Boston BruinsBOS 3–1 Final New York IslandersNYI

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
Boston BruinsBOS 111 3 14
New York IslandersNYI 100 1 44

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
4:41 NYI Mathew Barzal (7) Tony DeAngelo (8), Matthew Schaefer (9) · wrist xG 0.31 0–1 ▶
6:23 BOS Alex Steeves (2) Sean Kuraly (4), Michael Eyssimont (7) · wrist xG 0.20 1–1 ▶
2nd Period
0:43 BOS Tanner Jeannot (3) Fraser Minten (4) · snap xG 0.22 2–1 ▶
3rd Period
10:21 BOS Alex Steeves (3)SH Fraser Minten (5) · wrist xG 0.16 3–1 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

BOS 7%Deserve to win93% NYI
BOSNYI
1.27Expected goals4.51
3Goals (no shootout)1
1.06Expected goals, 5 on 52.29
42Shot attempts80
24Unblocked attempts63
14Shots on goal44

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

3rd Period
15:26 NYI Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Sorokin, down 3–1
With 4:34 left
15:53 BOS Goalie Goalie · Swayman +2.0 goals saved
1 goal on 3.01 xG, 32 shots on goal
16:50 NYI xG swing xG swing · Out-chanced BOS 1.87–0.24
In xG over 10 minutes, 9:50 to 19:50 of the 3rd; goals 0–1

Shot map

BOS shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ NYI shoots
Kyle Palmieri: snap, 10 ft, xG 0.22 (P1 3:46) Mathew Barzal: snap, 55 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 4:19) Tony DeAngelo: slap, 57 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 5:09) Nikita Zadorov: tip-in, 15 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 6:05) Mathew Barzal: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 7:12) Anders Lee: snap, 17 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 7:14) Tony DeAngelo: slap, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 7:18) Morgan Geekie: wrist, 79 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 8:15) Kyle Palmieri: backhand, 14 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 8:27) Michael Eyssimont: backhand, 9 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 8:47) Andrew Peeke: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 9:08) Adam Boqvist: snap, 41 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 9:33) Scott Mayfield: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 9:46) Jonathan Aspirot: snap, 52 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 10:10) Fraser Minten: backhand, 17 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 10:31) David Pastrnak: wrist, 46 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 11:09) Scott Mayfield: snap, 47 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 12:27) Calum Ritchie: wrist, 48 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 13:17) Matthew Schaefer: slap, 48 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 14:32) Emil Heineman: backhand, 22 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 14:39) Fraser Minten: wrist, 29 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 15:32) Scott Mayfield: snap, 58 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 16:45) Jonathan Drouin: backhand, 25 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 17:21) Simon Holmstrom: snap, 37 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 17:45) David Pastrnak: wrist, 40 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 18:43) Tanner Jeannot: tip-in, 17 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 0:29) Nikita Zadorov: wrist, 46 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 0:38) Jonathan Drouin: snap, 55 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 1:28) Matthew Schaefer: snap, 57 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 3:01) Kyle Palmieri: snap, 14 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 3:02) Henri Jokiharju: wrist, 57 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 3:50) Ryan Pulock: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 4:02) Maxim Shabanov: wrist, 41 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 6:32) Adam Pelech: snap, 62 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 6:44) Tony DeAngelo: snap, 54 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 6:51) Anders Lee: snap, 9 ft, xG 0.38 (P2 7:50) Anders Lee: snap, 7 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 7:51) Adam Pelech: backhand, 24 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 9:33) Maxim Shabanov: backhand, 17 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 10:45) Adam Boqvist: snap, 57 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 10:51) Matthew Schaefer: snap, 39 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 11:46) Bo Horvat: snap, 24 ft, xG 0.17 (P2 13:35) Elias Lindholm: wrist, 63 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 14:39) Bo Horvat: snap, 13 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 15:08) Michael Eyssimont: wrap-around, 4 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 16:07) Alex Steeves: wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 16:08) Mark Kastelic: snap, 24 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 16:39) Hampus Lindholm: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 18:01) Anders Lee: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 19:26) Anders Lee: snap, 32 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 0:38) Kyle Palmieri: tip-in, 8 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 1:20) Calum Ritchie: snap, 37 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 1:35) Fraser Minten: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 3:31) Ryan Pulock: wrist, 64 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 4:09) Simon Holmstrom: snap, 41 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 5:29) Alex Steeves: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 6:56) Mathew Barzal: snap, 29 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 7:28) Andrew Peeke: wrist, 65 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 8:07) Kyle Palmieri: snap, 31 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 8:35) Kyle Palmieri: backhand, 24 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 8:53) Bo Horvat: snap, 31 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 9:26) Tony DeAngelo: snap, 57 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 10:48) Pavel Zacha: tip-in, 13 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 11:38) Calum Ritchie: snap, 6 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 12:42) Matthew Schaefer: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 12:45) Bo Horvat: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 14:22) Anthony Duclair: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 14:30) Jonathan Drouin: slap, 38 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 15:35) Bo Horvat: slap, 23 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 15:53) Matthew Schaefer: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 16:01) Kyle Palmieri: deflected, 7 ft, xG 0.22 (P3 16:03) Mathew Barzal: snap, 36 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 16:41) Kyle Palmieri: snap, 20 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 16:49) Anders Lee: deflected, 6 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 16:50) Matthew Schaefer: snap, 51 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 16:53) Matthew Schaefer: wrist, 48 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 17:08) Emil Heineman: snap, 37 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 17:47) Calum Ritchie: snap, 8 ft, xG 0.20 (P3 18:23) Bo Horvat: slap, 37 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 19:09) Jonathan Drouin: snap, 29 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 19:19) Bo Horvat: snap, 40 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 19:31) Anders Lee: snap, 11 ft, xG 0.25 (P3 19:33) Jonathan Drouin: wrist, 57 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 19:50) Mathew Barzal: GOAL, wrist, 5 ft, xG 0.31 (P1 4:41) Alex Steeves: GOAL, wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.20 (P1 6:23) Tanner Jeannot: GOAL, snap, 22 ft, xG 0.22 (P2 0:43) Alex Steeves: GOAL, wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.16 (P3 10:21)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Boston Bruins

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
88 David Pastrnak 000 -1 30.07 0018:35
39 Morgan Geekie 000 0 10.00 2017:31
18 Pavel Zacha 000 -1 10.08 0016:35
84 Tanner Jeannot 101 +1 30.26 4116:10
47 Mark Kastelic 000 +1 20.03 2015:32
93 Fraser Minten 022 +2 40.10 3115:29
28 Elias Lindholm 000 0 30.01 0115:25
92 Marat Khusnutdinov 000 0 10.00 0015:15
52 Sean Kuraly 011 +1 20.00 2314:31
81 Michael Eyssimont 011 +1 40.09 1014:14
21 Alex Steeves 202 +2 40.44 4111:41
Defense
91 Nikita Zadorov 000 +2 30.06 3227:38
27 Hampus Lindholm 000 -1 10.03 0223:33
45 Jonathan Aspirot 000 +3 30.02 0020:45
20 Andrew Peeke 000 +1 30.05 3118:21
20 Henri Jokiharju 000 -1 20.02 0015:52
6 Mason Lohrei 000 0 20.00 0012:51
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jeremy Swayman 44143 .977 4.51 +3.51

New York Islanders

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
13 Mathew Barzal 101 0 50.55 0224:51
14 Bo Horvat 000 -2 110.69 0123:49
21 Kyle Palmieri 000 -2 100.97 1022:28
92 Jonathan Drouin 000 0 70.17 0220:49
72 Anders Lee 000 +1 70.92 1119:29
51 Emil Heineman 000 -1 20.16 6118:04
49 Maxim Shabanov 000 0 40.02 0013:13
92 Simon Holmstrom 000 0 20.06 0012:15
64 Calum Ritchie 000 0 40.32 0011:38
11 Anthony Duclair 000 -1 10.02 0110:06
53 Casey Cizikas 000 -1 00.00 5009:30
72 Maxim Tsyplakov 000 -1 00.00 3208:23
Defense
48 Matthew Schaefer 011 0 80.36 0025:18
3 Adam Pelech 000 -1 40.05 1119:59
6 Ryan Pulock 000 0 30.04 0018:13
77 Tony DeAngelo 011 0 60.10 0018:00
24 Scott Mayfield 000 -1 30.03 0215:13
34 Adam Boqvist 000 -1 30.05 0411:16
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Ilya Sorokin 14311 .786 1.27 -1.73

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Boston Bruins

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
1 Jeremy Swayman G +3.51 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +3.51 60:00
21 Alex Steeves C +2.05 +1.50 +0.29 +0.23 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 11:41
93 Fraser Minten C +1.59 +1.40 +0.07 +0.09 0.00 -0.02 +0.05 — 15:29
52 Sean Kuraly C +1.08 +0.70 0.00 +0.26 0.00 -0.03 +0.15 — 14:31
84 Tanner Jeannot L +1.06 +0.75 +0.17 +0.11 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 16:10
81 Michael Eyssimont C +1.00 +0.55 +0.06 +0.39 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 14:14
91 Nikita Zadorov D +0.57 0.00 +0.04 +0.41 0.00 0.00 +0.12 — 27:38
45 Jonathan Aspirot D +0.57 0.00 +0.02 +0.53 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 20:45
47 Mark Kastelic C +0.03 0.00 +0.02 +0.14 -0.15 +0.04 -0.02 — 15:32
28 Elias Lindholm C -0.05 0.00 +0.01 -0.11 0.00 +0.02 +0.03 — 15:25
39 Morgan Geekie C -0.32 0.00 0.00 -0.30 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 17:31
6 Mason Lohrei D -0.57 0.00 0.00 -0.57 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 12:51
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C -0.65 0.00 0.00 -0.64 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 15:15
26 Andrew Peeke D -0.70 0.00 +0.03 -0.76 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 18:21
13 Matěj Blümel R -0.77 0.00 0.00 -0.75 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 2:02
27 Hampus Lindholm D -0.95 0.00 +0.02 -1.07 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 23:33
20 Henri Jokiharju D -1.09 0.00 +0.01 -0.93 -0.15 0.00 -0.02 — 15:52
18 Pavel Zacha C -1.38 0.00 +0.05 -1.45 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 16:35
88 David Pastrnak R -1.74 0.00 +0.04 -1.63 -0.15 0.00 0.00 — 18:35

New York Islanders

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
13 Mathew Barzal C +2.66 +0.75 +0.36 +1.46 0.00 +0.01 +0.08 — 24:51
48 Matthew Schaefer D +2.37 +0.55 +0.23 +1.33 +0.30 0.00 -0.04 — 25:18
27 Anders Lee L +2.18 0.00 +0.60 +1.39 +0.15 -0.01 +0.05 — 19:29
29 Jonathan Drouin L +1.54 0.00 +0.11 +1.35 0.00 +0.01 +0.08 — 20:49
6 Ryan Pulock D +1.24 0.00 +0.02 +1.20 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 18:13
77 Tony DeAngelo D +1.04 +0.70 +0.07 +0.29 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 18:00
14 Bo Horvat C +0.87 0.00 +0.45 +0.24 +0.15 +0.01 +0.03 — 23:49
21 Kyle Palmieri C +0.74 0.00 +0.63 +0.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 22:28
3 Adam Pelech D +0.45 0.00 +0.03 +0.37 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 19:59
64 Calum Ritchie C +0.29 0.00 +0.21 +0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 11:38
51 Emil Heineman L +0.21 0.00 +0.11 +0.24 -0.15 0.00 +0.01 — 18:04
10 Simon Holmstrom R +0.13 0.00 +0.04 +0.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 12:15
49 Max Shabanov R +0.08 0.00 +0.01 +0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 13:13
24 Scott Mayfield D -0.16 0.00 +0.02 -0.28 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 15:13
34 Adam Boqvist D -0.25 0.00 +0.03 -0.49 0.00 0.00 +0.20 — 11:16
11 Anthony Duclair L -0.37 0.00 +0.02 -0.43 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 10:06
7 Maxim Tsyplakov R -0.42 0.00 0.00 -0.49 0.00 -0.01 +0.08 — 8:23
53 Casey Cizikas C -0.50 0.00 0.00 -0.47 0.00 -0.01 -0.02 — 9:30
30 Ilya Sorokin G -1.73 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -1.73 55:26

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.