Nashville Predators vs. Utah MammothDec 29, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	1	1	2	4		NSH	7	9	10	26
UTA	1	1	1	3		UTA	11	10	10	31

: NSH 54UTA 73
: NSH 2.54UTA 3.36
PP goals: NSH 1UTA 1
Hits: NSH 16UTA 16
Blocks: NSH 19UTA 16
PIM: NSH 8UTA 4
: NSH 47%UTA 53%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Nashville Predators edge Utah Mammoth 4–3

Nashville Predators beat Utah Mammoth 4–3 at UTA. Steven Stamkos (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Evangelista) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:41 together.

Points
Steven Stamkos had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:12.Stamkos
Points
Dylan Guenther had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:20.Guenther
Points
Luke Evangelista had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:37.Evangelista
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:33.O'Reilly
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Evangelista) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:41 together.Stamkos Josi O'Reilly Forsberg Evangelista
PP1
UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Peterka and Guenther) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:13 together.Schmaltz Keller Sergachev Peterka Guenther
Usage
JJ Peterka (UTA) played 23:05, +7:11 up on his 15:54 season average over 81 games.Peterka
Usage
Clayton Keller (UTA) played 22:46, +3:44 up on his 19:02 season average over 81 games.Keller

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← NSH attacks left (bottom on phones)UTA attacks right (top on phones) →

UTA
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 127 of 127 attempts · UTA 73 · NSH 54

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

UTA
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

UTA pressure
NSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NSH 22% of the game, UTA 48%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

UTA

NSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

UTA skaters (rows) against NSH skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the UTA side.

Matchup matrix

UTA xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NSH	UTA
	48	68
	1.78	2.49
	1.74	2.44
	7	14
	6	6
	19	12
	−0.019	+0.018
	22%	48%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Nashville Predators

L1McCarron – Smith – Schaefer
8:3037% CF
L2Stamkos – O'Reilly – Forsberg
8:2930% CF
L3Jost – Svechkov – Wood
4:3030% CF
L4Haula – Bunting – Evangelista
3:3767% CF
D1Josi – Perbix
14:3423% CF
D2Skjei – Wilsby
14:0554% CF
D3Hague – Blankenburg
12:1459% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
2:41100% CF
PP2Haula – Skjei – Bunting – Blankenburg – Wood
0:37100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Haula
3:18
PK2FMcCarron – Smith
1:20
PK1DSkjei – Perbix
1:50
PK2DHague – Blankenburg
0:24

Current NSH line combinations →

Utah Mammoth

L1Schmaltz – Keller – Peterka
13:4750% CF
L2Crouse – Hayton – Guenther
10:0070% CF
L3Carcone – McBain – But
9:2467% CF
L4Kerfoot – O'Brien – Stenlund
5:0050% CF
D1Sergachev – Durzi
14:4064% CF
D2Schmidt – Marino
13:4957% CF
D3Cole – DeSimone
9:3247% CF

PP1Schmaltz – Keller – Sergachev – Peterka – Guenther
5:1390% CF
PP2Crouse – Carcone – Durzi – Hayton – But
1:02100% CF
PK1FKerfoot – Crouse
1:05
PK2FSchmaltz – McBain
0:27
PK1DSchmidt – Sergachev
1:13
PK2DMarino – Durzi
0:45

Current UTA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Michael McCarron C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.14	2	3	0	14:05	—	—	33	28
Cole Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.20	1	1	2	13:18	—	—	36	21
Reid Schaefer L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:24	—	—	35	21
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.10	0	2	0	20:33	—	—	32	44
Filip Forsberg L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	3	0	0	19:03	—	—	35	38
Steven Stamkos C	L2	2	1	3	+1	3	0.41	0	2	0	17:12	—	—	35	47
Fedor Svechkov C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	14:17	—	—	41	57
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	1	0	0	10:33	—	—	30	63
Matthew Wood R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	9:24	—	—	31	28
Erik Haula L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.53	2	1	0	17:02	—	—	61	40
Luke Evangelista R	L4	1	1	2	+2	3	0.61	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	59	69
Michael Bunting L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	13:12	—	—	59	31
Roman Josi D	D1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.24	0	2	0	22:43	—	—	25	42
Nick Perbix D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	0	2	19:34	—	—	22	37
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	1	2	21:55	—	—	52	35
Adam Wilsby D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	0	1	0	18:31	—	—	46	27
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	2	2	19:21	—	—	50	48
Nick Blankenburg D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	1	0	0	15:24	—	—	57	55

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	31	28	3	.903	3.36	60:00

Utah Mammoth

UTA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
JJ Peterka R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.56	1	0	0	23:05	—	—	46	57
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	22:46	—	—	50	61
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.65	0	0	0	22:10	—	—	48	57
Dylan Guenther R	L2	1	1	2	0	6	0.49	0	0	0	19:20	—	—	72	72
Lawson Crouse L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.02	2	0	0	17:33	—	—	70	73
Barrett Hayton C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.33	1	0	0	15:32	—	—	71	73
Michael Carcone L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.19	1	1	0	13:59	—	—	61	47
Jack McBain C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	4	1	0	13:11	—	—	62	44
Daniil But L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.37	0	1	0	12:29	—	—	64	71
Alexander Kerfoot C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	1	0	0	9:34	—	—	52	33
Kevin Stenlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	2	8:38	—	—	50	71
Liam O'Brien C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	6:59	—	—	47	61
Mikhail Sergachev D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.17	1	1	0	25:19	—	—	64	77
Sean Durzi D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	2	3	0	20:23	—	—	62	67
John Marino D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	1	0	21:09	—	—	61	69
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	5	0	18:25	—	—	56	59
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	1	1	2	15:57	—	—	52	26
Nick DeSimone D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.17	1	1	0	11:42	—	—	55	40

UTA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	2.31	58:15

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

JJ Peterka (UTA PP) 1st 5:48 · assists Dylan Guenther, Clayton Keller · Rebound · 52.4 mph shot.

JJ Peterka · 1st 5:48 · UTA PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 52.4 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Roman Josi · 1st 9:51 · NSH

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 50.7 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s

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Mikhail Sergachev · 2nd 3:41 · UTA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3
Shot: 75.5 mph
Distance: 54 ft
Type: one-timer

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Luke Evangelista · 2nd 7:51 · NSH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 4
Shot: 25.8 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s
Type: rebound

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Dylan Guenther · 3rd 4:02 · UTA

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.2 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 6.8 s

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Steven Stamkos · 3rd 11:39 · NSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 61.7 mph
Distance: 17 ft

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Steven Stamkos · 3rd 13:17 · NSH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.8 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 7.6 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Nashville Predators vs. Utah MammothDec 29, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Nashville Predators edge Utah Mammoth 4–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Nashville Predators

Utah Mammoth

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Nashville Predators

Utah Mammoth

Goal anatomy

JJ Peterka · 1st 5:48 · UTA PP

Roman Josi · 1st 9:51 · NSH

Mikhail Sergachev · 2nd 3:41 · UTA

Luke Evangelista · 2nd 7:51 · NSH

Dylan Guenther · 3rd 4:02 · UTA

Steven Stamkos · 3rd 11:39 · NSH PP

Steven Stamkos · 3rd 13:17 · NSH