Boston BruinsBOS 2–3 Final/OT Montréal CanadiensMTL

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Final/OT	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
Boston BruinsBOS	1	1	0	0	2	28
Montréal CanadiensMTL	1	1	0	1	3	31

Playoff odds, %	Change
BOS	-8.3
MTL	+5.6
DET	+0.8
OTT	+0.7

How the result moved each team's playoff odds, calculated Mar 17, 2026 6:09 PM EDT.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
2:22	BOS	Pavel Zacha (21)PP David Pastrnak (56), Charlie McAvoy (42) · backhand xG 0.07	1–0 ▶
10:31	MTL	Nick Suzuki (24) Juraj Slafkovský (32), Cole Caufield (28) · backhand xG 0.18	1–1 ▶
2nd Period
5:41	BOS	Pavel Zacha (22) Viktor Arvidsson (21), Casey Mittelstadt (21) · tip-in xG 0.08	2–1 ▶
13:15	MTL	Josh Anderson (13) Lane Hutson (57), Brendan Gallagher (15) · tip-in xG 0.09	2–2 ▶
3rd Period
No scoring
Overtime
4:38	MTL	Cole Caufield (40) Nick Suzuki (56), Lane Hutson (58) · tip-in xG 0.33	2–3 ▶

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 32%Deserve to win68% MTL

BOS		MTL
3.49	Expected goals	4.75
2	Goals (no shootout)	3
2.20	Expected goals, 5 on 5	3.38
55	Shot attempts	76
40	Unblocked attempts	59
28	Shots on goal	31

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
1:07	MTL	Deserve to win	Deserve to win · MTL takes the lead, 60–40% BOS had led since 2:22 of the 1st, by as much as 77%
1:50	MTL	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced BOS 1.09–0.02 In xG over 10 minutes, 12:10 of the 2nd to 2:10 of the 3rd; goals 1–0
Overtime
2:46	BOS	Goalie	Goalie · Swayman +2.1 goals saved 2 goals on 4.11 xG, 28 shots on goal
4:00	MTL	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced BOS 1.08–0.04 In xG over 10 minutes, 14:00 of the 3rd to 4:00 of overtime; neither team scored

Shot map

BOS shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ MTL 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	0	1	1	-1	4	0.20	1	1	24:35
93	Fraser Minten	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	5	0	19:42
28	Elias Lindholm	0	0	0	-1	4	0.32	0	1	19:14
33	Viktor Arvidsson	0	1	1	0	4	0.25	1	1	17:09
11	Casey Mittelstadt	0	1	1	0	2	0.19	1	0	16:36
92	Marat Khusnutdinov	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	3	0	16:32
18	Pavel Zacha	2	0	2	-1	5	0.78	4	0	16:22
39	Morgan Geekie	0	0	0	-1	5	0.53	0	1	15:53
52	Sean Kuraly	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	12:14
81	Michael Eyssimont	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	1	0	12:13
84	Tanner Jeannot	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	12:00
47	Mark Kastelic	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	5	0	11:37
Defense
73	Charlie McAvoy	0	1	1	-1	3	0.45	0	2	26:44
6	Mason Lohrei	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	21:03
27	Hampus Lindholm	0	0	0	0	5	0.11	0	1	19:48
91	Nikita Zadorov	0	0	0	-1	3	0.02	2	2	17:07
20	Andrew Peeke	0	0	0	-1	5	0.05	3	3	16:44
45	Jonathan Aspirot	0	0	0	0	6	0.32	1	2	16:21

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Jeremy Swayman	31	3	28	.903	4.75	+1.75

Montréal Canadiens

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
14	Nick Suzuki	1	1	2	+2	9	0.56	1	0	24:18
13	Cole Caufield	1	1	2	+2	8	1.10	0	1	19:58
20	Juraj Slafkovský	0	1	1	+1	7	0.39	1	1	19:33
71	Jake Evans	0	0	0	0	6	0.65	1	0	17:29
24	Phillip Danault	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	14:45
76	Zachary Bolduc	0	0	0	0	5	0.06	2	0	14:00
85	Alexandre Texier	0	0	0	0	5	0.11	2	0	13:37
17	Josh Anderson	1	0	1	+1	3	0.32	4	0	13:21
91	Oliver Kapanen	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	1	3	13:20
93	Ivan Demidov	0	0	0	-1	4	0.31	0	0	12:39
7	Brendan Gallagher	0	1	1	+1	3	0.08	6	1	10:39
15	Alex Newhook	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	09:14
Defense
53	Noah Dobson	0	0	0	0	7	0.30	2	3	24:02
8	Mike Matheson	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	1	23:16
21	Kaiden Guhle	0	0	0	+1	5	0.32	2	0	22:22
48	Lane Hutson	0	2	2	+1	7	0.17	1	0	21:41
45	Alexandre Carrier	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	1	18:19
3	Jayden Struble	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	13:40

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Jakub Dobes	28	2	26	.929	3.49	+1.49

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
1 Jeremy Swayman G	+1.75	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+1.75	64:38
18 Pavel Zacha C	+1.39	+1.50	+0.51	-0.65	0.00	+0.03	0.00	—	16:22
45 Jonathan Aspirot D	+1.29	0.00	+0.21	+1.00	0.00	0.00	+0.08	—	16:21
39 Morgan Geekie C	+0.98	0.00	+0.34	+0.60	0.00	-0.01	+0.05	—	15:53
81 Michael Eyssimont C	+0.86	0.00	+0.04	+0.84	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	12:13
28 Elias Lindholm C	+0.86	0.00	+0.21	+0.58	0.00	+0.04	+0.03	—	19:14
73 Charlie McAvoy D	+0.76	+0.55	+0.29	-0.18	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	26:44
71 Viktor Arvidsson L	+0.34	+0.70	+0.16	-0.57	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	17:09
84 Tanner Jeannot L	+0.12	0.00	0.00	-0.21	+0.30	0.00	+0.03	—	12:00
11 Casey Mittelstadt C	+0.10	+0.55	+0.12	-0.56	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	16:36
88 David Pastrnak R	-0.09	+0.70	+0.13	-1.05	+0.15	-0.01	-0.01	—	24:35
47 Mark Kastelic C	-0.22	0.00	+0.01	-0.19	0.00	-0.02	-0.02	—	11:37
26 Andrew Peeke D	-0.31	0.00	+0.03	-0.50	0.00	0.00	+0.15	—	16:44
52 Sean Kuraly C	-0.51	0.00	0.00	-0.51	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	12:14
91 Nikita Zadorov D	-0.65	0.00	+0.01	-0.89	+0.15	0.00	+0.08	—	17:07
93 Fraser Minten C	-0.83	0.00	+0.12	-0.87	0.00	-0.06	-0.02	—	19:42
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C	-1.24	0.00	0.00	-1.24	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	16:32
6 Mason Lohrei D	-1.50	0.00	0.00	-1.33	-0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	21:03
27 Hampus Lindholm D	-1.50	0.00	+0.07	-1.54	0.00	0.00	-0.03	—	19:48

Montréal Canadiens

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
13 Cole Caufield R	+3.76	+1.30	+0.71	+1.69	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	19:58
14 Nick Suzuki C	+3.50	+1.45	+0.36	+1.67	0.00	+0.02	0.00	—	24:18
20 Juraj Slafkovský L	+2.73	+0.70	+0.25	+1.74	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	19:33
48 Lane Hutson D	+2.03	+1.25	+0.11	+0.69	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	21:41
21 Kaiden Guhle D	+1.53	0.00	+0.21	+1.31	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	22:22
75 Jakub Dobes G	+1.49	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+1.49	64:22
71 Jake Evans C	+1.32	0.00	+0.43	+0.89	0.00	+0.01	0.00	—	17:29
53 Noah Dobson D	+0.83	0.00	+0.19	+0.48	0.00	0.00	+0.15	—	24:02
45 Alexandre Carrier D	+0.51	0.00	+0.06	+0.71	-0.30	0.00	+0.05	—	18:19
76 Zachary Bolduc R	+0.51	0.00	+0.04	+0.31	+0.15	-0.01	+0.02	—	14:00
17 Josh Anderson R	+0.42	+0.75	+0.20	-0.51	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	13:21
47 Jayden Struble D	+0.38	0.00	+0.01	+0.39	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	13:40
85 Alexandre Texier L	+0.22	0.00	+0.07	+0.15	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	13:37
11 Brendan Gallagher R	+0.19	+0.55	+0.05	-0.44	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	10:39
93 Ivan Demidov R	+0.19	0.00	+0.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	12:39
15 Alex Newhook C	+0.02	0.00	+0.04	0.00	0.00	-0.01	0.00	—	9:14
91 Oliver Kapanen C	-0.35	0.00	+0.13	-0.59	0.00	-0.04	+0.15	—	13:20
24 Phillip Danault C	-0.55	0.00	0.00	-0.51	-0.15	+0.06	+0.05	—	14:45
8 Mike Matheson D	-0.80	0.00	+0.01	-0.70	-0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	23:16

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.