Boston BruinsBOS 6–2 Final Edmonton OilersEDM

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Final	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
Boston BruinsBOS	2	2	2	6	29
Edmonton OilersEDM	1	0	1	2	36

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

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
7:28	BOS	David Pastrnak (16)PP Elias Lindholm (19), Charlie McAvoy (19) · wrist xG 0.05	1–0 ▶
18:13	BOS	Casey Mittelstadt (9) Viktor Arvidsson (9), Hampus Lindholm (10) · wrist xG 0.06	2–0 ▶
19:19	EDM	Zach Hyman (12) Connor McDavid (46), Leon Draisaitl (37) · wrist xG 0.07	2–1 ▶
2nd Period
7:05	BOS	Hampus Lindholm (3) Fraser Minten (8), Viktor Arvidsson (10) · wrist xG 0.03	3–1 ▶
18:19	BOS	Jonathan Aspirot (2) David Pastrnak (27) · snap xG 0.13	4–1 ▶
3rd Period
4:20	BOS	Elias Lindholm (6) Morgan Geekie (16), Alex Steeves (3) · wrist xG 0.05	5–1 ▶
7:22	EDM	Jack Roslovic (12) Darnell Nurse (9), Connor Ingram (1) · wrist xG 0.04	5–2 ▶
14:34	BOS	David Pastrnak (17) Fraser Minten (9), Marat Khusnutdinov (8) · slap xG 0.12	6–2 ▶

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 23%Deserve to win77% EDM

BOS		EDM
2.28	Expected goals	4.04
6	Goals (no shootout)	2
1.53	Expected goals, 5 on 5	2.63
55	Shot attempts	60
41	Unblocked attempts	46
29	Shots on goal	36

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).

1st Period
17:10	EDM	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced BOS 1.24–0.14 In xG over 10 minutes, 7:30 to 17:30 of the 1st; neither team scored
2nd Period
18:19	EDM	Goalie	Goalie · Ingram −2.6 goals saved 4 goals on 1.40 xG, 20 shots on goal
3rd Period
2:21	BOS	Goalie	Goalie · Swayman +2.1 goals saved 1 goal on 3.12 xG, 28 shots on goal
8:20	EDM	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced BOS 1.24–0.16 In xG over 10 minutes, 18:30 of the 2nd to 8:30 of the 3rd; goals 1–1
10:30	EDM	No shift	No shift · Mangiapane, 11:24 on the bench No shift from 18:19 of the 2nd to 11:50 of the 3rd; 8 shifts (6:32) before that
14:34	EDM	Goalie	Goalie · Ingram −4.1 goals saved 6 goals on 1.87 xG, 26 shots on goal
15:20	BOS	No shift	No shift · Eyssimont, 10:23 on the bench No shift from 2:54 to 15:24 of the 3rd; 9 shifts (5:35) before that

Shot map

BOS shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ EDM 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
88	David Pastrnak	2	1	3	+1	11	0.67	0	0	20:03
93	Fraser Minten	0	2	2	+3	2	0.06	1	0	17:51
28	Elias Lindholm	1	1	2	0	3	0.15	0	0	17:34
39	Morgan Geekie	0	1	1	0	4	0.11	2	0	16:05
92	Marat Khusnutdinov	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	15:10
18	Pavel Zacha	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	1	0	14:46
11	Casey Mittelstadt	1	0	1	+2	3	0.11	0	0	13:40
33	Viktor Arvidsson	0	2	2	+2	5	0.25	0	0	13:13
52	Sean Kuraly	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	12:59
21	Alex Steeves	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	3	2	10:56
47	Mark Kastelic	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	0	10:33
81	Michael Eyssimont	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	07:57
Defense
91	Nikita Zadorov	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	3	23:18
73	Charlie McAvoy	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	1	4	22:30
27	Hampus Lindholm	1	1	2	+2	6	0.15	0	2	21:20
20	Andrew Peeke	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	0	1	19:33
45	Jonathan Aspirot	1	0	1	+2	3	0.32	0	0	16:11
6	Mason Lohrei	0	0	0	+1	4	0.06	0	1	14:21

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Jeremy Swayman	36	2	34	.944	4.04	+2.04

Edmonton Oilers

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
97	Connor McDavid	0	1	1	-1	10	0.99	0	1	24:35
29	Leon Draisaitl	0	1	1	-2	11	0.71	0	0	23:21
18	Zach Hyman	1	0	1	0	6	0.95	0	0	21:32
93	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	0	0	0	0	4	0.41	0	0	19:06
96	Jack Roslovic	1	0	1	0	4	0.24	0	1	16:01
92	Vasily Podkolzin	0	0	0	-3	1	0.14	4	0	15:55
19	Adam Henrique	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	1	1	12:17
22	Matt Savoie	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	11:17
13	Mattias Janmark	0	0	0	-1	2	0.00	1	0	11:05
10	Trent Frederic	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	10:51
26	Andrew Mangiapane	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	1	0	07:31
Defense
2	Evan Bouchard	0	0	0	-2	5	0.05	1	2	27:47
14	Mattias Ekholm	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	0	1	22:58
25	Darnell Nurse	0	1	1	0	3	0.01	2	2	21:27
24	Spencer Stastney	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	15:27
49	Ty Emberson	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	14:02
75	Alec Regula	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	2	10:56

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Connor Ingram	29	6	23	.793	2.28	-3.72

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
88 David Pastrnak R	+2.31	+2.20	+0.44	-0.12	-0.15	0.00	-0.06	—	20:03
27 Hampus Lindholm D	+2.05	+1.30	+0.09	+0.58	0.00	0.00	+0.08	—	21:20
1 Jeremy Swayman G	+2.04	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+2.04	60:00
93 Fraser Minten C	+1.58	+1.40	+0.04	+0.31	-0.15	-0.02	0.00	—	17:51
71 Viktor Arvidsson L	+1.52	+1.25	+0.16	-0.02	+0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	13:13
45 Jonathan Aspirot D	+1.36	+0.75	+0.21	+0.40	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	16:11
11 Casey Mittelstadt C	+1.11	+0.75	+0.07	+0.31	0.00	+0.02	-0.04	—	13:40
28 Elias Lindholm C	+0.72	+1.45	+0.10	-0.67	-0.15	-0.01	0.00	—	17:34
21 Alex Steeves C	+0.65	+0.55	0.00	-0.03	0.00	+0.01	+0.12	—	10:56
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C	+0.25	+0.55	0.00	-0.43	+0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	15:10
26 Andrew Peeke D	+0.22	0.00	+0.02	+0.15	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	19:33
39 Morgan Geekie C	+0.09	+0.70	+0.07	-0.55	-0.15	0.00	+0.02	—	16:05
47 Mark Kastelic C	+0.06	0.00	+0.07	-0.05	0.00	+0.02	+0.02	—	10:33
6 Mason Lohrei D	+0.05	0.00	+0.04	-0.02	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	14:21
81 Michael Eyssimont C	-0.15	0.00	0.00	-0.15	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	7:57
18 Pavel Zacha C	-0.21	0.00	+0.10	-0.29	0.00	-0.02	0.00	—	14:46
52 Sean Kuraly C	-0.42	0.00	+0.01	-0.43	0.00	-0.01	+0.02	—	12:59
73 Charlie McAvoy D	-0.84	+0.55	+0.05	-1.47	-0.15	0.00	+0.18	—	22:30
91 Nikita Zadorov D	-1.20	0.00	+0.01	-1.34	0.00	0.00	+0.13	—	23:18

Edmonton Oilers

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
97 Connor McDavid C	+2.87	+0.70	+0.64	+1.47	0.00	+0.01	+0.05	—	24:35
18 Zach Hyman L	+2.64	+0.75	+0.61	+1.42	-0.15	0.00	0.00	—	21:32
93 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C	+1.67	0.00	+0.27	+1.39	0.00	+0.01	0.00	—	19:06
2 Evan Bouchard D	+1.50	0.00	+0.03	+1.07	+0.30	0.00	+0.10	—	27:47
25 Darnell Nurse D	+1.13	+0.70	+0.01	+0.34	0.00	0.00	+0.08	—	21:27
28 Jack Roslovic C	+0.91	+0.75	+0.15	-0.18	+0.15	0.00	+0.03	—	16:01
29 Leon Draisaitl C	+0.69	+0.55	+0.46	-0.28	0.00	-0.02	-0.02	—	23:21
14 Mattias Ekholm D	+0.53	0.00	+0.09	+0.26	+0.15	0.00	+0.03	—	22:58
24 Spencer Stastney D	+0.20	0.00	+0.01	+0.19	0.00	0.00	+0.01	—	15:27
19 Adam Henrique C	+0.20	0.00	+0.05	+0.11	0.00	+0.01	+0.03	—	12:17
46 Max Jones L	+0.17	0.00	+0.04	+0.13	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	7:21
49 Ty Emberson D	+0.06	0.00	+0.01	-0.03	0.00	0.00	+0.08	—	14:02
10 Trent Frederic C	-0.07	0.00	0.00	-0.06	0.00	+0.01	-0.02	—	10:51
22 Matt Savoie C	-0.10	0.00	0.00	-0.17	0.00	0.00	+0.07	—	11:17
88 Andrew Mangiapane L	-0.23	0.00	+0.16	-0.37	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	7:31
75 Alec Regula D	-0.39	0.00	0.00	-0.47	0.00	0.00	+0.08	—	10:56
13 Mattias Janmark C	-0.47	0.00	0.00	-0.47	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	11:05
92 Vasily Podkolzin R	-0.47	0.00	+0.09	-0.51	0.00	-0.01	-0.04	—	15:55
39 Connor Ingram G	-3.32	+0.55	—	—	-0.15	—	—	-3.72	59:34

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.