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Nashville Predators at Utah Hockey Club NHL Predictions

2025-12-29 • Delta Center
Utah Hockey Club 3 - 4 Nashville Predators
🚨 Upset Loss (68% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
UTA: 68.4%
NSH: 31.6%
Expected Goals
UTA: 3.20
NSH: 2.66
Total Goals
Median: 5.1
Over 5.5: 42%
Over 6.5: 29%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

UTA
Karel Vejmelka - 38-20-3 | 0.897 SV% | 2.73 GAA
NSH
Juuse Saros - 28-21-8 | 0.894 SV% | 3.13 GAA
StatUTANSH
Season SV%0.8950.897
Last 5 SV%0.8780.884
SV% vs Opponent0.9390.874
GAA2.682.93
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 57% • UTA at home vs NSH: 1-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-04-09UTA 4 - 1 NSHUTAUTA
2026-01-24NSH 2 - 5 UTAUTAUTA
2025-12-29UTA 3 - 4 NSHNSHUTA
2025-10-11NSH 2 - 3 UTAUTANSH
2025-04-14NSH 3 - 7 UTAUTAUTA

⚡ In-Game Win Probability

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 0:00 20:00 40:00 60:00 In-Game Win Probability Home Win Probability Game Time (minutes)

Goals

PeriodTimeTeamScorer
105:48UTAGoal
109:51UTAGoal
203:41UTAGoal
207:51UTAGoal
304:02UTAGoal
311:39UTAGoal
313:17NSHGoal

🎯 Shot Chart

Shot chart for Nashville Predators at Utah Hockey Club

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 68.4%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 5.9
Score Breakdown
Utah Hockey Club 3 - 4 Nashville Predators
Expected: 3.2 - 2.7