New York Rangers vs. St. Louis BluesDec 18, 2025

Final / OTThursday, Dec 18, 2025· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NYR	0	1	0	1	2		NYR	10	15	5	1	31
STL	1	0	0	0	1		STL	5	10	11	1	27

: NYR 53STL 56
: NYR 2.96STL 2.57
PP goals: NYR 1STL 0
Hits: NYR 24STL 13
Blocks: NYR 17STL 7
PIM: NYR 8STL 6
: NYR 47%STL 53%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

New York Rangers edge St. Louis Blues 2–1 (OT)

New York Rangers beat St. Louis Blues 2–1 in overtime at STL. J.T. Miller (NYR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NYR: Zibanejad–Lafrenière–Cuylle skated 12:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for NYR: Zibanejad–Lafrenière–Cuylle skated 12:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zibanejad Lafrenière Cuylle
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New look for NYR: Carrick–Rempe–Othmann skated 6:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrick Rempe Othmann
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New look for NYR: Raddysh–Laba–Perreault skated 7:56 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Raddysh Laba Perreault
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 2.57 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jonatan Berggren (STL) played 17:04, +3:19 up on his 13:45 season average over 50 games.Berggren
Usage
Braden Schneider (NYR) played 24:02, +3:38 up on his 20:24 season average over 81 games.Schneider
Usage
Philip Broberg (STL) played 19:53, −3:31 down on his 23:24 season average over 80 games.Broberg
Usage
Justin Faulk (STL) played 25:12, +3:14 up on his 21:58 season average over 77 games.Faulk

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← NYR attacks left (bottom on phones)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 109 of 109 attempts · STL 56 · NYR 53

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL pressure
NYR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 32% of the game, STL 38%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

STL

NYR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

STL skaters (rows) against NYR skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the STL side.

Matchup matrix

STL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NYR	STL
	49	59
	2.44	2.18
	2.30	2.10
	16	14
	4	2
	18	20
	−0.011	+0.011
	32%	38%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

New York Rangers

L1Trocheck – Miller – Sheary
12:2845% CF
L2Zibanejad – Lafrenière – Cuylle
12:1650% CF
L3Raddysh – Laba – Perreault
7:5650% CF
L4Carrick – Rempe – Othmann
6:1460% CF
D1Gavrikov – Schneider
19:0933% CF
D2Soucy – Borgen
12:4124% CF
D3Robertson – Morrow
12:2583% CF

PP1Trocheck – Zibanejad – Miller – Lafrenière – Morrow
3:06100% CF
PP2Sheary – Gavrikov – Cuylle – Laba – Perreault
0:39100% CF
PK1FZibanejad – Cuylle
2:19
PK2FTrocheck – Miller
2:13
PK1DGavrikov – Schneider
2:50
PK2DBorgen – Robertson
2:18

Current NYR line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Neighbours – Stenberg
11:2244% CF
L2Buchnevich – Thomas – Toropchenko
7:3455% CF
L3Suter – Berggren – Dvorsky
5:0160% CF
L4Sundqvist – Joseph – Luff
3:420% CF
D1Parayko – Broberg
14:4245% CF
D2Faulk – Tucker
14:1463% CF
D3Fowler – Mailloux
10:4170% CF

PP1Fowler – Sundqvist – Buchnevich – Thomas – Dvorsky
2:06100% CF
PP2Schenn – Faulk – Suter – Berggren – Mailloux
1:16
PK1FSundqvist – Suter
1:09
PK2FThomas – Toropchenko
0:37
PK1DParayko – Broberg
2:28
PK2DFowler – Tucker
0:49

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.42	3	1	0	22:49	—	—	42	55
J.T. Miller C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.54	1	1	0	20:57	—	—	45	55
Conor Sheary L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.25	0	1	0	15:36	—	—	40	50
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	1	0	0	21:26	—	—	48	26
Alexis Lafrenière L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.24	0	2	2	19:17	—	—	42	25
Will Cuylle L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	2	2	0	17:52	—	—	50	32
Noah Laba C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	13:29	—	—	47	55
Gabe Perreault R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.15	0	1	2	13:09	—	—	44	55
Taylor Raddysh R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	10:47	—	—	36	16
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.48	0	1	0	11:41	—	—	47	76
Matt Rempe C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	8:02	—	—	55	98
Brennan Othmann L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	2	1	2	7:14	—	—	64	100
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.08	1	1	0	26:36	—	—	37	51
Braden Schneider D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	4	0	24:02	—	—	36	41
Will Borgen D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	1	1	2	16:53	—	—	32	23
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	16:09	—	—	29	25
Matthew Robertson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	17:58	—	—	75	83
Scott Morrow D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	17:06	—	—	83	88

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	2.57	62:21

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	2	1	0	16:48	—	—	43	23
Jake Neighbours L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	2	16:32	—	—	48	35
Otto Stenberg C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	15:12	—	—	44	18
Robert Thomas C	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.58	0	1	0	21:03	—	—	69	75
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.61	0	0	2	20:44	—	—	69	74
Alexey Toropchenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	0	1	0	12:57	—	—	46	28
Pius Suter C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	17:23	—	—	65	61
Jonatan Berggren R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.20	1	0	0	17:04	—	—	69	75
Dalibor Dvorsky R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	15:40	—	—	44	7
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:02	—	—	20	24
Mathieu Joseph R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:19	—	—	50	34
Matt Luff R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:20	—	—	33	30
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	1	0	19:54	—	—	39	36
Philip Broberg D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	1	0	19:53	—	—	42	55
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	0	0	2	25:12	—	—	60	40
Tyler Tucker D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	16:11	—	—	57	29
Cam Fowler D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.10	0	0	0	22:22	—	—	65	74
Logan Mailloux D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	14:32	—	—	57	48

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	O	31	29	2	.935	2.96	62:21

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Jonatan Berggren (STL) 1st 18:58 · assists Dalibor Dvorsky · Forecheck turnover · 54.4 mph shot.

Jonatan Berggren · 1st 18:58 · STL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.4 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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Gabe Perreault · 2nd 6:02 · NYR PP

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 45.9 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s
Type: deflection

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J.T. Miller · OT 2:21 · NYR

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.1 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

New York Rangers vs. St. Louis BluesDec 18, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

New York Rangers edge St. Louis Blues 2–1 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Rangers

St. Louis Blues

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

OT period

Box score

New York Rangers

St. Louis Blues

Goal anatomy

Jonatan Berggren · 1st 18:58 · STL

Gabe Perreault · 2nd 6:02 · NYR PP

J.T. Miller · OT 2:21 · NYR