SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Interstat) — Jesper Wallstedt stopped 26 of 27 shots, and Kirill Kaprizov scored his NHL-leading 14th goal and added an assist as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Utah Mammoth 3-1 on Tuesday night at Delta Center in an NHL game. Minnesota improved to 9-5, while Utah fell to 8-5. Joel Eriksson Ek and Maxim Shabanov also scored for the Wild, who have won three straight and finished 3-1-1 on a five-game road trip. Quinn Hughes added two assists. Logan Cooley scored for Utah, with Nick Schmaltz and Mikhail Sergachev assisting. Wallstedt was Minnesota’s top star. Vincent Trocheck recorded five shots on goal and five penalty minutes for Utah, while Ryan Hartman had four shots for Minnesota. Eriksson Ek finished with four shots on goal and two penalty minutes, and Kaprizov added four shots and one hit. Dylan Guenther recorded four shots for Utah. The announced attendance was 14,111.