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New York RangersNYR 5–6 Final Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
New York RangersNYR 014 5 20
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT 213 6 34

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
2:37 PIT Anthony Mantha (18) Rutger McGroarty (2) · tip-in xG 0.10 0–1 ▶
6:05 PIT Noel Acciari (5) Blake Lizotte (10), Connor Dewar (9) · snap xG 0.14 0–2 ▶
2nd Period
12:59 PIT Anthony Mantha (19) Rickard Rakell (14), Evgeni Malkin (29) · wrist xG 0.44 0–3 ▶
18:28 NYR Alexis Lafrenière (11)PP J.T. Miller (22), Mika Zibanejad (29) · wrist xG 0.10 1–3 ▶
3rd Period
1:20 PIT Rickard Rakell (10)PP Sidney Crosby (31), Erik Karlsson (30) · wrist xG 0.31 1–4 ▶
1:40 PIT Noel Acciari (6) Blake Lizotte (11), Brett Kulak (7) · wrist xG 0.19 1–5 ▶
9:12 NYR Vincent Trocheck (12)SH Vladislav Gavrikov (12) · wrist xG 0.29 2–5 ▶
15:15 NYR Vladislav Gavrikov (9) Braden Schneider (9), Jonny Brodzinski (6) · slap xG 0.09 3–5 ▶
17:28 PIT Ben Kindel (12)EN Connor Dewar (10), Stuart Skinner (1) · wrist xG 0.77 3–6 ▶
18:53 NYR Alexis Lafrenière (12) Vincent Trocheck (23), Matthew Robertson (7) · wrist xG 0.14 4–6 ▶
19:49 NYR Will Cuylle (13) Vincent Trocheck (24), Alexis Lafrenière (20) · wrist xG 0.27 5–6 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

NYR 16%Deserve to win84% PIT
NYRPIT
2.41Expected goals5.83
5Goals (no shootout)6
1.57Expected goals, 5 on 53.17
44Shot attempts68
30Unblocked attempts56
20Shots on goal34

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

1st Period
12:04 PIT Deserve to win Deserve to win · PIT takes the lead, 61–39%
NYR had led since 1:43 of the 1st, by as much as 61%
2nd Period
1:00 NYR No shift No shift · Laba, 10:28 on the bench
No shift from 7:42 of the 1st to 1:23 of the 2nd; 3 shifts (2:02) before that
13:00 PIT xG swing xG swing · Out-chanced NYR 1.22–0.01
In xG over 10 minutes, 3:00 to 13:00 of the 2nd; goals 1–0
16:00 NYR No shift No shift · Laba, 24:23 on the bench
No shift after 1:55 of the 2nd; 4 shifts (2:34) before that
3rd Period
4:00 PIT xG swing xG swing · Out-chanced NYR 1.62–0.14
In xG over 10 minutes, 18:50 of the 2nd to 8:50 of the 3rd; goals 2–0
17:15 NYR Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Quick, down 5–3
With 2:45 left; PIT scored at 17:28 of the 3rd (3–6)
18:57 NYR Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Quick, down 6–4
With 1:03 left; NYR scored at 19:49 of the 3rd (5–6)
19:49 PIT Goalie Goalie · Skinner −2.6 goals saved
5 goals on 2.41 xG, 20 shots on goal

Shot map

NYR shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ PIT shoots
Gabe Perreault: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 0:51) Will Cuylle: wrist, 24 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 0:56) Scott Morrow: snap, 57 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 1:30) Taylor Raddysh: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 1:43) Will Borgen: wrist, 53 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:47) Will Cuylle: wrist, 32 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:56) Will Cuylle: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 4:05) Egor Chinakhov: wrist, 16 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 4:47) Ryan Shea: wrist, 57 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 4:56) Egor Chinakhov: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 5:00) Tommy Novak: tip-in, 13 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 5:10) Erik Karlsson: wrist, 151 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 6:36) Will Cuylle: wrist, 45 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 7:44) Braden Schneider: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 9:22) Ben Kindel: wrist, 29 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 10:32) Evgeni Malkin: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 12:04) Taylor Raddysh: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.31 (P1 12:50) J.T. Miller: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.19 (P1 13:09) Parker Wotherspoon: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 15:11) Gabe Perreault: wrist, 24 ft, xG 0.16 (P1 15:27) Rickard Rakell: snap, 29 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 15:46) Alexis Lafrenière: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 16:53) Ben Kindel: slap, 47 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 17:36) Rickard Rakell: tip-in, 12 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 18:36) Evgeni Malkin: slap, 54 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 19:05) Sidney Crosby: wrist, 29 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 19:12) Sidney Crosby: slap, 31 ft, xG 0.13 (P2 3:25) Egor Chinakhov: wrist, 54 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 5:14) Ben Kindel: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 5:22) Brett Kulak: wrist, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 5:27) Rutger McGroarty: backhand, 22 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 6:11) Evgeni Malkin: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.17 (P2 7:21) Brett Kulak: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 7:30) Vladislav Gavrikov: snap, 56 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 8:08) Ben Kindel: wrist, 20 ft, xG 0.13 (P2 8:29) Ryan Shea: wrist, 54 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 10:48) Erik Karlsson: slap, 42 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 11:03) Erik Karlsson: slap, 52 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 11:43) Rickard Rakell: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.13 (P2 12:56) J.T. Miller: deflected, 4 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 13:54) Erik Karlsson: wrist, 55 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 14:08) Egor Chinakhov: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 16:36) Egor Chinakhov: backhand, 20 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 19:22) Parker Wotherspoon: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 19:35) Alexis Lafrenière: snap, 40 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 19:50) Rickard Rakell: wrist, 19 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 1:04) Sidney Crosby: tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 1:16) J.T. Miller: slap, 43 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 1:25) Brett Kulak: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.13 (P3 1:37) Blake Lizotte: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 1:37) Rickard Rakell: tip-in, 7 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 3:03) Sam Carrick: wrist, 136 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 3:52) Urho Vaakanainen: wrist, 55 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 4:01) Urho Vaakanainen: snap, 60 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 4:05) Ben Kindel: backhand, 12 ft, xG 0.27 (P3 5:39) Mika Zibanejad: slap, 25 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 6:06) Sidney Crosby: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 7:48) Rickard Rakell: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 8:42) Egor Chinakhov: wrist, 50 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 9:38) Justin Brazeau: tip-in, 15 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 10:16) Ben Kindel: wrist, 19 ft, xG 0.16 (P3 10:19) Urho Vaakanainen: wrist, 147 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 10:44) Brennan Othmann: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 11:11) Rickard Rakell: snap, 37 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 11:59) Erik Karlsson: slap, 38 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 12:08) Sidney Crosby: wrist, 22 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 12:18) Parker Wotherspoon: tip-in, 28 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 12:52) Egor Chinakhov: backhand, 4 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 13:04) Ben Kindel: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.16 (P3 14:08) Connor Dewar: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 15:23) Erik Karlsson: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 15:31) Egor Chinakhov: slap, 25 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 16:26) J.T. Miller: slap, 44 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 19:17) Vincent Trocheck: tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 19:47) Connor Dewar: wrist, 104 ft, xG 0.19 (P3 19:52) Anthony Mantha: GOAL, tip-in, 8 ft, xG 0.10 (P1 2:37) Noel Acciari: GOAL, snap, 24 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 6:05) Anthony Mantha: GOAL, wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.44 (P2 12:59) Alexis Lafrenière: GOAL, wrist, 18 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 18:28) Rickard Rakell: GOAL, wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.31 (P3 1:20) Noel Acciari: GOAL, wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.19 (P3 1:40) Vincent Trocheck: GOAL, wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.29 (P3 9:12) Vladislav Gavrikov: GOAL, slap, 35 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 15:15) Ben Kindel: GOAL, wrist, 57 ft, xG 0.77 (P3 17:28) Alexis Lafrenière: GOAL, wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.14 (P3 18:53) Will Cuylle: GOAL, wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.27 (P3 19:49)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

New York Rangers

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
93 Mika Zibanejad 011 -1 10.06 1222:47
16 Vincent Trocheck 123 +3 20.37 3022:40
10 J.T. Miller 011 -1 40.39 2022:09
50 Will Cuylle 101 +1 70.39 5120:02
13 Alexis Lafrenière 213 +1 50.32 1017:59
94 Gabe Perreault 000 -1 30.27 0014:58
10 Sam Carrick 000 -2 20.00 1014:34
14 Taylor Raddysh 000 0 20.35 1011:09
22 Jonny Brodzinski 011 -1 20.00 1009:37
78 Brennan Othmann 000 -1 10.07 3009:16
73 Matt Rempe 000 -1 00.00 4007:46
42 Noah Laba 000 -1 00.00 0002:34
Defense
29 Matthew Robertson 011 -1 10.00 1222:41
44 Vladislav Gavrikov 112 +2 50.10 1122:29
17 Will Borgen 000 -1 10.01 1220:24
4 Braden Schneider 011 +2 10.05 1120:24
60 Scott Morrow 000 -2 40.00 0114:50
18 Urho Vaakanainen 000 -2 30.02 0013:38
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jonathan Quick 33528 .848 4.86 -0.14

Pittsburgh Penguins

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
87 Sidney Crosby 011 -1 50.45 2121:05
67 Rickard Rakell 112 -1 101.05 1119:55
71 Evgeni Malkin 011 -1 40.36 1019:03
39 Anthony Mantha 202 +1 50.54 0016:37
59 Egor Chinakhov 000 -1 80.54 1215:57
18 Tommy Novak 000 -1 10.09 0015:07
81 Ben Kindel 101 +1 91.59 0014:49
46 Blake Lizotte 022 +2 10.06 0014:00
19 Connor Dewar 022 +3 20.21 4013:04
16 Justin Brazeau 000 0 10.10 1112:34
52 Noel Acciari 202 +1 20.33 1011:40
2 Rutger McGroarty 011 0 10.02 0009:31
Defense
65 Erik Karlsson 011 -1 80.21 0023:53
6 Ryan Shea 000 +1 30.02 0020:13
29 Parker Wotherspoon 000 -2 40.12 1018:33
75 Connor Clifton 000 +1 00.00 3417:26
27 Brett Kulak 011 +1 40.16 0117:08
7 Ilya Solovyov 000 +2 00.00 1213:27
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Stuart Skinner 20515 .750 2.41 -2.59

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

New York Rangers

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
16 Vincent Trocheck C +2.80 +2.15 +0.24 +0.33 0.00 +0.07 0.00 — 22:40
13 Alexis Lafrenière L +2.42 +2.05 +0.21 +0.06 +0.15 -0.01 -0.04 — 17:59
44 Vladislav Gavrikov D +1.18 +1.45 +0.06 -0.34 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 22:29
4 Braden Schneider D +0.54 +0.70 +0.03 -0.22 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 20:24
8 J.T. Miller C +0.28 +0.70 +0.25 -0.72 0.00 +0.08 -0.04 — 22:09
14 Taylor Raddysh R +0.23 0.00 +0.23 -0.01 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 11:09
93 Mika Zibanejad C +0.10 +0.55 +0.04 -0.60 0.00 -0.01 +0.12 — 22:47
22 Jonny Brodzinski C +0.03 +0.55 0.00 -0.37 -0.15 0.00 0.00 — 9:37
50 Will Cuylle L -0.03 +0.75 +0.26 -0.94 -0.15 0.00 +0.05 — 20:02
32 Jonathan Quick G -0.14 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -0.14 58:44
42 Noah Laba C -0.31 0.00 0.00 -0.32 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 2:34
73 Matt Rempe C -0.36 0.00 0.00 -0.51 +0.15 0.00 0.00 — 7:46
18 Urho Vaakanainen D -0.44 0.00 +0.01 -0.45 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 13:38
60 Scott Morrow D -0.46 0.00 0.00 -0.35 -0.15 0.00 +0.03 — 14:49
78 Brennan Othmann L -0.57 0.00 +0.05 -0.62 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 9:16
94 Gabe Perreault R -0.69 0.00 +0.18 -0.87 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 14:58
29 Matthew Robertson D -1.06 +0.55 0.00 -1.52 -0.15 0.00 +0.06 — 22:41
17 Will Borgen D -1.31 0.00 +0.01 -1.27 -0.15 0.00 +0.10 — 20:24
39 Sam Carrick C -1.48 0.00 0.00 -1.46 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 14:34

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
67 Rickard Rakell R +3.33 +1.45 +0.68 +1.17 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 19:55
39 Anthony Mantha R +3.25 +1.50 +0.35 +1.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 16:37
81 Ben Kindel C +2.55 +0.75 +1.03 +0.80 0.00 -0.03 0.00 — 14:49
87 Sidney Crosby C +2.12 +0.70 +0.29 +1.22 0.00 -0.16 +0.07 — 21:05
71 Evgeni Malkin C +2.03 +0.55 +0.23 +1.31 0.00 0.00 -0.06 — 19:03
19 Connor Dewar C +1.62 +1.25 +0.14 +0.09 +0.15 0.00 0.00 — 13:04
65 Erik Karlsson D +1.58 +0.55 +0.14 +0.92 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 23:53
55 Noel Acciari C +1.58 +1.50 +0.21 -0.14 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 11:40
46 Blake Lizotte C +1.34 +1.40 +0.04 -0.12 0.00 +0.02 0.00 — 14:00
77 Brett Kulak D +1.14 +0.55 +0.10 +0.44 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 17:08
59 Egor Chinakhov R +1.12 0.00 +0.35 +0.50 +0.15 0.00 +0.12 — 15:57
2 Rutger McGroarty R +1.01 +0.70 +0.01 +0.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 9:31
5 Ryan Shea D +0.86 0.00 +0.01 +0.85 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 20:13
7 Ilya Solovyov D +0.71 0.00 0.00 +0.76 -0.15 0.00 +0.10 — 13:27
75 Connor Clifton D +0.61 0.00 0.00 +0.43 0.00 0.00 +0.18 — 17:26
16 Justin Brazeau R +0.46 0.00 +0.07 +0.23 +0.15 0.00 +0.01 — 12:34
18 Tommy Novak C +0.27 0.00 +0.06 +0.20 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 15:07
28 Parker Wotherspoon D +0.19 0.00 +0.08 -0.04 +0.15 0.00 0.00 — 18:33
74 Stuart Skinner G -2.04 +0.55 — — 0.00 — — -2.59 59:45

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.