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Utah Hockey Club at New York Islanders NHL Predictions

2026-01-01 • UBS Arena
New York Islanders 2 - 7 Utah Hockey Club

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
NYI: 39.4%
UTA: 60.6%
Expected Goals
NYI: 2.98
UTA: 3.31
Total Goals
Median: 7.0
Over 5.5: 71%
Over 6.5: 58%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

NYI
Ilya Sorokin - 29-24-2 | 0.906 SV% | 2.68 GAA
UTA
Karel Vejmelka - 38-20-3 | 0.897 SV% | 2.73 GAA
StatNYIUTA
Season SV%0.9100.895
Last 5 SV%0.8510.878
SV% vs Opponent0.884
GAA2.552.68
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 50% • NYI at home vs UTA: 0-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-01NYI 2 - 7 UTAUTAUTA
2025-11-14UTA 2 - 3 NYINYIUTA
2025-01-11UTA 1 - 2 NYINYIUTA
2024-10-10NYI 4 - 5 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
200:36UTAGoal
202:35NYIGoal
210:20UTAGoal
216:19UTAGoal
302:52UTAGoal
305:41UTAGoal
311:48UTAGoal
313:54UTAGoal
316:55UTAGoal

🎯 Shot Chart

Shot chart for Utah Hockey Club at New York Islanders

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 60.6%
Total Goals
Actual: 9.0
Expected: 6.3
Score Breakdown
New York Islanders 2 - 7 Utah Hockey Club
Expected: 3.0 - 3.3