EIHL Analysis - Cardiff Devils 5–2 Sheffield Steelers

Playoffs

Cardiff Devils5

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Sheffield Steelers2

Playoffs · Sunday, 19 April 2026 · Motorpoint Arena Nottingham · Face-off 17:00 · Started 17:00 · Ended 19:22

Summary Full

The game

02:41 · Cardiff Devils scoreKohen Olischefski · PP

22:52 · Sheffield Steelers scoreKevin Tansey · ES

38:32 · Cardiff Devils scoreNolan Yaremko · ES

39:57 · Cardiff Devils scoreNolan Yaremko · ES

53:25 · Sheffield Steelers scoreRyan Tait · ES

58:23 · Cardiff Devils scoreJosh MacDonald · EN

59:31 · Cardiff Devils scoreKohen Olischefski · EN

The game — full timeline

01:00 · Sheffield Steelers penaltyMitchell Heard · High-sticking · 2

02:41 · Cardiff Devils scoreKohen Olischefski · PP · Brandon Estes, Riley Brandt

22:52 · Sheffield Steelers scoreKevin Tansey · ES · Samuel Tremblay, Stephen Harper

38:32 · Cardiff Devils scoreNolan Yaremko · ES · Gleason Fournier, Evan Mosey

39:57 · Cardiff Devils scoreNolan Yaremko · ES · Cole Sanford

42:54 · Sheffield Steelers penaltyMitchell Balmas · Slashing · 2

53:25 · Sheffield Steelers scoreRyan Tait · ES · Samuel Tremblay, Jack Dougherty

58:23 · Cardiff Devils scoreJosh MacDonald · EN · Kohen Olischefski

59:31 · Cardiff Devils scoreKohen Olischefski · EN · Tyson Helgesen, Brett Ferguson

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.

Cardiff Devils

33Ben Bowns

30Christian Stoever

21/23 saves

Line 1

92MacDonald

LW 1G

88Martin

21Olischefski

RW 2G 1A

52Oligny

6Estes

D 1A

Line 2

57Yaremko

LW 2G

27Kontos

96Sanford

RW 1A

23Mosey

D 1A

20Fournier

D 1A

Line 3

18Ferguson

C 1A

11Perlini

25Brandt

F 1A

17Richardson

44Helgesen

D 1A

Line 4

5Davies

22Caponi

16Duggan

Sheffield Steelers

37Eamon McAdam

1Matthew Greenfield

26/29 saves

Line 1

63Juusola

13Heard

C 4 PIM

92Balmas

F 2 PIM

65Diffley

58Cormier

Line 2

75Dowd

62Jasper

72Björkly Nordström

55Dougherty

D 1A

5Huttula

Line 3

15Harper

LW 1A

C 2A

RW 1G

D 1G

Line 4

73Watson

67Kelly

3Steele

Rosters

Dressed players and game statistics from the gamesheet.

Cardiff Devils 20 dressed


30	Christian Stoever	G	—	—	—	—	60:00	23	21	91.3%
33	Ben Bowns	G	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	Ben Davies	C	0	0	0	+0	6:40	—	—	—
11	Brett Perlini	C	0	0	0	-1	16:53	—	—	—
16	Samuel Duggan	RW	0	0	0	+0	5:32	—	—	—
18	Brett Ferguson	C	0	1	1	+1	16:45	—	—	—
21	Kohen Olischefski	RW	2	1	3	+1	18:49	—	—	—
22	Connor Caponi	F	0	0	0	+0	5:42	—	—	—
25	Riley Brandt	F	0	1	1	-1	16:09	—	—	—
27	Kristoff Kontos	C	0	0	0	+1	20:31	—	—	—
57	Nolan Yaremko	LW	2	0	2	+3	17:06	—	—	—
88	Joey Martin	C	0	0	0	+0	21:59	—	—	—
92	Josh MacDonald	LW	1	0	1	+0	22:12	—	—	—
96	Cole Sanford	RW	0	1	1	+2	23:04	—	—	—
6	Brandon Estes	D	0	1	1	-1	26:10	—	—	—
17	Mark Richardson	D	0	0	0	+1	14:13	—	—	—
20	Gleason Fournier	D	0	1	1	+1	25:30	—	—	—
23	Evan Mosey	D	0	1	1	+2	19:22	—	—	—
44	Tyson Helgesen	D	0	1	1	+1	17:10	—	—	—
52	Jimmy Oligny	D	0	0	0	+0	15:50	—	—	—

Sheffield Steelers 20 dressed


1	Matthew Greenfield	G	—	—	—	0	—	58:45	29	26	89.7%
37	Eamon McAdam	G	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—
8	Ryan Tait	RW	1	0	1	0	+0	23:12	—	—	—
13	Mitchell Heard	C	0	0	0	4	-2	18:00	—	—	—
15	Stephen Harper	LW	0	1	1	0	+0	21:48	—	—	—
18	Samuel Tremblay	C	0	2	2	0	+1	20:46	—	—	—
62	Evan Jasper	C	0	0	0	0	-1	19:59	—	—	—
63	Mikko Juusola	LW	0	0	0	0	+0	7:54	—	—	—
72	Ivan Björkly Nordström	RW	0	0	0	0	-1	13:27	—	—	—
73	Kyle Watson	F	0	0	0	0	+0	0:50	—	—	—
75	Robert Dowd	LW	0	0	0	0	-4	20:57	—	—	—
92	Mitchell Balmas	F	0	0	0	2	-3	22:00	—	—	—
3	Liam Steele	D	0	0	0	0	+0	0:00	—	—	—
5	Joona Huttula	D	0	0	0	0	-1	17:29	—	—	—
6	Kevin Tansey	D	1	0	1	0	+1	16:58	—	—	—
10	Jordon Southorn	D	0	0	0	0	+1	17:41	—	—	—
55	Jack Dougherty	D	0	1	1	0	+0	20:02	—	—	—
58	Dominic Cormier	D	0	0	0	0	-2	27:12	—	—	—
65	Brien Diffley	D	0	0	0	0	-1	25:40	—	—	—
67	Reece Kelly	D	0	0	0	0	+0	0:00	—	—	—