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Mon, Jan 19, 2026·Honda Center, Anaheim

New York Rangers 3, Anaheim Ducks 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 57% of the time.

ANA winsNYR wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
NYR161917322
ANA1521427526

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 4:00NYRMatthew RobertsonAssists: Mika Zibanejad, J.T. Miller · Slap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 11:31ANAMason McTavishAssists: Pavel Mintyukov · Snap, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P2 4:03NYRArtemi PanarinPPAssists: Vincent Trocheck, J.T. Miller · Snap, 0.11 xG2–1
  4. P2 8:29ANAJeffrey VielAssists: Ryan Poehling · Snap, 0.26 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:02ANAAlex KillornPPAssists: Jacob Trouba · Backhand, 0.13 xG2–3
  6. P3 1:01ANACutter GauthierGWGAssists: Drew Helleson · Snap, 0.11 xG2–4
  7. P3 7:11NYRVladislav GavrikovPPAssists: Artemi Panarin, Vincent Trocheck · Slap, 0.05 xG3–4
  8. P3 19:24ANACutter GauthierENAssists: Jackson LaCombe · Snap, 0.66 xG3–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P2 1:38NYRAlexis Lafrenière: High sticking2 min
  2. P2 2:31ANABeckett Sennecke: High sticking2 min · PPG
  3. P2 16:55NYRWill Cuylle: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 5:34ANAJackson LaCombe: Holding2 min · PPG
  5. P3 7:36NYRMatthew Robertson: Holding2 min
  6. P3 14:10ANADrew Helleson: Holding2 min
  7. P3 15:49ANARyan Poehling: Tripping2 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 SOG0ANA
47% to win53% to win
← NYR attackANA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Zibanejad won the faceoff against McTavish
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

NYRANA
22Shots on goal26
3.3Expected goals3.7
53Shot attempts55
30Faceoffs won26
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
20Hits29
14Blocked shots11
18Giveaways20
5Takeaways7

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. bestTrocheck – Panarin – Lafrenière11:22

    xG 0.59–0.25 (70%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  2. Carrick – Brodzinski – Raddysh6:40

    xG 0.26–0.17 (61%)attempts 5–4goals 0–0

  3. Cuylle – Othmann – Laba7:45

    xG 0.23–0.14 (62%)attempts 6–8goals 0–1

  4. Zibanejad – Miller – Perreault13:17

    xG 0.31–1.16 (21%)attempts 9–15goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestBorgen – Robertson11:48

    xG 0.64–0.40 (61%)attempts 14–9goals 1–1

  2. Gavrikov – Robertson2:25

    xG 0.00–0.00 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

  3. Vaakanainen – Morrow13:23

    xG 0.26–0.28 (48%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestViel – Poehling – Gauthier10:26

    xG 0.66–0.27 (71%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0

  2. Kreider – Strome – McTavish8:17

    xG 0.24–0.29 (46%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  3. Killorn – Granlund – Sennecke12:55

    xG 0.53–0.57 (48%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestHelleson – Mintyukov8:47

    xG 0.48–0.19 (71%)attempts 9–7goals 2–0

  2. Trouba – LaCombe12:55

    xG 0.48–0.30 (61%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  3. Gudas – Zellweger9:25

    xG 0.50–0.39 (56%)attempts 9–8goals 1–0

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.

ANA 3.7 xGNYR 3.3 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

ANANYR

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 72/100 · #427 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.62 · 8 goals in reachComeback index 32% (winner's lowest chance)
NYR 100%5050%50ANA 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +28 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 57% of the time.

ANA winsNYR wins

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

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).