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2026-04-04 · Madison Square Garden

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NYR beat DET 4–1. NYR lost the expected-goals battle 2.1 to 3.6 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Jaroslav Chmelar scored at 13:19 of the first, moving NYR’s win probability from 53% to 70%. Jonathan Quick saved 2.4 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
33 – 20
Expected goals
3.6 – 2.1
xG share
DET 63%
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.

DET goalNYR goal

Expected goals

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

DETNYR

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
59:45 TOI
GSAx +2.37
+2.37
NYR
Gabe Perreault
3 G, 0 A · 15:44 TOI
Finishing +0.97
+1.02
NYR
Jaroslav Chmelar
1 G, 0 A · 12:00 TOI
On-ice −0.11 · Finishing +0.82
+0.71

Rough nights

DET
55:33 TOI
GSAx −0.77
−0.77
DET
0 G, 0 A · 20:45 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing −0.79
−0.72
NYR
0 G, 1 A · 17:05 TOI
Finishing −0.37 · Penalties −0.19
−0.52

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalDET–NYRWin prob.
P1 13:19 NYRJaroslav Chmelar
from Vladislav Gavrikov, Adam Sykora
0–153% → 70%
P2 15:59 NYRGabe Perreault
from Mika Zibanejad, Matthew Robertson
0–276% → 90%
P3 7:13 NYRGabe PerreaultPP
from Jonny Brodzinski, Adam Fox
0–395% → 99%
P3 18:16 NYRGabe PerreaultEN
from J.T. Miller, Adam Fox
0–4100% → 100%
P3 19:27 DETDavid Perron
from Emmitt Finnie, James van Riemsdyk
1–40% → 0%

Every player

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DET

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
David Perron L13:461+0.44+0.04+0.21−0.00−0.00+0.19+0.00
J.T. Compher L14:54+0.17+0.05−0.01−0.02+0.02+0.19−0.06
Lucas Raymond L19:53+0.15+0.06−0.11+0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
Albert Johansson D15:23+0.15−0.01−0.01−0.02−0.00+0.19+0.00
Simon Edvinsson D20:59+0.02+0.02+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Moritz Seider D28:04−0.00+0.08−0.11+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
James van Riemsdyk L11:391−0.01−0.02−0.16−0.00−0.00+0.19−0.01
Axel Sandin-Pellikka D16:51−0.02+0.03−0.00−0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jacob Bernard-Docker D13:07−0.06−0.05+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Rasmussen C9:31−0.11−0.07−0.04+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01
Alex DeBrincat R22:22−0.16−0.06−0.12+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Dominik Shine R5:50−0.17−0.08−0.09−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Emmitt Finnie C18:281−0.19+0.04−0.20−0.03−0.00+0.00−0.01
Patrick Kane R23:06−0.22−0.05−0.19+0.05−0.01+0.00−0.01
Andrew Copp C20:30−0.43−0.05−0.17−0.01+0.01−0.19−0.02
Marco Kasper C10:07−0.48−0.03−0.43−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Ben Chiarot D15:43−0.48−0.08−0.01−0.02+0.01−0.39+0.00
Dylan Larkin C20:45−0.72+0.06−0.79+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
John Gibson G55:33−0.77

NYR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Gabe Perreault R15:443+1.02+0.04+0.97−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.01
Jaroslav Chmelar R12:001+0.71−0.11+0.82−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alexis Lafrenière L17:00+0.07+0.13−0.25+0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Vladislav Gavrikov D26:001+0.02+0.03+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Will Cuylle L12:05+0.02−0.04−0.12−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.00
Vincent Trocheck C17:44+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.03
Mika Zibanejad C20:511+0.01+0.08−0.06+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01
Braden Schneider D20:13+0.01+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tye Kartye L13:34−0.02−0.01+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Sykora L11:101−0.03−0.03+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Matthew Robertson D18:181−0.08−0.08+0.00+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Drew Fortescue D11:16−0.09+0.09+0.00−0.00+0.01−0.19+0.00
Jonny Brodzinski C11:121−0.09−0.02−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Will Borgen D18:44−0.09−0.10+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Fox D22:392−0.13+0.05−0.21+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Noah Laba C15:27−0.24−0.10+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.05
Conor Sheary L11:13−0.25−0.01−0.04−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
J.T. Miller C17:051−0.52+0.01−0.37+0.00−0.01−0.19+0.04
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jonathan Quick G59:45+2.37

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.