Games today: 4
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2026-10-08 ·

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NYI beat CHI 4–1. On shot quality it was a coin flip (CHI 2.2, NYI 2.4 in expected goals); the finishing and the goaltending decided it. The biggest swing: Bo Horvat scored on the power play at 19:01 of the first, taking NYI’s win probability from 54% to 71%. In net, Ilya Sorokin saved 1.1 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
23 – 19
Expected goals
2.2 – 2.4
xG share
NYI 52%
Model before the game
NYI 68%

Win probability

How it felt from the stands, priced second by second by the site’s win-probability model: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

CHI goalNYI goal

Expected goals

Who was actually getting the chances: a running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

CHINYI

Three stars, by the model

Not the arena’s picks, the model’s. 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.

NYI
60:00 TOI
GSAx +1.06
+1.06
NYI
2 G, 0 A · 17:53 TOI
On-ice +0.20 · Finishing +0.12 · Playmaking −0.07 · Penalties +0.38 · Faceoffs +0.06
+0.69
NYI
1 G, 0 A · 16:39 TOI
On-ice +0.09 · Finishing +0.43 · Playmaking −0.08 · Penalties +0.19
+0.62

Rough nights

CHI
57:51 TOI
GSAx −0.64
−0.45
CHI
0 G, 0 A · 12:00 TOI
On-ice −0.15 · Penalties −0.19
−0.40
NYI
0 G, 0 A · 14:32 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing −0.34
−0.32

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCHI–NYIWin prob.
P1 19:01 NYIBo HorvatPP
from Matthew Schaefer
0–154% → 71%
P2 6:44 NYIEmil Heineman
from Matias Maccelli, Adam Pelech
0–273% → 87%
P2 9:38 NYIAnthony Duclair
from Logan Stanley, Jean-Gabriel Pageau
0–388% → 96%
P3 17:26 CHIFrank NazarPP
from Patrick Kane, Sam Rinzel
1–30% → 1%
P3 18:27 NYIBo HorvatEN
from Logan Stanley
1–4100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

CHI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Frank Nazar C19:151+0.12−0.15+0.69−0.03−0.00−0.38+0.00
Alex Vlasic D16:28+0.01−0.10−0.07−0.02+0.00+0.19+0.00
Dominic Toninato C8:33−0.07−0.03−0.04−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.01
Patrick Kane R18:071−0.09−0.08−0.00+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jordan Greenway L15:31−0.10+0.02−0.07−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00
Artyom Levshunov D19:33−0.11+0.02−0.08−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Ryan Donato C9:54−0.12−0.08−0.00−0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Lardis L11:21−0.12−0.08−0.01−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Tyler Bertuzzi L20:46−0.16−0.02−0.02−0.11−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ian Cole D14:34−0.16−0.08−0.03−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Bowen Byram D26:35−0.18−0.04−0.07−0.05−0.02+0.00+0.00
Roman Kantserov R21:09−0.19−0.03−0.08−0.09+0.00+0.00+0.01
Sam Rinzel D18:051−0.20−0.08−0.07−0.05+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cole Smith L14:54−0.22−0.02−0.11−0.07−0.00+0.00−0.01
Wyatt Kaiser D16:42−0.23+0.01−0.01−0.04−0.00−0.19+0.00
Ryan Greene C14:49−0.24−0.03−0.11−0.05−0.00+0.00−0.04
Anton Frondell C20:17−0.27+0.00−0.14−0.07−0.01+0.00−0.06
Oliver Moore C12:00−0.40−0.15−0.04−0.03+0.00−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Arvid Soderblom G57:51−0.45

NYI

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Bo Horvat C17:532+0.69+0.20+0.12−0.07−0.00+0.38+0.06
Emil Heineman L16:391+0.62+0.09+0.43−0.08−0.00+0.19−0.01
Ryan Pulock D18:55+0.18+0.10−0.01+0.09+0.00+0.00+0.00
Logan Stanley D23:512+0.18+0.07−0.01+0.12−0.01+0.00+0.00
Brayden Schenn C15:37+0.17+0.08−0.09−0.03+0.02+0.19+0.00
Anthony Duclair L12:201+0.15−0.01+0.37−0.02+0.00−0.19+0.00
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C15:181+0.13+0.04−0.00+0.07+0.00+0.00+0.03
Adam Pelech D21:171+0.13+0.10−0.06+0.08+0.01+0.00+0.00
Matthew Schaefer D26:451+0.09+0.05−0.10+0.15−0.01+0.00+0.00
Matias Maccelli L15:281+0.09+0.14−0.19+0.15+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ondrej Palat L12:35+0.02+0.05−0.00−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Kyle Palmieri C13:28−0.03+0.15−0.12−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00
Calum Ritchie C13:52−0.05−0.04−0.00−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.02
Victor Eklund R13:49−0.06−0.04−0.00−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Simon Holmstrom R15:36−0.08−0.05−0.00−0.04+0.01+0.00+0.00
Tony DeAngelo D13:39−0.08−0.04−0.01−0.02−0.02+0.00+0.00
Scott Mayfield D12:32−0.20+0.05−0.01−0.06+0.00−0.19+0.00
Casey Cizikas C14:32−0.32+0.07−0.34−0.04−0.00+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ilya Sorokin G60:00+1.06

One game is a tiny sample: a single goal against on a player’s shift or a lucky finish moves his net goals a lot, so don’t trade anyone over a rough night. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they’re built.