Final
UTA at NYR game report
Sunday, October 4, 2026 · 6:00 p.m. ET · Madison Square Garden
Rangers beat the Mammoth 4–2 despite being out-chanced 3.8–3.1 in expected goals and 16–12 in high-danger chances. Igor Shesterkin saved 1.8 goals more than expected.
Team comparison
- 4Goals2
- 3.14Expected goals3.77
- 2.505-on-5 expected goals2.96
- 12High-danger chances16
- 22Shots on goal30
- 55Shot attempts69
- 405-on-5 shot attempts59
- 7:01Power-play time2:34
5-on-5 shares for NYR: 40.4% of shot attempts, 45.8% of expected goals.
Expected goals leave out shots at an empty net (NYR 0.71, UTA 0.00); they're in the “Other” row of By strength.
Expected goals through the game
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish. Shots at an empty net add no step.
Shot map
By strength
| NYR at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 48:27 | 40–59 | 2.50–2.96 | 3–1 |
| Power play | 7:01 | 11–5 | 0.60–0.67 | 0–1 |
| Shorthanded | 2:34 | 1–0 | 0.04–0.00 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 1:58 | 3–5 | 0.71–0.14 | 1–0 |
Read pairs as NYR–UTA. “Power play” means NYR had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Shesterkin NYR | 28/30 | .933 | 3.77 | +1.77 |
| Karel Vejmelka UTA | 18/21 | .857 | 3.14 | +0.14 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Player ratings
Out of 10, from each player's Game Score (goals, assists, shots, blocks, penalties, faceoffs and 5-on-5 shot and goal differential while on the ice) compared with every NHL game of the last two seasons. 6 is above average, 7 very good, 8 excellent. Goalies are rated on goals saved above expected. ★ = top three of the night. How ratings work
Average ratingRangers5.9Mammoth6.0
| ★Top three of the night: Vladislav GavrikovDNYR | 8.1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19:09 | 48.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★Top three of the night: J.T. MillerFNYR | 7.6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:27 | 68.8 |
| ★Top three of the night: Igor ShesterkinGNYR | 7.3 | 0 | 1 | — | 59:58 | — |
| Tye KartyeFNYR | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:18 | 65.5 |
| Adam FoxDNYR | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21:35 | 48.5 |
| Pavel DorofeyevFNYR | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:57 | 76.9 |
| Clayton KellerFUTA | 7.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18:03 | 70.8 |
| Andrew PeekeDUTA | 6.9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:04 | 52.9 |
| Alexis LafrenièreFNYR | 6.8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 21:44 | 33.3 |
| Nick SchmaltzFUTA | 6.8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:18 | 70.8 |
| Lawson CrouseFUTA | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:20 | 73.1 |
| Anders LeeFUTA | 6.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:59 | 50.0 |
| Barrett HaytonFUTA | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:18 | 79.2 |
| MacKenzie WeegarDUTA | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:00 | 67.7 |
| Jack McBainFUTA | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:14 | 69.6 |
| Gabe PerreaultFNYR | 6.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:18 | 34.5 |
| Mikhail SergachevDUTA | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:51 | 57.1 |
| Nate SchmidtDUTA | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:39 | 64.1 |
| Mika ZibanejadFNYR | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24:32 | 33.3 |
| Dylan GuentherFUTA | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:45 | 53.6 |
| Vincent TrocheckFUTA | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:58 | 64.0 |
| Karel VejmelkaGUTA | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | — | 58:40 | — |
| John MarinoDUTA | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:07 | 58.0 |
| Eeli TolvanenFNYR | 5.6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:15 | 21.4 |
| Logan CooleyFUTA | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 | 55.2 |
| Joseph VelenoFNYR | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2:13 | 0.0 |
| Alberts SmitsDNYR | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:12 | 50.0 |
| Braden SchneiderDNYR | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:42 | 48.6 |
| Will CuylleFNYR | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:06 | 24.1 |
| Dmitri SimashevDUTA | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:45 | 50.0 |
| Jaroslav ChmelarFNYR | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:05 | 40.0 |
| Michael CarconeFUTA | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:43 | 43.5 |
| Daniil ButFUTA | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:26 | 42.1 |
| Oliver BjorkstrandFNYR | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:49 | 25.0 |
| Kevin StenlundFUTA | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:10 | 30.0 |
| Marcus PetterssonDNYR | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:38 | 25.0 |
| Sean DurziDNYR | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:57 | 21.9 |
| Noah LabaFNYR | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:37 | 21.6 |
Lines used
Each team's most-used forward lines and defence pairs at 5 on 5, from the NHL's shift charts · time together · shot attempts for–against · expected goals for–against
Rangers
Forward lines
- Zibanejad – Lafrenière – Perreault13:27 · 10–16 · xG 1.0–0.5
- Miller – Dorofeyev – Kartye10:42 · 19–6 · xG 0.8–0.3
- Tolvanen – Cuylle – Laba9:01 · 4–18 · xG 0.3–1.1
- Bjorkstrand – Veleno – Chmelar1:10 · 0–1 · xG 0.0–0.0
Defence pairs
- Pettersson – Durzi12:58 · 4–21 · xG 0.2–1.2
- Schneider – Smits11:10 · 12–14 · xG 0.6–1.0
- Gavrikov – Fox11:09 · 11–14 · xG 0.9–0.5
Mammoth
Forward lines
- Lee – Guenther – Cooley10:37 · 15–13 · xG 0.4–0.5
- Trocheck – Schmaltz – Keller10:25 · 15–6 · xG 1.2–0.5
- Crouse – Hayton – McBain7:54 · 13–3 · xG 0.5–0.3
- Stenlund – Carcone – But6:29 · 5–10 · xG 0.2–0.7
Defence pairs
- Schmidt – Marino13:57 · 25–12 · xG 0.9–0.9
- Weegar – Sergachev13:19 · 19–9 · xG 1.0–0.5
- Peeke – Simashev8:58 · 7–7 · xG 0.3–0.6
Three stars
- ★V. GavrikovNYR · 1G 1A
- ★★J. MillerNYR · 1G 0A
- ★★★I. ShesterkinNYR · .933 SV%
Scoring
Period 1
- 17:18NYR V. Gavrikov (from A. Fox)0–1
Period 2
- 14:29UTA N. Schmaltz pp (from C. Keller)1–1
Period 3
- 03:15NYR G. Perreault (from A. Lafrenière, M. Zibanejad)1–2
- 12:47NYR J. Miller (from V. Gavrikov, T. Kartye)1–3
- 14:57UTA A. Peeke (from A. Lee)2–3
- 18:45NYR E. Tolvanen (from W. Cuylle, I. Shesterkin)2–4