Utah Mammoth

How Utah plays, trait by trait, against the rest of the league.

Real numbers through Oct 10: 5 games this season, blended with last season. Traits that take longer to settle lean more on last season.

Real numbers through Oct 10, from this season’s 5 games only. Expect these to swing a lot this early, which is why the likely ranges are so wide.

Offense

• Shot volume
  SelectiveRelentless

  66.6 shot attempts per 602nd of 32

  71.2 shot attempts per 601st of 32

• Shot quality
  HopefulDangerous

  a 6.7% chance of scoring on the average shot5th of 32

  a 7.1% chance of scoring on the average shot8th of 32

• Second chances
  One-and-doneCrashers

  10.1% of chances come from rebounds21st of 32

  12.0% of chances come from rebounds12th of 32

• Off-turnover offense
  PatientOpportunist

  7.5% of chances come right after a turnover11th of 32

  12.1% of chances come right after a turnover7th of 32

• Shots from defensemen
  Forward-ledActive D

  34.3% of shot attempts come from defensemen18th of 32

  38.0% of shot attempts come from defensemen3rd of 32

• Shots from in close
  From distanceIn close

  31.9% of shots come from within 20 feet4th of 32

  36.5% of shots come from within 20 feet4th of 32

Defense

• Shot suppression
  PorousStingy

  51.5 shot attempts allowed per 604th of 32

  48.4 shot attempts allowed per 606th of 32

• Quality allowed
  ExposedSheltered

  a 6.7% chance of scoring on the average shot against30th of 32

  a 7.4% chance of scoring on the average shot against30th of 32

• Breakdowns avoided
  Fire drillComposed

  0.38 defensive breakdowns per 608th of 32

  0.50 defensive breakdowns per 6019th of 32

• Goaltending
  SieveWall

  +0.11 goals saved above expected per 6015th of 32

  +0.03 goals saved above expected per 6018th of 32

Tempo and edge

• Pace
  SlogTrack meet

  81.5 shots per 60, both teams combined18th of 32

  83.3 shots per 60, both teams combined10th of 32

• Forecheck pressure
  PassiveHounding

  forecheck score 119 (100 is league average)4th of 3226.4 forecheck plays recorded per 606th of 32

  forecheck score 135 (100 is league average)2nd of 3232.0 forecheck plays recorded per 604th of 32

• Physicality
  FinesseBruising

  hit score 112 (100 is league average)7th of 3228.4 hits recorded per 6010th of 32

  hit score 124 (100 is league average)6th of 3233.8 hits recorded per 607th of 32

• Depth
  Top-heavyDeep

  44.5% of forward ice time at 5-on-5 goes to the bottom six2nd of 32

  45.7% of forward ice time at 5-on-5 goes to the bottom six2nd of 32

Special teams

• Power play
  HarmlessLethal

  7.8 expected goals per 60 on the power play9th of 32

  9.8 expected goals per 60 on the power play4th of 32

• Penalty kill
  LeakyAirtight

  7.3 expected goals allowed per 60 shorthanded12th of 32

  5.0 expected goals allowed per 60 shorthanded6th of 32

• Power kill
  BunkeredPredatory

  0.7 expected goals created per 60 shorthanded27th of 32

  0.8 expected goals created per 60 shorthanded16th of 32

• Discipline
  RecklessClean

  0.01 more penalties taken than drawn per 6019th of 32

  0.80 more penalties drawn than taken per 606th of 32

Forecheck pressure and physicality are shown as arena-adjusted scores; switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the arena adjustment works.

Who Utah leans on, and what they do best.

• Nick Schmaltz

  18:34 a game

  #8 · Center · 7 P in 5 GP (5 G, 2 A)

  • Most ice time
  • L1 · Trocheck, Keller
  • PP1
  • Kills penalties
  • TakeawaysTop 5
  • FinishingTop 10
  • Power-play chancestop 11%
  • Shot blockingbottom 18%
  • Takeawaystop 8%
  • Finishingtop 19%

• Clayton Keller

  18:10 a game

  #9 · Right wing · 7 P in 5 GP (1 G, 6 A)

  • 2nd in ice time
  • L1 · Trocheck, Schmaltz
  • PP1
  • Setting up goals3rd
  • Creating chancestop 5%
  • Creating his own chancestop 14%
  • Hittingbottom 11%
  • Hittingbottom 24%

• Logan Cooley

  18:09 a game

  #92 · Center · 4 P in 5 GP (0 G, 4 A)

  • L3 · Lee, Guenther
  • PP1
  • Kills penalties
  • Takeawaystop 5%
  • Creating chancestop 10%
  • Top speedTop 5
  • Preventing chancesbottom 18%
  • Top speedtop 9%
  • Distance skatedbottom 14%

• Vincent Trocheck

  16:56 a game

  #16 · Center · 2 P in 5 GP (1 G, 1 A)

  • L1 · Schmaltz, Keller
  • PP2
  • Kills penalties
  • Tough minutes
  • FaceoffsTop 10
  • Hittingtop 17%
  • Hardest shottop 14%
  • Preventing chancesbottom 2%
  • Hittingtop 21%
  • Hardest shotbottom 1%

• Mikhail Sergachev

  21:26 a game

  #98 · Defenseman · 6 P in 5 GP (1 G, 5 A)

  • Most ice time
  • P2 · Weegar
  • PP1
  • Kills penalties
  • Tough minutes
  • Shooting volumetop 7%
  • Takeawaystop 12%
  • Top speed3rd
  • Shooting volumetop 11%
  • Creating chancestop 11%
  • Hardest shottop 9%

• Nate Schmidt

  21:05 a game

  #88 · Defenseman · 1 P in 5 GP (0 G, 1 A)

  • 2nd in ice time
  • P1 · Marino
  • Kills penalties
  • Creating chancestop 7%
  • Staying out of the boxtop 10%
  • Hardest shottop 11%
  • Shorthanded threatbottom 6%

  No clear strengths or weak spots yet.

The 4 forwards and 2 defensemen with the most ice time a game (at least half the games played). Tags show how each is used; rows show his clearest strengths, and a weak spot in grey, as a percentile against his position. Point at anything for details. All Mammoth players.

Who plays together at 5-on-5, and how each group is doing.

Lines and pairs are numbered by 5-on-5 ice time together over the team’s last 10 games (5 so far this season), with each older game counting half as much as the one after it, so the latest combinations come first. With so few games, each group’s results are pulled toward the average for its line number.

Last game

At Boston Bruins, the team used the same lines and pairs as above.

Which opposing lines each Utah group has actually been out against at 5-on-5.

Each strip adds to 100%: it shows how one Utah group’s 5-on-5 time is split across the opponent’s four forward lines, numbered the same way as above. Sized by ice time, a wider box means more time against that line; even columns line the boxes up so you can compare groups straight down. At home the coach changes last and picks these matchups; on the road the other coach does. Faded rows have under ten minutes.

What “with no line matching” means: if a coach just rolled his lines and took whoever was out there, each of his groups would face the opponent’s first line about as often as that line is on the ice. If opposing first lines play a third of the time against Utah, every Utah group would see them for about a third of its shifts. A number well above that means the coach is sending that group out against them on purpose; well below means he is keeping it away.

Who Utah sends out with a man up and a man down.

Each power-play unit is built around its quarterback, the defenseman running it, plus the four players most often out with him over the last 10 games (5 so far). Power-play units’ expected goals per 60 are pulled toward league average while samples are small. Penalty kills are too loose for fixed units (the most common foursome covers only about a tenth of a typical team’s shorthanded time), so penalty killers are grouped by when they go on: the ones who start kills, the second wave who come on after the first change, and spot duty. Point at a power-play name to see his shots on the map.

What the tags mean

Quarterbackthe defenseman who runs the unit from the blue line.

Triggerthe unit’s main shooter, with the most dangerous power-play shots on the team over this season and last.

Distributorthe main passer, with the most first assists on the team’s power-play goals over this season and last.

Net-frontparks in front of the net. At least 40% of his power-play shots come from within 15 feet.

Pointa second defenseman on the unit, alongside the quarterback.

Is he stopping more than he should, and what is his team asking him to face?

Expected-goal models can’t see passes before a shot, so a goalie whose team gives up a lot of cross-ice passes will look worse here than he really is. Ratings compare him with goalies who have at least 10 starts over two seasons, or 2 this season.

How Utah’s goals are scored and allowed, against the league average, and how much of any difference luck alone could explain.

Every goal counts once, in the first of these that applies: empty net, power play, shorthanded, goalie pulled, then rebound, turnover, faceoff win, and everyday play. These mixes are mostly luck: over three seasons, teams’ goals came from much the same places, and most of the differences here didn’t last.