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2026-10-03 ·

4 – 1Final

UTA beat CBJ 4–1. UTA also won the expected-goals battle 2.9 to 2.4: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Mikhail Sergachev scored on the power play at 11:55 of the first, moving UTA’s win probability from 47% to 64%. Sebastian Cossa saved 1.2 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
31 – 18
Expected goals
2.9 – 2.4
xG share
UTA 55%
Model before the game
UTA 56%

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 goalCBJ goal

Expected goals

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

UTACBJ

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
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.21
+1.21
UTA
2 G, 0 A · 17:39 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing +0.43
+0.52
UTA
1 G, 2 A · 16:51 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing +0.24 · Playmaking +0.19
+0.51

Rough nights

CBJ
60:00 TOI
GSAx −1.15
−1.15
CBJ
0 G, 0 A · 28:07 TOI
Playmaking −0.10 · Penalties −0.37
−0.45
CBJ
0 G, 0 A · 12:50 TOI
Penalties −0.18
−0.31

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalUTA–CBJWin prob.
P1 11:55 UTAMikhail SergachevPP
from Dylan Guenther, Clayton Keller
1–047% → 64%
P1 16:31 UTANick Schmaltz
from Clayton Keller, John Marino
2–065% → 79%
P2 1:30 CBJKent Johnson
from Matthew Knies
2–119% → 34%
P3 5:59 UTADylan GuentherPP
from Logan Cooley, Mikhail Sergachev
3–177% → 93%
P3 14:13 UTANick SchmaltzPP
from Logan Cooley, Dylan Guenther
4–198% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

UTA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Nick Schmaltz C17:392+0.52+0.07+0.43+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.01
Dylan Guenther R16:5112+0.51+0.08+0.24+0.19−0.00+0.00+0.00
Logan Cooley C16:482+0.33+0.03−0.02+0.36+0.00+0.00−0.04
Mikhail Sergachev D22:0111+0.31+0.09+0.42−0.01−0.01−0.18+0.00
Clayton Keller R17:042+0.29−0.01−0.18+0.32−0.02+0.18+0.00
Jack McBain C14:34+0.17+0.00−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.18+0.01
Michael Carcone L13:03+0.15+0.17−0.17−0.03−0.01+0.18+0.00
Daniil But L11:11+0.07+0.13−0.00−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nate Schmidt D21:33+0.02−0.01−0.01+0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Anders Lee C13:47+0.01−0.04−0.10−0.03−0.00+0.18+0.00
Andrew Peeke D15:03+0.00+0.09−0.04−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kevin Stenlund C14:07−0.02+0.12−0.05−0.07−0.00+0.00−0.01
Barrett Hayton C13:47−0.03−0.00−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Lawson Crouse L13:37−0.07+0.00−0.05−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
MacKenzie Weegar D20:21−0.08+0.03−0.03−0.07−0.02+0.00+0.00
Dmitri Simashev D16:40−0.08−0.03−0.01−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
John Marino D20:271−0.12−0.02−0.01+0.10−0.00−0.18+0.00
Vincent Trocheck C17:27−0.13−0.07−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.05
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Sebastian Cossa G60:00+1.21

CBJ

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Matthew Knies L17:441+0.27+0.02−0.10+0.17+0.01+0.18−0.01
Kent Johnson C17:141+0.14−0.01+0.22−0.06−0.01+0.00−0.01
Charlie Coyle C15:24+0.05−0.09−0.00−0.09−0.00+0.18+0.06
Carson Soucy D16:28+0.02+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Jake Christiansen D9:47−0.03−0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Conor Garland R12:43−0.05−0.03−0.00−0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00
Danton Heinen L11:25−0.07−0.04−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Mathieu Olivier R15:23−0.07+0.09−0.12−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Lomberg L9:06−0.11−0.03−0.04−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Fantilli C20:31−0.13−0.10−0.09−0.03−0.02+0.00+0.10
Erik Gudbranson D16:35−0.15−0.14−0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Sean Monahan C16:53−0.16−0.00−0.07−0.05+0.00+0.00−0.04
Cole Sillinger C13:21−0.19+0.03−0.13−0.07−0.02+0.00+0.00
Emil Andrae D13:43−0.21−0.04−0.01+0.02+0.01−0.18+0.00
Valeri Nichushkin R16:47−0.22−0.09−0.10−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zach Werenski D31:43−0.26−0.08−0.04−0.13−0.01+0.00+0.00
Dmitri Voronkov L12:50−0.31−0.03−0.05−0.04+0.01−0.18−0.01
Denton Mateychuk D28:07−0.45+0.04−0.02−0.10+0.01−0.37+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jet Greaves G60:00−1.15

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.