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2026-10-06 ·

2 – 5Final

NYR beat NYI 5–2. NYR also won the expected-goals battle 3.1 to 2.3: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Oliver Bjorkstrand scored on the power play at 17:07 of the second, moving NYR’s win probability from 53% to 76%.

Shots on goal
19 – 24
Expected goals
2.3 – 3.1
xG share
NYR 58%
Model before the game
NYR 59%

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.

NYI goalNYR goal

Expected goals

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

NYINYR

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 · 8:58 TOI
On-ice +0.12 · Finishing +0.78 · Penalties +0.19
+1.05
NYR
3 G, 1 A · 18:54 TOI
On-ice +0.16 · Finishing +0.44 · Playmaking +0.13 · Penalties −0.19
+0.53
NYR
0 G, 2 A · 24:10 TOI
Finishing −0.05 · Playmaking +0.09 · Penalties +0.37
+0.47

Rough nights

NYI
59:26 TOI
GSAx −0.93
−0.93
NYR
0 G, 0 A · 15:11 TOI
Finishing −0.11 · Playmaking −0.07 · Penalties −0.19
−0.35
NYI
0 G, 0 A · 15:01 TOI
Finishing −0.11 · Penalties −0.19
−0.34

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalNYI–NYRWin prob.
P1 6:40 NYROliver Bjorkstrand
from Alexis Lafrenière, Sean Durzi
0–153% → 70%
P2 0:25 NYRAlexis Lafrenière
from Mika Zibanejad, Vladislav Gavrikov
0–272% → 86%
P2 2:56 NYIBo HorvatPP
from Matias Maccelli, Brayden Schenn
1–214% → 28%
P2 4:52 NYICalum Ritchie
from Brayden Schenn
2–227% → 47%
P2 17:07 NYROliver BjorkstrandPP
from Gabe Perreault, Will Cuylle
2–353% → 76%
P3 18:22 NYRAlexis LafrenièreEN
from J.T. Miller, Mika Zibanejad
2–494% → 100%
P3 18:54 NYRAlexis LafrenièreEN
from Adam Fox, Vladislav Gavrikov
2–5100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

NYI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Bo Horvat C17:491+0.21−0.23+0.26−0.04−0.01+0.19+0.04
Calum Ritchie C14:271+0.18−0.02+0.29−0.06−0.00+0.00−0.02
Tony DeAngelo D18:12+0.18−0.08−0.06−0.03−0.02+0.37+0.00
Matias Maccelli L14:321+0.14+0.03−0.07+0.18+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brayden Schenn C16:162+0.07+0.02−0.02+0.23+0.01−0.19+0.02
Casey Cizikas C13:26+0.06+0.12−0.00−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.01
Ondrej Palat L11:57+0.03+0.12−0.08−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.01
Logan Stanley D19:21+0.00−0.14−0.01−0.03−0.00+0.19+0.00
Alexander Romanov D13:20−0.12−0.09−0.02−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Matthew Schaefer D25:03−0.14−0.11−0.04+0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Anthony Duclair L14:32−0.15−0.10−0.00−0.05+0.01+0.00−0.01
Kyle Palmieri C16:37−0.16−0.04−0.13−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryan Pulock D16:32−0.22−0.19−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Emil Heineman L16:40−0.25−0.17−0.00−0.06−0.00+0.00−0.01
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C14:50−0.25−0.18−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.04
Simon Holmstrom R15:11−0.28−0.22−0.03−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
Adam Pelech D20:56−0.29−0.11−0.00−0.01+0.02−0.19+0.00
Victor Eklund R15:01−0.34−0.03−0.11−0.02+0.00−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Semyon Varlamov G59:26−0.93

NYR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Oliver Bjorkstrand R8:582+1.05+0.12+0.78−0.04+0.00+0.19−0.01
Alexis Lafrenière L18:5431+0.53+0.16+0.44+0.13−0.01−0.19−0.01
Vladislav Gavrikov D24:102+0.47+0.05−0.05+0.09+0.01+0.37+0.00
Gabe Perreault R13:451+0.18+0.05−0.09+0.22+0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Fox D23:491+0.16+0.20−0.00−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Mika Zibanejad C20:052+0.12+0.16−0.17+0.12+0.01+0.00+0.01
Braden Schneider D17:39+0.08+0.04−0.01+0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Pavel Dorofeyev L16:25+0.06+0.25−0.00−0.20+0.01+0.00+0.00
Sean Durzi D17:341+0.05+0.11−0.00−0.04−0.02+0.00+0.00
Alberts Smits D15:27+0.04+0.02−0.00+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Marcus Pettersson D17:47+0.01+0.09−0.02−0.07+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jaroslav Chmelar R8:28−0.01+0.02−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Noah Laba C14:47−0.01+0.01−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.01
Will Cuylle L17:441−0.08+0.16−0.34+0.08+0.00+0.00+0.01
Eeli Tolvanen R13:57−0.13+0.05−0.00−0.01+0.02−0.19+0.00
Cole Beaudoin C9:57−0.15−0.00−0.00+0.03+0.00−0.19+0.01
J.T. Miller C16:291−0.17+0.15−0.27−0.04−0.01+0.00−0.01
Tye Kartye L15:11−0.35+0.02−0.11−0.07+0.00−0.19−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Igor Shesterkin G60:00+0.12

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.