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2026-03-05 · Madison Square Garden

2 – 6Final

NYR beat TOR 6–2. NYR lost the expected-goals battle 2.6 to 3.3 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Alexis Lafrenière scored at 5:38 of the third, moving NYR’s win probability from 52% to 80%. Joseph Woll allowed 2.4 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
32 – 24
Expected goals
3.3 – 2.6
xG share
TOR 56%
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.

TOR goalNYR goal

Expected goals

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

TORNYR

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
59:56 TOI
GSAx +1.49
+1.49
NYR
1 G, 0 A · 22:25 TOI
On-ice +0.23 · Finishing +0.70
+0.91
NYR
1 G, 2 A · 21:12 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing +0.81
+0.89

Rough nights

TOR
57:00 TOI
GSAx −2.42
−2.42
TOR
0 G, 1 A · 17:39 TOI
On-ice −0.13 · Finishing −0.42
−0.56
TOR
Nicholas Robertson
0 G, 0 A · 14:42 TOI
On-ice −0.06 · Finishing −0.47
−0.54

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalTOR–NYRWin prob.
P1 0:13 TORMatias Maccelli
from William Nylander
1–047% → 62%
P1 6:45 NYRWill Cuylle
from Braden Schneider
1–137% → 53%
P2 5:27 TOREaston Cowan
from Matthew Knies, John Tavares
2–147% → 67%
P2 7:29 NYRVladislav GavrikovPP
from Taylor Raddysh, Jonny Brodzinski
2–233% → 53%
P3 5:38 NYRAlexis Lafrenière
from Mika Zibanejad
2–352% → 80%
P3 10:27 NYRJaroslav Chmelar
unassisted
2–483% → 96%
P3 11:19 NYRMika Zibanejad
from Alexis Lafrenière, Adam Fox
2–597% → 100%
P3 17:09 NYRWill CuylleEN
from Alexis Lafrenière, Mika Zibanejad
2–6100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

TOR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Easton Cowan R16:481+0.71−0.07+0.76+0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00
Matias Maccelli L19:321+0.56+0.05+0.70+0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
Brandon Carlo D19:48+0.12+0.11−0.02+0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Troy Stecher D20:25−0.02−0.03+0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Max Domi C13:09−0.05+0.05−0.35+0.04+0.00+0.19+0.01
Morgan Rielly D20:47−0.07+0.15−0.04+0.02−0.00−0.19+0.00
Dakota Joshua C13:27−0.07+0.03−0.09−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Simon Benoit D15:36−0.08−0.08−0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Calle Jarnkrok C11:40−0.11−0.06−0.04−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Philippe Myers D18:26−0.11−0.10+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Steven Lorentz C11:07−0.13−0.03−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Jacob Quillan C9:53−0.15+0.01−0.12−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.02
William Nylander R18:181−0.16+0.11−0.24−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.02
Jake McCabe D20:23−0.20−0.18−0.03−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Auston Matthews C20:46−0.37+0.12−0.64+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.12
John Tavares C17:111−0.39−0.15−0.19+0.01−0.02+0.00−0.04
Nicholas Robertson L14:42−0.54−0.06−0.47−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Matthew Knies L17:391−0.56−0.13−0.42−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Joseph Woll G57:00−2.42

NYR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Vladislav Gavrikov D22:251+0.91+0.23+0.70−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mika Zibanejad C21:1212+0.89+0.08+0.81+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.02
Jaroslav Chmelar R9:321+0.64−0.09+0.74−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Will Cuylle L17:572+0.49−0.00+0.49−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Alexis Lafrenière L20:5512+0.48+0.01+0.49+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Adam Fox D23:131+0.13+0.19−0.09+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Conor Sheary L15:03+0.12+0.13+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Will Borgen D18:04+0.09−0.11+0.00+0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
Adam Edstrom C8:54+0.04+0.05+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Laba C15:51−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tye Kartye L16:55−0.03−0.02+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Braden Schneider D19:561−0.08−0.02−0.07+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Matthew Robertson D17:51−0.13−0.11−0.02+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jonny Brodzinski C13:111−0.17−0.01−0.13−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.02
Vincent Iorio D16:14−0.17−0.09−0.27−0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Gabe Perreault R17:48−0.19−0.04−0.16−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Taylor Raddysh R13:401−0.22−0.01−0.22−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Juuso Parssinen C9:23−0.23−0.03+0.00−0.01−0.00−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Igor Shesterkin G59:56+1.49

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.