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2026-03-14 · Delta Center

4 – 3Final

PIT beat UTA 4–3. PIT lost the expected-goals battle 2.9 to 3.4 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Noel Acciari scored at 8:03 of the third, moving PIT’s win probability from 48% to 78%.

Shots on goal
23 – 29
Expected goals
2.9 – 3.4
xG share
UTA 54%
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.

PIT goalUTA goal

Expected goals

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

PITUTA

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, 0 A · 20:18 TOI
Finishing +1.14
+1.13
UTA
1 G, 0 A · 16:44 TOI
On-ice +0.20 · Finishing +0.80 · Penalties −0.19
+0.81
PIT
1 G, 0 A · 19:17 TOI
On-ice −0.09 · Finishing +0.62 · Penalties +0.19
+0.69

Rough nights

UTA
57:30 TOI
GSAx −0.94
−0.94
UTA
0 G, 0 A · 14:39 TOI
On-ice −0.17 · Finishing −0.11 · Penalties −0.19
−0.49
UTA
0 G, 0 A · 24:25 TOI
On-ice +0.18 · Finishing −0.60 · Playmaking +0.06
−0.36

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPIT–UTAWin prob.
P1 5:06 UTADylan Guenther
unassisted
0–153% → 69%
P1 6:37 UTADylan GuentherPP
unassisted
0–270% → 83%
P2 14:48 PITAnthony ManthaPP
from Erik Karlsson, Egor Chinakhov
1–213% → 26%
P2 17:26 PITTommy Novak
from Parker Wotherspoon, Anthony Mantha
2–224% → 47%
P3 1:24 PITBryan RustPP
from Rickard Rakell, Egor Chinakhov
3–249% → 73%
P3 4:17 UTAIan Cole
from Alexander Kerfoot, Kevin Stenlund
3–325% → 52%
P3 8:03 PITNoel Acciari
from Parker Wotherspoon, Erik Karlsson
4–348% → 78%

Every player

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PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Bryan Rust R19:171+0.69−0.09+0.62−0.01−0.01+0.19−0.01
Noel Acciari C17:241+0.58−0.14+0.72−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Tommy Novak C13:311+0.53+0.11+0.42+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.02
Parker Wotherspoon D21:352+0.44+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.02+0.39+0.00
Anthony Mantha R17:0911+0.21+0.19+0.23+0.00+0.00−0.19−0.02
Connor Clifton D12:50+0.10+0.09+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Erik Karlsson D26:502−0.00+0.01−0.14+0.00−0.07+0.19+0.00
Ville Koivunen R12:28−0.03+0.21−0.22−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Shea D18:37−0.03−0.24+0.00+0.00+0.01+0.19+0.00
Avery Hayes R10:44−0.05−0.05+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ilya Solovyov D11:06−0.07+0.12+0.00+0.00−0.00−0.19+0.00
Blake Lizotte C15:48−0.11−0.02−0.10−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.02
Elmer Soderblom L13:12−0.15−0.07−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ben Kindel C13:30−0.16−0.10+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.04
Rickard Rakell R18:571−0.17−0.05−0.30−0.01−0.01+0.19+0.00
Egor Chinakhov R16:442−0.23−0.12−0.10−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kris Letang D20:37−0.28−0.15−0.13+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Connor Dewar C14:58−0.34−0.15+0.00−0.01+0.02−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Stuart Skinner G60:00+0.12

UTA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Dylan Guenther R20:182+1.13+0.04+1.14−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.02
Ian Cole D16:441+0.81+0.20+0.80+0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Mikhail Sergachev D27:07+0.37+0.29−0.15+0.03−0.00+0.19+0.00
Jack McBain C10:28+0.29+0.09+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.19+0.01
Sean Durzi D15:53+0.05+0.06+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kevin Stenlund C12:411+0.01+0.15−0.14−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Kailer Yamamoto R7:53+0.00+0.02+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
MacKenzie Weegar D21:15−0.03+0.02−0.02−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Logan Cooley C15:07−0.07+0.00−0.10+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02
Clayton Keller R20:13−0.07+0.20−0.29+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Barrett Hayton C15:09−0.15+0.16−0.15−0.00+0.00−0.19+0.04
John Marino D14:00−0.23−0.23+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Carcone L10:21−0.24+0.04−0.27−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nate Schmidt D18:36−0.26−0.21−0.07+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Lawson Crouse L16:42−0.29−0.07+0.00−0.02+0.01−0.19−0.01
Alexander Kerfoot C10:101−0.31+0.01−0.12−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Nick Schmaltz C24:25−0.36+0.18−0.60+0.06−0.01+0.00+0.01
JJ Peterka R14:39−0.49−0.17−0.11+0.01−0.02−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Karel Vejmelka G57:30−0.94

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.