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Thu, Mar 5, 2026·Xfinity Mobile Arena, Philadelphia

Utah Mammoth 3, Philadelphia Flyers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Mammoth win this game 83% of the time.

PHI winsUTA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
UTA0421415323
PHI040705016

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 1:38UTANick SchmaltzPPGWGAssists: Dylan Guenther, Sean Durzi · Snap, 0.08 xG1–0
  2. P2 8:03UTAClayton KellerAssists: Dylan Guenther, Nick Schmaltz · Backhand, 0.11 xG2–0
  3. P3 18:12UTAMichael CarconeENAssists: Kevin Stenlund, John Marino · Wrist, 0.80 xG3–0
Penalties (5)
  1. P1 14:33UTAJohn Marino: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 1:30PHINoah Cates: Holding the stick2 min · PPG
  3. P3 4:02UTASean Durzi: Holding2 min
  4. P3 6:38UTAClayton Keller: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 7:25PHITrevor Zegras: Hooking2 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 SOG0PHI
47% to win53% to win
← UTA attackPHI attack →
  1. P1 20:00Schmaltz won the faceoff against Dvorak
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

UTAPHI
23Shots on goal16
3.6Expected goals1.6
57Shot attempts46
24Faceoffs won24
2Power plays3
6Penalty minutes4
21Hits29
18Blocked shots17
19Giveaways12
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. bestYamamoto – Hayton – McBain9:43

    xG 0.44–0.11 (80%)attempts 15–4goals 0–0

  2. Schmaltz – Keller – Guenther12:27

    xG 0.48–0.16 (74%)attempts 12–8goals 1–0

  3. Kerfoot – Stenlund – Carcone8:33

    xG 0.26–0.22 (54%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0

  4. Crouse – Peterka – Cooley10:52

    xG 0.33–0.36 (47%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestCole – Durzi14:12

    xG 0.65–0.18 (78%)attempts 17–7goals 0–0

  2. Schmidt – Marino15:21

    xG 0.50–0.41 (55%)attempts 14–12goals 1–0

  3. DeSimone – Simashev11:18

    xG 0.33–0.38 (46%)attempts 11–10goals 0–0

Philadelphia Flyers

Forward lines

  1. bestCouturier – Hathaway – Grundstrom2:30

    xG 0.18–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Dvorak – Tippett – Zegras10:50

    xG 0.32–0.15 (67%)attempts 11–8goals 0–0

  3. Tippett – Cates – Zegras2:08

    xG 0.20–0.04 (83%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

  4. Couturier – Grebenkin – Barkey6:09

    xG 0.26–0.28 (48%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. York – Drysdale15:41

    xG 0.35–0.30 (54%)attempts 12–12goals 0–0

  2. Ristolainen – Sanheim17:40

    xG 0.23–0.59 (28%)attempts 14–15goals 0–1

  3. Juulsen – Andrae10:11

    xG 0.25–0.62 (29%)attempts 6–13goals 0–0

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.

PHI 1.6 xGUTA 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

PHIUTA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 6/100 · #1271 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.62 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
UTA 100%5050%50PHI 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 83% of the time.

PHI winsUTA wins

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

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