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2026-01-17 · Delta Center

3 – 6Final

UTA beat SEA 6–3. Expected goals were close to even (SEA 3.0, UTA 3.3), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Nate Schmidt scored at 14:30 of the third, moving UTA’s win probability from 51% to 88%. Philipp Grubauer allowed 1.7 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
21 – 31
Expected goals
3.0 – 3.3
xG share
UTA 52%
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.

SEA goalUTA goal

Expected goals

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

SEAUTA

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
2 G, 2 A · 20:39 TOI
On-ice +0.10 · Finishing +1.55
+1.68
UTA
1 G, 0 A · 19:01 TOI
On-ice +0.14 · Finishing +0.46 · Playmaking +0.07 · Penalties +0.19
+0.87
UTA
1 G, 0 A · 14:26 TOI
Finishing +0.82 · Faceoffs +0.05
+0.81

Rough nights

SEA
57:49 TOI
GSAx −1.66
−1.66
UTA
0 G, 1 A · 15:13 TOI
Finishing −0.58 · Penalties −0.19
−0.79
UTA
0 G, 0 A · 14:23 TOI
Finishing −0.45
−0.48

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalSEA–UTAWin prob.
P1 1:09 SEAJordan Eberle
from Kaapo Kakko, Matty Beniers
1–047% → 62%
P1 2:47 UTAKevin StenlundSH
from Lawson Crouse, Ian Cole
1–137% → 53%
P2 0:28 UTANate Schmidt
from Jack McBain, Dylan Guenther
1–253% → 72%
P2 4:31 UTANick Schmaltz
from Lawson Crouse, Nate Schmidt
1–372% → 87%
P2 15:11 SEAMatty Beniers
from Vince Dunn, Berkly Catton
2–310% → 25%
P2 17:43 SEAChandler Stephenson
from Frederick Gaudreau, Eeli Tolvanen
3–324% → 47%
P3 14:30 UTANate Schmidt
from Clayton Keller
3–451% → 88%
P3 15:12 UTALawson Crouse
from Clayton Keller, Nate Schmidt
3–589% → 99%
P3 19:09 UTABarrett HaytonEN
from John Marino, Karel Vejmelka
3–6100% → 100%

Every player

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SEA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Chandler Stephenson C18:311+0.66−0.09+0.72+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.03
Matty Beniers C15:5811+0.63−0.06+0.66−0.01+0.04+0.00+0.01
Jordan Eberle R15:031+0.50−0.11+0.79+0.03−0.02−0.19+0.00
Eeli Tolvanen R17:271+0.05+0.05+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Lindgren D18:06−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kaapo Kakko R12:591−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ben Meyers C14:55−0.02−0.17+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.19−0.04
Brandon Montour D23:50−0.04+0.10−0.14−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryker Evans D18:36−0.05−0.04+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Frederick Gaudreau C18:281−0.07−0.03−0.05−0.00+0.02+0.00−0.01
Jamie Oleksiak D16:52−0.11−0.10+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Berkly Catton C13:401−0.12+0.11−0.20−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01
Vince Dunn D19:551−0.12−0.07−0.07+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jared McCann L15:45−0.14−0.09−0.08+0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Jaden Schwartz C13:02−0.31−0.08−0.21−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Shane Wright C14:16−0.32+0.11−0.63−0.00+0.01+0.19+0.00
Ryan Winterton C12:30−0.34−0.07−0.47−0.01+0.02+0.19+0.00
Adam Larsson D18:18−0.36−0.10−0.05−0.00−0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Philipp Grubauer G57:49−1.66

UTA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Nate Schmidt D20:3922+1.68+0.10+1.55+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Nick Schmaltz C19:011+0.87+0.14+0.46+0.07−0.01+0.19+0.01
Kevin Stenlund C14:261+0.81−0.04+0.82−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.05
Lawson Crouse L18:4212+0.54+0.11+0.46−0.03+0.01+0.00−0.01
John Marino D22:211+0.18+0.19−0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Clayton Keller R18:082+0.13+0.19−0.10+0.05−0.02+0.00+0.00
Barrett Hayton C14:031+0.04−0.01−0.10−0.01−0.00+0.19−0.03
Liam O'Brien C8:50+0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ian Cole D19:171+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick DeSimone D15:15−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Daniil But L13:05−0.13+0.01−0.13−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.01
Sean Durzi D18:01−0.15−0.07−0.05+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
JJ Peterka R15:37−0.18−0.01−0.15+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01
Dylan Guenther R16:551−0.18+0.03+0.00−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Brandon Tanev L9:14−0.20−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Mikhail Sergachev D20:50−0.20+0.01−0.23+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Carcone L14:23−0.48−0.02−0.45−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jack McBain C15:131−0.79−0.05−0.58−0.00+0.00−0.19+0.04
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Karel Vejmelka G60:00−0.32

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.