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Game Recap
NYR5
FinalFri, Jan 2, 2026Every game that night
FLA1

NYR beat FLA 5-1 despite fewer good chances: 2.00 expected goals to 3.18. FLA outshot NYR 37 to 20. M. Zibanejad scored three for NYR. M. Zibanejad had 6 shots on goal against our projection of 2.3. I. Shesterkin stopped 36 of 37.

Team Stats

NYRFLA
20Shots on goal37
2.00Expected goals3.18
44Shot attempts86
155v5 shots on goal29
2/3Power play1/6
20Hits38
27Blocked shots11
12Penalty minutes6
9Giveaways10
3Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

NYR 2.00 xGFLA 3.18 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.51st2nd3rdNYR goal, 15:09NYR goal, 16:13NYR goal, 0:58FLA goal, 2:20NYR goal, 12:25

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

NYR19 on goal, 4 scored
FLA36 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

NYR Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
M. ZibanejadC325600+3022:063:44
A. LafrenièreLW033201+2018:313:44
A. PanarinLW213500+2018:293:44
V. TrocheckC022110+1220:303:44
W. CuylleLW0002400017:480:00
S. CarrickC0000510014:270:00
T. RaddyshRW000021+1214:150:00
G. PerreaultRW0001020012:230:00
J. BrodzinskiC0000030211:560:00
M. RempeC000010008:020:00
B. BerardLW000000007:270:00
J. DowlingC000010007:050:00
M. RobertsonD0000220221:500:00
B. SchneiderD0002140021:480:00
V. GavrikovD000025+2220:550:00
A. FoxD000103+2018:453:44
W. BorgenD000002+1018:330:00
C. SoucyD0000130214:290:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
I. Shesterkin37361.97360:00Win
J. Quick000–0:00

FLA Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
S. ReinhartC101320-1022:588:17
S. BennettC011411-3019:507:18
B. MarchandLW011510-2019:377:18
E. RodriguesC000210-2019:427:51
A. LundellC000110-1019:194:07
C. VerhaegheC000210-1017:243:36
E. LuostarinenC000121-1016:153:01
M. SamoskevichRW0000300013:171:38
A. GreerLW0003500013:110:11
J. BoqvistC0000410010:040:15
L. KuninC000020008:530:12
J. StudnickaC000121027:110:06
G. ForslingD000210-1025:410:42
A. EkbladD000554-1224:007:34
N. MikkolaD000233-2021:170:04
J. PetryD000420-1019:211:54
U. BalinskisD0002200217:100:06
S. JonesD000000003:001:09
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Bobrovsky19154.78958:06Loss
D. Tarasov000–0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

NYR

Line 1A. Panarin14:44M. Zibanejad13:29W. Cuylle12:33
Line 4S. Carrick11:45M. Rempe8:02B. Berard7:27
Pair 1M. Robertson18:00B. Schneider17:28
Pair 2V. Gavrikov15:20A. Fox14:53
Pair 3C. Soucy13:04W. Borgen12:31

FLA

Pair 1G. Forsling21:15A. Ekblad14:42
Pair 2J. Petry17:27U. Balinskis17:04
Pair 3N. Mikkola19:13S. Jones1:51

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 2.6, FLA 3.1NYR 5, FLA 1
Total goals5.76
Shots on goalNYR 24.3, FLA 30.1NYR 20, FLA 37
Win chanceFLA 58%NYR won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
FLA S. Bennett3.240.87132%0
FLA S. Reinhart2.931.09140%1
FLA B. Marchand2.851.01133%0
NYR A. Panarin2.851.05332%2
FLA A. Lundell2.410.72022%0
FLA C. Verhaeghe2.320.71026%0
NYR M. Zibanejad2.360.79526%3
FLA E. Rodrigues2.220.54019%0
FLA M. Samoskevich2.100.48016%0
NYR V. Trocheck2.110.79227%0
FLA S. Jones2.000.53012%0
NYR W. Cuylle1.920.52021%0
NYR A. Fox1.810.86012%0
NYR A. Lafrenière1.820.54322%0
FLA E. Luostarinen1.610.54016%0
FLA A. Ekblad1.650.4509%0
NYR V. Gavrikov1.500.3908%0
FLA G. Forsling1.520.3208%0
FLA A. Greer1.430.33013%0
NYR B. Schneider1.420.2806%0
NYR B. Berard1.300.20011%0
NYR J. Brodzinski1.200.29013%0
FLA N. Mikkola1.120.2105%0
NYR W. Borgen1.100.2105%0
NYR T. Raddysh1.100.28012%0
FLA U. Balinskis1.020.1904%0
NYR M. Robertson1.000.2204%0
NYR C. Soucy0.900.1805%0
NYR G. Perreault0.910.30011%0
NYR S. Carrick0.900.1707%0
FLA J. Petry0.840.2103%0
FLA J. Studnicka0.810.0805%0
FLA J. Boqvist0.800.21010%0
FLA L. Kunin0.700.1207%0
NYR J. Dowling0.700.1608%0
NYR M. Rempe0.600.1307%0

Shots on goal: 20 of 36 players within one of their projection; they took 0.0 more 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.