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2025-01-26 · Canadian Tire Centre

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OTT beat UTA 3–1. Expected goals were close to even (UTA 2.3, OTT 2.5), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Claude Giroux scored at 7:33 of the third, moving OTT’s win probability from 52% to 81%. Leevi Meriläinen saved 1.3 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
35 – 27
Expected goals
2.3 – 2.5
xG share
OTT 52%
Home-ice start
OTT 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 goalOTT goal

Expected goals

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

UTAOTT

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.

OTT
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.26
+1.26
OTT
1 G, 0 A · 19:28 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing +0.80 · Playmaking −0.05
+0.85
OTT
1 G, 1 A · 19:48 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing +0.40
+0.48

Rough nights

UTA
0 G, 0 A · 20:11 TOI
On-ice −0.17 · Finishing −0.42 · Playmaking +0.05 · Penalties −0.20 · Faceoffs −0.05
−0.78
UTA
57:36 TOI
GSAx −0.66
−0.66
UTA
0 G, 0 A · 18:16 TOI
On-ice −0.20 · Finishing −0.41 · Playmaking +0.05
−0.57

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalUTA–OTTWin prob.
P2 12:16 OTTRidly GreigSH
from Shane Pinto, Artem Zub
0–152% → 74%
P2 13:52 UTAClayton Keller
from Olli Maatta, John Marino
1–126% → 47%
P3 7:33 OTTClaude Giroux
from Tim Stützle, Jake Sanderson
1–252% → 81%
P3 13:22 OTTBrady Tkachuk
from Tim Stützle, Claude Giroux
1–386% → 98%

Every player

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UTA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Olli Maatta D18:541+0.15+0.00−0.03+0.17+0.00+0.00+0.00
Clayton Keller R19:521+0.13−0.16+0.36−0.05−0.03+0.00+0.00
Lawson Crouse L16:03+0.06−0.06+0.00−0.09+0.01+0.20+0.00
Nick DeSimone D13:30−0.06−0.00−0.01−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kevin Stenlund C15:22−0.07−0.03+0.00−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.04
Ian Cole D23:16−0.08−0.09−0.01+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Josh Doan R12:43−0.12−0.05+0.00−0.08+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alexander Kerfoot C12:34−0.14−0.07−0.01−0.06+0.01+0.00−0.01
Jack McBain C14:59−0.15−0.06−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Liam O'Brien C8:51−0.16−0.04−0.09−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Kesselring D20:39−0.16−0.13+0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
John Marino D22:051−0.21−0.04−0.06−0.10−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Bjugstad C15:33−0.24−0.12−0.05−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.04
Juuso Välimäki D15:47−0.27−0.03−0.00−0.04+0.00−0.20+0.00
Matias Maccelli L12:35−0.27−0.10−0.13−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Barrett Hayton C15:14−0.34+0.03−0.41−0.05−0.00+0.00+0.09
Nick Schmaltz C18:16−0.57−0.20−0.41+0.05−0.00+0.00−0.01
Logan Cooley C20:11−0.78−0.17−0.42+0.05+0.00−0.20−0.05
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Karel Vejmelka G57:36−0.66

OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Ridly Greig C19:281+0.85+0.10+0.80−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Claude Giroux R19:4811+0.48+0.06+0.40+0.04−0.00+0.00−0.02
Brady Tkachuk L16:531+0.30+0.04+0.18−0.05−0.02+0.20−0.05
Tim Stützle C18:372+0.17−0.01−0.15+0.35−0.04+0.00+0.01
Artem Zub D25:141+0.09+0.21−0.05−0.08+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nikolas Matinpalo D11:50+0.06+0.03+0.00+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Josh Norris C16:41+0.03+0.06+0.00−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.03
Travis Hamonic D19:13+0.02+0.04+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jake Sanderson D24:041+0.01+0.22−0.15−0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zack Ostapchuk C8:45+0.00+0.02+0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tyler Kleven D13:53+0.00+0.02−0.01−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Matthew Highmore C10:44−0.01+0.12−0.10−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Drake Batherson R15:35−0.03−0.05−0.13−0.05+0.01+0.20−0.01
Adam Gaudette R8:58−0.06+0.04−0.05−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.01
David Perron L11:28−0.10−0.07+0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Shane Pinto C16:481−0.10+0.16−0.17−0.11+0.01+0.00+0.02
Thomas Chabot D22:10−0.26+0.07−0.06−0.04−0.03−0.20+0.00
Michael Amadio R13:51−0.26+0.07−0.07−0.08+0.01−0.20+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Leevi Meriläinen G60:00+1.26

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.