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2026-03-26 · Delta Center

7 – 4Final

WSH beat UTA 7–4. WSH lost the expected-goals battle 2.2 to 4.8 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Anthony Beauvillier scored on the power play at 2:43 of the third, moving WSH’s win probability from 49% to 74%. Vitek Vanecek allowed 3.9 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
25 – 40
Expected goals
2.2 – 4.8
xG share
UTA 68%
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.

WSH goalUTA goal

Expected goals

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

WSHUTA

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.

WSH
Ivan Miroshnichenko
2 G, 0 A · 9:45 TOI
Finishing +1.77
+1.74
WSH
3 G, 0 A · 18:27 TOI
Finishing +1.46 · Playmaking +0.06
+1.52
UTA
2 G, 0 A · 21:00 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing +0.95
+1.06

Rough nights

UTA
Vitek Vanecek
49:54 TOI
GSAx −3.92
−3.92
WSH
Ryan Leonard
0 G, 0 A · 15:22 TOI
On-ice −0.16 · Finishing −0.39
−0.57
WSH
0 G, 0 A · 11:41 TOI
Penalties −0.39
−0.46

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalWSH–UTAWin prob.
P1 2:07 WSHIvan Miroshnichenko
from Hendrix Lapierre, Jakob Chychrun
1–047% → 62%
P1 13:04 UTADylan GuentherPP
from Clayton Keller, Mikhail Sergachev
1–136% → 53%
P1 16:59 UTADylan Guenther
from Clayton Keller, Mikhail Sergachev
1–253% → 71%
P1 19:53 UTALogan CooleyPP
from Nick Schmaltz, Mikhail Sergachev
1–372% → 86%
P2 5:01 WSHAlex Ovechkin
from Rasmus Sandin, Martin Fehérváry
2–313% → 27%
P2 11:28 WSHAlex Ovechkin
from Dylan Strome, Trevor van Riemsdyk
3–326% → 47%
P3 2:43 WSHAnthony BeauvillierPP
from Cole Hutson, Connor McMichael
4–349% → 74%
P3 6:02 WSHRasmus Sandin
from Anthony Beauvillier
5–376% → 93%
P3 8:06 UTAMacKenzie Weegar
from Clayton Keller, Alexander Kerfoot
5–46% → 22%
P3 9:54 WSHIvan Miroshnichenko
from Jakob Chychrun
6–480% → 95%
P3 19:54 WSHAlex OvechkinEN
from Dylan Strome
7–4100% → 100%

Every player

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WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Ivan Miroshnichenko L9:452+1.74−0.03+1.77−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Ovechkin L18:273+1.52+0.02+1.46+0.06−0.02+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Sandin D19:4211+0.50−0.29+0.82−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00
Anthony Beauvillier R17:2411+0.33−0.27+0.58−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.01
Matt Roy D19:37+0.32+0.18−0.05+0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
Cole Hutson D14:561+0.26+0.07+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Martin Fehérváry D20:521+0.04−0.13−0.00−0.00−0.02+0.19+0.00
Hendrix Lapierre C9:141−0.03−0.05+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.03
Pierre-Luc Dubois C15:56−0.04−0.03+0.00+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
Connor McMichael L16:451−0.05−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.02
Brandon Duhaime R10:35−0.11−0.12+0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D18:481−0.13−0.17−0.03+0.03+0.03+0.00+0.00
Jakob Chychrun D20:222−0.15−0.14+0.00+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Dylan Strome C18:072−0.28−0.02−0.10+0.02−0.01−0.19+0.02
Aliaksei Protas L20:03−0.34−0.00−0.34+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.01
Justin Sourdif C14:30−0.38−0.18+0.00−0.00+0.01−0.19−0.02
Tom Wilson R11:41−0.46−0.05−0.02−0.00−0.00−0.39+0.00
Ryan Leonard R15:22−0.57−0.16−0.39+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Logan Thompson G60:00+0.27

UTA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Dylan Guenther R21:002+1.06+0.11+0.95−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
MacKenzie Weegar D20:271+0.96+0.24+0.75−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Logan Cooley C20:251+0.65+0.13+0.32+0.05+0.00+0.19−0.05
Jack McBain C10:05+0.16−0.06+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.19+0.03
Nate Schmidt D16:46+0.14+0.12−0.01+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Mikhail Sergachev D26:553+0.06+0.01−0.17+0.03−0.01+0.19+0.00
Brandon Tanev L6:32+0.02+0.03−0.20−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Daniil But L9:08+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.01
JJ Peterka R14:03−0.04+0.03−0.07+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
John Marino D17:53−0.05−0.04+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Carcone L15:23−0.10+0.01−0.09−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Ian Cole D16:19−0.14+0.04−0.19+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Sean Durzi D14:37−0.16+0.10−0.06+0.01−0.02−0.19+0.00
Nick Schmaltz C22:541−0.20+0.19−0.46+0.09−0.00+0.00−0.02
Clayton Keller R23:363−0.29+0.24−0.38+0.06−0.01−0.19+0.00
Alexander Kerfoot C13:421−0.29+0.01−0.30−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Lawson Crouse L10:11−0.32+0.13−0.24−0.02+0.00−0.19+0.00
Kevin Stenlund C14:59−0.35−0.05−0.28−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Karel Vejmelka G7:17+0.02
Vitek Vanecek G49:54−3.92

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.