New York Rangers vs Florida Panthers — January 2, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The New York Rangers defeated the Florida Panthers 5-1 on January 2, 2026. Despite the result, the Florida Panthers held the edge in expected goals (8.01 to 5.75) at 5-on-5, indicating the New York Rangers received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Florida Panthers created 8 high-danger scoring chances compared to 6 from the New York Rangers at 5-on-5. Mika Zibanejad recorded a hat trick with 3 goals. Artemi Panarin scored 2 goals. A.J. Greer was the most dangerous skater with 1.91 individual expected goals on 3 shots at 5-on-5. The Florida Panthers outshot the New York Rangers 37-20 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as New York Rangers vs Florida Panthers progressed on Jan 2, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

NYR5 - 1FLA

Jan 2, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
FLA	P1	27	15	64.3	16	9	64.0	10	6	62.5	20	8	71.4	3	4	42.9	2.44	2.34	51.0	0	2	0.0
	P2	29	15	65.9	24	11	68.6	15	6	71.4	19	9	67.9	3	5	37.5	4.26	3.28	56.5	0	1	0.0
	P3	31	16	66.0	17	14	54.8	12	8	60.0	25	8	75.8	11	1	91.7	4.82	1.70	73.9	1	2	33.3
	Total	87	46	65.4	57	34	62.6	37	20	64.9	64	25	71.9	17	10	63.0	11.52	7.33	61.1	1	5	16.7
NYR	P1	15	27	35.7	9	16	36.0	6	10	37.5	8	20	28.6	4	3	57.1	2.34	2.44	49.0	2	0	100.0
	P2	15	29	34.1	11	24	31.4	6	15	28.6	9	19	32.1	5	3	62.5	3.28	4.26	43.5	1	0	100.0
	P3	16	31	34.0	14	17	45.2	8	12	40.0	8	25	24.2	1	11	8.3	1.70	4.82	26.1	2	1	66.7
	Total	46	87	34.6	34	57	37.4	20	37	35.1	25	64	28.1	10	17	37.0	7.33	11.52	38.9	5	1	83.3

Win Probability

FLA Favored

NYR Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

FLA

NYR

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

NYR Attempts

FLA Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

NYR ShootFLA Shoot

Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Hit

Hit Taken

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (FLA) performed against every skater on the away team (NYR) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = FLA players, Columns = NYR players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the FLA player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

FLA ↓ / NYR →	Trocheck	Zibanejad	Carrick	Brodzinski	Dowling	Rempe	Cuylle	Panarin	Lafrenière	Berard	Raddysh	Perreault	Gavrikov	Schneider	Robertson	Fox	Borgen	Soucy
Bennett	62	58	75	25	50	100	78	53	45	100	67	48	61	80	57	39	76	92
Reinhart	64	42	90	67	—	100	58	25	22	100	75	43	73	65	50	42	61	50
Rodrigues	79	64	63	64	70	100	72	43	60	75	68	57	68	76	55	40	79	93
Verhaeghe	68	56	100	60	50	100	78	59	57	100	80	57	64	86	79	47	70	60
Lundell	47	33	86	75	—	100	52	36	38	100	67	38	50	59	54	40	42	33
Luostarinen	50	38	100	50	100	100	57	38	50	100	100	42	54	50	45	45	82	88
Boqvist	100	63	67	67	100	50	50	71	67	50	67	0	57	44	44	67	83	100
Kunin	100	25	67	67	100	57	0	33	67	60	50	0	50	17	17	67	80	100
Studnicka	100	25	63	67	100	50	50	33	50	50	57	0	50	29	29	60	75	100
Marchand	62	61	75	33	0	100	83	56	42	100	67	47	59	84	62	35	77	92
Greer	86	60	50	75	75	100	75	60	78	75	69	83	50	50	40	50	88	94
Samoskevich	86	50	50	73	73	100	75	50	71	75	69	80	50	50	40	40	88	93
Forsling	50	43	86	73	89	100	50	42	52	100	91	58	44	64	60	41	73	78
Ekblad	63	50	75	50	—	63	59	38	50	78	78	57	59	65	47	39	76	88
Mikkola	53	55	67	44	67	100	73	55	47	100	67	48	60	43	43	50	85	92
Petry	53	33	67	53	50	100	62	45	47	80	56	27	55	50	45	40	69	86
Balinskis	45	22	77	71	67	63	29	30	50	67	64	46	38	53	41	33	73	79
Jones	80	—	—	100	100	—	100	—	50	—	100	50	100	75	0	100	—	—