Boston BruinsBOS 4–5 Final Detroit Red WingsDET

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Final	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
Boston BruinsBOS	0	2	2	4	38
Detroit Red WingsDET	2	2	1	5	32

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

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
6:52	DET	James van Riemsdyk (4) Albert Johansson (3), Moritz Seider (14) · wrist xG 0.18	0–1 ▶
13:49	DET	Moritz Seider (4) Patrick Kane (12), Alex DeBrincat (15) · wrist xG 0.03	0–2 ▶
2nd Period
1:35	DET	Alex DeBrincat (13) Unassisted · snap xG 0.11	0–3 ▶
11:09	BOS	Jonathan Aspirot (1) Nikita Zadorov (8), Tanner Jeannot (8) · slap xG 0.03	1–3 ▶
15:38	BOS	Alex Steeves (4) Hampus Lindholm (7), Morgan Geekie (7) · snap xG 0.28	2–3 ▶
16:15	DET	Ben Chiarot (4) Dylan Larkin (16), Lucas Raymond (20) · snap xG 0.25	2–4 ▶
3rd Period
3:55	DET	Lucas Raymond (9)PP Moritz Seider (15), Patrick Kane (13) · slap xG 0.15	2–5 ▶
14:57	BOS	Marat Khusnutdinov (4) Hampus Lindholm (8), Morgan Geekie (8) · tip-in xG 0.12	3–5 ▶
19:48	BOS	Alex Steeves (5) Pavel Zacha (13), Hampus Lindholm (9) · slap xG 0.04	4–5 ▶

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 45%Deserve to win55% DET

BOS		DET
2.71	Expected goals	2.99
4	Goals (no shootout)	5
1.95	Expected goals, 5 on 5	2.47
69	Shot attempts	61
49	Unblocked attempts	44
38	Shots on goal	32

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).

2nd Period
1:35	BOS	Goalie	Goalie · Swayman −2.4 goals saved 3 goals on 0.65 xG, 8 shots on goal
8:07	DET	Deserve to win	Deserve to win · DET takes the lead, 61–39% BOS had led since 6:43 of the 1st, by as much as 65%
10:50	BOS	No shift	No shift · Callahan, 31:06 on the bench No shift after 17:47 of the 1st; 5 shifts (2:51) before that
3rd Period
3:55	BOS	Goalie change	Goalie change · Korpisalo in for Swayman 3:55 of the 3rd; Swayman had allowed 5 goals on 23 shots (2.14 xG)
16:31	BOS	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Korpisalo, down 5–3 With 3:29 left; BOS scored at 19:48 of the 3rd (4–5)

Shot map

BOS shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ DET shoots

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	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
39	Morgan Geekie	0	2	2	+1	7	0.45	2	0	18:42
11	Casey Mittelstadt	0	0	0	-1	6	0.07	0	1	17:36
21	Alex Steeves	2	0	2	0	3	0.38	3	0	16:52
28	Elias Lindholm	0	0	0	0	4	0.20	0	1	16:30
18	Pavel Zacha	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	0	0	16:00
33	Viktor Arvidsson	0	0	0	-1	8	0.17	0	0	15:20
93	Fraser Minten	0	0	0	0	4	0.12	7	0	15:12
92	Marat Khusnutdinov	1	0	1	+2	4	0.22	1	0	14:32
81	Michael Eyssimont	0	0	0	0	7	0.23	1	0	13:56
52	Sean Kuraly	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	0	0	13:51
84	Tanner Jeannot	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	4	1	12:53
47	Mark Kastelic	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	6	1	12:45
Defense
27	Hampus Lindholm	0	3	3	+1	6	0.12	0	1	24:59
20	Andrew Peeke	0	0	0	-4	4	0.02	1	4	23:10
6	Mason Lohrei	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	21:53
45	Jonathan Aspirot	1	0	1	+2	3	0.06	1	4	21:14
91	Nikita Zadorov	0	1	1	0	3	0.02	1	1	20:42

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Jeremy Swayman	23	5	18	.783	2.14	-2.86
Joonas Korpisalo	9	0	9	1.000	0.85	+0.85

Detroit Red Wings

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
71	Dylan Larkin	0	1	1	-1	5	0.27	1	2	19:34
23	Lucas Raymond	1	1	2	0	4	0.23	1	0	18:57
58	Emmitt Finnie	0	0	0	+1	4	0.09	2	0	17:44
18	Andrew Copp	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	0	15:43
93	Alex DeBrincat	1	1	2	0	3	0.27	2	0	15:26
37	J.T. Compher	0	0	0	+1	4	0.35	0	0	15:10
88	Patrick Kane	0	2	2	0	3	0.27	0	1	15:04
21	James van Riemsdyk	1	0	1	0	5	0.26	0	0	14:09
92	Marco Kasper	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	13:06
25	Elmer Soderblom	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	0	12:49
27	Michael Rasmussen	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	1	0	09:22
Defense
77	Simon Edvinsson	0	0	0	0	3	0.00	3	0	23:08
53	Moritz Seider	1	2	3	+1	3	0.06	0	4	22:55
8	Ben Chiarot	1	0	1	0	6	0.28	0	2	19:38
44	Axel Sandin-Pellikka	0	0	0	-1	6	0.08	1	0	18:03
20	Albert Johansson	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	3	17:15
25	Jacob Bernard-Docker	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	2	6	16:20

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
John Gibson	38	4	34	.895	2.71	-1.29

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
27 Hampus Lindholm D	+2.22	+1.95	+0.08	+0.33	-0.15	0.00	+0.01	—	24:59
21 Alex Steeves C	+1.71	+1.50	+0.25	-0.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	16:52
39 Morgan Geekie C	+1.39	+1.10	+0.29	-0.02	0.00	+0.01	0.00	—	18:42
45 Jonathan Aspirot D	+1.17	+0.75	+0.04	+0.20	0.00	0.00	+0.18	—	21:14
70 Joonas Korpisalo G	+0.85	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+0.85	12:36
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C	+0.59	+0.75	+0.15	-0.25	0.00	-0.01	-0.04	—	14:32
18 Pavel Zacha C	+0.48	+0.70	+0.09	-0.32	0.00	+0.01	0.00	—	16:00
84 Tanner Jeannot L	+0.47	+0.55	+0.08	-0.19	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	12:53
47 Mark Kastelic C	+0.46	0.00	+0.22	+0.35	-0.15	+0.01	+0.03	—	12:45
79 Michael Callahan D	+0.16	0.00	+0.02	+0.14	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	2:51
28 Elias Lindholm C	+0.07	0.00	+0.13	-0.10	0.00	-0.01	+0.05	—	16:30
93 Fraser Minten C	-0.11	0.00	+0.08	-0.19	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	15:12
52 Sean Kuraly C	-0.14	0.00	+0.01	-0.33	+0.15	-0.01	+0.04	—	13:51
91 Nikita Zadorov D	-0.18	+0.70	+0.02	-0.76	-0.15	0.00	+0.01	—	20:42
81 Michael Eyssimont C	-0.30	0.00	+0.15	-0.58	+0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	13:56
11 Casey Mittelstadt C	-0.35	0.00	+0.04	-0.44	0.00	-0.01	+0.05	—	17:36
6 Mason Lohrei D	-0.42	0.00	0.00	-0.43	0.00	0.00	+0.01	—	21:53
71 Viktor Arvidsson L	-0.49	0.00	+0.11	-0.57	0.00	-0.01	-0.02	—	15:20
26 Andrew Peeke D	-0.96	0.00	+0.01	-1.21	0.00	0.00	+0.24	—	23:10
1 Jeremy Swayman G	-2.86	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-2.86	43:55

Detroit Red Wings

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
53 Moritz Seider D	+3.20	+2.00	+0.04	+1.00	0.00	0.00	+0.16	—	22:55
23 Lucas Raymond L	+1.86	+1.30	+0.15	+0.45	0.00	0.00	-0.04	—	18:57
93 Alex DeBrincat R	+1.47	+1.30	+0.18	+0.01	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	15:26
88 Patrick Kane R	+1.46	+1.25	+0.17	+0.03	0.00	0.00	+0.01	—	15:04
8 Ben Chiarot D	+1.15	+0.75	+0.18	+0.12	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	19:38
21 James van Riemsdyk L	+1.14	+0.75	+0.17	+0.07	+0.15	0.00	0.00	—	14:09
71 Dylan Larkin C	+1.13	+0.70	+0.17	+0.17	0.00	+0.01	+0.08	—	19:34
29 Nate Danielson C	+0.89	0.00	+0.36	+0.46	0.00	+0.02	+0.05	—	11:37
77 Simon Edvinsson D	+0.74	0.00	0.00	+0.89	-0.15	0.00	0.00	—	23:08
20 Albert Johansson D	+0.70	+0.70	0.00	-0.15	0.00	0.00	+0.15	—	17:15
58 Emmitt Finnie C	+0.65	0.00	+0.06	+0.62	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	17:44
92 Marco Kasper C	+0.51	0.00	+0.01	+0.25	+0.15	+0.03	+0.07	—	13:06
44 Axel Sandin-Pellikka D	+0.36	0.00	+0.05	+0.33	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	18:03
18 Andrew Copp C	+0.34	0.00	+0.06	+0.27	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	15:43
27 Michael Rasmussen C	+0.27	0.00	+0.03	+0.21	0.00	0.00	+0.02	—	9:22
37 J.T. Compher L	+0.22	0.00	+0.23	+0.07	0.00	-0.04	-0.04	—	15:10
85 Elmer Soderblom L	+0.08	0.00	+0.06	+0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	12:49
25 Jacob Bernard-Docker D	-0.13	0.00	+0.02	-0.42	0.00	0.00	+0.26	—	16:20
36 John Gibson G	-1.29	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-1.29	60:00

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.