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Game Recap
NYR0
FinalWed, Dec 10, 2025Every game that night
CHI3

CHI beat NYR 3-0, and the chances backed it up: 3.05 expected goals to 2.22. C. Bedard led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). S. Knight stopped 21 of 21.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdT
NYR0000
CHI0213
  1. 2nd 7:08CHIL. CrevierSH0.07 xG
  2. 2nd 14:27CHIC. Bedard0.22 xG
  3. 3rd 3:52CHIT. Bertuzzi0.54 xG

Team Stats

NYRCHI
21Shots on goal25
2.22Expected goals3.05
48Shot attempts53
195v5 shots on goal22
0/3Power play0/3
36Hits12
13Blocked shots14
8Penalty minutes6
15Giveaways9
2Takeaways7

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

NYR 2.22 xGCHI 3.05 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdCHI goal, 7:08CHI goal, 14:27CHI goal, 3:52

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

NYR20 on goal, 0 scored
CHI25 on goal, 3 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

NYR Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
V. TrocheckC000262-3021:504:09
J. MillerC000000-2020:114:29
A. PanarinLW000100-2020:104:47
M. ZibanejadC000310-1019:204:09
A. LafrenièreLW000211-1018:301:32
C. ShearyLW000311-1216:511:37
W. CuylleLW000050-1014:483:14
N. LabaC0002210012:290:17
J. BrodzinskiC0000310010:021:12
J. ChmelarRW000040009:550:00
B. BerardLW000031009:440:00
S. CarrickC000040049:410:00
V. GavrikovD000200-2024:272:03
B. SchneiderD000121-1023:280:17
W. BorgenD000211-1019:230:00
C. SoucyD0001200018:120:00
S. MorrowD0001020013:382:14
M. RobertsonD0000120213:020:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
I. Shesterkin25223.88060:00Loss
J. Quick000–0:00

CHI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. BedardC112300+2017:341:45
T. BertuzziLW101212+1018:002:10
R. GreeneC011301+2016:511:57
J. DickinsonC011001+1215:270:00
A. BurakovskyLW011102+1014:482:04
T. TeravainenC0001010019:262:14
I. MikheyevRW000200+1018:220:00
F. NazarC0003100016:101:44
R. DonatoC0003000013:192:34
O. MooreC000000009:570:00
C. DachC000020009:482:15
S. LaffertyC000020007:270:00
M. GrzelcykD011001+2019:451:39
L. CrevierD101320+2217:180:13
C. MurphyD0002140021:020:19
A. VlasicD000010+1021:010:01
A. LevshunovD000112+1020:222:21
W. KaiserD0001100217:250:19
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Knight212101.00059:58Win
A. Soderblom000–0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

NYR

Line 2V. Trocheck15:48J. Miller14:15C. Sheary15:12
Line 4W. Cuylle9:45N. Laba11:14B. Berard9:44
Pair 1V. Gavrikov19:16B. Schneider20:24
Pair 2C. Soucy16:38W. Borgen18:10
Pair 3S. Morrow11:24M. Robertson13:02

CHI

Line 2A. Burakovsky12:44C. Bedard15:47R. Greene12:52
Line 3T. Bertuzzi15:48F. Nazar13:04O. Moore9:45
Line 4S. Lafferty7:27C. Dach7:33R. Donato10:43
Pair 1M. Grzelcyk16:41A. Levshunov18:01
Pair 2A. Vlasic17:22L. Crevier15:23
Pair 3C. Murphy16:29W. Kaiser15:59

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
ScoreNYR 3.1, CHI 2.7NYR 0, CHI 3
Total goals5.83
Shots on goalNYR 28.2, CHI 26.8NYR 21, CHI 25
Win chanceNYR 57%CHI won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
NYR A. Panarin3.011.20035%0
CHI C. Bedard2.930.94228%1
NYR M. Zibanejad2.830.88029%0
NYR V. Trocheck2.520.90029%0
NYR J. Miller2.401.08032%0
NYR W. Cuylle2.200.58023%0
CHI F. Nazar2.130.66021%0
CHI T. Bertuzzi2.120.68127%1
NYR A. Lafrenière1.920.58022%0
CHI I. Mikheyev1.920.41020%0
CHI R. Donato1.930.52021%0
CHI A. Burakovsky1.710.64120%0
NYR B. Berard1.700.26013%0
CHI R. Greene1.530.40117%0
NYR C. Sheary1.530.38014%0
NYR V. Gavrikov1.520.44010%0
NYR J. Brodzinski1.500.34014%0
CHI T. Teravainen1.310.64020%0
NYR B. Schneider1.310.3108%0
CHI O. Moore1.300.40012%0
CHI A. Levshunov1.310.3904%0
NYR S. Morrow1.310.2605%0
NYR N. Laba1.220.31015%0
CHI J. Dickinson1.200.31114%0
NYR W. Borgen1.220.2607%0
NYR M. Robertson1.100.1805%0
CHI C. Dach1.100.24010%0
NYR C. Soucy1.110.2508%0
CHI W. Kaiser1.110.1804%0
CHI L. Crevier1.130.2015%1
CHI A. Vlasic1.000.2103%0
CHI M. Grzelcyk0.900.2211%0
CHI C. Murphy0.920.1403%0
NYR S. Carrick0.800.1707%0
CHI S. Lafferty0.800.1709%0

Shots on goal: 20 of 35 players within one of their projection; they took 0.3 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.