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Team diagnostic
2025-26last seasonAs of Sun, Sep 20

New York Rangers

5-on-5 · model-estimated

Rangers: a outshot/run-and-gun team (0.0% 5v5 xG) with league-average goaltending.

How to read this

This is one team through the publication's three layers. The identity row separates process — the chances a club creates and allows (, ) — from luck, which is what measures. Process predicts the future; luck predicts a correction.

Everything below follows that split: regression flags mark places where results have outrun (or trailed) the underlying play, talent tiers and the player table rank the roster by a model-estimated , and roster needs compare each position group against league average. The proxies rank things usefully but share credit with linemates — read orderings as solid and exact magnitudes as approximate.

PROCESS
chance creation and possession — xG%, Corsi. The repeatable part.
RESULT
goals, wins, special-teams conversion. What the standings see.
LUCK
PDO, finishing vs expected, GSAx — the part that mean-reverts.
GOLD/RED
regression flags: gold = watch it, red = act on it
Fine print · verbatim from the model
  • WAR / Impact are model-estimated proxies, not cap-validated
  • Roster-need gaps are ordinal — ranked correctly, magnitudes relative
Identity · outshot/run-and-gun
0.0%
xGoals %
This team gets buried territorially.
48.6%
Corsi %
0.00
xGF / 60
1.009
PDO
Luck is about neutral; the record is earned.
Strengths
  • Elite top-end talent: Adam Fox.
Weaknesses
  • Out-chanced at 5v5 (0.0% xG share).
  • Leaky penalty kill (80% kill rate).
Talent tiers · model impact
Elite01
  • Adam Fox
Top05
  • Mika Zibanejad
  • Alexis Lafrenire
  • J.T. Miller
  • Vladislav Gavrikov
  • Gabe Perreault
Middle09
  • Will Cuylle
  • Matthew Robertson
  • Conor Sheary
  • Jonny Brodzinski
  • Jaroslav Chmelar
  • Adam Edstrom
  • Scott Morrow
  • Urho Vaakanainen
  • Matt Rempe
Depth08
  • Vincent Trocheck
  • Tye Kartye
  • Taylor Raddysh
  • Noah Laba
  • Juuso Parssinen
  • Will Borgen
  • Vincent Iorio
  • Braden Schneider
Rate-first

Special teams

Power play
0.00 xGF/60 · 24.7% SH%
7.40GF/60
Penalty kill
0.8 Kill%
7.18GA/60
Source · MoneyPuck 5-on-5 + ST splits
Team GSAx +0.0

Goaltending

Above expected
GoaltenderGP
Igor Shesterkin5191.160+0.0
Jonathan Quick2589.120+0.0
Source · GSAx = xGoals − goals, computed in-app
Roster needs · ranked
01
Depth defensehigh
team 46.2 vs league 87.3
-41
02
Bottom-6 forward depthhigh
team 41.0 vs league 81.9
-41
03
Top-6 forwardhigh
team 57.4 vs league 86.1
-29
04
Top-pair defensemanhigh
team 78.5 vs league 91.5
-13

Gaps are ordinal — needs are ranked correctly; treat the magnitude as relative, not absolute.

Top players · adjusted impact
PlayerGPTOI/GP
Mika ZibanejadC8114.8+62.50+3.3
Adam FoxD5518.7+87.90+2.9
Alexis LafrenireL8214.5+65.20+2.6
J.T. MillerC6814.3+61.60+2.2
Vladislav GavrikovD8219.6+69.00+1.8
Vincent TrocheckC6714.7+35.20+1.2
Gabe PerreaultR4914.4+60.20+1.1
Will CuylleL8213.2+41.90+1.1
Matthew RobertsonD7215.6+58.70+0.7
Tye KartyeL6410.5+36.60+0.6
Schedule load · logistics

How hard is this team’s season, logistically? This grades the schedule itself — travel, rest, and clustering — separate from how good the team is.

Logistics, not talent

Schedule load

DEPTH
Load index
19/ 100 · pctile vs league

The 26th-heaviest schedule in the league84 games, 1.3 days average rest.

Total travel
38,449
road miles flown
11
Back-to-backs
2 games, 0 days off
16
3-in-4s
3 games / 4 nights
15
4-in-6s
4 games / 6 nights
4
Longest road trip
3,559 mi
Rest-days distribution
0d11
1d51
2d14
3+d7

Nights of rest before each game · 0 days = red, 3+ = green

Rest advantage

23 games with more rest than the opponent · 26 with fewer · 32 even.

Hardest stretches
  • 6 games in 11 days with 5,469 travel miles

    Mar 6Mar 16

  • 6 games in 12 days with 6,249 travel miles

    Dec 29Jan 9

  • 6 games in 12 days with 5,984 travel miles

    Nov 5Nov 16

Source · NHL schedule · arena coordinates · rest & travel model
By the Model5-on-5 aggregates · MoneyPuck* WAR / Impact are model-estimated proxies, not cap-validated