Fri, Nov 28, 2025·TD Garden, Boston
New York Rangers 6, Boston Bruins 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 84% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYR | 212 | 217 | 28 | 637 |
| BOS | 07 | 05 | 29 | 221 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 3:28NYRArtemi PanarinAssists: Will Cuylle · Snap, 0.07 xG1–0
- P1 12:02NYRCarson SoucyAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Artemi Panarin · Slap, 0.06 xG2–0
- P2 14:22NYRMika ZibanejadPPGWGAssists: Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox · Slap, 0.06 xG3–0
- P2 15:07NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox · Tip-in, 0.01 xG4–0
- P3 4:07BOSCasey MittelstadtAssists: Elias Lindholm · Snap, 0.28 xG4–1
- P3 5:49BOSMorgan GeekieAssists: Henri Jokiharju, Elias Lindholm · Tip-in, 0.04 xG4–2
- P3 16:36NYRAlexis LafrenièreENAssists: Scott Morrow · Wrist, 0.57 xG5–2
- P3 17:02NYRVladislav GavrikovAssists: Vincent Trocheck, Adam Fox · Tip-in, 0.10 xG6–2
Penalties (4)
- P1 19:19NYRWill Cuylle: Tripping2 min
- P2 12:21BOSMarat Khusnutdinov: High sticking2 min
- P2 14:15BOSHampus Lindholm: High sticking double minor4 min · PPG
- P3 18:51NYRMatthew Robertson: Delaying game puck over glass2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Lindholm won the faceoff against Zibanejad
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach 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
- bestZibanejad – Miller – Lafrenière12:30
xG 0.65–0.31 (67%)attempts 10–10goals 0–0
- Brodzinski – Berard – Laba8:11
xG 0.44–0.33 (57%)attempts 10–12goals 0–0
- Carrick – Raddysh – Edstrom10:22
xG 0.55–0.46 (54%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0
- Trocheck – Panarin – Cuylle11:22
xG 0.66–0.59 (53%)attempts 17–11goals 2–2
Defence pairs
- bestGavrikov – Fox18:47
xG 0.86–0.27 (76%)attempts 15–11goals 1–1
- Soucy – Gavrikov2:06
xG 0.43–0.00 (100%)attempts 5–0goals 0–0
- Soucy – Schneider16:26
xG 0.95–0.67 (59%)attempts 17–20goals 2–0
Boston Bruins
Forward lines
- bestKuraly – Tufte – Eyssimont8:02
xG 0.65–0.47 (58%)attempts 8–14goals 0–1
- Mittelstadt – Khusnutdinov – Merkulov6:26
xG 0.30–0.22 (58%)attempts 6–10goals 0–1
- Jeannot – Kastelic – Minten11:52
xG 0.35–0.30 (54%)attempts 9–4goals 0–0
- Kuraly – Eyssimont – Steeves3:12
xG 0.10–0.08 (56%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestPeeke – Lohrei3:51
xG 0.46–0.06 (88%)attempts 5–3goals 0–0
- Jokiharju – Aspirot2:05
xG 0.08–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0
- Zadorov – Aspirot3:00
xG 0.00–0.10 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–1
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
BOS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BOS is favoured, below it NYR. Dots are goals.
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 84% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (BOS − NYR), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).