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Utah Hockey Club at Los Angeles Kings NHL Predictions

2024-10-26 • Crypto.com Arena
Los Angeles Kings 3 - 2 Utah Hockey Club

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
LAK: 61.8%
UTA: 38.2%
Expected Goals
LAK: 3.52
UTA: 2.86
Total Goals
Median: 5.8
Over 5.5: 59%
Over 6.5: 45%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

LAK
Darcy Kuemper - 10-7-6 | 0.913 SV% | 2.27 GAA
UTA
Connor Ingram - 9-8-4 | 0.882 SV% | 3.27 GAA
StatLAKUTA
Season SV%0.9130.882
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.273.27
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Goalie Game Metrics

TeamGoalieSASavesGASV%xGAHD FacedGSAx
LAKDarcy Kuemper2624292.3%1.820-0.18
UTAConnor Ingram2320387.0%2.030-0.97
SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 50% • LAK at home vs UTA: 2-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-28LAK 2 - 6 UTAUTALAK
2026-03-22UTA 4 - 3 LAKUTAUTA
2025-12-08UTA 2 - 4 LAKLAKUTA
2025-04-03UTA 2 - 4 LAKLAKUTA
2025-02-22LAK 5 - 3 UTALAKLAK

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1LAK1000.71
1UTA1100.52
2LAK1300.74
2UTA1500.78
3LAK1000.58
3UTA1400.53
Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 61.8%
Total Goals
Actual: 5.0
Expected: 6.4
Score Breakdown
Los Angeles Kings 3 - 2 Utah Hockey Club
Expected: 3.5 - 2.9