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Fri, Jan 9, 2026·Delta Center, Salt Lake City

St. Louis Blues 2, Utah Mammoth 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Mammoth win this game 51% of the time.

UTA winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL0132609228
UTA162918423

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 15:10UTANick SchmaltzAssists: Clayton Keller, Mikhail Sergachev · Snap, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P2 7:45UTALawson CrouseAssists: Clayton Keller, John Marino · Snap, 0.08 xG0–2
  3. P2 7:55STLOskar SundqvistAssists: Nathan Walker · Snap, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:43UTASean DurziGWGAssists: Nick Schmaltz, Lawson Crouse · Snap, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P2 16:27STLPavel BuchnevichAssists: Jimmy Snuggerud, Robert Thomas · Wrist, 0.15 xG2–3
  6. P3 6:57UTANick SchmaltzPPAssists: JJ Peterka, Clayton Keller · Snap, 0.19 xG2–4
Penalties (15)
  1. P1 0:02STLAlexey Toropchenko: Fighting5 min
  2. P1 0:02UTAJack McBain: Fighting5 min
  3. P1 2:30UTAAlexander Kerfoot: Slashing2 min
  4. P2 6:39UTABrandon Tanev: Illegal check to head2 min
  5. P2 6:39STLBrayden Schenn: Roughing2 min
  6. P2 6:39UTABrandon Tanev: Fighting5 min
  7. P2 6:39STLBrayden Schenn: Fighting5 min
  8. P2 12:40UTALawson Crouse: Roughing2 min
  9. P2 12:40STLRobert Thomas: Cross checking2 min
  10. P2 12:40STLTyler Tucker: Roughing2 min
  11. P2 17:25UTANick DeSimone: Holding2 min
  12. P2 18:11STLPhilip Broberg: Holding2 min
  13. P3 1:53UTADylan Guenther: Interference2 min
  14. P3 6:06STLJimmy Snuggerud: High sticking2 min · PPG
  15. P3 15:37UTADylan Guenther: Interference2 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.

STL00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0UTA
47% to win53% to win
← STL attackUTA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Carcone won the faceoff against Sundqvist
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLUTA
28Shots on goal23
3.3Expected goals3.4
65Shot attempts62
28Faceoffs won35
4Power plays3
20Penalty minutes22
28Hits14
19Blocked shots15
15Giveaways11
2Takeaways6

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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestKyrou – Thomas – Neighbours8:49

    xG 1.36–0.46 (75%)attempts 17–11goals 0–1

  2. Sundqvist – Walker – Toropchenko5:54

    xG 0.11–0.13 (46%)attempts 4–8goals 1–0

  3. Schenn – Buchnevich – Snuggerud9:37

    xG 0.44–0.60 (42%)attempts 16–7goals 0–0

  4. Berggren – Dvorsky – Stenberg7:11

    xG 0.04–0.29 (13%)attempts 3–7goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestParayko – Broberg13:58

    xG 1.46–0.39 (79%)attempts 22–14goals 1–1

  2. Faulk – Fowler5:49

    xG 0.31–0.10 (76%)attempts 10–3goals 0–0

  3. Tucker – Mailloux2:27

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0

Utah Mammoth

Forward lines

  1. bestSchmaltz – Crouse – Keller10:43

    xG 0.67–0.46 (59%)attempts 17–9goals 3–0

  2. Hayton – Peterka – Guenther8:50

    xG 0.35–0.24 (59%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

  3. Carcone – McBain – But6:55

    xG 0.30–0.27 (53%)attempts 10–6goals 0–1

  4. Stenlund – Tanev – Guenther2:40

    xG 0.00–0.06 (0%)attempts 1–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Marino12:35

    xG 0.71–0.38 (65%)attempts 12–17goals 1–0

  2. Cole – DeSimone9:13

    xG 0.23–0.29 (45%)attempts 8–7goals 0–0

  3. Sergachev – Durzi16:08

    xG 0.59–1.34 (31%)attempts 16–17goals 2–1

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.

UTA 3.4 xGSTL 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

UTASTL

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 44/100 · #777 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.23 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50UTA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 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 51% of the time.

UTA winsSTL wins

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

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