Final
NJD at NYR game report
Devils
3–4
Rangers
Thursday, September 24, 2026 · 7:00 p.m. ET · Madison Square Garden
Rangers beat the Devils 4–3 in a shootout and earned it, out-chancing them 3.3–2.7 in expected goals.
Team comparison
NYRNJD
- 4Goals3
- 3.35Expected goals2.73
- 1.825-on-5 expected goals1.44
- 13High-danger chances13
- 23Shots on goal23
- 59Shot attempts48
- 475-on-5 shot attempts34
- 4:46Power-play time3:01
5-on-5 shares for NYR: 58.0% of shot attempts, 55.8% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
RangersDevilsCircles mark goals
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
Devils shooting ←→ Rangers shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown
By strength
| NYR at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 52:44 | 47–34 | 1.82–1.44 | 2–1 |
| Power play | 4:46 | 7–3 | 0.49–0.19 | 0–1 |
| Shorthanded | 3:01 | 1–1 | 0.23–0.15 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 4:29 | 4–10 | 0.80–0.94 | 1–1 |
Read pairs as NYR–NJD. “Power play” means NYR had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Daws NJD | 20/23 | .870 | 3.35 | +0.35 |
| Joonas Korpisalo NYR | 20/23 | .870 | 2.73 | -0.27 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Most dangerous shooters
| Player | G | SOG | Att | HD | ixG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Cuylle NYR | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0.70 |
| Anton Blidh NYR | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.65 |
| Amadeus Lombardi NJD | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.54 |
| Joseph Veleno NYR | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0.53 |
| Colin White NJD | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0.46 |
| Ben Steeves NJD | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0.30 |
| Ryan Schmelzer NJD | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0.29 |
| Noah Laba NYR | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.26 |
| Nathan Aspinall NYR | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.25 |
| Stefan Noesen NJD | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.23 |
Three stars
- ★W. CuylleNYR · 1G 1A
- ★★S. MorrowNYR · 1G 0A
- ★★★A. LombardiNJD · 1G 0A
Scoring
Period 1
- 08:51NJD S. Noesen pp (from S. Casey, L. Hameenaho)1–0
Period 2
- 12:09NJD E. Edwards (from M. Melovsky, B. Steeves)2–0
Period 3
- 03:10NYR W. Cuylle (from M. Robertson, G. Perreault)2–1
- 05:21NYR A. Blidh (from G. Gawdin, G. Perreault)2–2
- 10:03NYR S. Morrow (from W. Cuylle, M. Rempe)2–3
- 18:21NJD A. Lombardi (from J. Boqvist, M. Melovsky)3–3
Shootout
- 00:00NYR W. Cuylle3–4