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Game Recap
CGY0
FinalTue, Mar 10, 2026Every game that night
NYR4

NYR beat CGY 4-0, and the chances backed it up: 3.32 expected goals to 2.40. NYR outshot CGY 29 to 21. A. Lafrenière scored three for NYR. M. Coronato had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 2.3. J. Quick stopped 21 of 21.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
CGY0000
NYR1214
  1. 1st 17:27NYRA. LafrenièrePP0.14 xG
  2. 2nd 10:28NYRC. Sheary0.12 xG
  3. 2nd 16:31NYRA. Lafrenière0.18 xG
  4. 3rd 17:42NYRA. Lafrenière0.15 xG

Team Stats

CGYNYR
21Shots on goal29
2.40Expected goals3.32
55Shot attempts56
185v5 shots on goal27
0/2Power play1/3
25Hits23
9Blocked shots16
4Penalty minutes4
20Giveaways13
4Takeaways6

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.

Expected Goals Over the Game

CGY 2.40 xGNYR 3.32 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdNYR goal, 17:27NYR goal, 10:28NYR goal, 16:31NYR goal, 17:42

Each step up is a shot: how likely it was to go in. A team well above the other had the better chances, whatever the score.

Shot Map

CGY21 on goal, 0 scored
NYR29 on goal, 4 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

CGY Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
R. StromeC000200-2017:341:44
M. CoronatoRW0006100017:262:16
M. FrostC0001100016:332:14
Y. SharangovichC0000120016:311:52
B. ColemanLW0001100016:162:17
C. ZaryC000011-2016:091:46
M. BacklundC0001000216:041:43
J. FarabeeLW000000-1015:160:00
M. GridinRW000110-1013:532:16
V. OlofssonLW000010-1013:501:44
A. KlapkaRW000290-1011:260:00
M. PospisilC000030-109:530:00
O. MäättäD000201-1221:460:00
K. BahlD0002200021:440:00
Z. ParekhD000111-2018:062:08
J. HanleyD000101-2017:490:00
B. PachalD0001310017:280:00
Y. KuznetsovD000002-1017:010:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Wolf29254.86260:00Loss
D. Cooley000–0:00

NYR Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
A. LafrenièreLW303500+2018:383:13
G. PerreaultRW022210+2219:583:13
M. ZibanejadC022200+2018:453:13
C. ShearyLW101201+1015:271:03
T. KartyeLW011231+1014:530:00
V. TrocheckC0001300020:263:13
W. CuylleLW0002510016:001:03
N. LabaC000031+1015:510:32
J. BrodzinskiC0003100013:410:29
A. EdstromC0001130010:220:00
J. ChmelarRW000001007:390:00
J. ParssinenC000100027:310:02
A. FoxD011102+1023:243:13
U. VaakanainenD011011+1015:260:00
W. BorgenD011200+1015:210:00
V. GavrikovD0002210022:391:03
B. SchneiderD000003+1021:001:03
M. RobertsonD000331+2019:150:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Quick212101.00059:44Win
I. Shesterkin000–0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

CGY

Line 1R. Strome15:43C. Zary14:11M. Gridin11:37
Line 3B. Coleman11:34J. Farabee12:53M. Frost14:19
Pair 1O. Määttä20:00K. Bahl18:27
Pair 2J. Hanley16:44B. Pachal16:41
Pair 3Z. Parekh15:51Y. Kuznetsov14:59

NYR

Line 3T. Kartye12:47N. Laba13:13C. Sheary13:22
Pair 1V. Gavrikov18:31A. Fox19:55
Pair 2M. Robertson19:15B. Schneider18:45
Pair 3W. Borgen12:35U. Vaakanainen14:09

From the NHL's shift charts: the players on the ice together most at 5-on-5, with each one's own 5-on-5 time.

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreCGY 2.8, NYR 3.1CGY 0, NYR 4
Total goals6.04
Shots on goalCGY 28.4, NYR 27.3CGY 21, NYR 29
Win chanceNYR 55%NYR won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
NYR M. Zibanejad2.820.97231%0
CGY M. Backlund2.410.55019%0
CGY B. Coleman2.310.51022%0
CGY M. Coronato2.360.50020%0
NYR A. Lafrenière2.250.72325%3
NYR V. Trocheck2.210.84026%0
NYR W. Cuylle2.120.53022%0
NYR A. Fox1.910.84113%0
CGY J. Farabee1.900.49020%0
CGY M. Gridin1.910.43017%0
NYR G. Perreault1.920.49220%0
CGY Y. Sharangovich1.800.46021%0
CGY C. Zary1.700.45018%0
CGY V. Olofsson1.700.39019%0
CGY M. Frost1.610.44015%0
NYR V. Gavrikov1.520.3608%0
NYR B. Schneider1.400.2506%0
NYR C. Sheary1.420.32113%1
NYR J. Brodzinski1.330.30013%0
CGY Y. Kuznetsov1.200.2206%0
CGY R. Strome1.220.39012%0
CGY M. Pospisil1.200.2507%0
NYR T. Kartye1.220.32114%0
NYR M. Robertson1.130.2306%0
CGY A. Klapka1.120.26012%0
CGY K. Bahl1.120.2605%0
NYR N. Laba1.100.33013%0
NYR W. Borgen1.020.2015%0
CGY Z. Parekh1.010.2005%0
NYR A. Edstrom0.910.19011%0
CGY B. Pachal0.910.1503%0
NYR J. Chmelar0.800.18010%0
CGY O. Määttä0.820.2003%0
NYR U. Vaakanainen0.800.1812%0
NYR J. Parssinen0.710.25010%0
CGY J. Hanley0.710.1302%0

Shots on goal: 20 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.1 fewer than projected on average.

Our projections as they stood at puck drop. One game says little about a model; Model Notes has how it tests over thousands.