UTA @ NSH Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-01-24 Posted by kaylee on 2026-01-24 05:01:30

UTA @ NSH

Venue: Bridgestone Arena

Puck drop: Sat Jan 24, 2026 3:30pm EST

Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.


Game Preview

UTA (last 10)
  • Record 8-1-1
  • Streak W4
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 3.9 · 2.3
  • Power play 4/26 (15.4%)
  • Last game W vs PHI (5–4)
NSH (last 10)
  • Record 6-4-0
  • Streak W1
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 3.2 · 3.6
  • Power play 6/27 (22.2%)
  • Last game W vs OTT (5–3)

Recent meetings:

  • 2025-12-29 NSH 4 @ UTA 3
  • 2025-10-11 UTA 3 @ NSH 2 OT/SO

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

UTA
  • Clayton Keller 8 pts · 2 G · 12 SOG
  • Dylan Guenther 6 pts · 3 G · 19 SOG
  • Nick Schmaltz 6 pts · 2 G · 8 SOG
  • Jack McBain 5 pts · 2 G · 14 SOG
NSH
  • Ryan O'Reilly 12 pts · 5 G · 13 SOG
  • Filip Forsberg 8 pts · 3 G · 20 SOG
  • Roman Josi 8 pts · 2 G · 16 SOG
  • Steven Stamkos 6 pts · 5 G · 12 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: UTA 3.77 · NSH 2.93 · Win odds: UTA 62.8% · NSH 37.3% · OT/SO chance: 15.2%

  • 3-3 34.6%
  • 3-2 34.5%
  • 4-3 31%

Box Score

UTA 5 Final NSH 2

2026-01-24

Stat UTA NSH
Goals52
Shots3129
Power Play 1/2 (50.0%) 1/3 (33.3%)
PIM64
Faceoffs28 / 2424 / 28
Blocks1313
Saves2726
UTA Scorers
GAPTS
Barrett Hayton 1 1 2
Kailer Yamamoto 1 1 2
Clayton Keller 1 0 1
John-Jason Peterka 1 0 1
Michael Carcone 1 0 1
Mikhail Sergachev 0 3 3
Dylan Guenther 0 2 2
Sean Durzi 0 2 2
NSH Scorers
GAPTS
Jonathan Marchessault 1 0 1
Steven Stamkos 1 0 1
Brady Skjei 0 1 1
Roman Josi 0 1 1

Lineups

As of 2026-01-24 11:55PM EST

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

UTA Away

Forwards

Line 1
Clayton Keller
#9 · LW
TOI 17:52xGF/60 5.89xGA/60 1.80CF/60 101.5SC±/60 +52.76G±/60 +12.18CF% 69.4xGF% 76.6
Nick Schmaltz
#8 · C
TOI 19:21xGF/60 4.34xGA/60 0.77CF/60 74.4SC±/60 +42.05G±/60 +9.70CF% 79.3xGF% 84.9
Kailer Yamamoto
#56 · RW
Line 2
JJ Peterka
#77 · LW
TOI 14:08xGF/60 3.02xGA/60 4.92CF/60 65.3SC±/60 -10.88G±/60 -5.44CF% 44.4xGF% 38.0
Barrett Hayton
#27 · C
TOI 15:10xGF/60 4.03xGA/60 4.08CF/60 82.7SC±/60 +9.18G±/60 0.00CF% 52.9xGF% 49.7
Daniil But
#19 · RW
TOI 11:51xGF/60 3.12xGA/60 1.80CF/60 62.2SC±/60 +16.95G±/60 -5.65CF% 61.1xGF% 63.4
Line 3
Michael Carcone
#53 · LW
TOI 15:10xGF/60 2.43xGA/60 2.93CF/60 54.1SC±/60 -16.65G±/60 +4.16CF% 46.4xGF% 45.3
Jack McBain
#22 · C
TOI 15:35xGF/60 1.86xGA/60 2.97CF/60 45.4SC±/60 -20.62G±/60 +4.12CF% 44.0xGF% 38.5
Dylan Guenther
#11 · RW
TOI 17:06xGF/60 2.55xGA/60 4.22CF/60 57.6SC±/60 -26.86G±/60 +7.68CF% 42.9xGF% 37.6
Line 4
Brandon Tanev
#13 · LW
TOI 10:45xGF/60 2.92xGA/60 6.72CF/60 68.1SC±/60 -45.38G±/60 0.00CF% 39.1xGF% 30.3
Kevin Stenlund
#82 · C
TOI 15:41xGF/60 2.88xGA/60 6.08CF/60 66.8SC±/60 -44.51G±/60 0.00CF% 40.0xGF% 32.1
Liam O'Brien
#38 · RW
TOI 12:11xGF/60 3.44xGA/60 8.53CF/60 71.1SC±/60 -55.26G±/60 0.00CF% 36.0xGF% 28.8

Defense

Pair 1
Mikhail Sergachev
#98 · LD
TOI 23:32xGF/60 3.11xGA/60 1.65CF/60 64.9SC±/60 +18.18G±/60 +5.19CF% 59.5xGF% 65.2
Sean Durzi
#50 · RD
TOI 20:14xGF/60 4.16xGA/60 2.98CF/60 86.7SC±/60 +10.83G±/60 +3.61CF% 57.1xGF% 58.3
Pair 2
Nate Schmidt
#88 · LD
TOI 20:21xGF/60 3.35xGA/60 4.35CF/60 55.0SC±/60 -6.47G±/60 0.00CF% 45.9xGF% 43.5
John Marino
#6 · RD
TOI 18:28xGF/60 3.38xGA/60 3.75CF/60 58.5SC±/60 +6.50G±/60 0.00CF% 51.4xGF% 47.4
Pair 3
Ian Cole
#28 · LD
TOI 19:42xGF/60 1.56xGA/60 5.69CF/60 43.8SC±/60 -60.18G±/60 +5.47CF% 27.6xGF% 21.5
Nick DeSimone
#57 · RD
TOI 14:53xGF/60 2.31xGA/60 5.04CF/60 57.3SC±/60 -45.86G±/60 +5.73CF% 40.0xGF% 31.4

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Karel Vejmelka [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 41]
G2 Vitek Vanecek

NSH Home

Forwards

Line 1
Filip Forsberg
#9 · LW
TOI 18:04xGF/60 4.48xGA/60 4.27CF/60 116.7SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -16.67CF% 56.0xGF% 51.2
Ryan O'Reilly
#90 · C
TOI 21:23xGF/60 4.25xGA/60 7.29CF/60 101.1SC±/60 -37.90G±/60 -18.95CF% 44.4xGF% 36.8
Luke Evangelista
#77 · RW
TOI 14:31xGF/60 2.95xGA/60 1.94CF/60 63.7SC±/60 +5.31G±/60 -10.62CF% 63.2xGF% 60.4
Line 2
Michael Bunting
#58 · LW
TOI 16:39xGF/60 5.23xGA/60 2.42CF/60 81.1SC±/60 +18.71G±/60 0.00CF% 61.9xGF% 68.4
Erik Haula
#56 · C
TOI 14:36xGF/60 5.68xGA/60 1.84CF/60 85.7SC±/60 +36.73G±/60 +6.12CF% 66.7xGF% 75.5
Steven Stamkos
#91 · RW
TOI 18:58xGF/60 9.22xGA/60 8.65CF/60 182.2SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -5.52CF% 50.8xGF% 51.6
Line 3
Cole Smith
#36 · LW
TOI 15:51xGF/60 5.86xGA/60 6.66CF/60 98.8SC±/60 +15.60G±/60 -5.20CF% 43.2xGF% 46.8
Michael McCarron
#47 · C
TOI 15:32xGF/60 3.52xGA/60 3.43CF/60 62.6SC±/60 +22.75G±/60 -5.69CF% 47.8xGF% 50.7
Jonathan Marchessault
#81 · RW
TOI 17:16xGF/60 5.51xGA/60 6.62CF/60 113.8SC±/60 +20.69G±/60 +5.17CF% 46.8xGF% 45.5

Defense

Pair 1
Brady Skjei
#76 · LD
TOI 25:03xGF/60 4.75xGA/60 3.57CF/60 68.7SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -4.29CF% 43.2xGF% 57.1
Roman Josi
#59 · RD
TOI 29:13xGF/60 4.19xGA/60 5.21CF/60 79.7SC±/60 -13.86G±/60 -10.39CF% 50.0xGF% 44.5
Pair 2
Adam Wilsby
#83 · LD
Nick Perbix
#48 · RD
TOI 18:15xGF/60 3.93xGA/60 2.85CF/60 70.8SC±/60 +12.49G±/60 -4.16CF% 56.7xGF% 57.9
Pair 3
Nick Blankenburg
#37 · LD
TOI 14:41xGF/60 3.52xGA/60 4.44CF/60 56.3SC±/60 -10.24G±/60 -10.24CF% 44.0xGF% 44.2
Justin Barron
#20 · RD
TOI 10:56xGF/60 2.26xGA/60 2.00CF/60 54.1SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +9.02CF% 35.3

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Juuse Saros [Status: CONFIRMED Start Score: 17]
G2 Justus Annunen

Injuries

As of 2026-01-24 11:55PM EST

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

UTA

Player Pos # Description Status
Alex Kerfoot NA 15 IR IR
Logan Cooley NA 92 IR IR
Lawson Crouse NA 67 DTD DTD

NSH

Player Pos # Description Status
Adam Wilsby NA 83 OUT OUT
Nicolas Hague NA 41 OUT OUT
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