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Los Angeles Kings at Utah Utah Hockey Club

NHLregular • 2025-26 Season
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Kings
Los Angeles
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UTA 61%39% LAK
Prediction Confidence:
Moderate

Utah Utah Hockey Club 61% to win. The top 3 signals favoring Utah Hockey Club:

  • Home Field Advantage. Utah Hockey Club are 0-0 at home this season
  • Offensive Efficiency. Utah Hockey Club offense (3.2 PPG) outpaces Kings (2.6 PPG)
  • Recent Form. Utah Hockey Club (33-25) in better form than Kings (25-22)

What would change the call

Win probability as of kickoff if a leading factor were even

  • If the home-field edge were neutral: UTA 56% (−5)
  • If the offensive efficiency edge were neutral: UTA 57% (−4)
  • If the recent-form edge were neutral: UTA 58% (−3)
  • If the defensive efficiency edge were neutral: UTA 59% (−2)

Win probability movement

UTA home win probability as the model updated before the game

Home win probability movement66%61%56%Mar 19Mar 22

Labels mark updates of 5 points or more, named by the factor that moved most.

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VenueDelta Center
Salt Lake City, UT

Team Comparison

Head-to-head snapshot based on our model inputs

Kings (away)
Utah Hockey Club (home)
39%
Win probability
61%
0
High-impact factors
0
0
Players ruled out
0

Post-Game Analysis

How our model performed

The Utah Hockey Club defeated the Kings 4-3.

Our model predicted the Utah Hockey Club would win with 61% confidence -- and they delivered. Even with modest confidence, the model got this one right.

Looking at the factors our model weighed:

  • Home Field Advantage favored the Utah Hockey Club and was a notable factor: Utah Hockey Club are 0-0 at home this season
  • Offensive Efficiency favored the Utah Hockey Club and was a contributing factor: Utah Hockey Club offense (3.2 PPG) outpaces Kings (2.6 PPG)
  • Recent Form favored the Utah Hockey Club and was a contributing factor: Utah Hockey Club (33-25) in better form than Kings (25-22)

This analysis was generated from our model's pre-game assessment compared against the actual result. Factor accuracy helps improve future predictions.

Utah Hockey Club won 4-3

Utah Hockey Club won in a close game

Prediction CorrectWe predicted Utah Hockey Club at 61%

Key Factors

What's driving the win probability for this game

  • Home Field AdvantageFavors Utah Utah Hockey Club
  • Offensive EfficiencyFavors Utah Utah Hockey Club
  • Recent FormFavors Utah Utah Hockey Club
  • Defensive EfficiencyNeutral
  • InjuriesNeutral
  • Turnover DifferentialNeutral
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What's Driving This Game

Each factor's contribution to the final win probability

LAK
UTA
Home Field Advantage
Offensive Efficiency
Recent Form
Defensive Efficiency
Favours LAK|Favours UTA

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Understanding the win probability calculation

1 factor not shown (insufficient data)

Model version: 1.0.0 • Calculated: 3/22/2026, 8:50:01 AM

Key Players

Kings

Carter GeorgeG
Darcy KuemperG
Anton ForsbergG
Liam LefebvreC
Samuel HeleniusC

Utah Hockey Club

Matt VillaltaG
Jaxson StauberG
Colten McIntyreG
Karel VejmelkaG
Anson ThorntonG

Learn About Our Analysis

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Frequently Asked Questions

Utah Hockey Club has a 61% win probability, while Kings has a 39% win probability based on our analysis.

Our model considers offensive and defensive efficiency, rest days, injury impact, and historical performance.

This game is being played at Delta Center in Salt Lake City, UT.

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