NYR @ WPJ Gameday Thread
NYR @ WPJ
Venue: Canada Life Centre
Puck drop: Thu Mar 12, 2026 8:00pm EDT
Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.
Game Preview
NYR
- Record 4-4-2
- Streak W2
- GF/GP · GA/GP 3.4 · 3
- Power play 8/27 (29.6%)
- Last game W vs CGY (4–0)
WPJ
- Record 5-2-3
- Streak L1
- GF/GP · GA/GP 2.5 · 2.8
- Power play 4/31 (12.9%)
- Last game L vs ANA (1–4)
Players to watch (last 5 team games):
NYR
- Alexis Lafrenière 9 pts · 5 G · 15 SOG
- Mika Zibanejad 8 pts · 3 G · 13 SOG
- Gabe Perreault 7 pts · 3 G · 14 SOG
- Vladislav Gavrikov 5 pts · 3 G · 8 SOG
WPJ
- Mark Scheifele 8 pts · 3 G · 16 SOG
- Kyle Connor 4 pts · 1 G · 13 SOG
- Morgan Barron 3 pts · 3 G · 9 SOG
- Tanner Pearson 3 pts · 0 G · 6 SOG
Prediction:
Expected goals: NYR 3.13 · WPJ 2.86 · Win odds: NYR 54.6% · WPJ 45.4% · OT/SO chance: 17.4%
- 3-2 35%
- 2-2 32.9%
- 3-3 32%
Box Score
NYR 6
Final
WPJ 3
2026-03-12
| Stat | NYR | WPJ |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 6 | 3 |
| Shots | 17 | 26 |
| Power Play | 1/2 (50.0%) | 0/1 (0.0%) |
| PIM | 2 | 4 |
| Faceoffs | 23 / 30 | 30 / 23 |
| Blocks | 18 | 15 |
| Saves | 23 | 11 |
| NYR Scorers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| G | A | PTS | |
| Alexis Lafrenière | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Gabe Perreault | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tye Kartye | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Adam Edstrom | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Fox | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Noah Laba | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Braden Schneider | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Vincent Trocheck | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Conor Sheary | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Matthew Robertson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mika Zibanejad | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| William Borgen | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| WPJ Scorers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| G | A | PTS | |
| Gabriel Vilardi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Isak Rosen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Connor | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Lowry | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cole Perfetti | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Elias Salomonsson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gustav Nyquist | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Bryson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Scheifele | 0 | 1 | 1 |