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2026-01-27 · Amerant Bank Arena

4 – 3Final

UTA beat FLA 4–3. UTA lost the expected-goals battle 1.8 to 3.2 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Mikhail Sergachev scored at 11:05 of the third, moving UTA’s win probability from 48% to 81%. Sergei Bobrovsky allowed 1.2 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
20 – 30
Expected goals
1.8 – 3.2
xG share
FLA 64%
Home-ice start
FLA 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 goalFLA goal

Expected goals

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

UTAFLA

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.

FLA
Cole Schwindt
1 G, 0 A · 8:57 TOI
On-ice +0.16 · Finishing +0.81
+0.96
UTA
1 G, 0 A · 25:37 TOI
Finishing +0.79
+0.82
UTA
1 G, 1 A · 19:56 TOI
Finishing +0.73
+0.74

Rough nights

FLA
80:24 TOI
GSAx −1.24
−1.24
UTA
Daniil But
0 G, 0 A · 11:42 TOI
Finishing −0.53
−0.54
FLA
0 G, 1 A · 18:49 TOI
Finishing −0.45
−0.48

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalUTA–FLAWin prob.
P1 15:46 UTANick SchmaltzSH
unassisted
1–046% → 64%
P2 2:52 FLASandis Vilmanis
unassisted
1–134% → 53%
P2 3:46 UTASean Durzi
from Jack McBain, Michael Carcone
2–147% → 67%
P2 9:55 FLACole Schwindt
unassisted
2–232% → 53%
P3 11:05 UTAMikhail Sergachev
from Sean Durzi
3–248% → 81%
P3 19:04 UTABarrett HaytonEN
from Kevin Stenlund
4–294% → 100%
P3 19:44 FLACarter VerhaeghePP
from Sam Bennett, Brad Marchand
4–30% → 4%

Every player

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UTA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Mikhail Sergachev D25:371+0.82+0.02+0.79+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Sean Durzi D19:5611+0.74+0.03+0.73+0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Nick Schmaltz C20:401+0.53−0.07+0.79+0.03−0.01−0.19−0.01
Jack McBain C16:151+0.07+0.02+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.05
Liam O'Brien C9:29+0.03−0.16+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Michael Carcone L12:131+0.03+0.04−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Kailer Yamamoto R10:45+0.02+0.03+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
John Marino D20:32−0.00+0.01−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick DeSimone D12:16−0.16−0.17+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kevin Stenlund C16:371−0.20−0.24−0.17−0.01−0.01+0.19+0.03
Lawson Crouse L20:26−0.22−0.22+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
JJ Peterka R16:50−0.23−0.13−0.09+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nate Schmidt D18:30−0.24−0.03−0.04+0.00+0.01−0.19+0.00
Brandon Tanev L8:59−0.26−0.06+0.00−0.02+0.01−0.19+0.00
Barrett Hayton C15:231−0.29−0.01−0.09−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.01
Ian Cole D18:06−0.33−0.33+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Clayton Keller R18:33−0.39−0.07−0.12+0.01−0.02−0.19+0.00
Daniil But L11:42−0.54−0.01−0.53−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Vitek Vanecek G69:57+0.09

FLA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Cole Schwindt C8:571+0.96+0.16+0.81+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.02
Sandis Vilmanis L8:411+0.74+0.09+0.64−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Carter Verhaeghe C19:531+0.66+0.22+0.44−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Niko Mikkola D18:50+0.24+0.06+0.00−0.02−0.00+0.19+0.00
Aaron Ekblad D19:48+0.15+0.12+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Gustav Forsling D23:19+0.12+0.19−0.07+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mackie Samoskevich R11:03+0.12−0.07+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.19+0.00
Evan Rodrigues C18:04+0.05+0.17−0.10−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Tobias Bjornfot D13:06+0.04+0.06+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jeff Petry D14:33+0.01+0.03+0.00−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Sam Reinhart C22:05−0.06+0.13−0.15−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
A.J. Greer L10:42−0.07+0.09−0.17−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Uvis Balinskis D20:55−0.15+0.04−0.17−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Eetu Luostarinen C15:16−0.22+0.06−0.28−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sam Bennett C21:101−0.26−0.03−0.16−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.07
Matthew Tkachuk L17:43−0.35+0.00−0.16+0.02−0.01−0.19−0.01
Anton Lundell C12:19−0.44−0.02−0.23−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.01
Brad Marchand L18:491−0.48−0.05−0.45+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Sergei Bobrovsky G80:24−1.24

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.