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2025-11-12 · Delta Center

2 – 5Final

UTA beat BUF 5–2. UTA also won the expected-goals battle 3.1 to 2.2: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Lawson Crouse scored at 3:22 of the third, moving UTA’s win probability from 52% to 79%.

Shots on goal
19 – 37
Expected goals
2.2 – 3.1
xG share
UTA 58%
Home-ice start
UTA 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.

BUF goalUTA goal

Expected goals

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

BUFUTA

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.

BUF
Isak Rosen
2 G, 0 A · 15:56 TOI
Finishing +1.59 · Penalties +0.19
+1.76
UTA
1 G, 1 A · 20:04 TOI
On-ice +0.17 · Finishing +0.70 · Playmaking +0.07
+0.95
UTA
Nick DeSimone
1 G, 0 A · 16:32 TOI
Finishing +0.81
+0.78

Rough nights

BUF
Colten Ellis
69:44 TOI
GSAx −0.81
−0.81
BUF
Josh Dunne
0 G, 0 A · 8:47 TOI
On-ice −0.20 · Finishing −0.38 · Penalties −0.19
−0.79
UTA
0 G, 1 A · 20:48 TOI
On-ice +0.16 · Finishing −0.73 · Faceoffs −0.10
−0.64

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBUF–UTAWin prob.
P1 5:33 BUFIsak Rosen
from Jack Quinn, Bowen Byram
1–047% → 63%
P2 6:42 BUFIsak Rosen
from Noah Ostlund
2–067% → 83%
P2 10:42 UTANick DeSimone
from Michael Carcone, Nate Schmidt
2–115% → 31%
P3 0:52 UTAJJ Peterka
from John Marino, Mikhail Sergachev
2–227% → 52%
P3 3:22 UTALawson Crouse
from JJ Peterka, Jack McBain
2–352% → 79%
P3 10:09 UTANick Schmaltz
from Clayton Keller
2–483% → 96%
P3 19:33 UTAClayton KellerEN
from Nick Schmaltz, Logan Cooley
2–5100% → 100%

Every player

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BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Isak Rosen R15:562+1.76−0.03+1.59−0.01+0.01+0.19+0.00
Tyson Kozak C15:36+0.11+0.01+0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.09
Beck Malenstyn L9:30−0.04−0.22+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.19+0.00
Conor Timmins D19:31−0.05−0.06+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jordan Greenway L15:31−0.06+0.03−0.12−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.01
Mattias Samuelsson D22:03−0.07−0.12+0.00+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tage Thompson C19:46−0.08−0.07+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Tuch R18:57−0.09−0.09+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jacob Bryson D12:07−0.11−0.10+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Josh Doan R16:18−0.17+0.05−0.24−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Ryan McLeod C15:19−0.19−0.13+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.05
Owen Power D22:10−0.19−0.15−0.01+0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Bowen Byram D24:331−0.27−0.07−0.17−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Michael Kesselring D13:34−0.29−0.04−0.25−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jack Quinn R18:351−0.41−0.04−0.39+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Ostlund C16:591−0.46+0.01−0.38−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.09
Peyton Krebs C15:22−0.46−0.19+0.00−0.02−0.02−0.19−0.05
Josh Dunne C8:47−0.79−0.20−0.38−0.01+0.03−0.19−0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Colten Ellis G69:44−0.81

UTA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Nick Schmaltz C20:0411+0.95+0.17+0.70+0.07−0.00+0.00+0.02
Nick DeSimone D16:321+0.78−0.04+0.81−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
JJ Peterka R13:4311+0.73+0.05+0.68+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.01
Lawson Crouse L14:431+0.57+0.17+0.61−0.02+0.01−0.19+0.00
Jack McBain C15:411+0.25+0.17+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.08
Nate Schmidt D22:471+0.23+0.20+0.00+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
John Marino D21:531+0.15+0.20−0.04−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Clayton Keller R18:2811+0.10+0.14−0.06+0.04−0.02+0.00+0.00
Barrett Hayton C13:15+0.09−0.03−0.13−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.06
Michael Carcone L11:511+0.05+0.12−0.06−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Dmitri Simashev D8:15+0.01+0.04−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brandon Tanev L11:39−0.04−0.03+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ian Cole D21:52−0.04−0.02−0.03+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mikhail Sergachev D26:241−0.07+0.16−0.25+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kailer Yamamoto R11:27−0.07−0.06+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kevin Stenlund C14:19−0.31−0.05−0.10−0.02−0.01−0.19+0.06
Dylan Guenther R13:53−0.44−0.01−0.62−0.01−0.01+0.19+0.01
Logan Cooley C20:481−0.64+0.16−0.73+0.02+0.00+0.00−0.10
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Karel Vejmelka G60:00+0.28

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.