Final
NYR at DET game report
Friday, October 2, 2026 · 6:30 p.m. ET · Little Caesars Arena
Rangers beat the Red Wings 2–0 and earned it, out-chancing them 3.1–1.5 in expected goals.
Team comparison
- 0Goals2
- 1.53Expected goals3.08
- 1.355-on-5 expected goals1.37
- 7High-danger chances6
- 22Shots on goal21
- 45Shot attempts43
- 385-on-5 shot attempts29
- 4:16Power-play time8:22
5-on-5 shares for DET: 56.7% of shot attempts, 49.6% of expected goals.
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.
Shot map
By strength
| DET at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 46:27 | 38–29 | 1.35–1.37 | 0–0 |
| Power play | 4:16 | 6–11 | 0.18–0.61 | 0–1 |
| Shorthanded | 8:22 | 1–0 | 0.00–0.00 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 0:55 | 0–3 | 0.00–1.10 | 0–1 |
Read pairs as DET–NYR. “Power play” means DET had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Gibson DET | 19/20 | .950 | 1.99 | +0.99 |
| Dylan Garand NYR | 22/22 | 1.000 | 1.53 | +1.53 |
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 ratingRed Wings5.7Rangers5.7
| ★Top three of the night: Sean DurziDNYR | 7.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:19 | 68.2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★Top three of the night: Dylan GarandGNYR | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | — | 60:00 | — |
| ★Top three of the night: Gabe PerreaultFNYR | 6.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:24 | 50.0 |
| Marco KasperFDET | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10:50 | 77.8 |
| John GibsonGDET | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | — | 59:02 | — |
| Tye KartyeFNYR | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:12 | 33.3 |
| Mason AppletonFDET | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:18 | 87.5 |
| Eeli TolvanenFNYR | 6.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:26 | 23.1 |
| Keegan KolesarFDET | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:23 | 80.0 |
| Jaroslav ChmelarFNYR | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:11 | 60.0 |
| Will CuylleFNYR | 6.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:43 | 35.3 |
| Michael Brandsegg-NygårdFDET | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9:39 | 66.7 |
| Michael RasmussenFDET | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 | 78.9 |
| Moritz SeiderDDET | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:16 | 53.6 |
| Ben ChiarotDDET | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:31 | 57.1 |
| Marcus PetterssonDNYR | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:56 | 56.5 |
| Joseph VelenoFNYR | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:34 | 63.2 |
| Anton JohanssonDDET | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:10 | 57.7 |
| Axel Sandin-PellikkaDDET | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:27 | 58.8 |
| Oliver BjorkstrandFNYR | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 | 52.9 |
| J.T. CompherFDET | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:28 | 47.4 |
| Adam FoxDNYR | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22:50 | 26.9 |
| Pavel DorofeyevFNYR | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:30 | 36.8 |
| Albert JohanssonDDET | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:29 | 55.0 |
| Lucas RaymondFDET | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:01 | 50.0 |
| Noah LabaFNYR | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:05 | 50.0 |
| Nate DanielsonFDET | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:41 | 71.4 |
| Alex DeBrincatFDET | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:43 | 47.6 |
| Andrew CoppFDET | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:17 | 43.5 |
| Viktor ArvidssonFDET | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:17 | 37.5 |
| Justin FaulkDDET | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:29 | 52.0 |
| Alexis LafrenièreFNYR | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:30 | 45.0 |
| Mika ZibanejadFNYR | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:21 | 38.9 |
| Emmitt FinnieFDET | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:24 | 35.7 |
| Vladislav GavrikovDNYR | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:07 | 40.7 |
| J.T. MillerFNYR | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:28 | 35.0 |
| Braden SchneiderDNYR | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:36 | 30.4 |
| Alberts SmitsDNYR | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:26 | 35.7 |
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
Red Wings
Forward lines
- Copp – DeBrincat – Raymond14:09 · 10–11 · xG 0.2–0.5
- Compher – Arvidsson – Finnie9:42 · 5–8 · xG 0.2–0.4
- Kolesar – Rasmussen – Kasper7:12 · 11–2 · xG 0.4–0.0
- Appleton – Danielson – Brandsegg-Nygård5:03 · 4–1 · xG 0.1–0.0
Defence pairs
- Faulk – Johansson13:54 · 10–8 · xG 0.3–0.5
- Seider – Johansson12:32 · 10–8 · xG 0.4–0.2
- Chiarot – Sandin-Pellikka9:26 · 8–3 · xG 0.5–0.2
Rangers
Forward lines
- Zibanejad – Lafrenière – Perreault10:29 · 6–6 · xG 0.6–0.1
- Miller – Bjorkstrand – Dorofeyev6:35 · 5–7 · xG 0.2–0.1
- Veleno – Kartye – Chmelar5:48 · 2–2 · xG 0.0–0.0
- Tolvanen – Cuylle – Laba5:43 · 2–7 · xG 0.0–0.3
Defence pairs
- Pettersson – Durzi13:19 · 13–6 · xG 0.5–0.3
- Gavrikov – Fox11:36 · 6–14 · xG 0.3–0.4
- Schneider – Smits9:39 · 2–9 · xG 0.2–0.5
Three stars
- ★D. GarandNYR · 1.000 SV%
- ★★S. DurziNYR · 1G 0A
- ★★★E. TolvanenNYR · 1G 0A
Scoring
Period 1
- 05:12NYR S. Durzi pp (from G. Perreault, W. Cuylle)1–0
Period 3
- 18:44NYR E. Tolvanen (from T. Kartye, A. Fox)2–0