Sheffield Steelers vs Cardiff Devils — Game Report

Playoff

Sun 19 Apr · FINAL

CAR 5

SHE 2

6 – 3

1ST 3–2 2ND 2–1 3RD 1–0

FINAL

League

Sunday 25 Jan 2026 Utilita Arena Att: 8,227

77%

23%

3.58 xG Expected Win Probability 1.87 xG

41%

59%

Pre-Game Prediction · Cardiff Devils has the edge

xG Timeline

Game Momentum

Shot Map

SHE

CAR

Goal Save Block Miss

Top xG Contributors

SHE

1	Robert Dowd	0.53	7 SOG
2	Stephen Harper	0.51	5 SOG
3	Brett Ritchie	0.47	7 SOG

CAR

1	Joey Martin	0.55	7 SOG
2	Josh MacDonald	0.30	4 SOG
3	Ryan Barrow	0.18	2 SOG

Goaltending

SHE

#1 Matthew Greenfield

Saves

86.4%

SV%

60:00

TOI

CAR

#33 Ben Bowns

Saves

75.0%

SV%

34:08

TOI

#30 Christian Stoever

Saves

100.0%

SV%

24:35

TOI

Team Stats

Shots on Goal

Shot Attempts

2/3

Power Play

0/1

Faceoffs Won

PIM

SOG BY PERIOD

1ST

2ND

3RD

Faceoffs

SHE 46.3%

53.7% CAR

25 / 29 (54)

FACEOFF W%

29 / 25 (54)

Sheffield Steelers

Name	W	L	Tot	W%
Robert Dowd	7	10	17	41.2%
Mitchell Heard	5	7	12	41.7%
Patrick Watling	5	3	8	62.5%
Mitchell Balmas	3	3	6	50%
Samuel Tremblay	2	4	6	33.3%
Stephen Harper	3	1	4	75%
Brett Ritchie	0	1	1	0%

Cardiff Devils

Name	W	L	Tot	W%
Kristoff Kontos	8	7	15	53.3%
Kohen Olischefski	7	6	13	53.8%
Brett Ferguson	8	3	11	72.7%
Joey Martin	5	2	7	71.4%
Connor Caponi	1	3	4	25%
Cedric Lacroix	0	1	1	0%
Brett Perlini	0	1	1	0%
Sam Duggan	0	1	1	0%
Ryan Barrow	0	1	1	0%

Scoring Summary

1st Period

1:31

Josh MacDonald (Mark Richardson, Joey Martin)

3:09

Stephen Harper (Jack Dougherty, Dominic Cormier)

8:41

Josh MacDonald (Kohen Olischefski)

12:08

Brett Ritchie (Mitchell Heard, Jordon Southorn)

19:43

Stephen Harper (Brett Ritchie, Mitchell Balmas) PP

2nd Period

3:39

Brett Ritchie (Mitchell Balmas, Dominic Cormier) PP

10:56

Joey Martin (Josh MacDonald, Kohen Olischefski)

14:08

Jordon Southorn (Mikko Juusola, Evan Jasper) SH

3rd Period

16:38

Mitchell Balmas EN

Penalty Summary

1st Period

19:21

Brett Ferguson Slashing — 2 min

2nd Period

3:26

Connor Caponi Kneeing — 2 min

13:08

Brett Ferguson Roughing — 2 min

13:08

Samuel Tremblay Roughing — 2 min

13:08

Samuel Tremblay Roughing — 2 min

3rd Period

12:02

Brett Ferguson Holding — 2 min

Player Stats

Sheffield Steelers

#	Name	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	SOG	TOI
23	Brett Ritchie	2	1	3	-1	0	5	19:11
92	Mitchell Balmas	1	2	3	0	0	3	20:41
15	Stephen Harper	2	0	2	0	0	5	19:25
10	Jordon Southorn	1	1	2	+2	0	3	19:26
58	Dominic Cormier	0	2	2	0	0	2	33:36
63	Mikko Juusola	0	1	1	+1	0	0	18:09
62	Evan Jasper	0	1	1	+1	0	0	19:21
55	Jack Dougherty	0	1	1	+1	0	0	26:32
13	Mitchell Heard	0	1	1	0	0	3	18:45
14	Patrick Watling	0	0	0	-1	0	1	13:25
44	Kyle Watson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4:21
6	Kevin Tansey	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1:47
8	Ryan Tait	0	0	0	0	0	3	17:20
18	Samuel Tremblay	0	0	0	+2	4	0	9:25
27	Cole Shudra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
65	Brien Diffley	0	0	0	0	0	2	22:56
67	Reece Kelly	0	0	0	0	0	2	12:38
75	Robert Dowd	0	0	0	-1	0	6	19:35
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
5	Joona Huttula	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00

Cardiff Devils

#	Name	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	SOG	TOI
92	Josh MacDonald	2	1	3	+2	0	2	17:38
88	Joey Martin	1	1	2	+2	0	7	16:29
21	Kohen Olischefski	0	2	2	+1	0	1	18:01
17	Mark Richardson	0	1	1	+1	0	0	17:55
27	Kristoff Kontos	0	0	0	-1	0	0	17:22
52	Jimmy Oligny	0	0	0	0	0	0	21:04
22	Connor Caponi	0	0	0	-1	2	1	10:47
49	Cedric Lacroix	0	0	0	-1	0	1	15:42
25	Riley Brandt	0	0	0	-1	0	2	15:00
11	Brett Perlini	0	0	0	-1	0	1	16:09
5	Ben Davies	0	0	0	-1	0	2	10:18
16	Sam Duggan	0	0	0	-1	0	1	10:01
79	Ryan Barrow	0	0	0	-1	0	1	14:57
6	Brandon Estes	0	0	0	-1	0	1	22:32
44	Tyson Helgesen	0	0	0	+1	0	0	16:25
20	Gleason Fournier	0	0	0	-1	0	0	20:07
23	Evan Mosey	0	0	0	-1	0	1	21:23
18	Brett Ferguson	0	0	0	-2	6	1	14:19
42	Steven MacLean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
62	Jacob Bryceland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
57	Nolan Yaremko	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
77	Bayley Harewood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
96	Cole Sanford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00