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2026-10-01 ·

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NYR beat TBL 5–1. NYR lost the expected-goals battle 2.6 to 2.9 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Mika Zibanejad scored on the power play at 5:34 of the first, moving NYR’s win probability from 54% to 69%. Igor Shesterkin saved 2.0 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
25 – 25
Expected goals
2.9 – 2.6
xG share
TBL 53%
Model before the game
TBL 63%

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.

TBL goalNYR goal

Expected goals

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

TBLNYR

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
60:00 TOI
GSAx +2.02
+2.02
TBL
0 G, 1 A · 10:56 TOI
Playmaking +0.20 · Penalties +0.32
+0.54
NYR
1 G, 0 A · 10:46 TOI
Finishing +0.39 · Playmaking −0.08 · Penalties +0.16
+0.48

Rough nights

TBL
55:52 TOI
GSAx −1.49
−1.49
TBL
0 G, 0 A · 14:59 TOI
Finishing −0.32 · Playmaking −0.07
−0.41
TBL
0 G, 0 A · 14:54 TOI
Penalties −0.32
−0.36

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalTBL–NYRWin prob.
P1 5:34 NYRMika ZibanejadPP
from Pavel Dorofeyev, Adam Fox
0–154% → 69%
P1 10:51 NYRPavel Dorofeyev
from Oliver Bjorkstrand
0–270% → 83%
P2 1:40 NYREeli Tolvanen
from Noah Laba
0–386% → 94%
P2 7:59 TBLNikita Kucherov
from Ilya Mikheyev, Brayden Point
1–34% → 12%
P2 16:01 NYRGabe Perreault
from Adam Fox, Mika Zibanejad
1–490% → 98%
P3 17:26 NYRIgor ShesterkinEN
unassisted
1–5100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

TBL

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Ilya Mikheyev R10:561+0.54+0.03−0.02+0.20+0.01+0.32+0.00
Nikita Kucherov R24:071+0.34−0.00+0.40−0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00
Erik Cernak D16:00+0.07+0.01−0.07−0.03−0.00+0.16+0.00
Ryan McDonagh D15:46−0.06−0.00−0.02−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Gage Goncalves C12:09−0.08−0.02−0.02−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Conor Geekie C12:32−0.09−0.02−0.02−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.01
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D19:07−0.11−0.01−0.01−0.10+0.01+0.00+0.00
Anthony Cirelli C19:56−0.16−0.04−0.18−0.10+0.01+0.16−0.02
Brayden Point C22:381−0.16−0.01−0.12+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.04
Jansen Harkins C10:55−0.17+0.01−0.12−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.04
Zemgus Girgensons C7:39−0.18+0.00−0.02−0.11−0.00+0.00−0.05
Jeffrey Viel L8:49−0.19−0.00−0.09−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brandon Hagel L23:40−0.19−0.05−0.16−0.12−0.00+0.16−0.02
Victor Hedman D17:45−0.20−0.02−0.11−0.08+0.00+0.00+0.00
John Carlson D23:41−0.25−0.00−0.18−0.05−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jake Guentzel C24:02−0.35−0.01−0.28−0.09−0.00+0.00+0.03
J.J. Moser D14:54−0.36+0.01−0.01−0.02−0.02−0.32+0.00
Pontus Holmberg R14:59−0.41−0.05−0.32−0.07+0.02+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Andrei Vasilevskiy G55:52−1.49

NYR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Gabe Perreault R10:461+0.48+0.00+0.39−0.08+0.00+0.16+0.00
Pavel Dorofeyev L13:4411+0.37−0.01+0.19+0.17+0.02+0.00+0.00
Eeli Tolvanen R14:181+0.35+0.00+0.42−0.07+0.01+0.00−0.01
Mika Zibanejad C18:5311+0.34+0.07+0.21+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.04
Adam Fox D19:042+0.09+0.03−0.01+0.22+0.01−0.16+0.00
Oliver Bjorkstrand R12:251+0.07−0.04−0.07+0.18+0.00+0.00−0.01
Alexis Lafrenière L15:15+0.03+0.06−0.21+0.02−0.01+0.16+0.01
Alberts Smits D14:09−0.00−0.07−0.01+0.08+0.00+0.00+0.00
Joe Veleno C14:45−0.03+0.01−0.05−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.05
Noah Laba C16:141−0.03−0.01−0.02+0.19+0.00−0.16−0.04
Vladislav Gavrikov D23:20−0.04+0.05−0.01−0.09+0.01+0.00+0.00
Marcus Pettersson D21:38−0.06+0.02−0.01−0.07+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tye Kartye L14:47−0.08−0.02−0.02−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.01
Braden Schneider D18:48−0.14−0.02−0.02+0.06+0.00−0.16+0.00
Jaroslav Chmelar R6:18−0.18−0.04−0.11−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sean Durzi D20:54−0.22+0.02−0.01−0.06−0.01−0.16+0.00
J.T. Miller C15:33−0.30+0.01−0.08+0.03−0.01−0.32+0.08
Will Cuylle L14:12−0.32−0.00−0.18+0.03+0.00−0.16+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Igor Shesterkin G60:00+2.02

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.