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2025-26 Season Live

Utah Hockey Club at Montreal Canadiens NHL Predictions

2024-11-26 • Centre Bell
Montreal Canadiens 2 - 3 Utah Hockey Club

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
MTL: 45.6%
UTA: 54.4%
Expected Goals
MTL: 3.04
UTA: 3.19
Total Goals
Median: 5.8
Over 5.5: 52%
Over 6.5: 40%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

MTL
Samuel Montembeault - 6-6-1 | 0.863 SV% | 3.52 GAA
UTA
Karel Vejmelka - 17-10-2 | 0.895 SV% | 2.68 GAA
StatMTLUTA
Season SV%0.8630.895
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA3.522.68
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
MTLSamuel Montembeault2926389.7%3.9420.94
UTAKarel Vejmelka1311284.6%2.9130.91
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: 25% • MTL at home vs UTA: 1-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-11-26UTA 3 - 4 MTLMTLUTA
2025-11-08MTL 6 - 2 UTAMTLUTA
2025-01-14UTA 3 - 5 MTLMTLUTA
2024-11-26MTL 2 - 3 UTAUTAUTA

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1MTL1000.67
1UTA2101.80
2MTL1021.22
2UTA1310.92
3MTL810.91
3UTA1200.83
4MTL200.11
4UTA110.39
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: 54.4%
Total Goals
Actual: 5.0
Expected: 6.2
Score Breakdown
Montreal Canadiens 2 - 3 Utah Hockey Club
Expected: 3.0 - 3.2