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2025-10-07 · Madison Square Garden

3 – 0Final

PIT beat NYR 3–0. PIT also won the expected-goals battle 2.8 to 2.3: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Justin Brazeau scored at 19:28 of the first, moving PIT’s win probability from 47% to 65%. Arturs Silovs saved 2.5 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
31 – 25
Expected goals
2.8 – 2.3
xG share
PIT 56%
Home-ice start
NYR 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

PIT goalNYR goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

PITNYR

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

PIT
60:00 TOI
GSAx +2.47
+2.47
NYR
59:37 TOI
GSAx +2.12
+2.12
PIT
0 G, 2 A · 16:28 TOI
On-ice +0.23 · Playmaking +0.09 · Faceoffs −0.05
+0.23

Rough nights

NYR
0 G, 0 A · 15:59 TOI
On-ice −0.14 · Finishing −0.26
−0.43
NYR
0 G, 0 A · 20:04 TOI
Finishing −0.32
−0.34
NYR
0 G, 0 A · 22:25 TOI
On-ice −0.30
−0.30

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalPIT–NYRWin prob.
P1 19:28 PITJustin Brazeau
from Evgeni Malkin
1–047% → 65%
P3 17:48 PITJustin BrazeauEN
from Evgeni Malkin, Anthony Mantha
2–092% → 100%
P3 18:08 PITBlake LizotteEN
from Ryan Shea, Connor Dewar
3–0100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

PIT

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Evgeni Malkin C16:282+0.23+0.23−0.03+0.09−0.01+0.00−0.05
Justin Brazeau R12:492+0.06+0.11+0.00−0.07+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Shea D22:311+0.01+0.16−0.00−0.17+0.02+0.00+0.00
Noel Acciari C13:40−0.04+0.07−0.06−0.06+0.01+0.00+0.00
Caleb Jones D15:36−0.05−0.03−0.02−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Connor Dewar C14:111−0.06−0.00+0.00−0.07+0.02+0.00+0.00
Anthony Mantha R15:411−0.07+0.17−0.14−0.09−0.00+0.00+0.00
Sidney Crosby C17:49−0.09−0.10−0.14−0.06−0.00+0.19+0.02
Ben Kindel C15:11−0.10+0.02−0.07−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.03
Tommy Novak C12:08−0.10−0.05−0.04−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Parker Wotherspoon D23:15−0.11−0.00−0.00−0.12+0.01+0.00+0.00
Blake Lizotte C13:551−0.11+0.05−0.13−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.01
Erik Karlsson D20:33−0.12+0.04−0.09−0.05−0.03+0.00+0.00
Philip Tomasino C13:37−0.18−0.01−0.14−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kris Letang D22:47−0.20+0.14−0.01−0.12−0.01−0.19+0.00
Rickard Rakell R15:57−0.21−0.03−0.11−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00
Ville Koivunen R14:31−0.21−0.05−0.10−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00
Harrison Brunicke D15:21−0.23+0.03−0.01−0.05−0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Arturs Silovs G60:00+2.47

NYR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Noah Laba C13:40+0.05+0.07+0.00−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.03
Artemi Panarin L20:47−0.02−0.09−0.09−0.03−0.00+0.19+0.00
Braden Schneider D18:06−0.02+0.07−0.02−0.09+0.01+0.00+0.00
Will Borgen D17:53−0.04+0.06−0.01−0.09−0.00+0.00+0.00
Urho Vaakanainen D17:35−0.04+0.06−0.01−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.00
Sam Carrick C10:01−0.06+0.01−0.00−0.05+0.01+0.00−0.03
Adam Edstrom C8:32−0.10−0.09+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Carson Soucy D18:59−0.10−0.02−0.03−0.10+0.04+0.00+0.00
Taylor Raddysh R13:07−0.11+0.03−0.11−0.03+0.01+0.00−0.01
Matt Rempe C9:27−0.11−0.07+0.00−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Conor Sheary L12:42−0.15−0.11−0.00−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Will Cuylle L19:26−0.19−0.01−0.05−0.13+0.00+0.00+0.00
Vladislav Gavrikov D20:50−0.21−0.21−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
J.T. Miller C18:18−0.25−0.15+0.00−0.08−0.02+0.00+0.00
Vincent Trocheck C20:32−0.28−0.18+0.00−0.10−0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Fox D22:25−0.30−0.30−0.01−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Mika Zibanejad C20:04−0.34+0.01−0.32−0.04+0.01+0.00−0.01
Alexis Lafrenière L15:59−0.43−0.14−0.26−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Igor Shesterkin G59:37+2.12

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.