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2026-04-08 · Madison Square Garden

5 – 3Final

BUF beat NYR 5–3. BUF also won the expected-goals battle 2.7 to 2.0: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Jason Zucker scored at 7:14 of the third, moving BUF’s win probability from 48% to 77%. Igor Shesterkin allowed 1.5 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
27 – 20
Expected goals
2.7 – 2.0
xG share
BUF 57%
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.

BUF goalNYR goal

Expected goals

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

BUFNYR

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 · 15:07 TOI
Finishing +0.81
+0.82
BUF
Jason Zucker
1 G, 1 A · 18:14 TOI
On-ice +0.20 · Finishing +0.18 · Playmaking +0.16 · Penalties +0.19
+0.73
NYR
1 G, 1 A · 23:20 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing +0.42 · Playmaking +0.23 · Penalties −0.19
+0.56

Rough nights

NYR
58:27 TOI
GSAx −1.52
−1.52
BUF
60:00 TOI
GSAx −0.89
−0.89
NYR
0 G, 0 A · 24:41 TOI
On-ice −0.07 · Playmaking −0.06 · Penalties −0.19
−0.33

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBUF–NYRWin prob.
P1 4:40 BUFRyan McLeod
from Jason Zucker, Conor Timmins
1–047% → 63%
P1 8:58 BUFZach Benson
from Rasmus Dahlin, Bowen Byram
2–063% → 77%
P1 19:21 NYRAlexis LafrenièrePP
from Adam Fox, J.T. Miller
2–121% → 35%
P2 2:57 NYRAlexis Lafrenière
from Drew Fortescue
2–234% → 53%
P2 14:44 NYRAdam FoxPP
from Vincent Trocheck, Mika Zibanejad
2–354% → 75%
P3 5:51 BUFAlex Tuch
from Peyton Krebs, Tage Thompson
3–320% → 48%
P3 7:14 BUFJason Zucker
from Ryan McLeod
4–348% → 77%
P3 18:45 BUFZach BensonEN
from Josh Doan, Josh Norris
5–394% → 100%

Every player

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BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Jason Zucker L18:1411+0.73+0.20+0.18+0.16+0.00+0.19+0.00
Alex Tuch R19:051+0.44+0.04+0.40−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.02
Ryan McLeod C17:1011+0.44−0.04+0.41+0.23−0.00−0.19+0.03
Rasmus Dahlin D24:301+0.32+0.31−0.08+0.09+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tage Thompson C22:181+0.28+0.15−0.07−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.02
Bowen Byram D22:071+0.21−0.02−0.02+0.07−0.01+0.19+0.00
Conor Timmins D16:261+0.20+0.06−0.01+0.15−0.00+0.00+0.00
Beck Malenstyn L10:15+0.15−0.03−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.19+0.00
Jack Quinn R19:24+0.15+0.21−0.10+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Zach Benson L12:592+0.12−0.10+0.29−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mattias Samuelsson D20:39+0.02+0.05+0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Kesselring D10:37+0.02−0.01−0.02+0.04+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tanner Pearson L8:52−0.05−0.03−0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Peyton Krebs C15:041−0.07+0.04−0.04+0.17−0.00−0.19−0.04
Tyson Kozak C10:50−0.07−0.02−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.04
Owen Power D20:09−0.10−0.11−0.01+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Josh Doan R13:081−0.20−0.09−0.10−0.03+0.02+0.00+0.00
Josh Norris C14:461−0.30+0.17−0.11−0.11−0.00−0.19−0.05
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G60:00−0.89

NYR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Alexis Lafrenière L15:072+0.82−0.01+0.81+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Adam Fox D23:2011+0.56+0.09+0.42+0.23+0.02−0.19+0.00
Tye Kartye L16:07+0.27−0.04−0.04−0.04+0.00+0.39+0.00
Drew Fortescue D13:341+0.16−0.06+0.00+0.22+0.01+0.00+0.00
Adam Sykora L11:16+0.05−0.02−0.10−0.03−0.00+0.19+0.00
Vincent Trocheck C18:481+0.04+0.02−0.00+0.22+0.00−0.19−0.01
Gabe Perreault R12:09+0.01−0.03−0.00+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Matthew Robertson D15:52−0.03−0.01−0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mika Zibanejad C18:441−0.04−0.18−0.03+0.18+0.00+0.00−0.01
Conor Sheary L12:28−0.05−0.00−0.00−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jaroslav Chmelar R11:15−0.07−0.02−0.00−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Laba C13:33−0.11−0.04−0.08−0.04+0.00+0.00+0.04
Jonny Brodzinski C12:03−0.17−0.03−0.10−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.01
Will Borgen D15:24−0.18+0.04+0.00−0.03−0.00−0.19+0.00
J.T. Miller C20:511−0.18−0.09−0.24+0.12−0.01+0.00+0.04
Braden Schneider D22:35−0.26−0.19−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Will Cuylle L15:46−0.28+0.01−0.26−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.01
Vladislav Gavrikov D24:41−0.33−0.07−0.01−0.06+0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Igor Shesterkin G58:27−1.52

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.