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2026-01-26 · Madison Square Garden

3 – 4Final/OT

NYR beat BOS 4–3 in overtime. Expected goals were close to even (BOS 2.9, NYR 2.9), so the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Matthew Robertson scored at 3:53 of overtime, moving NYR’s win probability from 52% to 100%.

Shots on goal
24 – 28
Expected goals
2.9 – 2.9
xG share
NYR 50%
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.

BOS goalNYR goal

Expected goals

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

BOSNYR

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.

BOS
2 G, 0 A · 20:43 TOI
On-ice +0.15 · Finishing +1.04
+1.16
BOS
1 G, 0 A · 19:13 TOI
On-ice +0.31 · Finishing +0.52
+0.83
NYR
1 G, 0 A · 18:23 TOI
On-ice −0.12 · Finishing +0.86
+0.75

Rough nights

BOS
73:17 TOI
GSAx −0.86
−0.86
NYR
Matt Rempe
0 G, 0 A · 9:52 TOI
Finishing −0.35 · Penalties −0.19
−0.61
NYR
0 G, 1 A · 22:12 TOI
On-ice −0.23 · Finishing −0.33
−0.54

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBOS–NYRWin prob.
P1 9:45 NYRWill Cuylle
from Urho Vaakanainen, Noah Laba
0–153% → 70%
P1 12:09 BOSElias Lindholm
from David Pastrnak
1–130% → 47%
P1 12:35 NYRJ.T. Miller
from Gabe Perreault, Mika Zibanejad
1–253% → 70%
P2 3:18 BOSElias Lindholm
from David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy
2–228% → 47%
P2 8:52 BOSMorgan Geekie
from David Pastrnak, Mason Lohrei
3–247% → 68%
P3 13:43 NYRWill Borgen
from Artemi Panarin, Alexis Lafrenière
3–315% → 51%
OT 3:53 NYRMatthew Robertson
from Jonathan Quick, Vincent Trocheck
3–452% → 100%

Every player

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BOS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Elias Lindholm C20:432+1.16+0.15+1.04−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.02
Morgan Geekie C19:131+0.83+0.31+0.52+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Hampus Lindholm D24:49+0.17+0.18−0.21+0.01+0.01+0.19+0.00
Sean Kuraly C13:07+0.14+0.14+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Mark Kastelic C11:31+0.07+0.06+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02
Jonathan Aspirot D20:36+0.07+0.05+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mason Lohrei D14:491+0.01+0.03−0.02+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
David Pastrnak R23:233−0.01+0.17−0.26+0.10−0.02+0.00+0.00
Fraser Minten C14:49−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Marat Khusnutdinov C16:19−0.04+0.16−0.18−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Viktor Arvidsson L12:45−0.06−0.06+0.00+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Casey Mittelstadt C13:45−0.07−0.06−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Henri Jokiharju D20:26−0.11+0.07+0.00+0.02−0.00−0.19+0.00
Alex Steeves C11:25−0.16+0.04−0.20−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Charlie McAvoy D24:451−0.24+0.19−0.07+0.02+0.01−0.39+0.00
Andrew Peeke D17:44−0.25−0.17−0.09−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tanner Jeannot L9:49−0.32+0.09−0.21−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Pavel Zacha C18:09−0.32−0.14−0.20−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Joonas Korpisalo G73:17−0.86

NYR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Will Borgen D18:231+0.75−0.12+0.86+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Matthew Robertson D22:251+0.63−0.10+0.72+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
J.T. Miller C22:031+0.60−0.18+0.78+0.02−0.03+0.00+0.00
Will Cuylle L15:121+0.40−0.06+0.47−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Laba C13:291+0.21+0.01−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.02
Artemi Panarin L25:101+0.04−0.01−0.22+0.08−0.01+0.19+0.00
Urho Vaakanainen D12:331+0.03+0.08−0.03−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Scott Morrow D15:51+0.01+0.02−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brennan Othmann L10:48+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Taylor Raddysh R9:31−0.02−0.02+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alexis Lafrenière L19:051−0.04−0.04+0.00+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Sam Carrick C12:32−0.13−0.10+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.02
Vladislav Gavrikov D27:14−0.21−0.21+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Braden Schneider D21:50−0.30−0.29−0.01−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Gabe Perreault R16:351−0.46−0.23−0.43−0.00+0.01+0.19+0.00
Vincent Trocheck C26:021−0.46+0.04−0.68−0.00−0.00+0.19−0.01
Mika Zibanejad C22:121−0.54−0.23−0.33+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Matt Rempe C9:52−0.61−0.04−0.35−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jonathan Quick G73:47−0.12

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.