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Sun, Oct 11, 2026·Madison Square Garden, New York

Vancouver Canucks 2, New York Rangers 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, New York Rangers win this game 72% of the time.

NYR winsVAN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
VAN1711004221
NYR15210310625

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:27NYRTye KartyeAssists: J.T. Miller, Alexis Lafrenière · Snap, 0.16 xG0–1
  2. P1 17:04VANJake DeBruskAssists: Jonathan Lekkerimäki · Snap, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 2:09NYRWill CuylleAssists: Noah Laba · Wrist, 0.03 xG1–2
  4. P2 16:56VANElias PetterssonSHAssists: Brendan Gallagher, Drew O'Connor · Wrist, 0.06 xG2–2
  5. P2 18:25NYRTye KartyeGWGAssists: J.T. Miller, Vladislav Gavrikov · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–3
  6. P3 1:04NYRAlexis LafrenièrePPAssists: Gabe Perreault, Mika Zibanejad · Wrist, 0.19 xG2–4
  7. P3 5:57NYRGabe PerreaultAssists: Adam Fox, Mika Zibanejad · Tip-in, 0.10 xG2–5
  8. P3 15:22NYRWill CuylleAssists: Eeli Tolvanen, Braden Schneider · Snap, 0.24 xG2–6
Penalties (3)
  1. P1 14:45NYRMika Zibanejad: Interference2 min
  2. P2 15:23VANGuillaume Brisebois: Holding2 min
  3. P2 19:17VANBrock Boeser: Tripping2 min · PPG

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.

VAN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

VANNYR
21Shots on goal25
1.9Expected goals3.2
54Shot attempts56
19Faceoffs won31
1Power plays2
4Penalty minutes2
33Hits22
14Blocked shots14
17Giveaways19
7Takeaways3

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Forward lines

  1. Boeser – Cotter – Rossi12:02

    xG 0.38–0.36 (51%)attempts 15–7goals 0–0

  2. Gallagher – Räty – Sasson10:07

    xG 0.22–0.28 (44%)attempts 11–6goals 0–1

  3. Karlsson – O'Connor – Ohgren9:46

    xG 0.61–0.81 (43%)attempts 11–13goals 0–2

  4. DeBrusk – Pettersson – Lekkerimäki9:23

    xG 0.13–0.39 (26%)attempts 5–6goals 1–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchenn – Pettersson3:31

    xG 0.43–0.11 (80%)attempts 9–5goals 0–0

  2. Pettersson – Willander13:13

    xG 0.52–0.23 (69%)attempts 18–5goals 1–0

  3. Brisebois – Hronek2:03

    xG 0.24–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0

New York Rangers

Forward lines

  1. bestTolvanen – Cuylle – Laba9:48

    xG 0.77–0.28 (74%)attempts 12–7goals 1–0

  2. Miller – Kartye – Lafrenière12:52

    xG 0.54–0.14 (79%)attempts 8–6goals 2–0

  3. Bjorkstrand – Chmelar – Beaudoin8:38

    xG 0.23–0.49 (31%)attempts 6–12goals 0–0

  4. Zibanejad – Dorofeyev – Perreault13:52

    xG 0.34–0.66 (34%)attempts 10–17goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestGavrikov – Fox15:47

    xG 1.05–0.30 (78%)attempts 16–17goals 2–1

  2. Pettersson – Durzi16:43

    xG 0.41–0.18 (69%)attempts 12–9goals 0–0

  3. Schneider – Smits13:31

    xG 0.37–0.81 (31%)attempts 7–17goals 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.

NYR 3.2 xGVAN 1.9 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

NYRVAN

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 VAN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 57/100 · #39 of 86 this seasonSwing 1.54 · 7 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
VAN 100%5050%50NYR 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +29 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 72% of the time.

NYR winsVAN wins

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

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