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Sat, Oct 11, 2025·Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Utah Mammoth 3, Nashville Predators 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 65% of the time.

NSH winsUTA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
UTA111031811323
NSH16190800223

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 2:21UTALogan CooleyAssists: Dylan Guenther, JJ Peterka · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P1 7:23NSHFilip ForsbergAssists: Brady Martin · Snap, 0.06 xG1–1
  3. P2 13:13NSHErik HaulaAssists: Luke Evangelista, Jonathan Marchessault · Deflected, 0.83 xG1–2
  4. P3 11:37UTAJack McBainAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Sean Durzi · Wrist, 0.25 xG2–2
  5. OT 2:56UTADylan GuentherGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.21 xG3–2
Penalties (13)
  1. P1 13:06NSHSteven Stamkos: Interference2 min
  2. P1 13:06NSHSteven Stamkos: Abuse of officials2 min
  3. P1 18:29NSHErik Haula: Tripping2 min
  4. P2 3:26UTADmitri Simashev: High sticking2 min
  5. P2 8:30UTAKevin Stenlund: Slashing2 min
  6. P2 9:30NSHJonathan Marchessault: Roughing2 min
  7. P2 9:30UTAJack McBain: Roughing2 min
  8. P2 10:45UTASean Durzi: Tripping2 min
  9. P2 12:29NSHSteven Stamkos: High sticking2 min
  10. P2 12:29UTAIan Cole: Tripping2 min
  11. P2 19:13UTANick Schmaltz: Tripping2 min
  12. P3 4:54NSHAdam Wilsby: Hooking2 min
  13. P3 8:37UTASean Durzi: High sticking2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

UTA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NSH
47% to win53% to win
← UTA attackNSH attack →
  1. P1 20:00Stenlund won the faceoff against Svechkov
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

UTANSH
23Shots on goal23
2.8Expected goals3.7
43Shot attempts60
24Faceoffs won33
4Power plays5
14Penalty minutes12
21Hits20
20Blocked shots12
20Giveaways25
6Takeaways7

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Utah Mammoth

Forward lines

  1. bestPeterka – Guenther – Cooley7:42

    xG 0.28–0.00 (99%)attempts 7–3goals 1–0

  2. Crouse – Stenlund – Tanev3:30

    xG 0.16–0.22 (42%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

  3. Crouse – Stenlund – Yamamoto3:50

    xG 0.11–0.21 (34%)attempts 3–3goals 0–0

  4. Schmaltz – Keller – McBain7:58

    xG 0.33–0.51 (39%)attempts 5–12goals 1–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMaatta – Durzi3:18

    xG 0.25–0.03 (88%)attempts 2–1goals 1–0

  2. Maatta – Schmidt2:56

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Simashev4:50

    xG 0.21–0.19 (53%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

Nashville Predators

Forward lines

  1. bestStamkos – Evangelista – Svechkov5:38

    xG 0.34–0.07 (82%)attempts 5–2goals 0–0

  2. O'Reilly – Forsberg – Martin7:11

    xG 0.19–0.14 (58%)attempts 5–5goals 1–0

  3. Haula – Marchessault – Bunting6:54

    xG 0.19–0.16 (54%)attempts 5–3goals 0–1

  4. McCarron – Jost – Smith6:51

    xG 0.08–0.25 (24%)attempts 6–3goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSkjei – Perbix13:19

    xG 1.44–0.42 (78%)attempts 16–11goals 2–0

  2. Josi – Wilsby15:03

    xG 0.72–0.16 (82%)attempts 11–4goals 0–1

  3. Stastney – Barron8:54

    xG 0.34–0.48 (42%)attempts 9–7goals 0–1

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

NSH 3.7 xGUTA 2.8 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NSHUTA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

NSH's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NSH is favoured, below it UTA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 74/100 · #396 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.04 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 15% (winner's lowest chance)
UTA 100%5050%50NSH 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +39 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Nashville Predators win this game 65% of the time.

NSH winsUTA wins

Simulated goal difference (NSH − UTA), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).