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New York RangersNYR 3–6 Final New Jersey DevilsNJD

Saturday, March 7, 2026

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
New York RangersNYR 210 3 20
New Jersey DevilsNJD 213 6 35
Playoff odds, % Change
NJD +0.6
NYR -0.0

How the result moved each team's playoff odds, calculated Mar 7, 2026 3:00 PM EST.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
1:06 NJD Jesper Bratt (14) Cody Glass (7), Johnathan Kovacevic (3) · snap xG 0.18 0–1 ▶
6:26 NYR Will Borgen (5) Vincent Trocheck (28) · wrist xG 0.04 1–1 ▶
8:36 NYR Vladislav Gavrikov (12) Noah Laba (11), Tye Kartye (6) · slap xG 0.07 2–1 ▶
19:47 NJD Dawson Mercer (15)PP Luke Hughes (24), Arseny Gritsyuk (16) · tip-in xG 0.10 2–2 ▶
2nd Period
15:52 NJD Jack Hughes (13)PP Jesper Bratt (33), Dougie Hamilton (17) · slap xG 0.06 2–3 ▶
16:53 NYR Will Cuylle (16) Braden Schneider (11), Taylor Raddysh (8) · slap xG 0.16 3–3 ▶
3rd Period
8:05 NJD Nico Hischier (21)PP Jesper Bratt (34), Jack Hughes (30) · wrist xG 0.36 3–4 ▶
16:56 NJD Jack Hughes (14) Connor Brown (16) · wrist xG 0.25 3–5 ▶
19:28 NJD Jack Hughes (15)EN Connor Brown (17), Johnathan Kovacevic (4) · wrist xG 0.94 3–6 ▶

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 21%Deserve to win79% NJD
NYRNJD
1.95Expected goals4.70
3Goals (no shootout)6
1.19Expected goals, 5 on 52.19
46Shot attempts66
33Unblocked attempts54
20Shots on goal35

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).

3rd Period
9:50 NJD No shift No shift · Tsyplakov, 15:34 on the bench
No shift after 16:53 of the 2nd; 7 shifts (5:17) before that
17:03 NYR Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Quick, down 5–3
With 2:57 left; NJD scored at 19:28 of the 3rd (3–6)

Shot map

NYR shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ NJD shoots
Vladislav Gavrikov: slap, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 0:25) Adam Fox: wrist, 51 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 0:32) Brenden Dillon: tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 2:37) Maxim Tsyplakov: poke, 31 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 2:59) Braden Schneider: wrist, 40 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 5:20) Timo Meier: slap, 34 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 5:29) Luke Hughes: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.11 (P1 6:15) Will Cuylle: snap, 25 ft, xG 0.13 (P1 6:42) Timo Meier: snap, 10 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 7:15) Nick Bjugstad: wrist, 29 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 8:03) Adam Edstrom: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.11 (P1 10:08) Adam Edstrom: wrist, 22 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 10:10) Alexis Lafrenière: backhand, 7 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 10:11) Luke Hughes: wrist, 54 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 10:21) Luke Hughes: wrist, 48 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 10:50) Dawson Mercer: snap, 15 ft, xG 0.16 (P1 11:32) Nico Hischier: slap, 59 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 11:48) Tye Kartye: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 13:28) Connor Brown: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 15:31) Will Cuylle: tip-in, 17 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 16:02) Gabe Perreault: tip-in, 24 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 17:15) Dawson Mercer: tip-in, 25 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 19:35) Dawson Mercer: snap, 19 ft, xG 0.24 (P1 19:37) Timo Meier: tip-in, 20 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 0:20) Maxim Tsyplakov: wrist, 55 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 3:05) Simon Nemec: wrist, 40 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 3:07) Jesper Bratt: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 3:25) Brenden Dillon: wrist, 48 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 5:02) Jack Hughes: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 5:27) Dougie Hamilton: snap, 64 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 5:49) Noah Laba: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 6:26) Conor Sheary: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 6:33) Johnathan Kovacevic: slap, 57 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 7:13) Timo Meier: wrist, 48 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 9:05) Alexis Lafrenière: tip-in, 7 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 9:23) Alexis Lafrenière: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 9:23) Gabe Perreault: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 9:29) Nick Bjugstad: backhand, 20 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 11:12) Timo Meier: snap, 20 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 11:56) Luke Hughes: wrist, 46 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 12:08) Simon Nemec: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 12:33) Jesper Bratt: snap, 35 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 13:50) Timo Meier: snap, 26 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 13:57) Timo Meier: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 14:59) Nico Hischier: snap, 44 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 15:22) Dougie Hamilton: slap, 44 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 16:17) Vladislav Gavrikov: slap, 45 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 17:46) Dawson Mercer: tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 18:24) Conor Sheary: wrist, 41 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 1:38) Gabe Perreault: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.13 (P3 2:50) Dawson Mercer: wrist, 177 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 2:52) Adam Fox: wrist, 62 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 3:04) Connor Brown: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 3:31) Dougie Hamilton: wrist, 22 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 3:37) Simon Nemec: snap, 33 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 4:29) Jonas Siegenthaler: wrist, 63 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 5:36) Dawson Mercer: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 6:24) Johnathan Kovacevic: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 6:38) Luke Hughes: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 6:55) Jack Hughes: wrist, 21 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 7:29) Jesper Bratt: wrist, 53 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 8:02) Lenni Hameenaho: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 8:13) Alexis Lafrenière: backhand, 22 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 10:00) Alexis Lafrenière: snap, 30 ft, xG 0.13 (P3 10:21) Adam Fox: wrist, 49 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 12:04) Mika Zibanejad: slap, 41 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 12:25) Arseny Gritsyuk: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 13:23) Will Borgen: slap, 66 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 13:46) Juuso Parssinen: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 13:47) Juuso Parssinen: wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 13:48) Simon Nemec: wrist, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 14:58) Jesper Bratt: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.26 (P3 15:16) Timo Meier: slap, 46 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 15:50) Vincent Trocheck: wrist, 20 ft, xG 0.14 (P3 17:27) Gabe Perreault: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 17:38) Mika Zibanejad: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 18:03) Vincent Trocheck: wrist, 22 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 18:29) Lenni Hameenaho: wrist, 66 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 19:41) Jesper Bratt: GOAL, snap, 22 ft, xG 0.18 (P1 1:06) Will Borgen: GOAL, wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 6:26) Vladislav Gavrikov: GOAL, slap, 49 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 8:36) Dawson Mercer: GOAL, tip-in, 16 ft, xG 0.10 (P1 19:47) Jack Hughes: GOAL, slap, 49 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 15:52) Will Cuylle: GOAL, slap, 19 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 16:53) Nico Hischier: GOAL, wrist, 20 ft, xG 0.36 (P3 8:05) Jack Hughes: GOAL, wrist, 20 ft, xG 0.25 (P3 16:56) Jack Hughes: GOAL, wrist, 23 ft, xG 0.94 (P3 19:28)
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 000 0 30.08 3124:00
16 Vincent Trocheck 011 0 20.18 1122:52
94 Gabe Perreault 000 0 60.32 0022:21
13 Alexis Lafrenière 000 0 60.33 0020:44
50 Will Cuylle 101 +1 50.34 3016:46
14 Taylor Raddysh 011 0 00.00 0216:29
42 Noah Laba 011 -1 10.06 1115:26
24 Tye Kartye 011 -1 20.01 2014:15
43 Conor Sheary 000 -1 20.16 0113:28
84 Adam Edstrom 000 0 30.14 2007:34
71 Juuso Parssinen 000 0 20.08 2006:48
49 Jaroslav Chmelar 000 0 00.00 1006:30
Defense
23 Adam Fox 000 -2 40.08 0126:28
44 Vladislav Gavrikov 101 0 40.10 0022:42
4 Braden Schneider 011 +2 20.01 2019:49
17 Will Borgen 101 +1 40.05 3216:25
29 Matthew Robertson 000 0 00.00 3016:12
6 Vincent Iorio 000 0 00.00 0209:09
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jonathan Quick 34529 .853 3.76 -1.24

New Jersey Devils

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
86 Jack Hughes 314 +1 61.40 0020:44
13 Nico Hischier 101 0 30.43 1120:34
91 Dawson Mercer 101 0 70.66 0120:07
28 Timo Meier 000 0 90.61 1019:25
16 Connor Brown 022 +1 30.10 0017:44
63 Jesper Bratt 123 0 60.60 0016:51
81 Arseny Gritsyuk 011 +1 10.01 0015:21
12 Cody Glass 011 0 10.00 0114:28
29 Lenni Hameenaho 000 0 20.02 1211:55
72 Nick Bjugstad 000 -1 30.15 1006:27
47 Paul Cotter 000 -1 00.00 2006:11
72 Maxim Tsyplakov 000 -1 20.05 0005:17
Defense
7 Dougie Hamilton 011 -1 60.18 1120:36
8 Johnathan Kovacevic 022 +1 30.04 1120:05
71 Simon Nemec 000 0 50.16 1019:57
5 Brenden Dillon 000 +2 20.10 0219:41
43 Luke Hughes 011 -1 60.20 0119:13
71 Jonas Siegenthaler 000 -1 10.00 0218:12
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jacob Markstrom 20317 .850 1.95 -1.05

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
4 Braden Schneider D +0.76 +0.70 +0.01 +0.11 0.00 0.00 -0.06 — 19:49
17 Will Borgen D +0.73 +0.75 +0.03 -0.11 0.00 0.00 +0.06 — 16:25
42 Noah Laba C +0.38 +0.70 +0.04 -0.44 0.00 +0.03 +0.05 — 15:26
44 Vladislav Gavrikov D +0.36 +0.75 +0.06 -0.28 -0.15 0.00 -0.02 — 22:42
13 Alexis Lafrenière L +0.31 0.00 +0.22 +0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 20:44
84 Adam Edstrom C +0.28 0.00 +0.09 +0.21 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 7:34
50 Will Cuylle L +0.25 +0.75 +0.22 -0.53 -0.15 0.00 -0.04 — 16:46
71 Juuso Parssinen C +0.23 0.00 +0.05 +0.04 +0.15 +0.01 -0.02 — 6:48
24 Tye Kartye L +0.19 +0.55 +0.01 -0.54 +0.15 0.00 +0.02 — 14:15
93 Mika Zibanejad C +0.18 0.00 +0.05 +0.09 0.00 -0.02 +0.05 — 24:00
49 Jaroslav Chmelar R +0.17 0.00 0.00 +0.04 +0.15 0.00 -0.02 — 6:30
16 Vincent Trocheck C +0.15 +0.70 +0.12 -0.61 -0.15 +0.04 +0.05 — 22:52
94 Gabe Perreault R +0.07 0.00 +0.21 -0.09 0.00 -0.01 -0.04 — 22:21
14 Taylor Raddysh R -0.05 +0.55 0.00 -0.72 0.00 0.00 +0.12 — 16:29
43 Conor Sheary L -0.23 0.00 +0.11 -0.40 0.00 +0.01 +0.05 — 13:28
6 Vincent Iorio D -0.25 0.00 0.00 -0.31 0.00 0.00 +0.06 — 9:09
29 Matthew Robertson D -0.54 0.00 0.00 -0.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 16:12
23 Adam Fox D -0.70 0.00 +0.05 -0.76 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 26:28
32 Jonathan Quick G -1.24 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -1.24 57:35

New Jersey Devils

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
86 Jack Hughes C +3.94 +2.80 +0.91 +0.41 -0.15 -0.01 -0.02 — 20:44
63 Jesper Bratt L +2.69 +2.15 +0.39 +0.17 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 16:51
8 Johnathan Kovacevic D +1.53 +1.10 +0.03 +0.39 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 20:05
16 Connor Brown R +1.45 +1.40 +0.06 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 17:44
91 Dawson Mercer C +1.42 +0.75 +0.43 +0.22 0.00 -0.01 +0.03 — 20:07
13 Nico Hischier C +1.31 +0.75 +0.28 +0.24 0.00 +0.01 +0.03 — 20:34
43 Luke Hughes D +1.26 +0.70 +0.13 +0.42 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 19:13
12 Cody Glass C +1.19 +0.70 0.00 +0.40 0.00 +0.02 +0.07 — 14:28
81 Arseny Gritsyuk R +1.08 +0.55 +0.01 +0.68 -0.15 -0.01 0.00 — 15:21
28 Timo Meier R +0.97 0.00 +0.40 +0.40 +0.15 0.00 +0.02 — 19:25
17 Simon Nemec D +0.95 0.00 +0.10 +0.87 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 19:57
5 Brenden Dillon D +0.90 0.00 +0.06 +0.75 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 19:41
29 Lenni Hameenaho R +0.61 0.00 +0.01 +0.50 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 11:55
7 Dougie Hamilton D +0.50 +0.55 +0.11 -0.19 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 20:36
42 Maxim Tsyplakov R +0.06 0.00 +0.03 +0.05 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 5:17
47 Paul Cotter L -0.01 0.00 0.00 -0.14 +0.15 -0.02 0.00 — 6:11
72 Nick Bjugstad C -0.17 0.00 +0.09 -0.07 -0.15 -0.04 0.00 — 6:27
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D -0.27 0.00 0.00 -0.35 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 18:12
25 Jacob Markstrom G -1.05 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -1.05 59:12

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.