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2026-01-07 · Delta Center

1 – 3Final

UTA beat OTT 3–1. UTA lost the expected-goals battle 2.3 to 3.4 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Lawson Crouse scored at 3:59 of the first, moving UTA’s win probability from 53% to 69%. Karel Vejmelka saved 2.5 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
33 – 21
Expected goals
3.4 – 2.3
xG share
OTT 59%
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.

OTT goalUTA goal

Expected goals

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

OTTUTA

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 +2.54
+2.54
UTA
1 G, 0 A · 20:14 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing +0.86
+0.94
OTT
1 G, 0 A · 17:13 TOI
On-ice +0.14 · Finishing +0.29 · Penalties +0.19 · Faceoffs +0.06
+0.69

Rough nights

UTA
0 G, 0 A · 16:50 TOI
On-ice −0.05 · Finishing −0.21 · Penalties −0.19
−0.46
OTT
0 G, 0 A · 18:59 TOI
On-ice +0.18 · Finishing −0.67
−0.45
OTT
0 G, 0 A · 17:38 TOI
Finishing −0.19 · Penalties −0.19
−0.40

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalOTT–UTAWin prob.
P1 3:59 UTALawson Crouse
from Clayton Keller, Mikhail Sergachev
0–153% → 69%
P1 7:20 UTAJohn Marino
from Clayton Keller, Nate Schmidt
0–270% → 83%
P1 17:41 OTTRidly Greig
from Artem Zub, Jake Sanderson
1–215% → 29%
P3 5:41 UTADaniil But
from Jack McBain, Brandon Tanev
1–380% → 95%

Every player

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OTT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Ridly Greig C17:131+0.69+0.14+0.29+0.00−0.00+0.19+0.06
Michael Amadio R13:57+0.24+0.05−0.01−0.00+0.01+0.19+0.00
Tyler Kleven D13:43+0.19+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Thomas Chabot D22:18+0.17+0.15+0.00+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
David Perron L9:37+0.06+0.07−0.01+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Artem Zub D19:251+0.01+0.09−0.08−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Jensen D17:01+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Nick Cousins C7:53−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan Cozens C17:49−0.09+0.13−0.22−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Jake Sanderson D26:121−0.10+0.17−0.28−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jordan Spence D14:55−0.15+0.06+0.00−0.01−0.02−0.19+0.00
Tim Stützle C24:29−0.17+0.24−0.26+0.03−0.01−0.19+0.03
Fabian Zetterlund L11:24−0.17−0.16−0.01+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Stephen Halliday C8:00−0.19+0.00−0.20−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Drake Batherson R18:13−0.21+0.16−0.38+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Shane Pinto C16:24−0.37−0.01−0.32−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.04
Brady Tkachuk L17:38−0.40−0.00−0.19−0.01−0.03−0.19+0.02
Claude Giroux R18:59−0.45+0.18−0.67+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Leevi Meriläinen G79:37−0.26

UTA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
John Marino D20:141+0.94+0.09+0.86−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Daniil But L13:321+0.55−0.03+0.57−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.01
Lawson Crouse L17:511+0.27−0.08+0.37−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Sean Durzi D23:12+0.05−0.07−0.05+0.00−0.02+0.19+0.00
Nate Schmidt D17:361−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Barrett Hayton C13:57−0.08−0.10+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.03
Kailer Yamamoto R11:36−0.08−0.05+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
JJ Peterka R10:59−0.10−0.09+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Clayton Keller R22:312−0.11−0.03−0.09+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Nick DeSimone D9:28−0.16−0.16+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brandon Tanev L10:121−0.16+0.03−0.18−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ian Cole D17:53−0.23−0.23+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Alexander Kerfoot C15:57−0.23−0.08−0.10−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.05
Nick Schmaltz C20:29−0.24−0.06−0.17+0.04−0.01+0.00−0.04
Mikhail Sergachev D25:201−0.26−0.07−0.20+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jack McBain C14:301−0.28−0.08−0.18−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.02
Michael Carcone L11:53−0.36−0.10−0.26−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Dylan Guenther R16:50−0.46−0.05−0.21−0.00−0.00−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Karel Vejmelka G60:00+2.54

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.