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2026-01-21 · Delta Center

4 – 5Final/OT

UTA beat PHI 5–4 in overtime. UTA lost the expected-goals battle 3.1 to 3.8 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Clayton Keller scored at 2:01 of overtime, moving UTA’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Samuel Ersson allowed 2.2 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
29 – 27
Expected goals
3.8 – 3.1
xG share
PHI 55%
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.

PHI goalUTA goal

Expected goals

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

PHIUTA

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, 1 A · 19:58 TOI
Finishing +1.21
+1.20
PHI
2 G, 1 A · 23:06 TOI
On-ice +0.15 · Finishing +0.84 · Faceoffs +0.09
+1.05
PHI
1 G, 0 A · 27:41 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Finishing +0.75 · Penalties +0.19
+0.85

Rough nights

PHI
62:01 TOI
GSAx −2.24
−2.24
UTA
83:02 TOI
GSAx −0.59
−0.59
PHI
0 G, 0 A · 12:11 TOI
Finishing −0.49
−0.50

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPHI–UTAWin prob.
P1 0:30 PHICam York
from Christian Dvorak, Travis Sanheim
1–047% → 62%
P1 4:36 PHIChristian Dvorak
from Travis Konecny, Noah Juulsen
2–063% → 75%
P2 0:58 PHIBobby BrinkPP
from Trevor Zegras, Jamie Drysdale
3–081% → 93%
P2 5:35 UTAJJ Peterka
from Daniil But
3–16% → 18%
P2 6:11 UTALawson Crouse
from Nick Schmaltz, Clayton Keller
3–217% → 33%
P2 10:28 PHIChristian DvorakPP
from Trevor Zegras, Jamie Drysdale
4–269% → 84%
P3 12:47 UTADylan GuentherPP
from Nick Schmaltz, Mikhail Sergachev
4–33% → 17%
P3 19:25 UTAClayton KellerPP
unassisted
4–45% → 51%
OT 2:01 UTAClayton Keller
from Dylan Guenther
4–552% → 100%

Every player

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PHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Christian Dvorak C23:0621+1.05+0.15+0.84−0.04+0.02+0.00+0.09
Cam York D27:411+0.85−0.10+0.75+0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00
Bobby Brink R18:511+0.63+0.12+0.50−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Travis Sanheim D23:371+0.31−0.03−0.05+0.01−0.00+0.39+0.00
Emil Andrae D12:06+0.06+0.04+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sean Couturier C17:50+0.04−0.00−0.23+0.02+0.00+0.19+0.06
Owen Tippett R13:46+0.03−0.11−0.06+0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00
Nikita Grebenkin R11:54+0.02+0.03+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Garnet Hathaway R12:19−0.02−0.03+0.00−0.01+0.03+0.00−0.01
Lane Pederson C10:46−0.04−0.06+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.03
Trevor Zegras C20:432−0.08+0.11−0.22+0.05−0.01+0.00−0.01
Travis Konecny R19:171−0.09−0.04−0.01−0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Denver Barkey C12:49−0.18+0.00−0.19−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Juulsen D12:551−0.22−0.02+0.00−0.00−0.00−0.19+0.00
Jamie Drysdale D22:442−0.26−0.01−0.23−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Noah Cates L15:29−0.28−0.09−0.12−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.07
Nick Seeler D17:09−0.37+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.02−0.39+0.00
Matvei Michkov R12:11−0.50−0.00−0.49+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Samuel Ersson G62:01−2.24

UTA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Clayton Keller R19:5821+1.20+0.01+1.21+0.02−0.02+0.00−0.02
JJ Peterka R14:081+0.70+0.01+0.71+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
Lawson Crouse L20:401+0.60−0.12+0.75−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.02
Dylan Guenther R19:4411+0.50+0.05+0.48−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jack McBain C15:00+0.22+0.08−0.13−0.00+0.00+0.19+0.07
Sean Durzi D20:35+0.15+0.17+0.00+0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Daniil But L11:261+0.04+0.04+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nate Schmidt D20:12+0.01−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Michael Carcone L14:25−0.12+0.05−0.15−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
John Marino D19:48−0.14−0.03−0.09−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick DeSimone D13:39−0.16+0.09−0.25−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Liam O'Brien C7:22−0.17+0.03+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Brandon Tanev L7:33−0.18+0.03−0.21−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mikhail Sergachev D27:131−0.20−0.21+0.00+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kevin Stenlund C16:05−0.24−0.09−0.09−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.04
Barrett Hayton C16:51−0.25−0.03−0.01−0.00−0.00−0.19−0.01
Nick Schmaltz C19:352−0.25−0.03−0.04+0.05−0.01−0.19−0.04
Ian Cole D16:51−0.30−0.10−0.01+0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Karel Vejmelka G83:02−0.59

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.