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Thu, Apr 16, 2026·Delta Center, Salt Lake City

St. Louis Blues 5, Utah Mammoth 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 65% of the time.

UTA winsSTL wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
STL11127211529
UTA1921103323

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 3:45STLPavel BuchnevichAssists: Jordan Kyrou, Pius Suter · Wrist, 0.19 xG1–0
  2. P1 16:55UTAMichael CarconeAssists: JJ Peterka, John Marino · Snap, 0.09 xG1–1
  3. P2 0:45UTALawson CrouseAssists: MacKenzie Weegar, Clayton Keller · Tip-in, 0.04 xG1–2
  4. P2 8:14STLRobert ThomasAssists: Dylan Holloway · Wrist, 0.14 xG2–2
  5. P2 11:07STLRobert ThomasAssists: Cam Fowler, Dylan Holloway · Tip-in, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P2 18:52UTAKailer YamamotoAssists: MacKenzie Weegar, Clayton Keller · Wrist, 0.09 xG3–3
  7. P3 17:03STLLogan MaillouxGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.07 xG4–3
  8. P3 19:22STLRobert ThomasENAssists: Jimmy Snuggerud, Philip Broberg · Wrist, 0.77 xG5–3
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 0:13UTAMacKenzie Weegar: Slashing2 min
  2. P2 0:00STLPhilip Broberg: Roughing2 min
  3. P2 0:00UTALogan Cooley: Roughing2 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 20:00Schmaltz won the faceoff against Thomas
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

STLUTA
29Shots on goal23
3.4Expected goals2.5
52Shot attempts58
33Faceoffs won34
1Power plays0
2Penalty minutes4
17Hits17
13Blocked shots12
12Giveaways15
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.

St. Louis Blues

Forward lines

  1. bestBuchnevich – Kyrou – Suter10:50

    xG 0.45–0.10 (82%)attempts 8–6goals 2–0

  2. Berggren – Neighbours – Dvorsky11:26

    xG 0.37–0.41 (47%)attempts 11–9goals 0–2

  3. Walker – Toropchenko – Finley12:59

    xG 0.36–0.56 (40%)attempts 14–11goals 0–0

  4. Thomas – Holloway – Snuggerud12:10

    xG 0.79–1.01 (44%)attempts 9–21goals 2–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestBroberg – Mailloux17:15

    xG 1.09–0.79 (58%)attempts 15–19goals 3–1

  2. Holl – Tucker16:20

    xG 0.23–0.49 (32%)attempts 13–11goals 0–1

  3. Fowler – Parayko15:36

    xG 0.71–0.99 (42%)attempts 16–19goals 1–1

Utah Mammoth

Forward lines

  1. bestKerfoot – Carcone – Peterka12:03

    xG 0.79–0.05 (94%)attempts 19–9goals 1–0

  2. Keller – Yamamoto – Cooley2:42

    xG 0.18–0.01 (94%)attempts 4–3goals 1–0

  3. O'Brien – Stenlund – Tanev9:20

    xG 0.54–0.46 (54%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  4. Carcone – Yamamoto – Cooley2:27

    xG 0.00–0.05 (0%)attempts 0–4goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchmidt – Marino13:12

    xG 0.95–0.29 (77%)attempts 20–6goals 1–1

  2. Marino – Simashev2:43

    xG 0.03–0.05 (38%)attempts 3–2goals 0–0

  3. Cole – DeSimone12:47

    xG 0.16–0.22 (43%)attempts 5–11goals 0–1

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 2.5 xGSTL 3.4 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 74/100 · #399 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.75 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 27% (winner's lowest chance)
STL 100%5050%50UTA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +35 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, St. Louis Blues win this game 65% of the time.

UTA winsSTL wins

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

-7
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-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
+1
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+7

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