Player Analysis: Gawdin’s Eight Minutes and O’Reilly’s Two in Vegas
November 13, 2026
Ryan O’Reilly scored twice, G. Gawdin twice in 7:59 of ice time, J. Saros stopped 40 of 42, D. Garand was 27-of-28, and J. Miller picked up two helpers. Two finals, one shootout, and this is how each one was won.
- Nine of New York’s skaters recorded a point against Vancouver. Three Canucks did.
- Gawdin played 7:59 and scored two goals. No other forward in the slate got past one.
- Saros faced the most shots of the night, 42, and Nashville took the game in a shootout.
- Garand finished one save shy of a shutout while the Rangers won 5-1.
What happened
Two games decided by one goal apiece, and neither was one goal for long.
New York took a 5-1 win in Vancouver without any single player having to carry the scoreline. Miller had two assists, A. Lafreniere and G. Perreault finished 1+1 each, and M. Zibanejad and O. Bjorkstrand contributed the rest around them.
Gawdin was the oddity. He logged 7:59, buried two goals, and left with a plus-2, good for a 15 goals-per-60 rate that season projections will happily ignore. Fourth-line minutes rarely turn into two-goal nights. This one did.
The blue line was quiet and effective. A. Fox and V. Gavrikov each added an assist at plus-2 on 20-plus minutes, and J. Chmelar was plus-2 in 9:02. Vancouver’s side of that ledger had exactly three entries: an E. Pettersson goal, a B. Boeser assist, a Z. Buium assist. The Canucks held a 31-28 shot edge and got 26 saves from L. Merilainen.
Nashville went to Vegas and won 3-2 in a shootout, with O’Reilly the only multi-goal player of the night at plus-2 in 21:13. The game was 2-2 after overtime, and the shootout winner that makes the final score 3-2 belongs to no one’s goal column.
Saros kept it there, stopping 40 of 42, the busiest goaltender of the slate. R. Josi played 31:40 and A. Wilsby 28:31 and still came home with the win. Vegas had six point-getters, goals from V. Olofsson and R. Andersson with helpers from M. Marner, T. Hertl, I. Barbashev and P. Wotherspoon, and A. Hill turning aside 30 of 32. It was not enough at home.
Everyone on the scoresheet
Twenty-three point-getters across the two finals, sorted points first and goals second.
New York Rangers 5 at Vancouver Canucks 1
| Player | Team | G | A | P | +/- | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G. Gawdin | NYR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 7:59 |
| A. Lafreniere | NYR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 14:37 |
| G. Perreault | NYR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 14:15 |
| J. Miller | NYR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 18:49 |
| O. Bjorkstrand | NYR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:39 |
| J. Chmelar | NYR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 9:02 |
| M. Zibanejad | NYR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:26 |
| A. Fox | NYR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 24:05 |
| V. Gavrikov | NYR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 20:25 |
| E. Pettersson | VAN | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:37 |
| B. Boeser | VAN | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:34 |
| Z. Buium | VAN | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 24:38 |
Nashville Predators 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 2 (SO)
| Player | Team | G | A | P | +/- | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. O’Reilly | NSH | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 21:13 |
| V. Olofsson | VGK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:23 |
| R. Andersson | VGK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:06 |
| M. Bourque | NSH | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 16:44 |
| S. Stamkos | NSH | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 20:33 |
| R. Josi | NSH | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 31:40 |
| A. Wilsby | NSH | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 28:31 |
| T. Hertl | VGK | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:53 |
| I. Barbashev | VGK | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:17 |
| M. Marner | VGK | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:10 |
| P. Wotherspoon | VGK | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 20:54 |
Pro Hockey Stats models the NHL in public. Every pick is graded on the Ledger, no deletions.