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2025-10-28 · Rogers Place

3 – 6Final

EDM beat UTA 6–3. EDM lost the expected-goals battle 2.5 to 3.1 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Leon Draisaitl scored at 13:33 of the second, moving EDM’s win probability from 30% to 53%. Karel Vejmelka allowed 2.7 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
23 – 24
Expected goals
3.1 – 2.5
xG share
UTA 55%
Home-ice start
EDM 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 goalEDM goal

Expected goals

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

UTAEDM

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, 0 A · 18:06 TOI
Finishing +0.84 · Penalties +0.19
+1.07
EDM
Ty Emberson
1 G, 0 A · 14:58 TOI
Finishing +0.83 · Penalties +0.19
+0.99
EDM
1 G, 1 A · 18:57 TOI
Finishing +0.85
+0.87

Rough nights

UTA
68:23 TOI
GSAx −2.67
−2.67
UTA
0 G, 1 A · 23:04 TOI
Finishing −0.54 · Faceoffs −0.05
−0.59
UTA
0 G, 0 A · 8:08 TOI
On-ice −0.12 · Penalties −0.19
−0.31

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalUTA–EDMWin prob.
P1 9:25 UTALogan Cooley
from Dylan Guenther
1–047% → 63%
P1 17:45 UTAJJ Peterka
unassisted
2–065% → 79%
P2 0:22 EDMMattias Ekholm
from Leon Draisaitl, Evan Bouchard
2–120% → 34%
P2 3:13 EDMIsaac Howard
from Adam Henrique
2–234% → 53%
P2 8:19 UTABarrett Hayton
from Nick Schmaltz, Mikhail Sergachev
3–247% → 68%
P2 13:33 EDMLeon Draisaitl
from Jake Walman, Evan Bouchard
3–330% → 53%
P2 14:10 EDMTy Emberson
from Adam Henrique, Mattias Ekholm
3–453% → 75%
P2 17:56 EDMConnor McDavid
from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Jake Walman
3–576% → 91%
P3 17:34 EDMConnor McDavidEN
from Evan Bouchard
3–699% → 100%

Every player

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UTA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Logan Cooley C18:061+1.07+0.04+0.84+0.02+0.00+0.19−0.03
JJ Peterka R16:541+0.82+0.05+0.76+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Barrett Hayton C17:551+0.67+0.05+0.63−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mikhail Sergachev D26:191+0.15+0.15−0.02+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Olli Maatta D13:04+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Clayton Keller R20:06−0.02+0.02−0.05+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Carcone L12:39−0.03+0.07−0.09−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ian Cole D16:08−0.06+0.06−0.13+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jack McBain C14:08−0.07+0.05−0.12−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kevin Stenlund C12:45−0.08−0.10+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.04
Dmitri Simashev D20:09−0.08+0.03−0.09−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Brandon Tanev L8:49−0.12−0.12+0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01
John Marino D19:46−0.15−0.15+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan Guenther R17:441−0.19+0.04−0.39−0.01−0.01+0.19−0.01
Nate Schmidt D20:30−0.23−0.11−0.14+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Lawson Crouse L13:55−0.25+0.12−0.34−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.02
Liam O'Brien C8:08−0.31−0.12+0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Nick Schmaltz C23:041−0.59−0.02−0.54+0.03−0.00+0.00−0.05
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Karel Vejmelka G68:23−2.67

EDM

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Ty Emberson D14:581+0.99−0.03+0.83−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
Mattias Ekholm D18:5711+0.87+0.00+0.85+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Connor McDavid C22:372+0.85+0.06+0.71+0.07−0.01+0.00+0.02
Isaac Howard L9:171+0.48−0.01+0.69−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Leon Draisaitl C20:4311+0.46−0.02+0.48+0.05−0.01+0.00−0.04
Adam Henrique C13:552+0.05+0.01+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.03
Vasily Podkolzin R16:02+0.02+0.02+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Matt Savoie C16:08+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Troy Stecher D12:01−0.02−0.04+0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jake Walman D19:432−0.03+0.04−0.06+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Trent Frederic C12:47−0.05−0.08+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.02
Darnell Nurse D16:49−0.08−0.03−0.05+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Brett Kulak D18:45−0.12−0.02−0.08−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Andrew Mangiapane L16:26−0.13+0.01−0.13−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Evan Bouchard D18:533−0.17+0.03+0.00−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C20:081−0.22−0.01−0.21+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01
Jack Roslovic C18:20−0.27+0.03−0.32+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
David Tomasek R10:52−0.29−0.08−0.24−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.04
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Stuart Skinner G59:59−0.29

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.