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2026-04-12 · Scotiabank Saddledome

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CGY beat UTA 4–1. CGY also won the expected-goals battle 3.0 to 2.5: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Matt Coronato scored at 7:06 of the first, moving CGY’s win probability from 53% to 70%. Dustin Wolf saved 1.4 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
29 – 23
Expected goals
2.5 – 3.0
xG share
CGY 54%
Home-ice start
CGY 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 goalCGY goal

Expected goals

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

UTACGY

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.

CGY
59:59 TOI
GSAx +1.44
+1.44
CGY
Brayden Pachal
1 G, 2 A · 14:47 TOI
Finishing +0.90
+0.93
CGY
1 G, 0 A · 17:42 TOI
Finishing +0.71
+0.77

Rough nights

UTA
Vitek Vanecek
59:46 TOI
GSAx −0.86
−0.86
UTA
0 G, 1 A · 19:21 TOI
Finishing −0.19 · Penalties −0.39
−0.52
CGY
0 G, 1 A · 20:25 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing −0.56
−0.49

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalUTA–CGYWin prob.
P1 7:06 CGYMatt Coronato
from Morgan Frost, Brayden Pachal
0–153% → 70%
P1 8:27 CGYConnor Zary
from Zayne Parekh, Zach Whitecloud
0–270% → 83%
P3 6:01 CGYMikael Backlund
from Blake Coleman, Brayden Pachal
0–394% → 99%
P3 9:10 CGYBrayden Pachal
from Aydar Suniev, Olli Maatta
0–4100% → 100%
P3 11:20 UTALawson Crouse
from Clayton Keller, MacKenzie Weegar
1–40% → 0%

Every player

Show both lineups

UTA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Lawson Crouse L18:551+0.71−0.09+0.82−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.01
Logan Cooley C16:17+0.15−0.06−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.19+0.04
Kevin Stenlund C15:07+0.04−0.02−0.09−0.02−0.00+0.19−0.01
Ian Cole D20:06−0.00−0.01−0.00+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nate Schmidt D19:53−0.02−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Dmitri Simashev D13:31−0.03−0.01+0.00−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Alexander Kerfoot C15:01−0.03−0.03+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kailer Yamamoto R11:21−0.13−0.09−0.02−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Carcone L12:03−0.13−0.03−0.08−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Dylan Guenther R15:38−0.13−0.04−0.09−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mikhail Sergachev D22:25−0.17−0.07−0.12+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Sean Durzi D16:50−0.21+0.03−0.23+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brandon Tanev L9:07−0.21+0.02−0.22−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
MacKenzie Weegar D21:231−0.27−0.10−0.15−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Liam O'Brien C10:29−0.31+0.02−0.32−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Schmaltz C20:49−0.33−0.03−0.27+0.04−0.01+0.00−0.07
JJ Peterka R14:01−0.42−0.05−0.37+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Clayton Keller R19:211−0.52+0.01−0.19+0.04−0.01−0.39+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Vitek Vanecek G59:46−0.86

CGY

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Brayden Pachal D14:4712+0.93+0.03+0.90−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Mikael Backlund C17:421+0.77+0.02+0.71−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.03
Connor Zary C14:451+0.44+0.01+0.43−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Coronato R17:281+0.33+0.06+0.51−0.02−0.01−0.19−0.01
Olli Maatta D23:081+0.23+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00
Yegor Sharangovich C13:39+0.18−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
Joel Farabee L17:20+0.07+0.06+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.03
Zach Whitecloud D22:411+0.07+0.07+0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Hunter Brzustewicz D20:07+0.06+0.05+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Abram Wiebe D7:44+0.03+0.03+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Strome C14:08−0.02+0.01−0.02+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
Tyson Gross C9:15−0.02−0.04+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02
Aydar Suniev L11:271−0.05−0.05+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Victor Olofsson R16:45−0.08+0.09−0.16−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Adam Klapka R12:13−0.14+0.07+0.00−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Morgan Frost C16:501−0.25+0.10−0.35−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01
Zayne Parekh D23:491−0.47+0.07−0.52−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Blake Coleman L20:251−0.49+0.07−0.56−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Dustin Wolf G59:59+1.44

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.