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Nashville Predators at Utah Utah Hockey Club

NHLregular • 2025-26 Season
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Predators
Nashville
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UTA 60%40% NSH
Prediction Confidence:
Moderate

Utah Utah Hockey Club 60% to win. The top 3 signals favoring Utah Hockey Club:

  • Home Field Advantage. Utah Hockey Club are 0-0 at home this season (divisional game, reduced advantage)
  • Defensive Efficiency. Utah Hockey Club defense (2.7 Opp PPG) better than Predators (3.4 Opp PPG)
  • Recent Form. Utah Hockey Club (33-25) in better form than Predators (28-26)

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

Win probability movement

UTA home win probability as the model updated before the game

Home win probability movement65%60%55%Apr 6Apr 9

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

Predators (away)
Utah Hockey Club (home)
40%
Win probability
60%
0
High-impact factors
0
0
Players ruled out
0

Post-Game Analysis

How our model performed

The Utah Hockey Club defeated the Predators 4-1.

Our model predicted the Utah Hockey Club would win with 60% 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 contributing factor: Utah Hockey Club are 0-0 at home this season (divisional game, reduced advantage)
  • Defensive Efficiency favored the Utah Hockey Club and was a contributing factor: Utah Hockey Club defense (2.7 Opp PPG) better than Predators (3.4 Opp PPG)
  • Recent Form favored the Utah Hockey Club and was a contributing factor: Utah Hockey Club (33-25) in better form than Predators (28-26)

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 4-1

Utah Hockey Club won in a close game

Prediction CorrectWe predicted Utah Hockey Club at 60%

Key Factors

What's driving the win probability for this game

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

Each factor's contribution to the final win probability

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

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Understanding the win probability calculation

Model version: 1.0.0 • Calculated: 4/9/2026, 8:50:00 AM

Key Players

Predators

Juuse SarosG
Justus AnnunenG
Isak PoschG
Ross ColtonC
Jack DruryC

Utah Hockey Club

Anson ThorntonG
Matt VillaltaG
Sebastian CossaG
Karel VejmelkaG
Colten McIntyreG

Learn About Our Analysis

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Frequently Asked Questions

Utah Hockey Club has a 60% win probability, while Predators has a 40% 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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