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Sat, Oct 25, 2025·Grand Casino Arena, St. Paul

Utah Mammoth 6, Minnesota Wild 2

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Mammoth win this game 78% of the time.

MIN winsUTA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
UTA315011315641
MIN1619020235

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:56UTALogan CooleyAssists: John Marino · Bat, 0.07 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:29UTALogan CooleyPPAssists: Dylan Guenther, Mikhail Sergachev · Wrist, 0.91 xG2–0
  3. P1 4:58UTANick SchmaltzGWGAssists: Nate Schmidt, John Marino · Tip-in, 0.04 xG3–0
  4. P1 15:39MINMarcus JohanssonAssists: Zeev Buium, Kirill Kaprizov · Snap, 0.08 xG3–1
  5. P2 15:43MINMarcus JohanssonPPAssists: Vinnie Hinostroza, Marco Rossi · Snap, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P3 13:37UTAJJ PeterkaAssists: Logan Cooley, Mikhail Sergachev · Snap, 0.11 xG4–2
  7. P3 15:13UTANick SchmaltzUnassisted · Wrist, 0.18 xG5–2
  8. P3 19:54UTAJohn MarinoENAssists: Ian Cole · Wrist, 0.32 xG6–2
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 2:46MINYakov Trenin: Slashing2 min · PPG
  2. P2 11:47UTAMikhail Sergachev: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 11:47MINJoel Eriksson Ek: Roughing2 min
  4. P2 13:51UTAIan Cole: Hooking2 min · PPG
  5. P3 1:26UTAJack McBain: Tripping2 min
  6. P3 7:54UTABarrett Hayton: High sticking2 min
  7. P3 17:48UTAIan Cole: Tripping2 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 SOG0MIN
47% to win53% to win
← UTA attackMIN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Rossi won the faceoff against Cooley
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

UTAMIN
41Shots on goal35
5.1Expected goals3.1
62Shot attempts75
31Faceoffs won33
1Power plays4
10Penalty minutes4
12Hits32
21Blocked shots9
25Giveaways20
5Takeaways2

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. bestCrouse – Carcone – McBain9:03

    xG 1.23–0.41 (75%)attempts 23–13goals 0–1

  2. Schmaltz – Keller – Hayton11:17

    xG 0.86–0.18 (83%)attempts 12–7goals 2–0

  3. O'Brien – Stenlund – Tanev7:44

    xG 0.90–0.23 (79%)attempts 11–7goals 0–0

  4. Peterka – Guenther – Cooley9:26

    xG 0.47–0.25 (65%)attempts 9–9goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Marino10:07

    xG 1.18–0.51 (70%)attempts 20–8goals 2–0

  2. Cole – Simashev2:16

    xG 0.60–0.05 (93%)attempts 8–1goals 0–0

  3. Schmidt – Sergachev5:36

    xG 0.58–0.11 (84%)attempts 4–4goals 1–0

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. Johansson – Kaprizov – Rossi10:23

    xG 0.27–0.56 (32%)attempts 7–11goals 1–1

  2. Eriksson Ek – Boldy – Yurov9:35

    xG 0.26–0.67 (28%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

  3. Foligno – Tarasenko – Hartman7:46

    xG 0.39–0.83 (32%)attempts 11–16goals 0–1

  4. Hinostroza – Trenin – Jones6:29

    xG 0.07–0.77 (8%)attempts 7–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Middleton – Jiricek13:20

    xG 1.16–1.42 (45%)attempts 26–17goals 0–1

  2. Spurgeon – Buium14:30

    xG 0.13–0.63 (17%)attempts 8–15goals 1–1

  3. Brodin – Faber19:09

    xG 0.61–1.37 (31%)attempts 14–22goals 0–2

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.

MIN 3.1 xGUTA 5.1 xG
012345P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MINUTA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 69/100 · #464 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 7 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
UTA 100%5050%50MIN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Mammoth win this game 78% of the time.

MIN winsUTA wins

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

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