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2026-10-04 ·

2 – 4Final

NYR beat UTA 4–2. NYR lost the expected-goals battle 3.1 to 3.8 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Gabe Perreault scored at 3:15 of the third, moving NYR’s win probability from 52% to 79%. Igor Shesterkin saved 3.2 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
30 – 22
Expected goals
3.8 – 3.1
xG share
UTA 56%
Model before the game
NYR 55%

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.

UTA goalNYR goal

Expected goals

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

UTANYR

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
59:58 TOI
GSAx +3.17
+3.17
NYR
1 G, 1 A · 19:09 TOI
On-ice +0.08 · Finishing +0.40 · Playmaking +0.13
+0.63
NYR
1 G, 0 A · 18:18 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing +0.39 · Playmaking −0.09
+0.39

Rough nights

NYR
0 G, 1 A · 14:06 TOI
On-ice −0.28 · Finishing −0.18 · Penalties −0.19
−0.70
NYR
0 G, 0 A · 17:37 TOI
On-ice −0.49 · Finishing −0.08
−0.57
NYR
0 G, 0 A · 17:38 TOI
On-ice −0.33 · Penalties −0.19
−0.55

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalUTA–NYRWin prob.
P1 17:18 NYRVladislav Gavrikov
from Adam Fox
0–153% → 71%
P2 14:29 UTANick SchmaltzPP
from Clayton Keller
1–126% → 47%
P3 3:15 NYRGabe Perreault
from Alexis Lafrenière, Mika Zibanejad
1–252% → 79%
P3 12:47 NYRJ.T. Miller
from Vladislav Gavrikov, Tye Kartye
1–386% → 98%
P3 14:57 UTAAndrew Peeke
from Anders Lee
2–31% → 12%
P3 18:45 NYREeli TolvanenEN
from Will Cuylle, Igor Shesterkin
2–495% → 100%

Every player

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UTA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Dylan Guenther R15:45+0.25+0.09−0.06+0.04−0.01+0.19+0.00
Andrew Peeke D14:041+0.25−0.03+0.31−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Logan Cooley C18:28+0.16+0.11−0.00+0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00
Clayton Keller R18:031+0.12+0.20−0.19+0.12−0.01+0.00+0.00
Anders Lee C12:591+0.10−0.10−0.02+0.23−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nick Schmaltz C17:181+0.09+0.22+0.18−0.09−0.00−0.19−0.02
John Marino D21:07+0.01+0.17−0.01−0.14−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jack McBain C11:14−0.04+0.16−0.11−0.09+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nate Schmidt D22:39−0.06+0.08−0.08−0.07+0.01+0.00+0.00
Vincent Trocheck C17:58−0.07+0.04−0.22−0.09−0.00+0.19+0.02
Barrett Hayton C13:18−0.07+0.20−0.11−0.12−0.00+0.00−0.04
Daniil But L10:26−0.12−0.07−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.00−0.01
Kevin Stenlund C13:10−0.13−0.06−0.00−0.07−0.01+0.00+0.01
Dmitri Simashev D12:45−0.13−0.06−0.01−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00
MacKenzie Weegar D22:00−0.18+0.16−0.01−0.13−0.01−0.19+0.00
Michael Carcone L12:43−0.27−0.06−0.15−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00
Lawson Crouse L15:20−0.30+0.12−0.33−0.09+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mikhail Sergachev D23:51−0.32+0.21−0.08−0.06−0.01−0.38+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Karel Vejmelka G58:40−0.30

NYR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Vladislav Gavrikov D19:0911+0.63+0.08+0.40+0.13+0.01+0.00+0.00
Gabe Perreault R18:181+0.39+0.09+0.39−0.09+0.00+0.00+0.00
J.T. Miller C20:271+0.31+0.08+0.36−0.12−0.01+0.00+0.00
Adam Fox D21:351+0.25+0.08−0.03+0.18+0.01+0.00+0.00
Alexis Lafrenière L21:441+0.20−0.01−0.35+0.18−0.02+0.38+0.01
Mika Zibanejad C24:321+0.19−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.19+0.02
Pavel Dorofeyev L17:57+0.04+0.07−0.23−0.00+0.01+0.19+0.00
Jaroslav Chmelar R6:05−0.02−0.01−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Joe Veleno C2:13−0.05−0.01−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Braden Schneider D17:42−0.07−0.02−0.01−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Oliver Bjorkstrand R7:49−0.09−0.07−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Alberts Smits D16:12−0.10+0.04−0.05−0.09+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tye Kartye L15:181−0.17−0.09−0.16+0.09+0.00+0.00+0.00
Eeli Tolvanen R14:151−0.37−0.20−0.11−0.09+0.03+0.00+0.00
Sean Durzi D22:57−0.48−0.41−0.01−0.02−0.05+0.00+0.00
Marcus Pettersson D17:38−0.55−0.33−0.01−0.03+0.02−0.19+0.00
Noah Laba C17:37−0.57−0.49−0.08−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.02
Will Cuylle L14:061−0.70−0.28−0.18−0.04+0.00−0.19−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Igor Shesterkin G59:58+3.17

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.