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Tue, Oct 28, 2025·Rogers Arena, Vancouver

New York Rangers 2, Vancouver Canucks 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 68% of the time.

VAN winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR1701117225
VAN0407012023

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 17:28NYRMika ZibanejadGWGAssists: Will Cuylle, Adam Fox · Wrist, 0.18 xG1–0
  2. P3 18:27NYRSam CarrickENAssists: Alexis Lafrenière, Adam Fox · Snap, 0.38 xG2–0
Penalties (9)
  1. P1 10:24VANArshdeep Bains: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 19:40VANMarcus Pettersson: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 19:40NYRSam Carrick: Fighting5 min
  4. P1 19:40VANMarcus Pettersson: Fighting5 min
  5. P2 1:53NYRAdam Edstrom: Interference2 min
  6. P2 4:02VANEvander Kane: Hooking2 min
  7. P3 1:06NYRCarson Soucy: Interference2 min
  8. P3 19:18NYRWill Cuylle: Slashing2 min
  9. P3 0:00VANKiefer Sherwood: Unsportsmanlike conduct2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

NYR00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0VAN
47% to win53% to win
← NYR attackVAN attack →
  1. P1 20:00Miller won the faceoff against Pettersson
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRVAN
25Shots on goal23
3.2Expected goals2.2
53Shot attempts56
26Faceoffs won21
3Power plays3
11Penalty minutes13
18Hits19
11Blocked shots10
9Giveaways6
4Takeaways6

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestMiller – Sheary – Lafrenière10:08

    xG 0.53–0.24 (69%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Zibanejad – Panarin – Cuylle12:41

    xG 0.77–0.48 (61%)attempts 12–14goals 1–0

  3. Raddysh – Parssinen – Laba5:53

    xG 0.16–0.19 (45%)attempts 6–6goals 0–0

  4. Carrick – Brodzinski – Edstrom6:13

    xG 0.03–0.32 (7%)attempts 2–6goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGavrikov – Fox14:37

    xG 1.06–0.23 (82%)attempts 18–3goals 0–0

  2. Vaakanainen – Schneider11:58

    xG 0.36–0.31 (54%)attempts 7–14goals 0–0

  3. Soucy – Borgen12:49

    xG 0.32–0.70 (32%)attempts 6–14goals 1–0

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. bestSherwood – O'Connor – Reichel5:00

    xG 0.36–0.00 (100%)attempts 6–0goals 0–0

  2. Karlsson – Bains – Sasson3:42

    xG 0.15–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

  3. Boeser – DeBrusk – Reichel2:15

    xG 0.16–0.12 (56%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  4. Sherwood – O'Connor – Räty3:38

    xG 0.17–0.14 (54%)attempts 6–1goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMyers – Joseph5:48

    xG 0.15–0.01 (94%)attempts 2–2goals 0–0

  2. Joseph – Willander3:26

    xG 0.19–0.05 (77%)attempts 4–3goals 0–0

  3. Pettersson – Hronek7:22

    xG 0.30–0.20 (60%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

VAN 2.2 xGNYR 3.2 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

VANNYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

VAN's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line VAN is favoured, below it NYR. Dots are goals.

Excitement 9/100 · #1232 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.72 · 2 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50VAN 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 68% of the time.

VAN winsNYR wins

Simulated goal difference (VAN − NYR), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).