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Boston BruinsBOS 1–3 Final Philadelphia FlyersPHI

Saturday, February 28, 2026

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
Boston BruinsBOS 001 1 27
Philadelphia FlyersPHI 003 3 17
Playoff odds, % Change
BOS -5.7
PHI +2.5
OTT +0.9
CBJ +0.6

How the result moved each team's playoff odds, calculated Feb 28, 2026 2:46 PM EST.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
No scoring
3rd Period
3:41 PHI Travis Konecny (23) Christian Dvorak (23), Jamie Drysdale (19) · wrist xG 0.26 0–1 ▶
11:55 PHI Jamie Drysdale (6) Travis Konecny (34), Christian Dvorak (24) · wrist xG 0.13 0–2 ▶
13:03 BOS Charlie McAvoy (5) Hampus Lindholm (16), Pavel Zacha (23) · deflected xG 0.06 1–2 ▶
19:07 PHI Sean Couturier (6)EN Noah Cates (18) · wrist xG 0.52 1–3 ▶

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 46%Deserve to win54% PHI
BOSPHI
2.08Expected goals2.80
1Goals (no shootout)3
1.40Expected goals, 5 on 52.00
56Shot attempts51
41Unblocked attempts29
27Shots on goal17

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
5:00 BOS Deserve to win Deserve to win · BOS takes the lead, 62–38%
PHI had led since 4:05 of the 1st, by as much as 63%
3rd Period
18:01 BOS Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Swayman, down 2–1
With 1:59 left
18:48 BOS Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Swayman, down 2–1
With 1:12 left; PHI scored at 19:07 of the 3rd (1–3)

Shot map

BOS shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ PHI shoots
Owen Tippett: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 1:32) Bobby Brink: backhand, 14 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 3:58) Bobby Brink: snap, 28 ft, xG 0.16 (P1 4:05) Hampus Lindholm: snap, 54 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 4:39) Morgan Geekie: snap, 50 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 4:49) Travis Konecny: wrist, 53 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 6:44) Michael Eyssimont: snap, 32 ft, xG 0.13 (P1 6:52) Michael Eyssimont: backhand, 6 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 6:53) Sean Kuraly: snap, 26 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 7:16) Morgan Geekie: tip-in, 75 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 8:15) Matvei Michkov: wrist, 46 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 9:17) Christian Dvorak: deflected, 12 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 9:19) Matvei Michkov: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 9:26) Elias Lindholm: snap, 48 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 9:52) Trevor Zegras: backhand, 24 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 10:01) Mark Kastelic: snap, 21 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 11:20) Travis Konecny: wrist, 21 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 12:22) Michael Eyssimont: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 16:04) Michael Eyssimont: tip-in, 29 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 16:08) Rasmus Ristolainen: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 17:01) Mason Lohrei: snap, 29 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 19:41) Morgan Geekie: slap, 30 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 1:02) Morgan Geekie: backhand, 25 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 1:46) Viktor Arvidsson: slap, 45 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 2:32) Charlie McAvoy: slap, 62 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 4:24) Morgan Geekie: snap, 23 ft, xG 0.17 (P2 5:00) Garnet Hathaway: snap, 29 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 5:41) Viktor Arvidsson: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 6:12) Hampus Lindholm: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 6:38) Nikita Grebenkin: tip-in, 8 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 7:04) Michael Eyssimont: snap, 54 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 7:19) Morgan Geekie: snap, 9 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 8:20) Christian Dvorak: tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 8:32) Travis Konecny: wrap-around, 7 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 9:10) Trevor Zegras: wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 9:11) Christian Dvorak: backhand, 6 ft, xG 0.27 (P2 9:13) Travis Konecny: slap, 25 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 9:28) Noah Cates: wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 9:29) Sean Couturier: tip-in, 72 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 11:04) Pavel Zacha: tip-in, 25 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 11:38) Charlie McAvoy: snap, 66 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 12:08) Emil Andrae: wrist, 32 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 14:09) Sean Kuraly: snap, 18 ft, xG 0.23 (P2 14:17) Bobby Brink: wrist, 21 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 15:15) David Pastrnak: snap, 51 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 15:42) Morgan Geekie: snap, 18 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 15:43) Hampus Lindholm: snap, 20 ft, xG 0.17 (P2 17:16) Hampus Lindholm: slap, 43 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 17:24) Hampus Lindholm: slap, 41 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 17:30) Casey Mittelstadt: snap, 49 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 17:37) Marat Khusnutdinov: snap, 41 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 18:42) Hampus Lindholm: snap, 19 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 0:56) Nick Seeler: slap, 55 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 4:05) Owen Tippett: snap, 33 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 4:17) Elias Lindholm: snap, 80 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 4:48) Mark Kastelic: backhand, 20 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 5:57) David Pastrnak: backhand, 16 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 8:01) Nikita Grebenkin: snap, 40 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 8:32) Carl Grundstrom: wrist, 48 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 9:16) Sean Kuraly: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 12:57) Travis Konecny: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.19 (P3 14:24) Viktor Arvidsson: snap, 90 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 15:45) Hampus Lindholm: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 15:54) Viktor Arvidsson: backhand, 25 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 17:40) David Pastrnak: snap, 57 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 18:14) Hampus Lindholm: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 19:50) Travis Konecny: GOAL, wrist, 5 ft, xG 0.26 (P3 3:41) Jamie Drysdale: GOAL, wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.13 (P3 11:55) Charlie McAvoy: GOAL, deflected, 19 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 13:03) Sean Couturier: GOAL, wrist, 89 ft, xG 0.52 (P3 19:07)
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

Boston Bruins

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
88 David Pastrnak 000 -2 60.07 1124:29
39 Morgan Geekie 000 -2 90.42 1123:09
28 Elias Lindholm 000 -1 30.03 0122:57
18 Pavel Zacha 011 0 10.08 0118:27
93 Fraser Minten 000 -2 00.00 3315:48
33 Viktor Arvidsson 000 0 40.08 0014:50
11 Casey Mittelstadt 000 0 20.03 1014:33
92 Marat Khusnutdinov 000 0 10.01 0010:57
81 Michael Eyssimont 000 -1 50.24 2009:56
47 Mark Kastelic 000 0 20.14 4209:41
52 Sean Kuraly 000 0 30.38 1109:17
84 Tanner Jeannot 000 0 00.00 3009:15
Defense
73 Charlie McAvoy 101 -1 60.10 1026:47
27 Hampus Lindholm 011 +1 110.39 0220:47
20 Henri Jokiharju 000 -2 10.00 3218:15
45 Jonathan Aspirot 000 0 00.00 2417:34
6 Mason Lohrei 000 0 10.09 0215:55
91 Nikita Zadorov 000 -1 10.00 3114:24
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jeremy Swayman 16214 .875 2.28 +0.28

Philadelphia Flyers

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
14 Sean Couturier 101 0 30.52 0020:20
11 Travis Konecny 112 +2 90.69 4220:04
22 Christian Dvorak 022 +2 40.48 1019:21
27 Noah Cates 011 +1 40.06 0017:31
46 Trevor Zegras 000 +2 20.10 0017:26
74 Owen Tippett 000 0 30.14 3216:20
39 Matvei Michkov 000 0 20.03 1016:08
10 Bobby Brink 000 0 30.34 2015:46
17 Nikita Grebenkin 000 -1 30.13 5111:37
21 Garnet Hathaway 000 0 10.04 2108:26
91 Carl Grundstrom 000 0 10.01 2007:37
44 Nicolas Deslauriers 000 0 10.00 4006:38
Defense
6 Travis Sanheim 000 +1 20.00 0125:57
55 Rasmus Ristolainen 000 +1 20.02 2223:04
8 Cam York 000 0 10.00 0219:15
9 Jamie Drysdale 112 0 20.13 0017:28
24 Nick Seeler 000 +1 40.03 3116:21
36 Emil Andrae 000 +1 40.09 0214:53
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Dan Vladar 27126 .963 2.08 +1.08

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 +1.34 +0.70 +0.25 +0.28 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 20:47
73 Charlie McAvoy D +1.15 +0.75 +0.07 +0.18 +0.15 0.00 0.00 — 26:47
52 Sean Kuraly C +0.65 0.00 +0.25 +0.34 0.00 +0.01 +0.05 — 9:17
18 Pavel Zacha C +0.65 +0.55 +0.05 -0.02 0.00 0.00 +0.07 — 18:27
47 Mark Kastelic C +0.58 0.00 +0.09 +0.34 0.00 +0.05 +0.10 — 9:41
71 Viktor Arvidsson L +0.36 0.00 +0.05 +0.31 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 14:50
1 Jeremy Swayman G +0.28 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +0.28 58:59
45 Jonathan Aspirot D +0.26 0.00 0.00 +0.06 0.00 0.00 +0.20 — 17:34
84 Tanner Jeannot L +0.18 0.00 0.00 +0.18 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 9:15
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C +0.11 0.00 +0.01 +0.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 10:57
6 Mason Lohrei D +0.02 0.00 +0.06 -0.08 0.00 0.00 +0.04 — 15:55
11 Casey Mittelstadt C -0.26 0.00 +0.02 -0.26 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 14:33
28 Elias Lindholm C -0.28 0.00 +0.02 -0.36 0.00 +0.01 +0.05 — 22:57
81 Michael Eyssimont C -0.30 0.00 +0.16 -0.59 +0.15 0.00 -0.02 — 9:56
93 Fraser Minten C -0.51 0.00 0.00 -0.61 0.00 -0.03 +0.13 — 15:48
39 Morgan Geekie C -0.69 0.00 +0.28 -1.00 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 23:09
88 David Pastrnak R -0.76 0.00 +0.05 -0.83 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 24:29
91 Nikita Zadorov D -0.90 0.00 0.00 -0.78 -0.15 0.00 +0.03 — 14:24
20 Henri Jokiharju D -1.22 0.00 0.00 -1.32 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 18:15

Philadelphia Flyers

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
11 Travis Konecny R +2.93 +1.45 +0.45 +0.93 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 20:04
22 Christian Dvorak C +2.46 +1.25 +0.31 +0.92 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 19:21
9 Jamie Drysdale D +1.58 +1.30 +0.08 +0.19 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 17:28
80 Dan Vladar G +1.08 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +1.08 59:48
14 Sean Couturier C +1.00 +0.75 +0.34 -0.08 0.00 +0.06 -0.06 — 20:20
46 Trevor Zegras C +0.83 0.00 +0.07 +0.79 0.00 -0.03 0.00 — 17:26
24 Nick Seeler D +0.77 0.00 +0.02 +0.68 0.00 0.00 +0.07 — 16:21
27 Noah Cates L +0.76 +0.70 +0.04 +0.01 0.00 -0.01 +0.02 — 17:31
36 Emil Andrae D +0.65 0.00 +0.06 +0.51 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 14:53
29 Nikita Grebenkin R +0.43 0.00 +0.09 +0.14 +0.15 0.00 +0.05 — 11:37
6 Travis Sanheim D +0.29 0.00 0.00 +0.28 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 25:57
10 Bobby Brink R +0.23 0.00 +0.22 +0.06 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 15:46
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D +0.07 0.00 +0.01 -0.03 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 23:04
19 Garnet Hathaway R +0.04 0.00 +0.03 -0.05 0.00 +0.01 +0.05 — 8:26
74 Owen Tippett R +0.01 0.00 +0.09 -0.14 0.00 -0.02 +0.08 — 16:20
8 Cam York D 0.00 0.00 0.00 +0.03 -0.15 0.00 +0.12 — 19:15
91 Carl Grundstrom R -0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.05 -0.02 — 7:37
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L -0.17 0.00 0.00 -0.02 -0.15 0.00 0.00 — 6:38
39 Matvei Michkov R -0.18 0.00 +0.02 -0.19 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 16:08

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.