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St. Louis BluesSTL 2–5 Final Boston BruinsBOS

Thursday, December 4, 2025

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
St. Louis BluesSTL 011 2 39
Boston BruinsBOS 230 5 27

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

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
6:30 BOS Alex Steeves (6) Morgan Geekie (9), Elias Lindholm (10) · snap xG 0.22 0–1 ▶
11:25 BOS Morgan Geekie (21) Elias Lindholm (11), Alex Steeves (2) · snap xG 0.19 0–2 ▶
2nd Period
1:59 STL Pavel Buchnevich (4) Colton Parayko (8) · snap xG 0.14 1–2 ▶
6:04 BOS Viktor Arvidsson (7) Mason Lohrei (9) · slap xG 0.02 1–3 ▶
12:26 BOS Pavel Zacha (6) Viktor Arvidsson (5), Mason Lohrei (10) · wrist xG 0.09 1–4 ▶
19:59 BOS Pavel Zacha (7)PP Elias Lindholm (12), Morgan Geekie (10) · wrist xG 0.19 1–5 ▶
3rd Period
9:07 STL Pius Suter (7) Dylan Holloway (7), Jordan Kyrou (8) · wrist xG 0.27 2–5 ▶

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

STL 61%Deserve to win39% BOS
STLBOS
2.88Expected goals2.28
2Goals (no shootout)5
2.67Expected goals, 5 on 51.95
70Shot attempts44
58Unblocked attempts36
39Shots on goal27

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
12:26 STL Goalie Goalie · Binnington −2.4 goals saved
4 goals on 1.55 xG, 19 shots on goal
3rd Period
19:55 STL Deserve to win Deserve to win · STL takes the lead, 61–39%
BOS had led since 6:30 of the 1st, by as much as 65%

Shot map

STL shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ BOS shoots
Jake Neighbours: snap, 40 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 1:11) Pius Suter: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.11 (P1 2:01) Pavel Zacha: wrist, 89 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 2:27) Nick Bjugstad: snap, 46 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 2:58) Philip Broberg: slap, 41 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:01) Mark Kastelic: wrist, 16 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 4:18) Fraser Minten: wrist, 26 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 4:41) Fraser Minten: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 4:42) Casey Mittelstadt: snap, 54 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 4:47) Mathieu Joseph: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 5:03) Sean Kuraly: wrist, 55 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 5:44) Michael Eyssimont: slap, 43 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 5:47) Michael Eyssimont: wrap-around, 4 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 5:51) Michael Eyssimont: wrist, 4 ft, xG 0.17 (P1 5:52) Mark Kastelic: wrist, 57 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 6:50) Pavel Buchnevich: snap, 21 ft, xG 0.16 (P1 8:27) Dylan Holloway: snap, 51 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 9:35) Mark Kastelic: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.19 (P1 10:01) Casey Mittelstadt: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 10:09) Colton Parayko: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 10:24) Colton Parayko: snap, 51 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 10:31) Cam Fowler: snap, 52 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 10:39) Mathieu Joseph: snap, 32 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 10:48) Nick Bjugstad: slap, 34 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 11:03) Victor Soderstrom: slap, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 13:02) Pavel Zacha: wrist, 45 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 13:08) Nick Bjugstad: snap, 47 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 13:20) Philip Broberg: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 14:14) Jake Neighbours: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 14:15) Alex Steeves: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 15:59) Oskar Sundqvist: snap, 32 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 16:12) Dylan Holloway: backhand, 11 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 18:57) Cam Fowler: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 19:25) Dylan Holloway: snap, 58 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 19:36) Michael Eyssimont: backhand, 27 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 19:59) Mark Kastelic: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 1:13) Andrew Peeke: slap, 49 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 1:36) Cam Fowler: snap, 68 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 2:26) Jake Neighbours: tip-in, 29 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 3:56) Logan Mailloux: slap, 69 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 4:44) Dylan Holloway: snap, 23 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 4:59) Jordan Kyrou: backhand, 7 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 5:24) Jordan Kyrou: backhand, 4 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 5:25) Pius Suter: backhand, 4 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 5:26) Pius Suter: wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 5:27) Mason Lohrei: wrist, 55 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 6:00) Justin Faulk: slap, 71 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 6:13) Pavel Buchnevich: snap, 57 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 6:58) Dylan Holloway: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 8:08) Nikita Zadorov: slap, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 8:36) Tanner Jeannot: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.15 (P2 11:45) Jordan Kyrou: snap, 51 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 12:01) Robert Thomas: wrist, 15 ft, xG 0.18 (P2 13:24) Jordan Kyrou: tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 15:09) Pius Suter: wrist, 15 ft, xG 0.17 (P2 15:11) Robert Thomas: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 16:37) Morgan Geekie: slap, 39 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 17:50) Logan Mailloux: slap, 51 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 19:40) Casey Mittelstadt: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 19:57) Dylan Holloway: snap, 23 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 0:21) Colton Parayko: snap, 64 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 0:24) Pavel Zacha: slap, 47 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 1:09) Hampus Lindholm: wrist, 24 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 1:18) Viktor Arvidsson: backhand, 15 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 1:20) Philip Broberg: wrist, 51 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 1:28) Nick Bjugstad: slap, 38 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 2:12) Michael Eyssimont: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 2:58) Justin Faulk: snap, 57 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 3:28) Pavel Buchnevich: backhand, 46 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 4:09) Aleksanteri Kaskimaki: wrap-around, 5 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 4:16) Jake Neighbours: snap, 47 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 4:56) Tyler Tucker: snap, 56 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 4:59) Michael Eyssimont: wrist, 32 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 5:10) Mathieu Joseph: backhand, 17 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 5:20) Pavel Buchnevich: snap, 52 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 6:26) Tanner Jeannot: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 7:28) Tyler Tucker: wrist, 75 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 7:41) Dylan Holloway: wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 9:03) Elias Lindholm: wrist, 41 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 9:50) Logan Mailloux: slap, 73 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 10:04) Philip Broberg: snap, 44 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 10:18) Philip Broberg: slap, 57 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 10:22) Morgan Geekie: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 10:47) Justin Faulk: slap, 67 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 15:47) Dylan Holloway: snap, 37 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 16:58) Jordan Kyrou: snap, 37 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 17:01) Jordan Kyrou: snap, 20 ft, xG 0.16 (P3 19:55) Alex Steeves: GOAL, snap, 19 ft, xG 0.22 (P1 6:30) Morgan Geekie: GOAL, snap, 14 ft, xG 0.19 (P1 11:25) Pavel Buchnevich: GOAL, snap, 27 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 1:59) Viktor Arvidsson: GOAL, slap, 39 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 6:04) Pavel Zacha: GOAL, wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 12:26) Pavel Zacha: GOAL, wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.19 (P2 19:59) Pius Suter: GOAL, wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.27 (P3 9:07)
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

St. Louis Blues

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
10 Brayden Schenn 000 0 10.00 4017:59
15 Dalibor Dvorsky 000 0 10.00 5016:34
81 Dylan Holloway 011 0 80.28 3016:21
25 Jordan Kyrou 011 +1 80.30 0115:46
22 Pius Suter 101 +1 50.68 1015:19
63 Jake Neighbours 000 -1 40.15 5014:55
89 Pavel Buchnevich 101 0 50.37 1014:28
18 Robert Thomas 000 -1 20.23 0014:28
21 Mathieu Joseph 000 -1 40.30 2013:21
72 Nick Bjugstad 000 -2 40.14 4012:53
70 Oskar Sundqvist 000 -2 20.04 1112:01
Defense
6 Philip Broberg 000 -2 70.12 0121:13
75 Tyler Tucker 000 0 20.00 2019:53
72 Justin Faulk 000 0 30.03 2319:51
17 Cam Fowler 000 0 40.11 0019:35
55 Colton Parayko 011 -1 50.04 0019:33
23 Logan Mailloux 000 -1 40.08 1018:19
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jordan Binnington 27522 .815 2.28 -2.72

Boston Bruins

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
39 Morgan Geekie 123 +2 40.32 1116:42
21 Alex Steeves 112 +2 20.28 6016:06
93 Fraser Minten 000 -1 20.13 5115:56
28 Elias Lindholm 033 +1 20.05 0115:37
47 Mark Kastelic 000 0 40.29 0015:28
52 Sean Kuraly 000 0 10.02 0014:54
92 Marat Khusnutdinov 000 -1 00.00 0014:40
84 Tanner Jeannot 000 -1 30.19 3014:09
11 Casey Mittelstadt 000 +2 40.09 1014:01
33 Viktor Arvidsson 112 +1 20.13 0113:47
18 Pavel Zacha 202 +2 50.36 0113:44
81 Michael Eyssimont 000 -1 70.35 1012:54
Defense
27 Hampus Lindholm 000 -1 10.03 0124:01
20 Andrew Peeke 000 0 20.01 1222:38
91 Nikita Zadorov 000 0 20.01 1021:57
45 Jonathan Aspirot 000 +1 10.00 0121:33
6 Mason Lohrei 022 +2 10.01 0014:29
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Joonas Korpisalo 39237 .949 2.88 +0.88

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.

St. Louis Blues

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
22 Pius Suter C +1.73 +0.75 +0.44 +0.59 0.00 -0.01 -0.04 — 15:19
17 Cam Fowler D +1.51 0.00 +0.07 +1.44 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 19:35
25 Jordan Kyrou R +1.45 +0.55 +0.19 +0.71 0.00 0.00 -0.01 — 15:46
81 Dylan Holloway L +1.19 +0.70 +0.18 +0.32 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 16:21
55 Colton Parayko D +0.85 +0.70 +0.03 0.00 +0.15 0.00 -0.02 — 19:33
89 Pavel Buchnevich L +0.81 +0.75 +0.24 -0.03 -0.15 0.00 0.00 — 14:28
23 Logan Mailloux D +0.75 0.00 +0.05 +0.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 18:19
71 Mathieu Joseph R +0.66 0.00 +0.20 +0.42 0.00 0.00 +0.04 — 13:21
10 Brayden Schenn C +0.30 0.00 0.00 +0.29 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 17:59
77 Nick Bjugstad C +0.14 0.00 +0.09 +0.04 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 12:53
18 Robert Thomas C +0.09 0.00 +0.15 -0.03 0.00 +0.03 -0.06 — 14:28
70 Oskar Sundqvist C +0.08 0.00 +0.03 +0.03 0.00 -0.01 +0.03 — 12:01
75 Tyler Tucker D -0.05 0.00 0.00 -0.21 +0.15 0.00 0.00 — 19:53
72 Justin Faulk D -0.07 0.00 +0.02 -0.21 0.00 0.00 +0.13 — 19:51
54 Dalibor Dvorsky R -0.26 0.00 0.00 -0.23 0.00 -0.01 -0.02 — 16:34
63 Jake Neighbours L -0.28 0.00 +0.10 -0.23 -0.15 0.00 0.00 — 14:55
65 Aleksanteri Kaskimaki C -0.38 0.00 +0.01 -0.43 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 15:17
6 Philip Broberg D -0.67 0.00 +0.08 -0.74 0.00 0.00 -0.01 — 21:13
50 Jordan Binnington G -2.72 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -2.72 60:00

Boston Bruins

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
39 Morgan Geekie C +2.66 +2.00 +0.21 +0.41 0.00 -0.01 +0.05 — 16:42
21 Alex Steeves C +1.90 +1.30 +0.18 +0.46 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 16:06
28 Elias Lindholm C +1.89 +1.95 +0.03 0.00 -0.15 +0.01 +0.05 — 15:37
18 Pavel Zacha C +1.81 +1.50 +0.23 +0.02 0.00 -0.02 +0.07 — 13:44
6 Mason Lohrei D +1.37 +1.25 +0.01 +0.17 0.00 0.00 -0.06 — 14:29
71 Viktor Arvidsson L +1.31 +1.45 +0.09 -0.26 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 13:47
70 Joonas Korpisalo G +0.88 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +0.88 60:00
11 Casey Mittelstadt C +0.38 0.00 +0.06 +0.18 +0.15 +0.01 -0.02 — 14:01
29 Victor Soderstrom D +0.14 0.00 +0.01 +0.06 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 13:40
26 Andrew Peeke D +0.14 0.00 +0.01 -0.06 +0.15 0.00 +0.04 — 22:38
47 Mark Kastelic C +0.10 0.00 +0.19 -0.08 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 15:28
45 Jonathan Aspirot D -0.04 0.00 0.00 -0.09 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 21:33
93 Fraser Minten C -0.12 0.00 +0.08 -0.26 0.00 +0.01 +0.05 — 15:56
52 Sean Kuraly C -0.24 0.00 +0.01 -0.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 14:54
27 Hampus Lindholm D -0.31 0.00 +0.02 -0.36 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 24:01
84 Tanner Jeannot L -0.46 0.00 +0.12 -0.42 -0.15 0.00 -0.02 — 14:09
81 Michael Eyssimont C -0.47 0.00 +0.23 -0.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 12:54
91 Nikita Zadorov D -0.58 0.00 +0.01 -0.56 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 21:57
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C -0.71 0.00 0.00 -0.71 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 14:40

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.