Playoff
Sun 19 Apr · FINAL
Cardiff Devils CAR 5
Sheffield Steelers SHE 2
xG 4.7-3.3
Playoff
Sun 19 Apr · FINAL
Manchester Storm MAN 2
Glasgow Clan GLA 3
xG 2.2-3.2
Belfast Giants
Belfast Giants
5 – 1
Sheffield Steelers
Sheffield Steelers
1ST 1–1 2ND 2–0 3RD 2–0
FINAL
League
Friday 16 Jan 2026 SSE Arena, Belfast Att: 7,191
63%
37%
3.79 xG Expected Win Probability 2.91 xG
47%
53%
Pre-Game Prediction · Even matchup
xG Timeline
Game Momentum
Shot Map
Belfast Giants BEL
Sheffield Steelers SHE
Goal Save Block Miss
Top xG Contributors

Belfast Giants BEL

1 Ciaran Long 0.93 11 SOG
2 David Goodwin 0.43 4 SOG
3 Carsen Twarynski 0.39 4 SOG

Sheffield Steelers SHE

1 Mitchell Balmas 0.56 10 SOG
2 Mitchell Heard 0.52 7 SOG
3 Dominic Cormier 0.50 13 SOG
Goaltending

Belfast Giants BEL

#1 Jackson Whistle
31
Saves
1
GA
96.9%
SV%
60:00
TOI

Sheffield Steelers SHE

#1 Matthew Greenfield
26
Saves
5
GA
83.9%
SV%
60:00
TOI
Team Stats
31
Shots on Goal
32
49
Shot Attempts
55
1/1
Power Play
0/2
26
Faceoffs Won
29
6
PIM
4
SOG BY PERIOD
8
1ST
10
18
2ND
12
5
3RD
10
Faceoffs
BEL 47.3%
52.7% SHE
26 / 29 (55)
FACEOFF W%
29 / 26 (55)

Belfast Giants Belfast Giants

NameWLTotW%
Jake Gaudet 5 10 15 33.3%
Scott Conway 8 5 13 61.5%
Marcus Eriksson 6 6 12 50%
Ben Lake 5 5 10 50%
Ciaran Long 2 0 2 100%
Nicolas Guay 0 2 2 0%
Ryan Smith 0 1 1 0%

Sheffield Steelers Sheffield Steelers

NameWLTotW%
Mitchell Heard 10 12 22 45.5%
Mitchell Balmas 9 9 18 50%
Samuel Tremblay 9 5 14 64.3%
Brett Ritchie 1 0 1 100%
Scoring Summary
1st Period
6:27
Mitchell Balmas (Evan Jasper, Joona Huttula)
14:12
Karl Boudrias (Ciaran Long, Ben Lake)
2nd Period
2:55
Ciaran Long (Reid Irwin, Ben Lake)
16:51
Karl Boudrias (Mike Lee, David Goodwin)
3rd Period
3:35
David Goodwin (Karl Boudrias, Mike Lee)
18:11
Marcus Eriksson (Carsen Twarynski, Gabe Bast) PP
Penalty Summary
1st Period
9:03
Karl Boudrias Interference — 2 min
9:03
Joona Huttula Roughing — 2 min
14:38
Mike Lee High Sticking — 2 min
16:54
Bo Hanson Tripping — 2 min
3rd Period
17:23
Matthew Greenfield Playing Puck outside Trapezoid — 2 min
Player Stats

Belfast Giants Belfast Giants

#NameGAPTS+/-PIMSOGTOI
71 Karl Boudrias 2 1 3 +2 2 3 17:25
64 David Goodwin 1 1 2 +2 0 3 16:04
89 Ciaran Long 1 1 2 +2 0 7 11:43
9 Ben Lake 0 2 2 +2 0 0 15:11
23 Mike Lee 0 2 2 +2 2 3 19:33
20 Marcus Eriksson 1 0 1 -1 0 1 14:30
42 Gabe Bast 0 1 1 0 0 3 20:13
7 Reid Irwin 0 1 1 +1 0 1 21:24
36 Carsen Twarynski 0 1 1 -1 0 2 17:44
91 Nicolas Guay 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:27
88 Ryan Smith 0 0 0 -1 0 4 14:00
63 Jake Gaudet 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:26
21 Garrett McFadden 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:02
29 Jordan Kawaguchi 0 0 0 +1 0 0 17:08
12 JJ Piccinich 0 0 0 +3 0 1 17:54
10 Scott Conway 0 0 0 +2 0 0 16:14
3 Bo Hanson 0 0 0 +1 2 1 20:01
74 Brandon Whistle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
28 Kell Beattie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
24 Carter Hamill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
17 Rhodes Mitchell-King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
14 Sam Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00

Sheffield Steelers Sheffield Steelers

#NameGAPTS+/-PIMSOGTOI
92 Mitchell Balmas 1 0 1 0 0 6 25:27
5 Joona Huttula 0 1 1 -1 2 1 14:44
62 Evan Jasper 0 1 1 -1 0 3 21:37
23 Brett Ritchie 0 0 0 -2 0 4 21:25
13 Mitchell Heard 0 0 0 -1 0 3 20:29
44 Kyle Watson 0 0 0 0 0 0 2:27
10 Jordon Southorn 0 0 0 -2 0 0 22:48
55 Jack Dougherty 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19:13
15 Stephen Harper 0 0 0 -2 0 1 22:21
6 Kevin Tansey 0 0 0 -1 0 0 15:57
8 Ryan Tait 0 0 0 0 0 4 20:08
18 Samuel Tremblay 0 0 0 -2 0 0 14:42
27 Cole Shudra 0 0 0 0 0 1 5:01
58 Dominic Cormier 0 0 0 -2 0 7 23:32
63 Mikko Juusola 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:28
65 Brien Diffley 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21:56
67 Reece Kelly 0 0 0 +1 0 1 10:23
14 Patrick Watling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
66 Liam Steele 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
44 Ivan Bjorkly Nordstrom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
77 Derek Gentile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
86 Clifford Pu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
75 Robert Dowd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00