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Utah Hockey Club at Seattle Kraken NHL Predictions

2025-03-14 • Climate Pledge Arena
Seattle Kraken 4 - 2 Utah Hockey Club
🚨 Upset Win (56% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
SEA: 44.1%
UTA: 55.9%
Expected Goals
SEA: 3.25
UTA: 3.20
Total Goals
Median: 5.8
Over 5.5: 54%
Over 6.5: 41%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

SEA
Philipp Grubauer - 7-3-1 | 0.920 SV% | 2.32 GAA
UTA
Karel Vejmelka - 17-10-2 | 0.895 SV% | 2.68 GAA
StatSEAUTA
Season SV%0.9200.895
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.322.68
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
SEAPhilipp Grubauer2523292.0%2.8410.84
UTAKarel Vejmelka2319482.6%3.732-0.27
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: 67% • SEA at home vs UTA: 2-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-04-02SEA 2 - 6 UTAUTAUTA
2026-01-17UTA 6 - 3 SEAUTAUTA
2025-12-12UTA 5 - 3 SEAUTAUTA
2025-04-08UTA 7 - 1 SEAUTAUTA
2025-03-14SEA 4 - 2 UTASEAUTA

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1SEA1400.83
1UTA1110.84
2SEA1400.78
2UTA1701.19
3SEA1122.12
3UTA1800.80
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: 55.9%
Total Goals
Actual: 6.0
Expected: 6.5
Score Breakdown
Seattle Kraken 4 - 2 Utah Hockey Club
Expected: 3.2 - 3.2