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2025-01-04 · American Airlines Center

2 – 3Final/OT

DAL beat UTA 3–2 in overtime. DAL lost the expected-goals battle 3.3 to 4.0 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Thomas Harley scored at 3:01 of overtime, moving DAL’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Jake Oettinger saved 1.4 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
35 – 29
Expected goals
4.0 – 3.3
xG share
UTA 55%
Home-ice start
DAL 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

UTA goalDAL goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

UTADAL

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

UTA
2 G, 0 A · 17:58 TOI
On-ice +0.05 · Finishing +1.43
+1.49
DAL
63:01 TOI
GSAx +1.41
+1.41
UTA
62:38 TOI
GSAx +0.75
+0.95

Rough nights

DAL
0 G, 0 A · 16:06 TOI
On-ice −0.20 · Finishing −0.18 · Penalties −0.20
−0.60
DAL
0 G, 0 A · 15:21 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing −0.44
−0.55
UTA
0 G, 0 A · 17:22 TOI
On-ice −0.05 · Finishing −0.52
−0.53

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalUTA–DALWin prob.
P2 0:16 DALJamie Benn
from Wyatt Johnston, Matt Duchene
0–153% → 72%
P2 1:30 UTAMatias Maccelli
from Lawson Crouse, Nick Bjugstad
1–128% → 47%
P2 10:30 DALOskar Bäck
from Arttu Hyry, Nils Lundkvist
1–253% → 74%
P2 13:37 UTAMatias Maccelli
from Alexander Kerfoot, Ian Cole
2–225% → 47%
OT 3:01 DALThomas Harley
from Matt Duchene, Wyatt Johnston
2–352% → 100%

Every player

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UTA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Matias Maccelli L17:582+1.49+0.05+1.43+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexander Kerfoot C13:451+0.36+0.34−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03
Kevin Stenlund C14:05+0.33+0.38−0.05−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.04
Michael Kesselring D19:21+0.13+0.17−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Juuso Välimäki D15:00+0.04+0.02+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Vladislav Kolyachonok D14:32+0.01+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mikhail Sergachev D27:28+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jack McBain C14:37−0.03−0.03−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Olli Maatta D25:18−0.12+0.18−0.31+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Liam O'Brien C10:25−0.15+0.00−0.15−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Dylan Guenther R15:21−0.19+0.03−0.20−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ian Cole D19:381−0.24+0.04−0.29+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Schmaltz C20:01−0.24−0.18−0.15+0.07−0.01+0.00+0.02
Clayton Keller R19:15−0.25−0.02−0.23+0.02−0.03+0.00+0.00
Barrett Hayton C16:48−0.30−0.16−0.11−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.03
Lawson Crouse L15:121−0.37−0.16−0.18−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Bjugstad C13:201−0.41+0.12−0.49−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03
Logan Cooley C17:22−0.53−0.05−0.52+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Karel Vejmelka G62:38+0.95

DAL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Oskar Bäck C14:021+0.78+0.04+0.76−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.02
Thomas Harley D21:431+0.50−0.02+0.55+0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Esa Lindell D22:15+0.23+0.16+0.01+0.02+0.05+0.00+0.00
Jamie Benn L18:191+0.14+0.01+0.11+0.03−0.00+0.00−0.01
Nils Lundkvist D15:101+0.05+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mavrik Bourque C9:49−0.05−0.05−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.01
Colin Blackwell C10:10−0.05−0.04−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Matt Duchene C20:412−0.06+0.14−0.27+0.07−0.01+0.00+0.02
Arttu Hyry R7:311−0.15−0.12−0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Miro Heiskanen D27:20−0.18−0.15−0.04−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Ilya Lyubushkin D21:52−0.21−0.12−0.10−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mathew Dumba D14:45−0.28−0.27−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Sam Steel C16:26−0.29−0.01−0.25−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Wyatt Johnston C19:292−0.39+0.18−0.55+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.02
Evgenii Dadonov L15:57−0.40−0.30−0.08−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jason Robertson L20:07−0.44−0.17−0.26+0.03−0.03+0.00+0.00
Logan Stankoven C15:21−0.55−0.08−0.44−0.01−0.04+0.00+0.01
Roope Hintz C16:06−0.60−0.20−0.18+0.00+0.01−0.20−0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jake Oettinger G63:01+1.41

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.