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2025-04-14 · Bridgestone Arena

7 – 3Final

UTA beat NSH 7–3. Expected goals were close to even (UTA 3.0, NSH 2.9), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Nick Bjugstad scored at 18:21 of the first, moving UTA’s win probability from 47% to 65%. Juuse Saros allowed 2.6 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
36 – 31
Expected goals
3.0 – 2.9
xG share
UTA 51%
Home-ice start
NSH 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 goalNSH goal

Expected goals

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

UTANSH

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
1 G, 2 A · 15:56 TOI
Finishing +0.74 · Penalties +0.20
+0.92
NSH
1 G, 1 A · 18:56 TOI
Finishing +0.75
+0.81
UTA
2 G, 2 A · 18:42 TOI
On-ice +0.05 · Finishing +0.55 · Penalties +0.20
+0.81

Rough nights

NSH
69:39 TOI
GSAx −2.55
−2.55
UTA
0 G, 0 A · 11:54 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing −0.34
−0.47
NSH
0 G, 0 A · 15:50 TOI
Finishing −0.33
−0.33

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalUTA–NSHWin prob.
P1 6:10 NSHRyan O'ReillyPP
from Filip Forsberg
0–154% → 69%
P1 12:30 UTAMichael Kesselring
from Ian Cole, Alexander Kerfoot
1–130% → 47%
P1 18:21 UTANick Bjugstad
from Alexander Kerfoot, Kevin Stenlund
2–147% → 65%
P2 3:03 UTALogan Cooley
from Clayton Keller
3–166% → 82%
P2 4:13 UTANick SchmaltzPP
from Barrett Hayton, Clayton Keller
4–186% → 94%
P2 11:01 NSHLuke Evangelista
from Ryan O'Reilly, Brady Skjei
4–25% → 15%
P2 14:20 NSHMichael Bunting
from Matthew Wood, Justin Barron
4–314% → 30%
P3 12:05 UTAClayton Keller
from Logan Cooley, Michael Kesselring
5–382% → 97%
P3 18:13 UTAClayton KellerEN
from Dylan Guenther, Logan Cooley
6–3100% → 100%
P3 19:35 UTAKevin Stenlund
from Olli Maatta, Alexander Kerfoot
7–3100% → 100%

Every player

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UTA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Logan Cooley C15:5612+0.92−0.02+0.74+0.02−0.00+0.20−0.01
Clayton Keller R18:4222+0.81+0.05+0.55+0.03−0.02+0.20+0.00
Nick Bjugstad C12:241+0.68+0.09+0.60−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kevin Stenlund C14:1211+0.61+0.06+0.76−0.03−0.00−0.20+0.02
Nick Schmaltz C16:101+0.46+0.08+0.35+0.05−0.00+0.00−0.01
Michael Kesselring D17:4311+0.42−0.12+0.74−0.00+0.01−0.20+0.00
Alexander Kerfoot C14:093+0.04+0.04−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Sean Durzi D20:37+0.01+0.14−0.12+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Olli Maatta D17:561−0.04−0.01−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mikhail Sergachev D25:24−0.07+0.15−0.23+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick DeSimone D13:32−0.07+0.04−0.11−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Dylan Guenther R19:091−0.08+0.06−0.32−0.00−0.01+0.20+0.00
Josh Doan R12:07−0.11+0.04−0.17−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Barrett Hayton C17:231−0.12+0.04−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.20+0.04
Ian Cole D20:291−0.13−0.14+0.00+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jack McBain C14:34−0.14−0.09−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.05
Lawson Crouse L11:39−0.20−0.12−0.07−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.01
Liam O'Brien C11:54−0.47−0.13−0.34−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Matt Villalta G60:00+0.19

NSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Ryan O'Reilly C18:5611+0.81+0.02+0.75+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.03
Luke Evangelista R14:121+0.70−0.01+0.71+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Bunting L15:201+0.35+0.11+0.25−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Marc Del Gaizo D15:31−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jordan Oesterle D21:46−0.05−0.02−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Matthew Wood R13:141−0.06+0.05−0.11−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Justin Barron D22:141−0.07−0.03+0.01−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00
Steven Stamkos C15:17−0.07+0.14−0.25+0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jakub Vrana L9:09−0.08−0.05−0.21+0.00−0.02+0.20+0.00
Ryan Ufko D15:37−0.08−0.09+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Filip Forsberg L17:161−0.08+0.05−0.37+0.04−0.01+0.20+0.01
Nick Blankenburg D19:12−0.12+0.00−0.12−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Zachary L'Heureux L15:49−0.13−0.09−0.05−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Fedor Svechkov C16:35−0.17−0.10−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.06
Michael McCarron C14:03−0.19−0.01−0.00−0.02+0.01−0.20+0.02
Cole Smith L13:59−0.25+0.02−0.25−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brady Skjei D19:511−0.29−0.03−0.04−0.00−0.01−0.20+0.00
Jonathan Marchessault C15:50−0.33+0.03−0.33−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Juuse Saros G69:39−2.55

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.