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San Jose SharksSJS 4–2 Final Boston BruinsBOS

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
San Jose SharksSJS 112 4 28
Boston BruinsBOS 002 2 41
Playoff odds, % Change
BOS -8.9
SJS +8.9
OTT +2.2
SEA -2.0
DET +1.9
LAK -1.8
EDM -1.6
CBJ +1.5
VGK -1.4
NYI +1.2
NSH -0.9
PHI +0.7
PIT +0.6
WPG -0.5

How the result moved each team's playoff odds, calculated Mar 12, 2026 6:17 PM EDT.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
5:57 SJS Michael Misa (6) William Eklund (28), Tyler Toffoli (25) · wrist xG 0.14 1–0 ▶
2nd Period
14:15 SJS Tyler Toffoli (17)PP Macklin Celebrini (58), Dmitry Orlov (25) · deflected xG 0.33 2–0 ▶
3rd Period
3:13 SJS Collin Graf (17)SH Alexander Wennberg (29) · wrist xG 0.17 3–0 ▶
8:20 SJS William Eklund (12) Sam Dickinson (10), Michael Misa (9) · bat xG 0.21 4–0 ▶
8:30 BOS Fraser Minten (15) David Pastrnak (54), Marat Khusnutdinov (15) · wrist xG 0.07 4–1 ▶
19:07 BOS David Pastrnak (24) Charlie McAvoy (40), Casey Mittelstadt (20) · slap xG 0.04 4–2 ▶

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

SJS 49%Deserve to win51% BOS
SJSBOS
3.47Expected goals3.58
4Goals (no shootout)2
2.50Expected goals, 5 on 52.61
46Shot attempts79
38Unblocked attempts58
28Shots on goal41

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
15:27 SJS Goalie Goalie · Nedeljkovic +2.0 goals saved
0 goals on 2.01 xG, 23 shots on goal
3rd Period
16:23 BOS Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Swayman, down 4–1
With 3:37 left; BOS scored at 19:07 of the 3rd (4–2)

Shot map

SJS shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ BOS shoots
Viktor Arvidsson: wrist, 46 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 1:01) Collin Graf: snap, 18 ft, xG 0.16 (P1 1:20) Will Smith: wrist, 21 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 1:21) Andrew Peeke: wrist, 62 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:09) Nikita Zadorov: slap, 69 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:13) Mark Kastelic: backhand, 14 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 3:19) Casey Mittelstadt: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.15 (P1 3:35) Charlie McAvoy: slap, 62 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 3:57) David Pastrnak: slap, 39 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 4:05) David Pastrnak: wrist, 20 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 4:48) Nikita Zadorov: wrist, 164 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 6:35) Elias Lindholm: tip-in, 17 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 7:30) Barclay Goodrow: wrist, 161 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 8:07) Fraser Minten: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.16 (P1 8:29) Mason Lohrei: wrist, 56 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 9:14) Jonathan Aspirot: slap, 60 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 11:41) Alex Steeves: tip-in, 20 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 11:55) Andrew Peeke: slap, 64 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 12:20) Sean Kuraly: snap, 35 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 13:07) Mason Lohrei: wrist, 51 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 13:10) Adam Gaudette: backhand, 14 ft, xG 0.11 (P1 14:02) Fraser Minten: snap, 25 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 14:14) Adam Gaudette: wrist, 32 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 14:28) Ryan Reaves: wrist, 20 ft, xG 0.10 (P1 16:24) Dmitry Orlov: backhand, 30 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 16:33) Hampus Lindholm: slap, 45 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 16:48) Mark Kastelic: bat, 10 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 16:49) David Pastrnak: wrist, 17 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 17:06) Viktor Arvidsson: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 18:34) Nikita Zadorov: slap, 68 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 0:25) Will Smith: deflected, 77 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 2:04) Sam Dickinson: slap, 71 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 2:11) Kiefer Sherwood: snap, 25 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 3:42) Macklin Celebrini: wrist, 11 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 4:53) Mason Lohrei: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 5:59) Tyler Toffoli: snap, 12 ft, xG 0.18 (P2 6:32) Vincent Desharnais: wrist, 61 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 6:36) David Pastrnak: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 7:14) Kiefer Sherwood: wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.17 (P2 7:30) Mark Kastelic: snap, 30 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 7:44) Hampus Lindholm: snap, 19 ft, xG 0.12 (P2 8:23) Fraser Minten: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 8:37) Macklin Celebrini: wrist, 46 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 9:12) Macklin Celebrini: wrist, 40 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 9:40) Casey Mittelstadt: wrist, 100 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 9:49) Will Smith: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 10:00) Elias Lindholm: tip-in, 17 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 10:32) Sean Kuraly: snap, 39 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 11:33) Barclay Goodrow: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 13:17) Tyler Toffoli: wrist, 16 ft, xG 0.16 (P2 14:06) Macklin Celebrini: slap, 48 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 14:11) Macklin Celebrini: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 14:13) Ryan Reaves: tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 14:40) David Pastrnak: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.17 (P2 14:50) Elias Lindholm: wrist, 8 ft, xG 0.13 (P2 15:27) Pavel Zacha: tip-in, 8 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 16:16) Pavel Zacha: bat, 6 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 16:17) Hampus Lindholm: slap, 58 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 16:23) Jonathan Aspirot: wrist, 45 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 17:08) Mark Kastelic: tip-in, 41 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 19:36) Macklin Celebrini: wrist, 41 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 1:14) Viktor Arvidsson: wrist, 41 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 1:38) Shakir Mukhamadullin: slap, 56 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 2:04) Alex Steeves: slap, 33 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 2:14) David Pastrnak: slap, 43 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 3:31) Collin Graf: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.13 (P3 4:17) Casey Mittelstadt: backhand, 8 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 4:34) Alex Steeves: slap, 36 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 4:43) Fraser Minten: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.16 (P3 4:51) Collin Graf: tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 5:25) Macklin Celebrini: wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.30 (P3 5:27) Kiefer Sherwood: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 6:53) William Eklund: wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 8:18) Sam Dickinson: slap, 68 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 8:57) Morgan Geekie: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 9:45) Tanner Jeannot: deflected, 9 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 10:47) Hampus Lindholm: slap, 56 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 10:53) Macklin Celebrini: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 12:11) William Eklund: wrist, 5 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 12:12) Nikita Zadorov: snap, 34 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 12:43) Elias Lindholm: bat, 7 ft, xG 0.16 (P3 13:09) Charlie McAvoy: tip-in, 15 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 13:15) Hampus Lindholm: wrist, 49 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 13:35) Charlie McAvoy: slap, 60 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 14:30) Andrew Peeke: wrist, 40 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 16:17) Pavel Zacha: slap, 19 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 16:45) Viktor Arvidsson: deflected, 6 ft, xG 0.16 (P3 17:53) Pavel Zacha: slap, 33 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 19:39) Mario Ferraro: slap, 61 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 19:52) Zack Ostapchuk: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 19:59) Michael Misa: GOAL, wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 5:57) Tyler Toffoli: GOAL, deflected, 5 ft, xG 0.33 (P2 14:15) Collin Graf: GOAL, wrist, 18 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 3:13) William Eklund: GOAL, bat, 6 ft, xG 0.21 (P3 8:20) Fraser Minten: GOAL, wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 8:30) David Pastrnak: GOAL, slap, 51 ft, xG 0.04 (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

San Jose Sharks

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
71 Macklin Celebrini 011 0 100.74 0121:10
21 Alexander Wennberg 011 0 00.00 1118:31
51 Collin Graf 101 0 40.54 1017:29
2 Will Smith 000 0 30.07 1016:49
44 Kiefer Sherwood 000 -1 30.29 6216:26
81 Adam Gaudette 000 -2 20.16 2115:30
27 William Eklund 112 +2 40.48 0115:24
23 Barclay Goodrow 000 -1 40.04 0111:32
73 Tyler Toffoli 112 +1 30.67 1011:29
63 Zack Ostapchuk 000 +1 10.06 1211:23
77 Michael Misa 112 +1 10.14 0011:16
75 Ryan Reaves 000 +1 20.18 8009:06
Defense
73 Vincent Desharnais 000 +2 10.02 0323:07
9 Dmitry Orlov 011 0 20.03 3221:03
38 Mario Ferraro 000 0 10.00 1120:33
6 Sam Dickinson 011 0 20.02 1020:07
85 Shakir Mukhamadullin 000 0 30.03 1318:25
3 John Klingberg 000 0 00.00 0016:40
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Alex Nedeljkovic 41239 .951 3.58 +1.58

Boston Bruins

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
88 David Pastrnak 112 0 90.72 2025:00
39 Morgan Geekie 000 -1 20.04 0020:43
28 Elias Lindholm 000 0 80.44 0020:25
18 Pavel Zacha 000 -1 40.24 0019:05
11 Casey Mittelstadt 011 +1 40.20 0019:03
33 Viktor Arvidsson 000 0 60.26 0017:24
93 Fraser Minten 101 0 70.51 0017:21
92 Marat Khusnutdinov 011 0 00.00 0214:10
21 Alex Steeves 000 0 40.28 7010:44
84 Tanner Jeannot 000 -1 10.11 2008:54
52 Sean Kuraly 000 -1 30.09 1008:23
47 Mark Kastelic 000 0 40.12 0007:58
Defense
73 Charlie McAvoy 011 -1 50.10 1124:26
6 Mason Lohrei 000 +1 60.13 0120:19
27 Hampus Lindholm 000 0 60.23 0120:05
20 Andrew Peeke 000 -1 30.02 2117:12
91 Nikita Zadorov 000 0 50.04 1115:59
45 Jonathan Aspirot 000 0 20.04 1115:27
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jeremy Swayman 28424 .857 3.47 -0.53

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.

San Jose Sharks

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
72 William Eklund L +2.36 +1.45 +0.31 +0.55 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 15:24
73 Tyler Toffoli C +1.74 +1.30 +0.44 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 11:29
33 Alex Nedeljkovic G +1.58 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +1.58 60:00
77 Michael Misa C +1.57 +1.30 +0.09 +0.17 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 11:16
9 Dmitry Orlov D +1.55 +0.55 +0.02 +0.90 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 21:04
51 Collin Graf R +1.39 +0.75 +0.35 +0.26 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 17:28
71 Macklin Celebrini C +1.21 +0.70 +0.48 +0.09 0.00 -0.03 -0.03 — 21:11
6 Sam Dickinson D +1.05 +0.70 +0.01 +0.36 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 20:06
75 Ryan Reaves R +0.71 0.00 +0.12 +0.59 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 9:06
3 John Klingberg D +0.55 0.00 0.00 +0.70 -0.15 0.00 0.00 — 16:40
2 Will Smith C +0.52 0.00 +0.05 +0.35 +0.15 -0.01 -0.02 — 16:49
63 Zack Ostapchuk C +0.39 0.00 +0.04 +0.32 0.00 -0.07 +0.10 — 11:23
5 Vincent Desharnais D +0.22 0.00 +0.01 +0.10 0.00 0.00 +0.11 — 23:08
21 Alexander Wennberg C +0.19 +0.70 0.00 -0.55 0.00 -0.01 +0.05 — 18:32
23 Barclay Goodrow C -0.22 0.00 +0.02 -0.11 -0.15 -0.01 +0.03 — 11:31
44 Kiefer Sherwood L -0.50 0.00 +0.19 -0.91 +0.15 -0.01 +0.08 — 16:27
81 Adam Gaudette R -0.53 0.00 +0.10 -0.70 0.00 +0.01 +0.05 — 15:29
85 Shakir Mukhamadullin D -0.87 0.00 +0.02 -1.01 0.00 0.00 +0.11 — 18:25
38 Mario Ferraro D -0.96 0.00 0.00 -1.01 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 20:32

Boston Bruins

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
88 David Pastrnak R +2.08 +1.45 +0.47 +0.14 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 25:00
27 Hampus Lindholm D +1.06 0.00 +0.15 +0.88 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 20:05
21 Alex Steeves C +0.99 0.00 +0.18 +0.83 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 10:44
93 Fraser Minten C +0.84 +0.75 +0.33 -0.23 0.00 +0.03 -0.04 — 17:21
28 Elias Lindholm C +0.77 0.00 +0.28 +0.48 0.00 +0.03 -0.02 — 20:25
73 Charlie McAvoy D +0.70 +0.70 +0.07 -0.10 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 24:26
11 Casey Mittelstadt C +0.55 +0.55 +0.13 -0.28 +0.15 0.00 0.00 — 19:03
91 Nikita Zadorov D +0.50 0.00 +0.03 +0.43 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 15:59
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C +0.46 +0.55 0.00 -0.21 0.00 0.00 +0.12 — 14:10
6 Mason Lohrei D +0.25 0.00 +0.09 +0.29 -0.15 0.00 +0.03 — 20:19
39 Morgan Geekie C +0.23 0.00 +0.02 +0.19 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 20:43
71 Viktor Arvidsson L +0.05 0.00 +0.17 -0.11 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 17:24
45 Jonathan Aspirot D -0.06 0.00 +0.02 -0.12 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 15:27
47 Mark Kastelic C -0.16 0.00 +0.08 -0.23 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 7:58
52 Sean Kuraly C -0.26 0.00 +0.06 -0.38 0.00 +0.06 0.00 — 8:23
84 Tanner Jeannot L -0.30 0.00 +0.07 -0.37 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 8:54
18 Pavel Zacha C -0.31 0.00 +0.15 -0.46 0.00 +0.02 -0.02 — 19:05
1 Jeremy Swayman G -0.53 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -0.53 56:46
26 Andrew Peeke D -0.81 0.00 +0.02 -0.85 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 17:12

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.