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Utah Hockey Club at Chicago Blackhawks NHL Predictions

2025-03-30 • United Center
Chicago Blackhawks 2 - 5 Utah Hockey Club

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
CHI: 41.0%
UTA: 59.0%
Expected Goals
CHI: 2.89
UTA: 2.70
Total Goals
Median: 5.8
Over 5.5: 62%
Over 6.5: 46%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

CHI
Arvid Soderblom - 4-7-1 | 0.873 SV% | 4.02 GAA
UTA
Karel Vejmelka - 17-10-2 | 0.895 SV% | 2.68 GAA
StatCHIUTA
Season SV%0.8730.895
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA4.022.68
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
CHIArvid Soderblom3126583.9%3.631-1.37
UTAKarel Vejmelka2927293.1%2.7020.70
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% • CHI at home vs UTA: 3-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-12UTA 2 - 3 CHICHIUTA
2026-03-09CHI 3 - 2 UTACHIUTA
2026-03-01UTA 0 - 4 CHICHIUTA
2025-10-13CHI 3 - 1 UTACHICHI
2025-03-30CHI 2 - 5 UTAUTAUTA

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1CHI1100.56
1UTA1601.20
2CHI1721.38
2UTA2411.61
3CHI1100.75
3UTA1400.82
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: 59.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 5.6
Score Breakdown
Chicago Blackhawks 2 - 5 Utah Hockey Club
Expected: 2.9 - 2.7