EIHL Analysis - Guildford Flames 2–1 Sheffield Steelers

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Guildford Flames2

Sheffield Steelers1

League · Saturday, 21 February 2026 · Guildford Spectrum · Face-off 18:00 · Started 18:00 · Ended 20:29 · Overtime

Summary Full

The game

43:48 · Guildford Flames scoreMatt Alvaro · ES

47:11 · Sheffield Steelers scoreMitchell Balmas · ES

61:32 · Guildford Flames scoreJack Jacome · ES (3v3)

The game — full timeline

28:03 · Guildford Flames penaltyJosh Nixon · Boarding · 5

43:48 · Guildford Flames scoreMatt Alvaro · ES · Jack Jacome, Joshua Waller

47:11 · Sheffield Steelers scoreMitchell Balmas · ES · Unassisted

49:18 · Guildford Flames penaltyCole Ully · High-sticking · 2

61:32 · Guildford Flames scoreJack Jacome · ES (3v3) · Matt Alvaro, Jamal Watson

Lines

Declared lines from the gamesheet: forward lines with the defence pair of the same number. Shaded by points in the game (darker is more); a bar on the left marks a starter.

Guildford Flames

30Adam Long

40Justin Fazio

43/44 saves

Line 1

96Ully

LW 2 PIM

63Gosselin

93Strang

42Watson

D 1A

20Tesink

Line 2

91Waller

LW 1A

28Alvaro

C 1G 1A

16Jacome

RW 1G 1A

19Curti

7Comrie

Line 3

88Hook

13Busch

17Preziuso

45Brown

6Solder

Line 4

27Nixon

C 5 PIM

98Talbot

Sheffield Steelers

37Eamon McAdam

29/31 saves

1Matthew Greenfield

Line 1

75Dowd

15Harper

92Balmas

F 1G

55Dougherty

58Cormier

Line 2

63Juusola

13Heard

23Ritchie

10Southorn

6Tansey

Line 3

62Jasper

14Watling

8Tait

5Huttula

67Kelly

Line 4

27Shudra

72Björkly Nordström

Rosters

Dressed players and game statistics from the gamesheet.

Guildford Flames 19 dressed


30	Adam Long	G	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—
40	Justin Fazio	G	—	—	—	0	—	61:32	44	43	97.7%
13	Tyler Busch	C	0	0	0	0	+0	18:55	—	—	—
16	Jack Jacome	RW	1	1	2	0	+1	19:14	—	—	—
17	Tyler Preziuso	RW	0	0	0	0	+0	17:46	—	—	—
27	Josh Nixon	C	0	0	0	5	+0	4:00	—	—	—
28	Matt Alvaro	C	1	1	2	0	+1	16:21	—	—	—
63	Mathieu Gosselin	C	0	0	0	0	+0	22:39	—	—	—
88	Lewis Hook	LW	0	0	0	0	+0	15:44	—	—	—
91	Joshua Waller	LW	0	1	1	0	+0	18:33	—	—	—
93	Ethan Strang	RW	0	0	0	0	+0	18:09	—	—	—
96	Cole Ully	LW	0	0	0	2	+0	21:11	—	—	—
98	Samuel Talbot	C	0	0	0	0	+0	3:05	—	—	—
6	Ben Solder	D	0	0	0	0	+0	5:02	—	—	—
7	Sean Comrie	D	0	0	0	0	+1	21:32	—	—	—
19	Charlie Curti	D	0	0	0	0	+1	21:35	—	—	—
20	Marcus Tesink	D	0	0	0	0	+0	21:51	—	—	—
42	Jamal Watson	D	0	1	1	0	-1	29:15	—	—	—
45	Travis Brown	D	0	0	0	0	+0	22:11	—	—	—

Sheffield Steelers 19 dressed


1	Matthew Greenfield	G	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
37	Eamon McAdam	G	—	—	—	—	61:32	31	29	93.5%
8	Ryan Tait	RW	0	0	0	-1	17:12	—	—	—
13	Mitchell Heard	C	0	0	0	-1	23:09	—	—	—
14	Patrick Watling	C	0	0	0	+0	15:44	—	—	—
15	Stephen Harper	LW	0	0	0	+1	19:46	—	—	—
23	Brett Ritchie	RW	0	0	0	+0	21:21	—	—	—
62	Evan Jasper	C	0	0	0	+0	13:15	—	—	—
63	Mikko Juusola	LW	0	0	0	-1	25:35	—	—	—
72	Ivan Björkly Nordström	RW	0	0	0	-1	5:29	—	—	—
75	Robert Dowd	LW	0	0	0	+1	19:40	—	—	—
92	Mitchell Balmas	F	1	0	1	+1	21:42	—	—	—
5	Joona Huttula	D	0	0	0	+0	14:39	—	—	—
6	Kevin Tansey	D	0	0	0	-1	15:49	—	—	—
10	Jordon Southorn	D	0	0	0	-2	21:35	—	—	—
27	Cole Shudra	D	0	0	0	-1	6:54	—	—	—
55	Jack Dougherty	D	0	0	0	+1	23:33	—	—	—
58	Dominic Cormier	D	0	0	0	+1	26:37	—	—	—
67	Reece Kelly	D	0	0	0	+0	11:41	—	—	—