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2025-12-27 · UBS Arena

0 – 2Final

NYI beat NYR 2–0. NYI lost the expected-goals battle 3.1 to 3.6 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Anders Lee scored at 0:58 of the first, moving NYI’s win probability from 53% to 69%. David Rittich saved 5.0 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
27 – 26
Expected goals
3.6 – 3.1
xG share
NYR 54%
Home-ice start
NYI 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.

NYR goalNYI goal

Expected goals

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

NYRNYI

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.

NYI
David Rittich
60:00 TOI
GSAx +4.82
+5.02
NYR
58:10 TOI
GSAx +1.56
+1.56
NYR
Taylor Raddysh
0 G, 0 A · 14:47 TOI
On-ice +0.36 · Playmaking −0.11
+0.27

Rough nights

NYI
0 G, 0 A · 15:19 TOI
On-ice −0.31 · Playmaking −0.17 · Penalties −0.19
−0.69
NYI
0 G, 0 A · 22:41 TOI
Finishing −0.30 · Playmaking −0.10 · Penalties −0.19
−0.62
NYR
0 G, 0 A · 20:13 TOI
Finishing −0.30 · Penalties −0.19
−0.51

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalNYR–NYIWin prob.
P1 0:58 NYIAnders Lee
unassisted
0–153% → 69%
P3 19:43 NYISimon HolmstromEN
unassisted
0–297% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

NYR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Taylor Raddysh R14:47+0.27+0.36−0.00−0.11+0.02+0.00+0.01
Will Borgen D16:38+0.25+0.25−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mika Zibanejad C24:19+0.21+0.29−0.00−0.09+0.00+0.00+0.01
Matthew Robertson D15:52+0.10+0.14+0.00−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Laba C14:13+0.07−0.05−0.00−0.07+0.01+0.19+0.00
Brennan Othmann L5:47−0.03+0.16−0.11−0.08+0.00+0.00+0.00
Matt Rempe C5:44−0.03+0.16−0.11−0.09−0.00+0.00+0.01
Scott Morrow D20:04−0.08+0.08−0.01−0.14−0.01+0.00+0.00
Sam Carrick C9:43−0.09+0.16−0.18−0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Artemi Panarin L21:50−0.12+0.09−0.36−0.04−0.01+0.19+0.00
Vladislav Gavrikov D23:47−0.21−0.02−0.03−0.17+0.01+0.00+0.00
Carson Soucy D15:33−0.21+0.15−0.35−0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jonny Brodzinski C9:01−0.22−0.20−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.01
Braden Schneider D21:46−0.24+0.15+0.00−0.20+0.00−0.19+0.00
Gabe Perreault R13:27−0.27−0.22−0.02−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.01
Alexis Lafrenière L14:28−0.35−0.03−0.08−0.03−0.01−0.19−0.02
Vincent Trocheck C22:38−0.37+0.07−0.27−0.05−0.00−0.19+0.07
Will Cuylle L20:13−0.51+0.04−0.30−0.04+0.00−0.19−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Igor Shesterkin G58:10+1.56

NYI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Ryan Pulock D21:34+0.20+0.02+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.19+0.00
Maksim Shabanov R9:38+0.00−0.03−0.11−0.05−0.00+0.19+0.00
Adam Pelech D21:25−0.03+0.15−0.01+0.01+0.02−0.19+0.00
Anders Lee C16:101−0.04−0.32+0.36−0.06−0.00+0.00−0.02
Marc Gatcomb C8:32−0.04+0.05−0.05−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tony DeAngelo D18:24−0.12+0.01−0.06−0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C12:58−0.14+0.03−0.07−0.11+0.00+0.00+0.01
Marshall Warren D8:31−0.14−0.06−0.03−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Scott Mayfield D13:38−0.16−0.07+0.00−0.10+0.00+0.00+0.00
Kyle MacLean C10:10−0.16−0.09−0.05−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.02
Jonathan Drouin L15:07−0.23−0.14−0.18−0.06−0.01+0.19−0.02
Emil Heineman L16:59−0.25−0.13−0.07−0.05−0.00+0.00+0.00
Casey Cizikas C13:37−0.26−0.10−0.06−0.04−0.00+0.00−0.06
Simon Holmstrom R18:441−0.27−0.26−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mathew Barzal C21:30−0.27−0.15−0.31+0.04−0.00+0.19−0.04
Matthew Schaefer D27:03−0.39−0.20−0.05−0.13−0.01+0.00+0.00
Bo Horvat C22:41−0.62−0.05−0.30−0.10−0.01−0.19+0.03
Calum Ritchie C15:19−0.69−0.31−0.00−0.17−0.01−0.19−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
David Rittich G60:00+5.02

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.