Kaprizov's 13 goals are one more than Utah's two top goal scorers combined (Schmaltz 7, Guenther 5). He has a hat trick at Florida (Oct 10), 3 power-play goals and 2 game-winning goals. All through yesterday's games. #TusksUp

Minnesota plays its 5th straight road game tonight, 2-1-1 in the first four. Wild are 4-3-2 away and Utah is 4-1-0 at home, through yesterday's games. Utah has allowed 2 or fewer goals in 5 of 7 all-time games vs Minnesota. Puck drop 7 PM MT. #TusksUp

Utah's 7 wins when leading after two periods are tied with Seattle for 2nd most in the NHL, behind Minnesota's 8 (through Oct 25 games). The second period is the reason: Utah has outscored opponents 19-13 in it, and only Carolina, Colorado and Toronto have scored more. #TusksUp

All three of Utah's one-goal games ended 5-4 in its favor: Toronto (Oct 13), Pittsburgh (Oct 19) and Tampa Bay in OT (Oct 24). Utah's 3.83 goals per game rank 6th in the NHL through Oct 25, behind Edmonton, Colorado, Boston, Carolina and Toronto. #TusksUp

Kailer Yamamoto opened Utah's scoring Saturday and has points in 3 straight games (G, A, G). He has 3 goals in 7 games since his season debut. Vincent Trocheck had 2 assists Saturday and has 3 points (1 G, 2 A) in his last 2 games. #TusksUp

A 3-on-3 finish: Simashev's goal at 1:44 of OT beat Hildeby with 3:16 left on the OT clock. Utah's second shot of the extra period, and the first game-winning goal of his career. Barrett Hayton had the primary assist, his 7th of the season. #TusksUp

Utah trailed 4-2 after Tampa Bay's goal at 5:32 of the 2nd. Simashev's snap shot at 17:02 tied it 4-4, eight seconds after a delayed penalty was called on the Lightning and with 2:58 left in the period. Peeke (3rd assist this season) and Trocheck (4th) set it up. #TusksUp

Dmitri Simashev, the 6th overall pick in 2023, went 39 NHL games without a goal. In game 40 he scored twice: the 4-4 tying goal late in the 2nd and the winner 1:44 into OT. Karel Vejmelka got the secondary assist on the winner, his first this season and 6th career. #TusksUp

Final in OT: Utah 5, Tampa Bay 4. Utah's first win over the Lightning since March 22, 2025, snapping a 3-game skid in the series (now 2-3-0 all-time). It was also Utah's first overtime game of the regular season. Utah moves to 8-4-0 with 16 points through 12 games. #TusksUp

Tampa Bay is on the second night of a back-to-back after Friday in Colorado. Utah last played Thursday. Both teams have 14 points, though the Lightning have played one fewer game. Neither has been shut out this season, and Tampa Bay is 5-0-0 when it scores 4+. #TusksUp

Utah has had 5 different goal scorers in four of its 11 games (Oct 1, 6, 13, 19). Stenlund and Schmidt both scored their first goals of the season on Oct 19 vs Pittsburgh. Boston (17), Carolina (16) and Seattle (16) all play today, so the lead could shrink. #TusksUp

Utah has outshot its opponent in 10 of 11 games but is only 6-4-0 in them. Shots on goal total 337-250 (+87) for the season. The four losses in those games came by 2, 5, 4 and 2 goals, so the shot edge hasn't always shown up on the scoreboard. #TusksUp

Mikhail Sergachev set up both Cooley goals and now has 97 assists with Utah, 3 shy of 100. Only Clayton Keller (132) has more. Vincent Trocheck's snap shot in the 1st was his first power-play goal with Utah, and MacKenzie Weegar had a game-high 6 shots. #TusksUp

Logan Cooley drew a high-sticking penalty on Jared McCann at 19:30 of the 2nd, then scored on that power play with a tip-in 27 seconds into the 3rd to pull Utah within 3-2. His first power-play goal of the season and the 17th of his NHL career. #TusksUp

Special teams broke even at 2-2, but the trend lines split. Utah's PP is 15 for 39 (38.5%), first in the NHL in goals and percentage. The PK has allowed 5 PP goals on its last 7 times shorthanded, and its 12 PP goals allowed are tied for 2nd most in the league. #TusksUp

Two goals in 7:15 for Logan Cooley erased a 3-1 deficit in Seattle and tied it 3-3 at 7:42 of the 3rd. The Kraken answered at 14:35 and won 5-3, but it's Cooley's first multi-goal game of the season and the 9th of his NHL regular-season career. #TusksUp

Karel Vejmelka's 69 wins with Utah: 26 in 2024-25, 38 in 2025-26 and 5 so far this season. Utah hasn't named tonight's starter yet. Michael Carcone (52 points with Utah) went on IR with an upper-body injury Tuesday. #TusksUp

Both of Utah's losses in Seattle came in 2024-25. Counting his Arizona years, Nick Schmaltz has 15 points (8 G, 7 A) in 14 career games vs the Kraken, and Lawson Crouse has 6 goals in 15. Puck drop 8 PM MT. #TusksUp