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Utah Hockey Club at Edmonton Oilers NHL Predictions

2025-03-18 • Rogers Place
Edmonton Oilers 7 - 1 Utah Hockey Club

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
EDM: 55.7%
UTA: 44.3%
Expected Goals
EDM: 4.05
UTA: 2.60
Total Goals
Median: 6.7
Over 5.5: 62%
Over 6.5: 51%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

EDM
Calvin Pickard - 4-5-2 | 0.874 SV% | 3.69 GAA
UTA
Karel Vejmelka - 17-10-2 | 0.895 SV% | 2.68 GAA
StatEDMUTA
Season SV%0.8740.895
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA3.692.68
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
EDMCalvin Pickard3029196.7%2.2601.26
UTAKarel Vejmelka4336783.7%5.227-1.78
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: 100% • EDM at home vs UTA: 3-0
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-04-07UTA 6 - 5 EDMUTAUTA
2026-03-24UTA 2 - 5 EDMEDMEDM
2025-10-28EDM 6 - 3 UTAEDMEDM
2025-03-18EDM 7 - 1 UTAEDMEDM
2024-12-31EDM 4 - 1 UTAEDMEDM

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1EDM1911.38
1UTA1200.62
2EDM2062.44
2UTA1000.58
3EDM2001.40
3UTA1601.06
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: 55.7%
Total Goals
Actual: 8.0
Expected: 6.7
Score Breakdown
Edmonton Oilers 7 - 1 Utah Hockey Club
Expected: 4.1 - 2.6