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2025-12-06 · Madison Square Garden

3 – 2Final/OT

COL beat NYR 3–2 in overtime. COL also won the expected-goals battle 3.4 to 2.3: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Nathan MacKinnon scored at 2:46 of overtime, moving COL’s win probability from 48% to 100%. Igor Shesterkin saved 1.5 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
42 – 27
Expected goals
3.4 – 2.3
xG share
COL 60%
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.

COL goalNYR goal

Expected goals

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

COLNYR

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.

NYR
61:22 TOI
GSAx +1.50
+1.50
COL
2 G, 0 A · 24:56 TOI
On-ice +0.25 · Finishing +0.47 · Faceoffs −0.09
+0.60
NYR
1 G, 0 A · 22:12 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing +0.57 · Playmaking +0.07
+0.53

Rough nights

COL
0 G, 0 A · 15:16 TOI
On-ice +0.14 · Finishing −0.49 · Playmaking −0.13
−0.45
NYR
0 G, 0 A · 15:56 TOI
On-ice −0.12 · Finishing −0.05 · Penalties −0.19
−0.40
COL
0 G, 0 A · 26:17 TOI
On-ice −0.30 · Playmaking −0.05
−0.32

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCOL–NYRWin prob.
P2 7:06 COLParker Kelly
from Sam Malinski, Martin Necas
1–047% → 67%
P3 4:23 NYRConor Sheary
from Vincent Trocheck, J.T. Miller
1–125% → 52%
P3 15:26 COLNathan MacKinnon
from Martin Necas, Josh Manson
2–149% → 87%
P3 19:18 NYRArtemi PanarinPP
from Mika Zibanejad, Alexis Lafrenière
2–25% → 51%
OT 2:46 COLNathan MacKinnon
from Cale Makar, Martin Necas
3–248% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

COL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Nathan MacKinnon C24:562+0.60+0.25+0.47−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.09
Parker Kelly C10:201+0.33+0.04+0.31−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Martin Necas C22:123+0.31+0.21−0.14+0.27−0.04+0.00+0.00
Sam Malinski D14:541+0.24+0.13+0.00+0.10+0.01+0.00+0.00
Josh Manson D17:001+0.19+0.29−0.01−0.09+0.00+0.00+0.00
Victor Olofsson R11:05+0.15+0.01−0.00−0.04−0.00+0.19−0.01
Brent Burns D19:33+0.14+0.24−0.04−0.07+0.01+0.00+0.00
Samuel Girard D13:32+0.01+0.09+0.00−0.08−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jack Drury C13:14−0.05−0.02−0.00−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.02
Zakhar Bardakov C6:26−0.08+0.01−0.04−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.02
Artturi Lehkonen L22:43−0.12+0.08−0.11−0.12+0.03+0.00+0.00
Joel Kiviranta L10:37−0.20−0.16−0.00−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Brock Nelson C18:02−0.24+0.02−0.03−0.21+0.01+0.00−0.02
Valeri Nichushkin R18:09−0.28−0.15−0.10−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cale Makar D27:401−0.28−0.03−0.29+0.19+0.04−0.19+0.00
Ross Colton C12:22−0.29+0.11−0.22−0.17−0.00+0.00+0.00
Devon Toews D26:17−0.32−0.30+0.00−0.05+0.03+0.00+0.00
Gabriel Landeskog L15:16−0.45+0.14−0.49−0.13+0.02+0.00+0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Mackenzie Blackwood G62:46+0.04

NYR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Artemi Panarin L22:121+0.53−0.08+0.57+0.07−0.02+0.00+0.00
J.T. Miller C23:381+0.27+0.12−0.21+0.14−0.02+0.19+0.05
Conor Sheary L15:421+0.20−0.06+0.27−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Vincent Trocheck C23:351+0.10+0.09−0.00−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.05
Carson Soucy D16:05+0.04−0.03+0.00+0.04+0.03+0.00+0.00
Mika Zibanejad C21:571+0.02−0.07−0.05−0.05+0.01+0.19+0.00
Sam Carrick C7:54−0.03+0.02−0.05−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.03
Taylor Raddysh R6:09−0.06+0.02−0.06−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Will Cuylle L21:25−0.07−0.01−0.00−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brett Berard L10:46−0.08−0.05−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Will Borgen D18:54−0.12−0.18+0.00+0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00
Braden Schneider D22:40−0.13−0.13−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Scott Morrow D15:25−0.20−0.08−0.02−0.08−0.01+0.00+0.00
Vladislav Gavrikov D24:17−0.20−0.18−0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alexis Lafrenière L17:191−0.20−0.03−0.11−0.04−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jonny Brodzinski C8:20−0.26+0.01−0.01−0.07+0.00−0.19+0.00
Noah Laba C13:28−0.29−0.17−0.05−0.04+0.01+0.00−0.03
Matthew Robertson D15:56−0.40−0.12−0.05−0.04−0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Igor Shesterkin G61:22+1.50

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.