Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at Utica Comets

Adirondack Bank Center · Utica, NY

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

7:00 PM

Friday, October 30

Utica Comets

Before puck drop

Win probabilityprojected

53%47%

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

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins

46179

101 points in 72 games

25–11 on the road

Utica Comets

303111

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

3.38Goals per game2.76

2.83Expected goals per game2.61

4.2High-danger chances per game3.8

28.0Shots per game27.4

What they allow

2.58Goals against per game3.06

2.69Expected goals against per game2.56

3.9High-danger chances against per game4.1

27.6Shots 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.