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2025-12-15 · Madison Square Garden

4 – 1Final

ANA beat NYR 4–1. Expected goals were close to even (ANA 2.7, NYR 2.8), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Cutter Gauthier scored on the power play at 5:51 of the third, moving ANA’s win probability from 49% to 76%. Lukas Dostal saved 1.7 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
26 – 27
Expected goals
2.7 – 2.8
xG share
NYR 52%
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.

ANA goalNYR goal

Expected goals

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

ANANYR

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.

ANA
59:48 TOI
GSAx +1.69
+1.69
NYR
Matthew Robertson
1 G, 0 A · 17:27 TOI
Finishing +0.90
+0.94
ANA
1 G, 0 A · 20:05 TOI
Finishing +0.77
+0.76

Rough nights

NYR
0 G, 0 A · 21:46 TOI
On-ice −0.09 · Finishing −0.56 · Faceoffs +0.06
−0.60
NYR
0 G, 1 A · 22:02 TOI
On-ice −0.14 · Finishing −0.42 · Playmaking +0.09
−0.48
NYR
59:13 TOI
GSAx −0.47
−0.47

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalANA–NYRWin prob.
P2 7:18 ANAJackson LaCombeSH
from Ryan Poehling, Jacob Trouba
1–046% → 67%
P2 16:18 NYRMatthew Robertson
from Artemi Panarin, Alexis Lafrenière
1–129% → 53%
P3 5:51 ANACutter GauthierPP
from Beckett Sennecke, Olen Zellweger
2–149% → 76%
P3 19:38 ANACutter GauthierEN
from Leo Carlsson, Alex Killorn
3–196% → 100%
P3 19:57 ANAPavel Mintyukov
from Ryan Poehling, Ross Johnston
4–1100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

ANA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Pavel Mintyukov D20:051+0.76+0.02+0.77−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Cutter Gauthier L17:342+0.56+0.07+0.49−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jackson LaCombe D28:231+0.40+0.09+0.34−0.01−0.03+0.00+0.00
Beckett Sennecke R14:441+0.13−0.03−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Leo Carlsson C19:491+0.06+0.09−0.22−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.01
Troy Terry R17:55−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Strome C9:16−0.03−0.03+0.00+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ian Moore D10:59−0.06−0.03−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Chris Kreider L18:24−0.07−0.06+0.00−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.01
Mason McTavish C13:21−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.06
Radko Gudas D20:49−0.07−0.05−0.05+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ross Johnston L8:401−0.08−0.07+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jacob Trouba D23:221−0.09+0.13−0.04+0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Alex Killorn L14:561−0.11+0.05−0.16+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Poehling C11:372−0.15+0.01−0.26−0.01+0.01+0.19−0.09
Mikael Granlund C16:29−0.20+0.14−0.11+0.00+0.01−0.19−0.05
Olen Zellweger D11:271−0.26−0.06+0.00−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Frank Vatrano R14:23−0.33−0.12−0.19−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Lukas Dostal G59:48+1.69

NYR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Matthew Robertson D17:271+0.94+0.04+0.90+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jonny Brodzinski C13:12+0.14−0.05+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Sam Carrick C10:12+0.05+0.04+0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.04
Urho Vaakanainen D11:29+0.05+0.06+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Noah Laba C17:43+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02
Brett Berard L10:24−0.03−0.02+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Braden Schneider D22:10−0.03+0.00−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexis Lafrenière L17:081−0.06−0.11−0.12−0.00−0.01+0.19−0.01
Matt Rempe C9:01−0.07+0.07−0.12−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Taylor Raddysh R11:27−0.19+0.03−0.01−0.01+0.01−0.19−0.01
Vladislav Gavrikov D25:12−0.19+0.03−0.20−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Carson Soucy D15:55−0.20−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.02−0.19+0.00
Conor Sheary L14:13−0.20−0.01−0.18−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Will Borgen D14:49−0.25−0.03−0.03+0.00−0.00−0.19+0.00
Will Cuylle L17:49−0.35−0.04−0.49−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Vincent Trocheck C22:48−0.40−0.22−0.26+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.08
Artemi Panarin L22:021−0.48−0.14−0.42+0.09−0.01+0.00+0.00
J.T. Miller C21:46−0.60−0.09−0.56+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.06
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Igor Shesterkin G59:13−0.47

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.