Islanders, then visit Washington and Philadelphia before home games against San Jose and Tampa Bay. Utah will next visit Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa. Utah’s next five games are on the road.

Interstat’s game simulator is projecting a final score of Utah 4, Minnesota 3.