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2025-12-05 · Rogers Arena

4 – 1Final

UTA beat VAN 4–1. UTA lost the expected-goals battle 2.1 to 3.4 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Mikhail Sergachev scored on the power play at 16:00 of the first, moving UTA’s win probability from 48% to 65%. Karel Vejmelka saved 2.4 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
18 – 33
Expected goals
2.1 – 3.4
xG share
VAN 62%
Home-ice start
VAN 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 goalVAN goal

Expected goals

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

UTAVAN

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
60:00 TOI
GSAx +2.44
+2.44
VAN
Arshdeep Bains
1 G, 0 A · 9:23 TOI
Finishing +0.81
+0.81
UTA
1 G, 0 A · 17:45 TOI
Finishing +0.80
+0.80

Rough nights

VAN
58:36 TOI
GSAx −1.40
−1.40
VAN
0 G, 0 A · 19:38 TOI
On-ice +0.23 · Finishing −0.87
−0.64
UTA
Daniil But
0 G, 0 A · 11:57 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Finishing −0.33
−0.43

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalUTA–VANWin prob.
P1 16:00 UTAMikhail SergachevPP
from Clayton Keller, Dylan Guenther
1–048% → 65%
P2 14:05 UTANick Schmaltz
from Mikhail Sergachev, JJ Peterka
2–070% → 86%
P3 4:17 VANArshdeep Bains
from Aatu Räty, Jonathan Lekkerimäki
2–18% → 25%
P3 17:52 UTAKevin Stenlund
from Kailer Yamamoto, Jack McBain
3–192% → 100%
P3 19:24 UTAJohn MarinoEN
from Kevin Stenlund
4–1100% → 100%

Every player

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UTA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Nick Schmaltz C17:451+0.80+0.02+0.80+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.04
Kevin Stenlund C14:0811+0.58+0.05+0.72−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.02
Mikhail Sergachev D23:5311+0.46−0.22+0.86+0.03−0.02−0.19+0.00
Jack McBain C15:411+0.10−0.09+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.19−0.01
Nate Schmidt D19:37+0.06+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Kailer Yamamoto R11:061+0.04+0.05+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
JJ Peterka R17:081+0.00+0.07−0.06+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Liam O'Brien C8:51−0.04+0.04−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ian Cole D19:01−0.05−0.05+0.00+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Sean Durzi D18:31−0.05−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Maveric Lamoureux D14:39−0.11+0.02−0.13−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Logan Cooley C16:47−0.14−0.19−0.17+0.01+0.00+0.19+0.01
Clayton Keller R15:191−0.14+0.03−0.15+0.01−0.02+0.00−0.01
Michael Carcone L12:57−0.16−0.13−0.01−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Lawson Crouse L17:13−0.17−0.13−0.02−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
John Marino D22:541−0.24−0.13−0.10−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Dylan Guenther R14:521−0.38−0.17+0.00−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.01
Daniil But L11:57−0.43−0.10−0.33−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Karel Vejmelka G60:00+2.44

VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Arshdeep Bains L9:231+0.81+0.01+0.81−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Filip Hronek D24:34+0.13+0.15−0.02+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Tyler Myers D17:24+0.04+0.04+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tom Willander D13:53+0.04+0.09−0.04−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Marcus Pettersson D17:41+0.04+0.05−0.02+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Linus Karlsson C12:43+0.04+0.25−0.21−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Elias Pettersson D12:41+0.01+0.05−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kiefer Sherwood L14:07−0.03−0.02−0.19−0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Jonathan Lekkerimäki R11:591−0.05−0.04+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
David Kampf C16:07−0.09+0.04−0.13−0.05−0.00+0.00+0.06
Aatu Räty C9:011−0.11+0.01−0.18−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.06
Drew O'Connor L12:49−0.14−0.10+0.00−0.03−0.00+0.00−0.01
Conor Garland R22:41−0.20+0.15−0.40+0.02+0.03+0.00+0.00
Brock Boeser R19:47−0.21+0.02−0.25+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.02
Quinn Hughes D29:29−0.24+0.04−0.29+0.06−0.04+0.00+0.00
Elias Pettersson C21:47−0.37+0.22−0.58+0.03+0.00+0.00−0.04
Max Sasson C11:27−0.41−0.13+0.00−0.01−0.01−0.19−0.06
Jake DeBrusk L19:38−0.64+0.23−0.87+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Kevin Lankinen G58:36−1.40

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.