Final
CHI at UTA game report
Thursday, October 1, 2026 · 7:30 p.m. MT · Delta Center
Mammoth beat the Blackhawks 6–0 and earned it, out-chancing them 3.7–1.7 in expected goals and 14–3 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
- 6Goals0
- 3.66Expected goals1.68
- 3.155-on-5 expected goals1.36
- 14High-danger chances3
- 32Shots on goal15
- 65Shot attempts42
- 595-on-5 shot attempts38
- 3:05Power-play time5:50
5-on-5 shares for UTA: 60.8% of shot attempts, 69.9% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
By strength
| UTA at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 50:31 | 59–38 | 3.15–1.36 | 4–0 |
| Power play | 3:05 | 5–3 | 0.38–0.18 | 2–0 |
| Shorthanded | 5:50 | 1–1 | 0.13–0.15 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 0:34 | 0–0 | 0.00–0.00 | 0–0 |
Read pairs as UTA–CHI. “Power play” means UTA had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arvid Soderblom CHI | 26/32 | .813 | 3.66 | -2.34 |
| Karel Vejmelka UTA | 15/15 | 1.000 | 1.68 | +1.68 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Player ratings
Out of 10, from each player's Game Score (goals, assists, shots, blocks, penalties, faceoffs and 5-on-5 shot and goal differential while on the ice) compared with every NHL game of the last two seasons. 6 is above average, 7 very good, 8 excellent. Goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. ★ = top three of the night. How ratings work
Average ratingMammoth7.2Blackhawks4.8
| ★Top three of the night: Clayton KellerFUTA | 8.5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 17:43 | 67.9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★Top three of the night: Dylan GuentherFUTA | 8.5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14:33 | 57.7 |
| ★Top three of the night: Michael CarconeFUTA | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12:40 | 50.0 |
| Dmitri SimashevDUTA | 7.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:34 | 66.7 |
| Vincent TrocheckFUTA | 7.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:29 | 65.5 |
| Mikhail SergachevDUTA | 7.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 22:57 | 59.5 |
| Anders LeeFUTA | 7.3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:07 | 53.8 |
| Nick SchmaltzFUTA | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:12 | 58.6 |
| Karel VejmelkaGUTA | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | — | 60:00 | — |
| Kevin StenlundFUTA | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:58 | 57.9 |
| Lawson CrouseFUTA | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:15 | 62.5 |
| Andrew PeekeDUTA | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:05 | 51.9 |
| Logan CooleyFUTA | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:07 | 56.5 |
| Barrett HaytonFUTA | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:49 | 85.7 |
| Nate SchmidtDUTA | 6.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:56 | 60.0 |
| MacKenzie WeegarDUTA | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:39 | 67.4 |
| Daniil ButFUTA | 6.7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:08 | 47.6 |
| Jordan GreenwayFCHI | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:52 | 57.9 |
| John MarinoDUTA | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:22 | 57.1 |
| Ian ColeDCHI | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:52 | 56.5 |
| Jack McBainFUTA | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:26 | 63.6 |
| Cole SmithFCHI | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:13 | 57.9 |
| Sam RinzelDCHI | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:30 | 56.7 |
| Frank NazarFCHI | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:23 | 60.9 |
| Teuvo TeravainenFCHI | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:00 | 55.0 |
| Wyatt KaiserDCHI | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:49 | 46.4 |
| Roman KantserovFCHI | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:36 | 52.6 |
| Ryan GreeneFCHI | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:04 | 40.0 |
| Artyom LevshunovDCHI | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:51 | 41.4 |
| Arvid SoderblomGCHI | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | — | 60:00 | — |
| Nick LardisFCHI | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:18 | 18.8 |
| Anton FrondellFCHI | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:10 | 36.1 |
| Tyler BertuzziFCHI | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:15 | 28.1 |
| Oliver MooreFCHI | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:25 | 15.0 |
| Ryan DonatoFCHI | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:54 | 26.9 |
| Patrick KaneFCHI | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:19 | 31.4 |
| Alex VlasicDCHI | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:18 | 20.0 |
| Bowen ByramDCHI | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:49 | 30.0 |
Lines used
Each team's most-used forward lines and defence pairs at 5 on 5, from the NHL's shift charts · time together · shot attempts for–against · expected goals for–against
Mammoth
Forward lines
- Trocheck – Schmaltz – Keller11:26 · 15–5 · xG 0.9–0.1
- Lee – Guenther – Cooley8:55 · 13–9 · xG 0.8–0.3
- Crouse – Hayton – McBain8:28 · 13–2 · xG 0.6–0.0
- Stenlund – Carcone – But7:52 · 10–5 · xG 0.5–0.1
Defence pairs
- Weegar – Sergachev15:49 · 20–14 · xG 1.0–0.3
- Schmidt – Marino13:49 · 13–9 · xG 0.8–0.3
- Peeke – Simashev12:28 · 13–8 · xG 0.7–0.3
Blackhawks
Forward lines
- Greenway – Smith – Greene10:23 · 9–6 · xG 0.3–0.2
- Kane – Bertuzzi – Frondell7:42 · 5–18 · xG 0.1–0.8
- Teravainen – Nazar – Kantserov4:35 · 5–2 · xG 0.1–0.1
- Donato – Lardis – Moore4:07 · 0–7 · xG 0.0–0.3
Defence pairs
- Kaiser – Levshunov11:15 · 7–11 · xG 0.1–0.5
- Byram – Vlasic10:09 · 5–26 · xG 0.0–1.4
- Cole – Rinzel10:02 · 11–10 · xG 0.4–0.5
Three stars
- ★D. GuentherUTA · 2G 0A
- ★★C. KellerUTA · 0G 2A
- ★★★K. VejmelkaUTA · 1.000 SV%
Scoring
Period 1
- 16:41UTA D. Guenther pp (from L. Cooley, C. Keller)0–1
- 17:21UTA M. Carcone (from K. Stenlund)0–2
Period 2
- 09:47UTA N. Schmaltz (from V. Trocheck, M. Sergachev)0–3
- 13:06UTA A. Lee (from A. Peeke, D. Simashev)0–4
- 15:28UTA D. Guenther pp (from C. Keller, L. Crouse)0–5
Period 3
- 12:50UTA D. But (from M. Carcone, N. Schmidt)0–6