CAR @ NYR Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-02-05 Posted by kaylee on 2026-02-05 05:00:45

CAR @ NYR

Venue: Madison Square Garden

Puck drop: Thu Feb 5, 2026 7:00pm EST

Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.

Game Preview

CAR (last 10)

Record 7-1-2
Streak W2
GF/GP · GA/GP 3.7 · 2.3
Power play 10/33 (30.3%)
Last game W vs OTT (4–3)

NYR (last 10)

Record 2-8-0
Streak L3
GF/GP · GA/GP 3.1 · 4.3
Power play 7/26 (26.9%)
Last game L vs PIT (5–6)

Recent meetings:

2025-12-29 NYR 2 @ CAR 3 OT/SO
2025-11-26 NYR 4 @ CAR 2
2025-11-04 CAR 3 @ NYR 0

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

CAR

Seth Jarvis 6 pts · 3 G · 13 SOG
Andrei Svechnikov 6 pts · 3 G · 10 SOG
Shayne Gostisbehere 6 pts · 3 G · 9 SOG
Sebastian Aho 5 pts · 3 G · 12 SOG

NYR

Mika Zibanejad 4 pts · 2 G · 16 SOG
Alexis Lafrenière 4 pts · 2 G · 8 SOG
J.T. Miller 4 pts · 1 G · 8 SOG
Vincent Trocheck 4 pts · 1 G · 8 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: CAR 3.97 · NYR 2.88 · Win odds: CAR 67.2% · NYR 32.8% · OT/SO chance: 14%

3-2 36.5%
4-3 32.7%
4-2 30.8%

Box Score

CAR 2 Final NYR 0

2026-02-05

Stat	CAR	NYR
Goals	2	0
Shots	43	16
Power Play	0/3 (0.0%)	0/2 (0.0%)
PIM	4	6
Faceoffs	27 / 19	19 / 27
Blocks	10	21
Saves	16	41

CAR Scorers
	G	A	PTS
Andrei Svechnikov	1	0	1
Jordan Staal	1	0	1
Jackson Blake	0	1	1
Mark Jankowski	0	1	1
Nikolaj Ehlers	0	1	1

NYR Scorers
	G	A	PTS
No scorers.

Lineups

As of 2026-02-06 12:01AM EST

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

CAR Away

Forwards

Line 1

Andrei Svechnikov

#37 · LW

TOI 18:20xGF/60 2.88xGA/60 1.22CF/60 79.1SC±/60 +19.78G±/60 +4.95CF% 69.6xGF% 70.2

Sebastian Aho

#20 · C

TOI 20:44xGF/60 2.89xGA/60 1.06CF/60 68.9SC±/60 +21.53G±/60 0.00CF% 69.6xGF% 73.1

Seth Jarvis

#24 · RW

TOI 21:55xGF/60 3.72xGA/60 1.14CF/60 88.0SC±/60 +23.17G±/60 0.00CF% 73.1xGF% 76.5

Line 2

Taylor Hall

#71 · LW

TOI 13:39xGF/60 8.00xGA/60 4.83CF/60 148.5SC±/60 +18.56G±/60 0.00CF% 66.7xGF% 62.3

Logan Stankoven

#22 · C

TOI 14:27xGF/60 5.19xGA/60 2.65CF/60 101.7SC±/60 +30.51G±/60 0.00CF% 71.4xGF% 66.2

Jackson Blake

#53 · RW

TOI 14:54xGF/60 6.69xGA/60 3.42CF/60 117.7SC±/60 +24.78G±/60 0.00CF% 67.9xGF% 66.2

Line 3

Nikolaj Ehlers

#27 · LW

TOI 16:01xGF/60 8.61xGA/60 1.22CF/60 167.6SC±/60 +65.59G±/60 0.00CF% 82.1xGF% 87.6

Jordan Staal

#11 · C

TOI 17:21xGF/60 7.81xGA/60 2.83CF/60 174.2SC±/60 +24.88G±/60 0.00CF% 67.7xGF% 73.4

Jordan Martinook

#48 · RW

TOI 13:35xGF/60 5.17xGA/60 2.24CF/60 111.5SC±/60 +26.23G±/60 0.00CF% 68.0xGF% 69.8

Line 4

William Carrier

#28 · LW

TOI 10:56xGF/60 4.28xGA/60 1.92CF/60 100.9SC±/60 +33.65G±/60 0.00CF% 68.2xGF% 69.1

Mark Jankowski

#77 · C

TOI 10:14xGF/60 5.46xGA/60 0.80CF/60 122.9SC±/60 +43.37G±/60 +7.23CF% 81.0xGF% 87.2

Jesperi Kotkaniemi

#82 · RW

TOI 9:34xGF/60 6.73xGA/60 0.85CF/60 170.4SC±/60 +85.21G±/60 +10.65CF% 84.2xGF% 88.8

Defense

Pair 1

Jaccob Slavin

#74 · LD

TOI 20:22xGF/60 2.97xGA/60 2.29CF/60 78.0SC±/60 +13.58G±/60 +3.39CF% 63.9xGF% 56.4

Jalen Chatfield

#5 · RD

TOI 22:07xGF/60 2.63xGA/60 2.14CF/60 72.9SC±/60 +9.51G±/60 +3.17CF% 63.9xGF% 55.1

Pair 2

K'Andre Miller

#19 · LD

TOI 17:46xGF/60 5.08xGA/60 0.99CF/60 110.9SC±/60 +27.72G±/60 0.00CF% 80.0xGF% 83.7

Sean Walker

#26 · RD

TOI 20:31xGF/60 4.78xGA/60 0.88CF/60 106.4SC±/60 +32.73G±/60 0.00CF% 81.3xGF% 84.5

Pair 3

Shayne Gostisbehere

#4 · LD

TOI 19:21xGF/60 7.54xGA/60 1.83CF/60 134.0SC±/60 +55.81G±/60 0.00CF% 75.0xGF% 80.5

Alexander Nikishin

#21 · RD

TOI 14:16xGF/60 7.07xGA/60 1.72CF/60 130.8SC±/60 +68.02G±/60 0.00CF% 80.6xGF% 80.5

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	Brandon Bussi [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 92]
G2	Frederik Andersen

NYR Home

Forwards

Line 1

J.T. Miller

#8 · LW

TOI 18:38xGF/60 1.71xGA/60 2.52CF/60 37.9SC±/60 -9.48G±/60 -4.74CF% 33.3xGF% 40.5

Mika Zibanejad

#93 · C

TOI 21:57xGF/60 1.30xGA/60 5.25CF/60 32.4SC±/60 -32.44G±/60 -4.63CF% 21.2xGF% 19.8

Gabriel Perreault

#94 · RW

Line 2

Will Cuylle

#50 · LW

TOI 18:05xGF/60 1.79xGA/60 3.73CF/60 36.4SC±/60 -18.18G±/60 0.00CF% 33.3xGF% 32.4

Vincent Trocheck

#16 · C

TOI 20:31xGF/60 5.56xGA/60 6.34CF/60 112.0SC±/60 +8.00G±/60 0.00CF% 46.7xGF% 46.7

Alexis Lafrenière

#13 · RW

TOI 15:48xGF/60 3.14xGA/60 2.24CF/60 63.3SC±/60 +18.09G±/60 0.00CF% 53.8xGF% 58.4

Line 3

Jonny Brodzinski

#22 · LW

TOI 13:50xGF/60 0.44xGA/60 7.49CF/60 21.0SC±/60 -68.12G±/60 0.00CF% 13.3xGF% 5.6

Noah Laba

#42 · C

TOI 13:36xGF/60 0.76xGA/60 4.66CF/60 23.1SC±/60 -36.92G±/60 0.00CF% 21.7xGF% 14.0

Taylor Raddysh

#14 · RW

TOI 15:21xGF/60 1.42xGA/60 7.64CF/60 38.8SC±/60 -55.39G±/60 0.00CF% 21.2xGF% 15.7

Line 4

Anton Blidh

TOI 9:04xGF/60 0.69xGA/60 3.11CF/60 8.6SC±/60 -34.54G±/60 0.00CF% 9.1

Sam Carrick

#39 · C

TOI 8:36xGF/60 0.80xGA/60 3.89CF/60 10.0SC±/60 -70.00G±/60 0.00CF% 7.7

Matt Rempe

#73 · RW

TOI 7:08xGF/60 0.93xGA/60 3.56CF/60 16.8SC±/60 -50.47G±/60 -8.41CF% 14.3xGF% 20.8

Defense

Pair 1

Vladislav Gavrikov

#44 · LD

TOI 22:37xGF/60 1.27xGA/60 4.42CF/60 29.4SC±/60 -26.49G±/60 -2.94CF% 25.0xGF% 22.3

Braden Schneider

#4 · RD

TOI 22:20xGF/60 0.80xGA/60 3.51CF/60 19.4SC±/60 -22.19G±/60 -2.77CF% 21.9xGF% 18.5

Pair 2

Matthew Robertson

#29 · LD

TOI 20:56xGF/60 1.11xGA/60 2.98CF/60 29.5SC±/60 -22.93G±/60 0.00CF% 25.0xGF% 27.2

Will Borgen

#17 · RD

TOI 18:31xGF/60 0.54xGA/60 2.70CF/60 11.7SC±/60 -35.18G±/60 0.00CF% 12.0xGF% 16.5

Pair 3

Urho Vaakanainen

#18 · LD

TOI 16:50xGF/60 1.85xGA/60 4.45CF/60 34.8SC±/60 -27.09G±/60 0.00CF% 31.0xGF% 29.4

Vincent Iorio

TOI 14:15xGF/60 3.23xGA/60 4.77CF/60 67.4SC±/60 -8.42G±/60 0.00CF% 44.4xGF% 40.4

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	Jonathan Quick [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 7]
G2	Spencer Martin

Injuries

As of 2026-02-06 12:01AM EST

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

CAR

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Charles-Alexis Legault	NA	62	IR	IR
Pyotr Kochetkov	NA	52	IR	IR
Eric Robinson	NA	50	OUT	OUT

NYR

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Conor Sheary	NA	43	IR	IR
Adam Fox	NA	23	IR	IR
Adam Edstrom	NA	84	IR	IR
Igor Shesterkin	NA	31	IR	IR

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