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2025-12-20 · Madison Square Garden

4 – 5Final/SO

NYR beat PHI 5–4 in a shootout. NYR lost the expected-goals battle 2.6 to 2.9 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Mika Zibanejad scored on the power play at 17:26 of the third, moving NYR’s win probability from 9% to 51%. Samuel Ersson allowed 2.7 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
32 – 27
Expected goals
2.9 – 2.6
xG share
PHI 53%
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.

PHI goalNYR goal

Expected goals

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

PHINYR

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
2 G, 0 A · 22:31 TOI
On-ice −0.10 · Finishing +1.37 · Playmaking +0.07 · Penalties −0.19 · Shootout +0.66
+1.79
PHI
1 G, 0 A · 17:01 TOI
On-ice +0.11 · Finishing +0.89
+0.98
PHI
Rodrigo Abols
1 G, 0 A · 11:57 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing +0.65 · Penalties +0.19
+0.95

Rough nights

PHI
65:00 TOI
GSAx −2.65
−2.65
NYR
Scott Morrow
0 G, 1 A · 20:12 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing −0.48 · Penalties −0.19
−0.76
NYR
64:59 TOI
GSAx −0.58
−0.58

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalPHI–NYRWin prob.
P1 19:24 NYRArtemi Panarin
from Mika Zibanejad
0–153% → 71%
P2 6:42 PHITravis SanheimPP
from Denver Barkey, Matvei Michkov
1–128% → 47%
P2 7:05 PHIOwen Tippett
from Denver Barkey, Cam York
2–147% → 67%
P2 10:18 PHITrevor ZegrasPP
from Jamie Drysdale, Noah Cates
3–169% → 84%
P2 12:23 NYRArtemi Panarin
unassisted
3–215% → 31%
P2 14:36 PHIRodrigo AbolsSH
from Travis Sanheim
4–269% → 86%
P3 9:13 NYRVincent Trocheck
from J.T. Miller, Gabe Perreault
4–35% → 21%
P3 17:26 NYRMika ZibanejadPP
from Scott Morrow, Will Cuylle
4–49% → 51%

Every player

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PHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Owen Tippett R17:011+0.98+0.11+0.89+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.02−0.00
Rodrigo Abols C11:571+0.95+0.09+0.65−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.02−0.00
Travis Sanheim D20:5611+0.74−0.01+0.75+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Trevor Zegras C22:581+0.63+0.03+0.74+0.06−0.01+0.19−0.05−0.32
Matvei Michkov R15:041+0.22+0.15−0.13+0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00−0.00
Cam York D22:571+0.11+0.15−0.24+0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00+0.00
Emil Andrae D19:09+0.02+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Denver Barkey C15:182−0.06+0.10−0.35−0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00−0.00
Jamie Drysdale D21:401−0.08+0.03−0.08−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sean Couturier C19:58−0.10+0.09−0.24+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.04−0.00
Nikita Grebenkin R11:27−0.10+0.05−0.15+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Nick Seeler D17:15−0.11+0.12−0.04−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00+0.00
Bobby Brink R15:14−0.11+0.03−0.14−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Noah Cates L17:191−0.14−0.11−0.03−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.01−0.00
Nicolas Deslauriers L6:08−0.20+0.02+0.00−0.02+0.00−0.19+0.00−0.00
Rasmus Ristolainen D23:05−0.26+0.10−0.17−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00+0.00
Travis Konecny R23:31−0.31+0.04−0.25−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.01−0.11
Carl Grundstrom R12:29−0.38−0.01−0.18−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00−0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Samuel Ersson G65:00−2.65

NYR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Artemi Panarin L22:312+1.79−0.10+1.37+0.07−0.02−0.19+0.00+0.66
Vincent Trocheck C25:381+0.85+0.05+0.38−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.02+0.41
Mika Zibanejad C22:5011+0.61−0.15+0.79+0.01+0.01+0.00−0.04−0.00
Brennan Othmann L4:51+0.17−0.02+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.19+0.00−0.00
J.T. Miller C18:441+0.10+0.07+0.00+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.02−0.00
Gabe Perreault R15:311+0.04+0.04+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Matthew Robertson D17:28+0.04+0.02+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Will Borgen D16:01+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Matt Rempe C4:56−0.03−0.02+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Braden Schneider D25:12−0.03−0.05+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Carson Soucy D15:37−0.08−0.07−0.03−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Conor Sheary L15:26−0.09−0.08−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Vladislav Gavrikov D28:56−0.13−0.13+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexis Lafrenière L18:24−0.13−0.12+0.00+0.01−0.02+0.00−0.01−0.00
Sam Carrick C8:28−0.17−0.01−0.14−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00
Noah Laba C16:03−0.32−0.05−0.26−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Will Cuylle L16:461−0.43−0.09−0.14−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.01−0.00
Scott Morrow D20:121−0.76−0.08−0.48+0.00−0.02−0.19+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Igor Shesterkin G64:59−0.58

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.