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Sat, Nov 8, 2025·Centre Bell, Montreal

Utah Mammoth 2, Montréal Canadiens 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Mammoth win this game 56% of the time.

MTL winsUTA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
UTA1411508227
MTL1527311623

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:03UTAKailer YamamotoAssists: Ian Cole, Kevin Stenlund · Snap, 0.26 xG1–0
  2. P1 14:45MTLOliver KapanenAssists: Ivan Demidov, Alexandre Carrier · Snap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:02UTALawson CrouseAssists: Michael Carcone, Jack McBain · Snap, 0.17 xG2–1
  4. P2 6:44MTLCole CaufieldAssists: Noah Dobson · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 13:13MTLAlex NewhookGWGAssists: Oliver Kapanen · Snap, 0.19 xG2–3
  6. P3 13:29MTLCole CaufieldAssists: Juraj Slafkovský, Mike Matheson · Snap, 0.17 xG2–4
  7. P3 18:00MTLNick SuzukiAssists: Alex Newhook · Snap, 0.14 xG2–5
  8. P3 19:23MTLKirby DachUnassisted · Backhand, 0.07 xG2–6
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 6:23UTAJack McBain: Interference2 min
  2. P2 0:36MTLZachary Bolduc: Interference2 min
  3. P2 7:59MTLAlex Newhook: Hooking2 min
  4. P3 8:36UTAIan Cole: 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 SOG0MTL
47% to win53% to win
← UTA attackMTL attack →
  1. P1 20:00Dach won the faceoff against McBain
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

UTAMTL
27Shots on goal23
3.2Expected goals2.9
56Shot attempts48
27Faceoffs won27
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
22Hits25
11Blocked shots13
16Giveaways12
4Takeaways4

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 – McBain10:49

    xG 0.72–0.48 (60%)attempts 16–9goals 1–1

  2. Hayton – Peterka – Guenther12:16

    xG 0.79–0.68 (54%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  3. Schmaltz – Keller – Cooley11:37

    xG 0.52–0.53 (50%)attempts 9–7goals 0–2

  4. Stenlund – Tanev – Yamamoto6:32

    xG 0.10–0.43 (19%)attempts 4–11goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Schmidt2:07

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Schmidt – Marino12:26

    xG 0.44–0.29 (60%)attempts 9–6goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Maatta7:27

    xG 0.44–0.35 (56%)attempts 8–6goals 1–2

Montréal Canadiens

Forward lines

  1. bestSuzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský11:29

    xG 1.09–0.43 (72%)attempts 13–10goals 2–0

  2. Newhook – Kapanen – Demidov8:43

    xG 0.89–0.66 (57%)attempts 17–8goals 2–0

  3. Gallagher – Dach – Bolduc11:16

    xG 0.30–0.52 (36%)attempts 7–15goals 1–0

  4. Anderson – Evans – Veleno9:56

    xG 0.15–0.51 (23%)attempts 5–8goals 0–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestMatheson – Dobson14:59

    xG 1.02–0.52 (66%)attempts 14–8goals 3–1

  2. Carrier – Xhekaj11:18

    xG 0.55–0.10 (84%)attempts 14–4goals 2–0

  3. Struble – Hutson16:01

    xG 0.49–1.41 (26%)attempts 10–25goals 1–1

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.

MTL 2.9 xGUTA 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

MTLUTA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 55/100 · #630 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.40 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
UTA 100%5050%50MTL 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +26 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 56% of the time.

MTL winsUTA wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).