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Utah Hockey Club at Philadelphia Flyers NHL Predictions

2024-12-08 • Wells Fargo Center
Philadelphia Flyers 2 - 4 Utah Hockey Club
🚨 Upset Loss (56% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
PHI: 56.0%
UTA: 44.0%
Expected Goals
PHI: 3.13
UTA: 3.01
Total Goals
Median: 6.2
Over 5.5: 56%
Over 6.5: 42%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

PHI
Samuel Ersson - 6-5-4 | 0.868 SV% | 3.09 GAA
UTA
J. Stauber
StatPHIUTA
Season SV%0.868—
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA3.09—
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
PHISamuel Ersson2521484.0%2.981-1.02
UTAJ. Stauber2422291.7%3.1931.19
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% • PHI at home vs UTA: 0-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-05PHI 0 - 3 UTAUTAUTA
2026-01-21UTA 5 - 4 PHIUTAUTA
2025-02-04UTA 3 - 2 PHIUTAPHI
2024-12-08PHI 2 - 4 UTAUTAPHI

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1PHI1211.25
1UTA2001.25
2PHI1321.22
2UTA1500.93
3PHI1800.72
3UTA810.81
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
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 56.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 6.0
Expected: 6.1
Score Breakdown
Philadelphia Flyers 2 - 4 Utah Hockey Club
Expected: 3.1 - 3.0