STL @ UTA 2–4 · 2026-01-09

Team	1	2	3	SOG
STL	0	2	0	28
UTA	1	2	1	23

Story

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Result UTA 4–2Call No lean · UTA 63%xG 3.35–4.36 · deserved UTA 66%Swing Schmaltz +20 1st 15:10Method

Goals and penalties with UTA win probability
Time	Event	UTA win before	UTA win after
1st 0:02	STL penalty · A. Toropchenko · fighting · 5 min
1st 0:02	UTA penalty · J. McBain · fighting · 5 min
1st 2:30	UTA penalty · A. Kerfoot · slashing · 2 min
1st 15:10	Goal UTA · N. Schmaltz	62%	82%
2nd 6:39	UTA penalty · B. Tanev · illegal check to head · 2 min
2nd 6:39	STL penalty · B. Schenn · roughing · 2 min
2nd 6:39	UTA penalty · B. Tanev · fighting · 5 min
2nd 6:39	STL penalty · B. Schenn · fighting · 5 min
2nd 7:45	Goal UTA · L. Crouse	83%	95%
2nd 7:55	Goal STL · O. Sundqvist	95%	83%
2nd 11:43	Goal UTA · S. Durzi	84%	96%
2nd 12:40	UTA penalty · L. Crouse · roughing · 2 min
2nd 12:40	STL penalty · R. Thomas · cross checking · 2 min
2nd 12:40	STL penalty · T. Tucker · roughing · 2 min
2nd 16:27	Goal STL · P. Buchnevich	96%	85%
2nd 17:25	UTA penalty · N. DeSimone · holding · 2 min
2nd 18:11	STL penalty · P. Broberg · holding · 2 min
3rd 1:53	UTA penalty · D. Guenther · interference · 2 min
3rd 6:06	STL penalty · J. Snuggerud · high sticking · 2 min
3rd 6:57	Goal UTA · N. Schmaltz (PP)	90%	98%
3rd 15:37	UTA penalty · D. Guenther · interference · 2 min

On ice · final horn

STL6 skaters · net empty

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
10B. SchennC	0:41	18:17	22	0	0	0	1	2	7	2	0	10-6
18R. ThomasC	0:41	16:05	22	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	5-10
63J. NeighboursL	0:41	18:04	25	0	0	0	1	5	0	2	2	–
89P. BuchnevichL	0:41	19:51	24	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	2	–
17C. FowlerD	0:41	23:10	29	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	–
72J. FaulkD	0:41	19:23	27	0	0	0	4	7	0	1	1	–

UTA5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
8N. SchmaltzC	0:33	23:28	31	2	1	3	5	8	0	0	0	16-8
22J. McBainC	0:35	14:11	23	0	0	0	2	5	5	3	0	3-8
9C. KellerR	0:08	18:09	25	0	3	3	4	10	0	0	0	–
6J. MarinoD	0:34	19:55	27	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	–
88N. SchmidtD	0:33	18:24	28	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	–
70K. VejmelkaG		60:00	SA28GA2SV%.929xGA3.35GSAx+1.35

Goals

1st
Nick Schmaltz(1)
C. Keller (1), M. Sergachev (1)
xG 0.09snapClip(opens nhl.com)
0–1 UTA1st 15:10+20.082%
2nd
Lawson Crouse(1)
C. Keller (2), J. Marino (1)
xG 0.08snapClip(opens nhl.com)
0–2 UTA2nd 07:45+11.695%
Oskar Sundqvist(1)
N. Walker (1)
xG 0.03snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 UTA2nd 07:55+11.617%
Sean Durzi(1)
N. Schmaltz (1), L. Crouse (1)
xG 0.11snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–3 UTA2nd 11:43+11.496%
Pavel Buchnevich(1)6v5
J. Snuggerud (1), R. Thomas (1)
xG 0.10wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–3 UTA2nd 16:27+11.015%
3rd
Nick Schmaltz(2)PP
J. Peterka (1), C. Keller (3)
xG 0.18snapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–4 UTA3rd 06:57+8.898%

Shots

STL3.35 xG49 unblocked · 16 blocked49 unblocked · 16 blocked

UTA4.36 xG43 unblocked · 19 blocked43 unblocked · 19 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

STLUTA2Goals43.35xG4.3628Shots2349Unblocked4365Attempts624High danger50/4Power play1/328Faceoffs3528Hits1419Blocks162Takeaways615Giveaways1120PIM22

Skaters

Player

Player
6P. BrobergPhilip BrobergD	24:45	0	0	0	3	7	0.23	−0.23	0	1	0	2	—	2	0
17C. FowlerCam FowlerD	23:10	0	0	0	1	2	0.02	−0.02	0	2	1	0	—	0	+1
55C. ParaykoColton ParaykoD	21:22	0	0	0	1	4	0.10	−0.10	1	4	0	2	—	0	+1
89P. BuchnevichPavel BuchnevichL	19:51	1	0	1	2	3	0.18	+0.82	1	2	0	2	—	0	0
72J. FaulkJustin FaulkD	19:23	0	0	0	4	7	0.23	−0.23	1	1	0	1	—	0	-2
21J. SnuggerudJimmy SnuggerudR	18:24	0	1	1	5	11	0.54	−0.54	2	0	0	2	—	2	0
10B. SchennBrayden SchennC	18:17	0	0	0	1	2	0.09	−0.09	2	0	0	1	63%	7	+1
63J. NeighboursJake NeighboursL	18:04	0	0	0	1	5	0.36	−0.36	2	2	0	0	—	0	-1
25J. KyrouJordan KyrouR	16:45	0	0	0	3	8	0.89	−0.89	0	0	0	2	—	0	-1
18R. ThomasRobert ThomasC	16:05	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	33%	2	0
70O. SundqvistOskar SundqvistC	15:42	1	0	1	5	5	0.30	+0.70	2	1	0	0	36%	0	+1
75T. TuckerTyler TuckerD	13:31	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.00	4	0	0	1	—	2	-2
54D. DvorskyDalibor DvorskyR	13:25	0	0	0	2	2	0.05	−0.05	1	1	0	0	42%	0	-2
28O. StenbergOtto StenbergC	13:11	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	−0.09	2	1	0	1	0%	0	-1
29J. BerggrenJonatan BerggrenR	12:39	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	1	0	—	0	-1
23L. MaillouxLogan MaillouxD	12:38	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	−0.02	1	0	0	0	—	0	0
26N. WalkerNathan WalkerL	11:04	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	−0.07	4	1	0	0	75%	0	+1
13A. ToropchenkoAlexey ToropchenkoR	10:25	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	−0.19	5	3	0	0	—	5	+1
STL total		2	3	5	28	65	3.35	−1.35	28	19	2	14	44%	20

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Sundqvist+0.63

Buchnevich+0.43

Walker+0.36

Snuggerud+0.30

Berggren+0.06

Toropchenko−0.07

Kyrou−0.09

Neighbours−0.18

Thomas−0.24

Stenberg−0.26

Dvorsky−0.32

Schenn−0.35

Defence

Parayko+0.33

Mailloux−0.13

Broberg−0.14

Faulk−0.15

Fowler−0.18

Tucker−0.19

Goalie

Hofer−1.06

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Buchnevich·Schenn·Snuggerud	9:37	16	16	7	69.6%	6	4	0	0	0.65	0.57	53.2%	+0.08	1	0	100%
Neighbours·Thomas·Kyrou	8:49	15	17	11	60.7%	7	3	0	1	1.28	0.46	73.6%	+0.82	5	2	71%
Stenberg·Berggren·Dvorsky	7:11	13	3	7	30.0%	1	4	0	1	0.04	0.36	10.8%	−0.32	3	0	100%
Walker·Sundqvist·Toropchenko	5:54	10	4	8	33.3%	3	1	1	0	0.09	0.22	29.7%	−0.13	2	0	100%
Occasional · 8 groups
Buchnevich·Sundqvist·Snuggerud	1:19	6	3	2	60.0%	1	0	0	0	0.08	0.01	90.0%	+0.07	0	0	—
Walker·Berggren·Dvorsky	1:09	2	1	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.02	0.00	100.0%	+0.02	0	0	—
Walker·Stenberg·Sundqvist	0:54	2	2	2	50.0%	1	0	0	0	0.07	0.09	42.5%	−0.02	0	0	—
Neighbours·Stenberg·Kyrou	0:51	1	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.06	0.0%	−0.06	0	0	—
Sundqvist·Toropchenko·Kyrou	0:44	2	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.08	0.00	100.0%	+0.08	0	0	—
Neighbours·Sundqvist·Kyrou	0:31	1	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.08	0.0%	−0.08	0	1	0%
Buchnevich·Berggren·Dvorsky	0:30	1	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.04	0.0%	−0.04	0	0	—
Walker·Schenn·Toropchenko	0:30	2	1	1	50.0%	0	0	0	0	0.11	0.09	56.0%	+0.02	0	0	—
STL 5v5	45:36		53	47	53.0%	21	18	1	3	2.68	2.21	54.8%	+0.47

Goalies

Joel Hofer

STL · 56:28

Saves: 19/23
SV%: .826
xGA: 2.92
GSAx: −1.08

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	15/18	.833	2.21	−0.79
Power play	4/5	.800	0.62	−0.38
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.09	+0.09
High danger	1/2	.500	0.48	−0.52

Karel Vejmelka

UTA · 60:00

Saves: 26/28
SV%: .929
xGA: 3.35
GSAx: +1.35

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	23/25	.920	2.94	+0.94
Power play	3/3	1.000	0.39	+0.39
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.03	+0.03
High danger	3/3	1.000	0.93	+0.93

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

St. Louis Blues

Minutes

24:45Broberg
23:10Fowler
21:22Parayko
19:23Faulk
13:31Tucker
12:38Mailloux

19:51Buchnevich
18:24Snuggerud
18:17Schenn
18:04Neighbours
16:45Kyrou
16:05Thomas
15:42Sundqvist
13:25Dvorsky
13:11Stenberg
12:39Berggren
11:04Walker
10:25Toropchenko

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareSTLUTA

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

FaulkD2 O7
FowlerD2 O6
BrobergD2 O4
ParaykoD3 O4
TuckerD1 O2
MaillouxD0 O1
KyrouD2 O8
NeighboursD3 O8
DvorskyD1 O6
ThomasD2 O6
BuchnevichD1 O3
WalkerD0 O2
BerggrenD1 O3
SnuggerudD1 O3
StenbergD2 O3
SchennD2 O2
SundqvistD4 O4
ToropchenkoD4 O2

Shift starts · darker = later period