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Sun, Mar 22, 2026·Madison Square Garden, New York

Winnipeg Jets 3, New York Rangers 2 (SO)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 63% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTSOTotal
WPG111114011012337
NYR0421605040229

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 13:06WPGAdam LowryAssists: Gabriel Vilardi, Cole Perfetti · Wrist, 0.23 xG1–0
  2. P2 0:41NYRTye KartyeAssists: J.T. Miller · Snap, 0.19 xG1–1
  3. P2 6:43WPGGabriel VilardiPPAssists: Kyle Connor, Josh Morrissey · Snap, 0.21 xG2–1
  4. P2 14:03NYRMika ZibanejadPPAssists: Adam Fox, J.T. Miller · Slap, 0.07 xG2–2

Shootout

  1. 1. NYR Vincent Trocheck stopped
  2. 2. WPG Kyle Connor scored
  3. 3. NYR J.T. Miller stopped
  4. 4. WPG Gabriel Vilardi scored
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 6:26NYRTye Kartye: Roughing2 min
  2. P2 5:22NYRTaylor Raddysh: Slashing2 min · PPG
  3. P2 9:40WPGHaydn Fleury: Interference2 min
  4. P2 12:56WPGCole Perfetti: Tripping2 min · PPG
  5. P3 12:54NYRMatthew Robertson: High sticking2 min
  6. OT 1:39WPGMark Scheifele: Interference2 min
  7. OT 4:48NYRAlexis Lafrenière: Hooking2 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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0NYR
47% to win53% to win
← WPG attackNYR attack →
  1. P1 20:00Lowry won the faceoff against Miller
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGNYR
37Shots on goal29
3.6Expected goals2.8
67Shot attempts58
30Faceoffs won34
4Power plays3
6Penalty minutes8
19Hits31
9Blocked shots12
11Giveaways20
3Takeaways5

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestScheifele – Connor – Iafallo15:30

    xG 0.72–0.16 (82%)attempts 20–9goals 0–0

  2. Lowry – Vilardi – Perfetti12:04

    xG 0.98–0.66 (60%)attempts 12–9goals 1–1

  3. Barron – Rosen – Lambert6:58

    xG 0.12–0.14 (45%)attempts 4–6goals 0–0

  4. Toews – Nyquist – Koepke7:37

    xG 0.11–0.41 (21%)attempts 9–8goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorrissey – Pionk16:33

    xG 1.26–0.62 (67%)attempts 22–12goals 1–0

  2. Samberg – Salomonsson14:32

    xG 0.79–0.44 (64%)attempts 20–9goals 0–1

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey2:00

    xG 0.05–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. Brodzinski – Edstrom – Chmelar5:17

    xG 0.15–0.13 (54%)attempts 4–9goals 0–0

  2. Zibanejad – Lafrenière – Perreault13:30

    xG 0.44–0.56 (44%)attempts 11–12goals 0–0

  3. Miller – Sheary – Kartye10:08

    xG 0.56–0.82 (41%)attempts 5–11goals 1–1

  4. Trocheck – Raddysh – Cuylle13:54

    xG 0.29–0.57 (33%)attempts 16–11goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestRobertson – Schneider20:06

    xG 0.71–0.55 (56%)attempts 14–23goals 1–0

  2. Borgen – Mackey10:33

    xG 0.26–0.44 (37%)attempts 10–7goals 0–0

  3. Gavrikov – Fox15:52

    xG 0.48–1.37 (26%)attempts 12–22goals 0–1

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.

NYR 2.8 xGWPG 3.6 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRWPG

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

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

Excitement 49/100 · #721 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.57 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 47% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Winnipeg Jets win this game 63% of the time.

NYR winsWPG wins

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

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