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Thu, Mar 12, 2026·Delta Center, Salt Lake City

Chicago Blackhawks 3, Utah Mammoth 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Utah Mammoth win this game 87% of the time.

UTA winsCHI wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CHI04082813323
UTA061711305231

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P2 5:47UTADylan GuentherAssists: Logan Cooley, Mikhail Sergachev · Snap, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P3 2:18CHITyler BertuzziPPAssists: Connor Bedard, Frank Nazar · Snap, 0.31 xG1–1
  3. P3 9:17CHIFrank NazarAssists: Teuvo Teravainen, Tyler Bertuzzi · Snap, 0.18 xG2–1
  4. P3 13:45UTAJJ PeterkaAssists: Michael Carcone · Snap, 0.12 xG2–2
  5. OT 3:57CHIConnor BedardGWGAssists: Alex Vlasic, Nick Lardis · Snap, 0.22 xG3–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P3 0:19UTAJack McBain: Roughing2 min · PPG
  2. P3 0:19CHIIlya Mikheyev: Roughing2 min
  3. P3 1:34UTAClayton Keller: High sticking2 min
  4. P3 11:18CHIArtyom Levshunov: 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.

CHI00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CHIUTA
23Shots on goal31
2.2Expected goals5.0
43Shot attempts76
21Faceoffs won28
1Power plays1
4Penalty minutes4
15Hits35
17Blocked shots11
13Giveaways12
8Takeaways8

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.

Chicago Blackhawks

Forward lines

  1. Slaggert – Bedard – Lardis2:59

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 1–2goals 0–0

  2. Teravainen – Bertuzzi – Nazar11:49

    xG 0.39–0.45 (46%)attempts 8–10goals 1–0

  3. Donato – Mangiapane – Mikheyev12:19

    xG 0.22–0.42 (34%)attempts 9–14goals 0–0

  4. Lafferty – Slaggert – Lardis5:27

    xG 0.00–0.21 (0%)attempts 1–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestVlasic – Crevier13:52

    xG 0.35–0.27 (56%)attempts 8–14goals 1–0

  2. Crevier – Kaiser3:15

    xG 0.08–0.04 (68%)attempts 2–4goals 0–0

  3. Grzelcyk – Levshunov15:06

    xG 0.42–1.14 (27%)attempts 11–16goals 0–0

Utah Mammoth

Forward lines

  1. bestSchmaltz – Crouse – Keller12:11

    xG 0.65–0.18 (78%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0

  2. Peterka – Guenther – Cooley10:24

    xG 0.48–0.21 (69%)attempts 11–9goals 1–0

  3. Kerfoot – Stenlund – Yamamoto10:00

    xG 0.40–0.17 (70%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  4. Carcone – Hayton – McBain9:00

    xG 0.39–0.29 (57%)attempts 11–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Marino16:17

    xG 0.91–0.35 (72%)attempts 19–10goals 0–0

  2. Weegar – Sergachev19:25

    xG 0.74–0.28 (73%)attempts 20–8goals 0–0

  3. Cole – Sergachev2:18

    xG 0.22–0.07 (75%)attempts 2–3goals 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.

UTA 5.0 xGCHI 2.2 xG
012345P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

UTACHI

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 CHI. Dots are goals.

Excitement 61/100 · #567 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.82 · 5 goals in reachComeback index 21% (winner's lowest chance)
CHI 100%5050%50UTA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +30 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 87% of the time.

UTA winsCHI wins

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

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