Laval Rocket6:00 PM
Saturday, October 17
Utica CometsBefore puck drop
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Projected from each club’s goal differential to date, shrunk toward league average so an early hot start does not read as dominance, plus home ice. Once the puck drops this becomes the live win probability, with deserve-to-win marked across it.
Season to date
Laval Rocket41238
90 points in 72 games
18–18 on the road
Utica Comets303111
71 points in 72 games
17–19 at home
Neither club has played yet this season, so everything here is how 2025-26 finished.
What they create
3.24Goals per game2.76
2.82Expected goals per game2.61
4.8High-danger chances per game3.8
29.1Shots per game27.4
What they allow
2.78Goals against per game3.06
2.66Expected goals against per game2.56
4.4High-danger chances against per game4.1
26.4Shots against per game26.4
The shorter bar is the better defence here. Every row is what the club concedes, so these read the opposite way to the panel beside them.
Previous meetings
Where
Adirondack Bank Center, Utica, NY
The shot map, the expected-goals race and the period splits all fill in as this game is played.