New York RangersNYR 6–2 Final Philadelphia FlyersPHI

Monday, March 9, 2026

Final	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
New York RangersNYR	3	3	0	6	27
Philadelphia FlyersPHI	0	1	1	2	34

Playoff odds, %	Change
PHI	-4.0
NYR	+0.0
CBJ	+0.9
BOS	+0.7
NYI	+0.7
PIT	+0.6

How the result moved each team's playoff odds, calculated Mar 9, 2026 6:18 PM EDT.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
1:04	NYR	Noah Laba (7) Matthew Robertson (8), Tye Kartye (7) · wrist xG 0.34	1–0 ▶
13:07	NYR	Mika Zibanejad (26) Alexis Lafrenière (24), Vladislav Gavrikov (14) · snap xG 0.19	2–0 ▶
19:23	NYR	Alexis Lafrenière (15)PP Mika Zibanejad (32), Vincent Trocheck (29) · slap xG 0.22	3–0 ▶
2nd Period
3:54	PHI	Matvei Michkov (16)PP Jamie Drysdale (20), Trevor Zegras (31) · wrist xG 0.82	3–1 ▶
6:40	NYR	Gabe Perreault (6)PP Vincent Trocheck (30), Adam Fox (26) · wrist xG 0.33	4–1 ▶
18:40	NYR	Mika Zibanejad (27)PP Gabe Perreault (7), Vincent Trocheck (31) · wrist xG 0.13	5–1 ▶
19:00	NYR	Tye Kartye (4) Vladislav Gavrikov (15), Noah Laba (12) · tip-in xG 0.06	6–1 ▶
3rd Period
15:28	PHI	Sean Couturier (7) Nikita Grebenkin (10), Luke Glendening (5) · snap xG 0.16	6–2 ▶

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 44%Deserve to win56% PHI

NYR		PHI
3.30	Expected goals	3.64
6	Goals (no shootout)	2
2.00	Expected goals, 5 on 5	2.45
47	Shot attempts	57
34	Unblocked attempts	48
27	Shots on goal	34

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).

2nd Period
18:40	PHI	Goalie	Goalie · Vladar −2.0 goals saved 5 goals on 2.97 xG, 22 shots on goal
20:00	PHI	Goalie change	Goalie change · Ersson in for Vladar The start of the 3rd; Vladar had allowed 6 goals on 24 shots (3.16 xG)
3rd Period
11:49	NYR	Goalie	Goalie · Shesterkin +2.2 goals saved 1 goal on 3.20 xG, 28 shots on goal

Shot map

NYR shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ PHI shoots

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	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
93	Mika Zibanejad	2	1	3	+1	5	0.50	0	0	17:50
13	Alexis Lafrenière	1	1	2	+1	5	0.73	0	0	17:21
16	Vincent Trocheck	0	3	3	0	3	0.44	2	1	17:18
94	Gabe Perreault	1	1	2	+1	4	0.42	1	1	15:36
50	Will Cuylle	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	2	0	15:33
24	Tye Kartye	1	1	2	+2	3	0.10	4	1	15:25
43	Conor Sheary	0	0	0	+1	4	0.06	0	0	15:10
42	Noah Laba	1	1	2	+1	1	0.34	1	0	15:00
84	Adam Edstrom	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	1	0	13:30
22	Jonny Brodzinski	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	13:22
71	Juuso Parssinen	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	11:49
49	Jaroslav Chmelar	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	0	10:53
Defense
4	Braden Schneider	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	2	2	23:18
23	Adam Fox	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	22:19
44	Vladislav Gavrikov	0	2	2	+1	4	0.05	0	1	19:54
29	Matthew Robertson	0	1	1	+2	3	0.04	0	0	19:27
17	Will Borgen	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	16:18
18	Urho Vaakanainen	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	15:18

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Igor Shesterkin	34	2	32	.941	3.64	+1.64

Philadelphia Flyers

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
46	Trevor Zegras	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	1	0	19:27
11	Travis Konecny	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	0	19:04
22	Christian Dvorak	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	1	18:00
74	Owen Tippett	0	0	0	0	4	0.31	8	1	16:52
39	Matvei Michkov	1	0	1	-3	3	0.87	0	0	16:13
20	Alex Bump	0	0	0	0	5	0.31	0	0	13:53
14	Sean Couturier	1	0	1	+1	3	0.34	0	0	13:43
86	Denver Barkey	0	0	0	-3	1	0.03	2	1	13:33
91	Carl Grundstrom	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	8	1	13:19
27	Noah Cates	0	0	0	-3	1	0.00	3	1	12:48
17	Nikita Grebenkin	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	11:40
41	Luke Glendening	0	1	1	+1	3	0.51	4	0	10:47
Defense
9	Jamie Drysdale	0	1	1	-1	8	0.21	0	0	21:42
8	Cam York	0	0	0	-1	4	0.08	0	1	21:29
6	Travis Sanheim	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	21:08
24	Nick Seeler	0	0	0	-1	6	0.05	3	1	18:02
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	0	0	0	0	4	0.21	0	2	17:14
47	Noah Juulsen	0	0	0	-1	5	0.07	2	1	16:26

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Dan Vladar	24	6	18	.750	3.16	-2.84
Samuel Ersson	3	0	3	1.000	0.13	+0.13

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
93 Mika Zibanejad C	+3.24	+2.20	+0.33	+0.68	0.00	+0.07	-0.04	—	17:50
13 Alexis Lafrenière L	+2.59	+1.45	+0.47	+0.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	17:21
94 Gabe Perreault R	+2.46	+1.45	+0.27	+0.68	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	15:36
24 Tye Kartye L	+2.11	+1.30	+0.06	+0.55	+0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	15:25
42 Noah Laba C	+2.06	+1.30	+0.22	+0.56	0.00	-0.05	+0.02	—	15:00
16 Vincent Trocheck C	+1.82	+1.80	+0.29	-0.32	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	17:18
31 Igor Shesterkin G	+1.64	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+1.64	59:48
44 Vladislav Gavrikov D	+1.04	+1.25	+0.03	-0.11	-0.15	0.00	+0.01	—	19:54
29 Matthew Robertson D	+1.03	+0.70	+0.03	+0.35	0.00	0.00	-0.04	—	19:27
50 Will Cuylle L	+0.27	0.00	+0.10	+0.04	+0.15	-0.02	0.00	—	15:33
43 Conor Sheary L	+0.22	0.00	+0.04	+0.18	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	15:10
23 Adam Fox D	+0.09	+0.55	0.00	-0.31	-0.15	0.00	0.00	—	22:19
22 Jonny Brodzinski C	+0.03	0.00	+0.09	-0.07	0.00	+0.01	0.00	—	13:22
17 Will Borgen D	-0.01	0.00	+0.06	-0.27	+0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	16:18
4 Braden Schneider D	-0.01	0.00	+0.01	+0.03	-0.15	0.00	+0.10	—	23:18
18 Urho Vaakanainen D	-0.05	0.00	+0.03	-0.11	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	15:18
49 Jaroslav Chmelar R	-0.97	0.00	+0.02	-0.97	0.00	-0.01	0.00	—	10:53
71 Juuso Parssinen C	-1.14	0.00	+0.03	-1.12	0.00	-0.05	0.00	—	11:49
84 Adam Edstrom C	-1.30	0.00	+0.05	-1.47	+0.15	0.00	-0.04	—	13:30

Philadelphia Flyers

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
14 Sean Couturier C	+1.90	+0.75	+0.22	+0.92	0.00	+0.01	0.00	—	13:43
29 Nikita Grebenkin R	+1.56	+0.70	0.00	+0.86	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	11:40
41 Luke Glendening C	+1.54	+0.55	+0.33	+0.65	0.00	+0.01	0.00	—	10:47
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D	+1.23	0.00	+0.13	+1.00	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	17:14
74 Owen Tippett R	+0.83	0.00	+0.20	+0.29	+0.30	0.00	+0.05	—	16:52
6 Travis Sanheim D	+0.82	0.00	+0.03	+0.75	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	21:08
46 Trevor Zegras C	+0.62	+0.55	+0.04	+0.20	-0.15	+0.01	-0.04	—	19:27
91 Carl Grundstrom R	+0.53	0.00	+0.09	+0.41	0.00	-0.01	+0.03	—	13:19
39 Matvei Michkov R	+0.47	+0.75	+0.56	-0.86	0.00	0.00	+0.02	—	16:13
9 Jamie Drysdale D	+0.26	+0.70	+0.14	-0.58	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	21:42
33 Samuel Ersson G	+0.13	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+0.13	19:47
22 Christian Dvorak C	+0.05	0.00	+0.08	-0.06	0.00	-0.02	+0.05	—	18:00
47 Noah Juulsen D	-0.03	0.00	+0.04	-0.11	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	16:26
11 Travis Konecny R	-0.07	0.00	+0.19	-0.08	-0.15	+0.01	-0.04	—	19:04
20 Alex Bump L	-0.14	0.00	+0.20	-0.18	-0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	13:53
24 Nick Seeler D	-0.16	0.00	+0.03	-0.23	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	18:02
8 Cam York D	-0.49	0.00	+0.05	-0.44	-0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	21:29
52 Denver Barkey C	-0.62	0.00	+0.02	-0.71	0.00	0.00	+0.07	—	13:33
27 Noah Cates L	-0.76	0.00	0.00	-0.85	0.00	+0.04	+0.05	—	12:48
80 Dan Vladar G	-2.84	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-2.84	40:00

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.