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Boston Bruins at Montréal Canadiens

Mar 17, 2026 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 2 28
Montréal Canadiens 3 31

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:22 BOS Pavel Zacha (21) PP David Pastrnak (56), Charlie McAvoy (42) 1 - 0
10:31 MTL Nick Suzuki (24) Juraj Slafkovský (32), Cole Caufield (28) 1 - 1
2nd Period
05:41 BOS Pavel Zacha (22) Viktor Arvidsson (21), Casey Mittelstadt (21) 2 - 1
13:15 MTL Josh Anderson (13) Lane Hutson (57), Brendan Gallagher (15) 2 - 2
Overtime
04:38 MTL Cole Caufield (40) Nick Suzuki (56), Lane Hutson (58) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:25 MTL Alexandre Carrier High sticking double minor 4
18:47 BOS Mason Lohrei Slashing 2
2nd Period
07:42 MTL Mike Matheson High sticking 2
16:21 MTL Phillip Danault Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 54 40 28 2 3.9 37.8
Montréal Canadiens 77 59 31 3 4.8 62.2

How the game went

505101520Start2nd3rdOTMontréal Canadiens aheadBoston Bruins ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Montréal Canadiens had taken more, and below it and blue while Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 3.9 expected, 2 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 4.8 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTBOS goal, 2:22 of 1st, a 10% chanceBOS goal, 5:41 of 2nd, a 7% chanceMTL goal, 10:31 of 1st, a 14% chanceMTL goal, 13:15 of 2nd, a 7% chanceMTL goal, 4:38 of overtime, a 20% chanceMTL 4.8BOS 3.9

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Boston Bruins
Montréal Canadiens

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
David Pastrnak · Marat Khusnutdinov · Fraser Minten10:4430.818.50-0
Viktor Arvidsson · Pavel Zacha · Casey Mittelstadt10:1520.025.41-1
Sean Kuraly · Tanner Jeannot · Mark Kastelic9:3725.09.80-0
Elias Lindholm · Michael Eyssimont · Morgan Geekie9:3758.677.70-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nikita Zadorov · Andrew Peeke14:1033.330.81-2
Charlie McAvoy · Jonathan Aspirot13:2938.958.40-0
Hampus Lindholm · Mason Lohrei12:4631.015.80-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
18 Pavel Zacha C 2 0 2 -1 0 4 4 16:22 1.06 4-17 0.27-0.85
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 16:36 0.16 7-17 0.34-0.85
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 17:09 0.42 6-16 0.31-0.81
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 26:44 0.46 17-29 1.35-1.84
88 David Pastrnak R 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 24:35 0.22 8-23 0.23-1.38
6 Mason Lohrei D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21:03 10-23 0.19-1.60
20 Andrew Peeke D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 16:44 0.14 14-20 0.68-0.79
27 Hampus Lindholm D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:48 0.09 13-26 0.28-1.94
28 Elias Lindholm C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:14 0.21 21-17 1.36-0.78
39 Morgan Geekie C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:53 0.51 19-15 1.34-0.73
45 Jonathan Aspirot D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:21 0.31 20-22 1.65-0.92
47 Mark Kastelic C 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11:37 0.02 7-14 0.37-0.53
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:14 5-13 0.05-0.49
81 Michael Eyssimont C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 12:13 0.12 20-13 1.32-0.37
84 Tanner Jeannot L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12:00 7-15 0.37-0.55
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 17:07 0.05 11-21 0.35-0.81
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 16:32 0.00 9-22 0.24-1.56
93 Fraser Minten C 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 19:42 0.17 12-22 0.57-1.55
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Jeremy Swayman OTL 31 28 3 64:38 4.62 +1.62

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský14:2875.079.21-0
Jake Evans · Alexandre Texier · Zachary Bolduc10:5370.881.10-0
Brendan Gallagher · Phillip Danault · Josh Anderson8:5855.028.91-0
Alex Newhook · Oliver Kapanen · Ivan Demidov8:4446.760.70-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Matheson · Noah Dobson14:2348.649.60-0
Alexandre Carrier · Kaiden Guhle13:2482.698.40-0
Jayden Struble · Lane Hutson10:1077.874.41-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
13 Cole Caufield R 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 19:58 1.12 32-10 1.90-0.48
14 Nick Suzuki C 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 24:18 0.47 31-13 1.88-0.56
48 Lane Hutson D 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 21:41 0.15 24-11 1.37-0.81
17 Josh Anderson R 1 0 1 1 0 3 4 13:21 0.32 11-10 0.25-0.70
7 Brendan Gallagher R 0 1 1 1 0 2 6 10:39 0.07 12-10 0.26-0.62
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 19:33 0.35 32-13 1.96-0.56
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 23:16 0.01 24-27 1.00-1.63
15 Alex Newhook C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:14 0.05 7-9 0.30-0.19
21 Kaiden Guhle D 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 22:22 0.34 29-8 1.52-0.22
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 14:45 12-11 0.25-0.70
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 18:19 0.05 22-9 1.25-0.38
47 Jayden Struble D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:40 0.01 16-11 0.75-0.65
53 Noah Dobson D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 24:02 0.25 27-21 1.52-0.91
71 Jake Evans C 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 17:29 1.01 18-7 1.24-0.27
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14:00 0.06 19-12 1.22-0.86
85 Alexandre Texier L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 13:37 0.10 18-13 1.15-0.94
91 Oliver Kapanen C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:20 0.21 8-13 0.30-0.78
93 Ivan Demidov R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:39 0.22 8-8 0.30-0.19
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
75 Jakub Dobes W 28 26 2 64:22 3.79 +1.79