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First round, Game 2 · Series tied 1–1 · 2026-04-21 · T-Mobile Arena

3 – 2Final

UTA beat VGK 3–2. UTA also won the expected-goals battle 3.4 to 2.3: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Logan Cooley scored at 14:00 of the third, moving UTA’s win probability from 49% to 85%.

Shots on goal
30 – 21
Expected goals
3.4 – 2.3
xG share
UTA 59%
Home-ice start
VGK 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 goalVGK goal

Expected goals

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

UTAVGK

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

UTA
1 G, 0 A · 21:39 TOI
On-ice +0.49 · Finishing +0.51
+0.98
UTA
1 G, 0 A · 22:14 TOI
On-ice +0.23 · Finishing +0.60
+0.83
UTA
1 G, 1 A · 19:01 TOI
On-ice +0.43 · Finishing +0.37
+0.80

Rough nights

UTA
0 G, 0 A · 17:01 TOI
On-ice +0.12 · Finishing −0.79 · Penalties −0.19
−0.86
VGK
0 G, 2 A · 24:28 TOI
On-ice −0.35 · Finishing −0.12 · Penalties −0.19
−0.70
VGK
0 G, 0 A · 21:59 TOI
On-ice −0.29 · Finishing −0.23
−0.52

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalUTA–VGKWin prob.
P1 11:42 VGKMark StonePP
from Jack Eichel, Mitch Marner
0–154% → 70%
P1 16:59 UTAMacKenzie Weegar
unassisted
1–129% → 47%
P2 14:56 UTADylan Guenther
from Kailer Yamamoto
2–147% → 70%
P2 15:58 VGKIvan Barbashev
from Jack Eichel
2–229% → 53%
P3 14:00 UTALogan Cooley
from Dylan Guenther, Kailer Yamamoto
3–249% → 85%

Every player

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UTA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Logan Cooley C21:391+0.98+0.49+0.51+0.00−0.01
MacKenzie Weegar D22:141+0.83+0.23+0.60+0.00+0.00
Dylan Guenther R19:0111+0.80+0.43+0.37+0.00+0.00
John Marino D19:24+0.37+0.18+0.00+0.19+0.00
Kailer Yamamoto R10:152+0.26+0.25+0.00+0.00+0.01
Nate Schmidt D18:08+0.20+0.03−0.02+0.19+0.00
Clayton Keller R17:34+0.20+0.26−0.06+0.00+0.00
Mikhail Sergachev D25:02+0.17+0.27−0.10+0.00+0.00
Sean Durzi D15:08+0.10+0.15−0.05+0.00+0.00
JJ Peterka R15:31−0.03+0.01−0.23+0.19+0.00
Brandon Tanev L6:21−0.05−0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexander Kerfoot C16:13−0.06+0.15−0.18+0.00−0.03
Michael Carcone L12:04−0.09+0.15−0.06−0.19+0.01
Liam O'Brien C6:54−0.14−0.14+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kevin Stenlund C13:54−0.18−0.10−0.06+0.00−0.02
Ian Cole D12:07−0.20−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Nick Schmaltz C21:19−0.21+0.18−0.43+0.00+0.04
Lawson Crouse L17:01−0.86+0.12−0.79−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Karel Vejmelka G59:30+0.16

VGK

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPenaltiesFaceoffs
Mark Stone R21:251+0.35−0.29+0.64+0.00+0.00
Ivan Barbashev L15:361+0.35−0.24+0.59+0.00+0.00
Kaedan Korczak D9:23+0.22+0.03+0.00+0.19+0.00
Tomas Hertl C12:54+0.14+0.07−0.13+0.19+0.01
Keegan Kolesar R10:08+0.02+0.04−0.02+0.00+0.00
Colton Sissons C12:57−0.03−0.16−0.13+0.19+0.06
Mitch Marner R22:281−0.03−0.07−0.12+0.19−0.03
Reilly Smith R10:39−0.11+0.02−0.13+0.00+0.00
Brett Howden C15:06−0.17−0.10−0.06+0.00−0.01
Noah Hanifin D20:55−0.23−0.19−0.04+0.00+0.00
Jeremy Lauzon D16:22−0.26−0.07+0.00−0.19+0.00
Nic Dowd C10:57−0.28−0.11+0.00−0.19+0.02
Brayden McNabb D20:31−0.32−0.32+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cole Smith L8:46−0.34−0.13+0.00−0.19−0.01
Rasmus Andersson D20:42−0.42−0.20−0.02−0.19+0.00
Pavel Dorofeyev L15:35−0.49−0.06−0.43+0.00+0.00
Shea Theodore D21:59−0.52−0.29−0.23+0.00+0.00
Jack Eichel C24:282−0.70−0.35−0.12−0.19−0.04
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Carter Hart G57:09+0.63

Playoff recaps: the playoff ledgers have no per-game split of playmaking and suppression, so those credits stay inside the on-ice and finishing columns.

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.