Boston BruinsBOS 4–7 Final Seattle KrakenSEA

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
Boston BruinsBOS 112 4 36
Seattle KrakenSEA 133 7 27

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

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
8:50 SEA Jordan Eberle (15)PP Matty Beniers (18), Vince Dunn (16) · wrist xG 0.42 0–1 ▶
12:47 BOS David Pastrnak (18) Nikita Zadorov (13), Marat Khusnutdinov (9) · wrist xG 0.05 1–1 ▶
2nd Period
2:48 SEA Berkly Catton (1) Jared McCann (6), Ryker Evans (7) · slap xG 0.04 1–2 ▶
6:28 BOS David Pastrnak (19) Charlie McAvoy (21), Elias Lindholm (20) · wrist xG 0.04 2–2 ▶
18:23 SEA Ben Meyers (4) Tye Kartye (5) · snap xG 0.26 2–3 ▶
19:59 SEA Jared McCann (8)PP Vince Dunn (17), Matty Beniers (19) · slap xG 0.04 2–4 ▶
3rd Period
10:21 SEA Kaapo Kakko (3) Frederick Gaudreau (6), Chandler Stephenson (16) · wrist xG 0.16 2–5 ▶
14:20 SEA Berkly Catton (2)PP Frederick Gaudreau (7), Kaapo Kakko (10) · backhand xG 0.11 2–6 ▶
14:50 BOS Mason Lohrei (3) Pavel Zacha (17), Viktor Arvidsson (11) · wrist xG 0.14 3–6 ▶
17:38 BOS Viktor Arvidsson (8)PP Casey Mittelstadt (8), Alex Steeves (5) · wrist xG 0.24 4–6 ▶
19:48 SEA Kaapo Kakko (4)EN Unassisted · wrist xG 0.71 4–7 ▶

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 66%Deserve to win34% SEA
BOSSEA
4.01Expected goals4.04
4Goals (no shootout)7
2.78Expected goals, 5 on 51.96
78Shot attempts55
61Unblocked attempts40
36Shots 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).

3rd Period
10:21 BOS Goalie Goalie · Swayman −2.6 goals saved
5 goals on 2.39 xG, 24 shots on goal
17:01 BOS Deserve to win Deserve to win · BOS takes the lead, 60–40%
SEA had led since 8:50 of the 1st, by as much as 66%
17:51 BOS Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Swayman, down 6–4
With 2:09 left; SEA scored at 19:48 of the 3rd (4–7)

Shot map

BOS shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ SEA shoots
Alex Steeves: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.11 (P1 0:46) Frederick Gaudreau: deflected, 37 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 1:11) Charlie McAvoy: wrist, 183 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 2:52) Elias Lindholm: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 3:07) Alex Steeves: wrist, 18 ft, xG 0.23 (P1 3:10) Ryan Winterton: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 3:41) Nikita Zadorov: wrist, 53 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 6:01) Frederick Gaudreau: wrist, 58 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 6:19) Vince Dunn: slap, 38 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 6:23) Vince Dunn: wrist, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 6:31) Jordan Eberle: wrist, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 7:37) Jamie Oleksiak: slap, 48 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 7:46) Jared McCann: wrist, 18 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 11:32) Shane Wright: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 11:33) Pavel Zacha: tip-in, 17 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 11:56) Casey Mittelstadt: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 12:03) Sean Kuraly: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 13:28) Sean Kuraly: wrist, 55 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 13:39) David Pastrnak: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 15:26) Jonathan Aspirot: slap, 69 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 15:57) Cale Fleury: slap, 59 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 16:32) Andrew Peeke: wrist, 67 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 16:54) David Pastrnak: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 1:15) Andrew Peeke: tip-in, 18 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 1:25) Mason Lohrei: slap, 67 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 1:37) Shane Wright: wrist, 22 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 2:02) Viktor Arvidsson: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 2:24) Tye Kartye: tip-in, 21 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 3:22) Sean Kuraly: snap, 52 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 3:29) Morgan Geekie: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 3:38) Elias Lindholm: wrist, 90 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 3:59) Fraser Minten: tip-in, 20 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 4:42) Viktor Arvidsson: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 4:59) Nikita Zadorov: slap, 68 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 5:05) Henri Jokiharju: wrist, 67 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 6:53) Mark Kastelic: slap, 48 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 7:16) Sean Kuraly: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 7:17) Cale Fleury: slap, 58 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 7:50) Shane Wright: backhand, 10 ft, xG 0.13 (P2 8:15) Vince Dunn: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 8:21) Cale Fleury: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 8:34) David Pastrnak: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 9:11) David Pastrnak: deflected, 8 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 9:12) Elias Lindholm: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 9:12) Matty Beniers: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.19 (P2 10:08) Matty Beniers: tip-in, 7 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 10:14) Andrew Peeke: wrist, 63 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 11:45) Elias Lindholm: slap, 50 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 12:15) Kaapo Kakko: wrist, 29 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 12:56) Ryker Evans: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 13:03) Matty Beniers: backhand, 11 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 13:52) Ryan Lindgren: wrist, 48 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 13:55) Fraser Minten: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.23 (P2 14:46) Ben Meyers: wrist, 182 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 14:52) Morgan Geekie: wrist, 19 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 15:22) Elias Lindholm: wrist, 4 ft, xG 0.33 (P2 15:34) Elias Lindholm: snap, 29 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 15:48) Charlie McAvoy: wrist, 41 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 16:02) Sean Kuraly: tip-in, 13 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 17:04) Tanner Jeannot: wrist, 57 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 17:46) Jacob Melanson: wrist, 26 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 18:11) Vince Dunn: slap, 51 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 18:47) Jared McCann: slap, 43 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 19:52) David Pastrnak: slap, 62 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 0:20) Nikita Zadorov: slap, 59 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 1:07) Charlie McAvoy: slap, 20 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 1:24) Morgan Geekie: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 2:14) David Pastrnak: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 2:48) Mason Lohrei: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 3:21) Pavel Zacha: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 6:48) Charlie McAvoy: slap, 37 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 6:56) Jacob Melanson: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 7:08) Frederick Gaudreau: wrist, 45 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 7:39) Casey Mittelstadt: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.14 (P3 10:58) Tye Kartye: wrist, 20 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 11:44) Tye Kartye: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 11:45) Fraser Minten: tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 12:22) Andrew Peeke: wrist, 50 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 12:25) Chandler Stephenson: tip-in, 11 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 13:23) Berkly Catton: snap, 18 ft, xG 0.21 (P3 13:58) Viktor Arvidsson: tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 14:41) Viktor Arvidsson: wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.34 (P3 14:43) Viktor Arvidsson: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 14:44) Fraser Minten: backhand, 95 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 15:29) David Pastrnak: wrist, 51 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 15:37) Marat Khusnutdinov: backhand, 20 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 17:01) Alex Steeves: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 17:34) Jared McCann: wrist, 151 ft, xG 0.38 (P3 18:08) Morgan Geekie: snap, 35 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 18:35) Elias Lindholm: tip-in, 18 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 19:04) Jordan Eberle: GOAL, wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.42 (P1 8:50) David Pastrnak: GOAL, wrist, 15 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 12:47) Berkly Catton: GOAL, slap, 35 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 2:48) David Pastrnak: GOAL, wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 6:28) Ben Meyers: GOAL, snap, 21 ft, xG 0.26 (P2 18:23) Jared McCann: GOAL, slap, 52 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 19:59) Kaapo Kakko: GOAL, wrist, 17 ft, xG 0.16 (P3 10:21) Berkly Catton: GOAL, backhand, 12 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 14:20) Mason Lohrei: GOAL, wrist, 18 ft, xG 0.14 (P3 14:50) Viktor Arvidsson: GOAL, wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.24 (P3 17:38) Kaapo Kakko: GOAL, wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.71 (P3 19:48)
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 202 +1 120.35 0121:09
39 Morgan Geekie 000 -1 40.20 0120:18
28 Elias Lindholm 011 0 70.66 0318:25
18 Pavel Zacha 011 -1 30.21 0116:29
93 Fraser Minten 000 +1 60.39 3015:17
11 Casey Mittelstadt 011 -1 30.20 0014:46
52 Sean Kuraly 000 -1 50.13 2013:51
92 Marat Khusnutdinov 011 0 20.03 0013:46
47 Mark Kastelic 000 -1 10.02 7112:54
84 Tanner Jeannot 000 -1 10.00 6012:34
33 Viktor Arvidsson 112 -1 60.83 0112:01
21 Alex Steeves 011 0 30.40 1111:41
Defense
73 Charlie McAvoy 011 0 70.22 1123:51
91 Nikita Zadorov 011 0 40.03 3223:14
6 Mason Lohrei 101 0 30.21 1117:32
20 Andrew Peeke 000 0 60.10 0016:38
45 Jonathan Aspirot 000 -1 30.01 0016:21
20 Henri Jokiharju 000 0 20.01 0016:07
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jeremy Swayman 26620 .769 2.95 -3.05

Seattle Kraken

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
9 Chandler Stephenson 011 0 10.12 0219:59
89 Frederick Gaudreau 022 +1 40.12 0118:50
10 Matty Beniers 022 +1 40.44 0118:18
7 Jordan Eberle 101 0 40.43 0016:59
19 Jared McCann 112 +1 50.59 0116:13
84 Kaapo Kakko 213 +1 30.90 0016:02
26 Ryan Winterton 000 0 50.02 0214:34
27 Berkly Catton 202 +1 30.36 0013:56
51 Shane Wright 000 +1 30.22 0013:36
59 Ben Meyers 101 -1 20.26 0111:56
63 Jacob Melanson 000 -1 20.09 5009:58
24 Tye Kartye 011 -1 30.15 2109:56
Defense
55 Ryan Lindgren 000 0 20.01 1222:17
6 Adam Larsson 000 +1 10.00 1321:37
8 Cale Fleury 000 0 30.06 1221:12
29 Vince Dunn 022 0 70.21 0118:05
4 Jamie Oleksiak 000 +1 10.04 2017:04
41 Ryker Evans 011 0 20.03 0015:13
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Joey Daccord 36432 .889 4.01 +0.01

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 +2.56 +1.50 +0.23 +0.97 -0.15 0.00 +0.01 — 21:09
71 Viktor Arvidsson L +2.49 +1.30 +0.54 +0.59 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 12:01
73 Charlie McAvoy D +1.81 +0.70 +0.14 +0.80 +0.15 0.00 +0.01 — 23:51
28 Elias Lindholm C +1.54 +0.55 +0.43 +0.41 0.00 +0.03 +0.13 — 18:25
11 Casey Mittelstadt C +1.43 +0.70 +0.13 +0.50 +0.15 -0.03 -0.02 — 14:46
6 Mason Lohrei D +1.42 +0.75 +0.14 +0.50 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 17:32
18 Pavel Zacha C +1.32 +0.70 +0.13 +0.44 0.00 -0.01 +0.05 — 16:29
21 Alex Steeves C +1.13 +0.55 +0.26 +0.42 -0.15 0.00 +0.05 — 11:41
93 Fraser Minten C +1.08 0.00 +0.26 +0.71 +0.15 -0.02 -0.02 — 15:17
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C +0.92 +0.55 +0.02 +0.36 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 13:46
20 Henri Jokiharju D +0.83 0.00 +0.01 +0.82 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 16:07
39 Morgan Geekie C +0.82 0.00 +0.13 +0.70 0.00 -0.02 +0.01 — 20:18
91 Nikita Zadorov D +0.58 +0.70 +0.02 -0.14 -0.15 0.00 +0.14 — 23:14
45 Jonathan Aspirot D +0.12 0.00 0.00 +0.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 16:21
26 Andrew Peeke D -0.25 0.00 +0.07 -0.29 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 16:38
47 Mark Kastelic C -0.69 0.00 +0.01 -0.71 0.00 -0.04 +0.05 — 12:54
84 Tanner Jeannot L -0.70 0.00 0.00 -0.71 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 12:34
52 Sean Kuraly C -0.88 0.00 +0.09 -0.99 0.00 +0.04 -0.02 — 13:51
1 Jeremy Swayman G -3.20 0.00 — — -0.15 — — -3.05 58:03

Seattle Kraken

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
84 Kaapo Kakko R +2.65 +2.05 +0.58 +0.06 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 16:02
19 Jared McCann L +2.05 +1.45 +0.39 +0.03 +0.15 0.00 +0.03 — 16:13
27 Berkly Catton C +1.56 +1.50 +0.23 0.00 -0.15 -0.02 0.00 — 13:56
89 Frederick Gaudreau C +1.48 +1.40 +0.08 -0.03 0.00 +0.01 +0.03 — 18:50
10 Matty Beniers C +1.48 +1.25 +0.29 -0.11 0.00 +0.04 +0.01 — 18:18
41 Ryker Evans D +1.18 +0.55 +0.02 +0.65 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 15:13
29 Vince Dunn D +1.10 +1.25 +0.14 -0.33 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 18:05
7 Jordan Eberle R +0.91 +0.75 +0.28 -0.29 +0.15 0.00 +0.02 — 16:59
24 Jamie Oleksiak D +0.82 0.00 +0.02 +0.77 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 17:04
9 Chandler Stephenson C +0.51 +0.55 +0.08 -0.25 0.00 +0.02 +0.12 — 19:59
59 Ben Meyers C +0.32 +0.75 +0.17 -0.66 0.00 +0.03 +0.03 — 11:56
12 Tye Kartye L +0.15 +0.70 +0.10 -0.68 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 9:56
51 Shane Wright C +0.13 0.00 +0.15 +0.07 0.00 -0.02 -0.06 — 13:36
6 Adam Larsson D +0.01 0.00 0.00 -0.14 0.00 0.00 +0.15 — 21:37
35 Joey Daccord G -0.14 0.00 — — -0.15 — — +0.01 60:00
26 Ryan Winterton C -0.16 0.00 +0.01 -0.29 0.00 0.00 +0.12 — 14:34
63 Jacob Melanson R -0.53 0.00 +0.06 -0.61 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 9:58
55 Ryan Lindgren D -1.11 0.00 +0.01 -1.20 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 22:17
8 Cale Fleury D -1.26 0.00 +0.04 -1.51 +0.15 0.00 +0.06 — 21:12

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.