Final
COL at UTA game report
Avalanche
0–2
Mammoth
Saturday, September 26, 2026 · 3:00 p.m. MT · Delta Center
Mammoth beat the Avalanche 2–0 and earned it, out-chancing them 5.1–2.4 in expected goals and 19–8 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
UTACOL
- 2Goals0
- 5.09Expected goals2.42
- 2.425-on-5 expected goals1.37
- 19High-danger chances8
- 35Shots on goal25
- 75Shot attempts48
- 495-on-5 shot attempts34
- 16:28Power-play time6:20
5-on-5 shares for UTA: 59.0% of shot attempts, 63.8% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
MammothAvalancheCircles mark goals
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
Avalanche shooting ←→ Mammoth shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown
By strength
| UTA at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 35:46 | 49–34 | 2.42–1.37 | 1–0 |
| Power play | 16:28 | 23–10 | 2.63–1.05 | 1–0 |
| Shorthanded | 6:20 | 3–4 | 0.04–0.00 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 1:26 | 0–0 | 0.00–0.00 | 0–0 |
Read pairs as UTA–COL. “Power play” means UTA had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Wedgewood COL | 33/35 | .943 | 5.09 | +3.09 |
| Karel Vejmelka UTA | 25/25 | 1.000 | 2.42 | +2.42 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Most dangerous shooters
| Player | G | SOG | Att | HD | ixG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Cooley UTA | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1.26 |
| Dylan Guenther UTA | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0.64 |
| Adam Beckman COL | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0.52 |
| Anders Lee UTA | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0.51 |
| Vincent Trocheck UTA | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.41 |
| Matthew DiMarsico COL | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0.38 |
| Nick Schmaltz UTA | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.35 |
| Clayton Keller UTA | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.31 |
| MacKenzie Weegar UTA | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.30 |
| Fabian Lysell COL | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.28 |
Three stars
- ★K. VejmelkaUTA · 1.000 SV%
- ★★L. CooleyUTA · 1G 0A
- ★★★J. McBainUTA · 1G 0A
Scoring
Period 1
- 06:38UTA J. McBain (from B. Hayton, N. Schmidt)0–1
- 10:35UTA L. Cooley pp (from C. Keller, D. Guenther)0–2