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
Sheffield Steelers
Sheffield Steelers
1 – 4
Belfast Giants
Belfast Giants
1ST 1–1 2ND 0–1 3RD 0–2
FINAL
League
Sunday 15 Mar 2026 Utilita Arena Att: 7,609
14%
86%
1.72 xG Expected Win Probability 4.33 xG
38%
62%
Pre-Game Prediction · Belfast Giants has a strong edge
xG Timeline
Game Momentum
Shot Map
Sheffield Steelers SHE
Belfast Giants BEL
Goal Save Block Miss
Top xG Contributors

Sheffield Steelers SHE

1 Mikko Juusola 0.29 4 SOG
2 Patrick Watling 0.28 3 SOG
3 Mitchell Balmas 0.23 2 SOG

Belfast Giants BEL

1 Ryan Smith 0.89 2 SOG
2 Scott Conway 0.87 7 SOG
3 Ben Freeman 0.63 4 SOG
Goaltending

Sheffield Steelers SHE

#37 Eamon McAdam
20
Saves
2
GA
90.9%
SV%
59:04
TOI

Belfast Giants BEL

#73 Jake Kupsky
18
Saves
1
GA
94.7%
SV%
60:00
TOI
Team Stats
19
Shots on Goal
24
38
Shot Attempts
38
0/0
Power Play
0/2
38
Faceoffs Won
20
4
PIM
0
SOG BY PERIOD
8
1ST
9
7
2ND
4
4
3RD
11
Faceoffs
SHE 65.5%
34.5% BEL
38 / 20 (58)
FACEOFF W%
20 / 38 (58)

Sheffield Steelers Sheffield Steelers

NameWLTotW%
Robert Dowd 11 7 18 61.1%
Mitchell Heard 12 5 17 70.6%
Patrick Watling 9 5 14 64.3%
Samuel Tremblay 5 1 6 83.3%
Mitchell Balmas 1 0 1 100%
Stephen Harper 0 1 1 0%
Cole Shudra 0 1 1 0%

Belfast Giants Belfast Giants

NameWLTotW%
Scott Conway 12 13 25 48%
Jake Gaudet 4 10 14 28.6%
Nicolas Guay 1 5 6 16.7%
Brandon Whistle 0 5 5 0%
Ben Freeman 2 2 4 50%
Carsen Twarynski 1 3 4 25%
Scoring Summary
1st Period
0:58
Mitchell Balmas (Patrick Watling, Jack Dougherty)
18:30
Ryan Smith (Carsen Twarynski)
2nd Period
3:50
Nicolas Guay (Ben Freeman, Ciaran Long)
3rd Period
18:27
JJ Piccinich (David Goodwin) EN
19:11
Ryan Smith EN
Penalty Summary
1st Period
2:45
Cole Shudra Tripping — 2 min
3rd Period
0:10
Robert Dowd Hooking — 2 min
Player Stats

Sheffield Steelers Sheffield Steelers

#NameGAPTS+/-PIMSOGTOI
92 Mitchell Balmas 1 0 1 -2 0 1 18:53
14 Patrick Watling 0 1 1 -1 0 1 15:28
55 Jack Dougherty 0 1 1 +1 0 2 22:18
15 Stephen Harper 0 0 0 -1 0 1 14:59
13 Mitchell Heard 0 0 0 -1 0 0 15:43
44 Kyle Watson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
23 Brett Ritchie 0 0 0 -1 0 0 15:51
66 Liam Steele 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
44 Ivan Bjorkly Nordstrom 0 0 0 0 0 2 7:02
10 Jordon Southorn 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20:39
62 Evan Jasper 0 0 0 -2 0 1 17:45
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 -2 0 0 18:52
6 Kevin Tansey 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21:32
8 Ryan Tait 0 0 0 -1 0 0 16:51
18 Samuel Tremblay 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:29
27 Cole Shudra 0 0 0 0 2 1 7:03
58 Dominic Cormier 0 0 0 0 0 3 26:56
63 Mikko Juusola 0 0 0 -1 0 3 17:54
65 Brien Diffley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
67 Reece Kelly 0 0 0 -2 0 0 8:30
75 Robert Dowd 0 0 0 -2 2 2 17:25

Belfast Giants Belfast Giants

#NameGAPTS+/-PIMSOGTOI
88 Ryan Smith 2 0 2 +2 0 2 16:23
12 JJ Piccinich 1 0 1 +1 0 2 18:36
91 Nicolas Guay 1 0 1 0 0 2 22:00
8 Ben Freeman 0 1 1 +1 0 3 11:06
36 Carsen Twarynski 0 1 1 +2 0 0 13:46
64 David Goodwin 0 1 1 +2 0 1 16:37
89 Ciaran Long 0 1 1 +1 0 1 10:43
74 Brandon Whistle 0 0 0 +2 0 1 13:47
71 Karl Boudrias 0 0 0 +1 0 1 19:47
63 Jake Gaudet 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19:53
21 Garrett McFadden 0 0 0 +1 0 0 22:13
7 Reid Irwin 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:32
77 Josh Roach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:12
3 Bo Hanson 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:23
42 Gabe Bast 0 0 0 +2 0 4 20:40
29 Jordan Kawaguchi 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20:05
28 Kell Beattie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
24 Carter Hamill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
23 Mike Lee 0 0 0 +1 0 1 22:39
17 Rhodes Mitchell-King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
10 Scott Conway 0 0 0 +1 0 4 18:30
9 Ben Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00