Boston BruinsBOS 4–2 Final Detroit Red WingsDET

Saturday, March 21, 2026

Final	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
Boston BruinsBOS	0	1	3	4	27
Detroit Red WingsDET	0	1	1	2	44

Playoff odds, %	Change
BOS	+9.7
DET	-9.4

How the result moved each team's playoff odds, calculated Mar 21, 2026 7:24 PM EDT.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
3:35	DET	Lucas Raymond (22)PP Andrew Copp (30), Patrick Kane (30) · snap xG 0.16	0–1 ▶
5:07	BOS	David Pastrnak (28)PP Charlie McAvoy (43), Morgan Geekie (25) · slap xG 0.16	1–1 ▶
3rd Period
4:06	DET	Alex DeBrincat (35) Moritz Seider (39) · snap xG 0.02	1–2 ▶
6:22	BOS	Elias Lindholm (13) Morgan Geekie (26), Mason Lohrei (18) · wrist xG 0.05	2–2 ▶
9:42	BOS	Nikita Zadorov (2) Morgan Geekie (27), Charlie McAvoy (44) · wrist xG 0.03	3–2 ▶
18:08	BOS	Marat Khusnutdinov (14)EN David Pastrnak (58), Elias Lindholm (29) · wrist xG 0.61	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

BOS 47%Deserve to win53% DET

BOS		DET
4.74	Expected goals	3.76
4	Goals (no shootout)	2
1.40	Expected goals, 5 on 5	2.05
52	Shot attempts	68
39	Unblocked attempts	56
27	Shots on goal	44

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
10:00	BOS	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced DET 1.61–0.03 In xG over 10 minutes, 1:40 to 11:40 of the 1st; neither team scored
3rd Period
5:05	DET	Goalie	Goalie · Gibson +2.0 goals saved 1 goal on 3.02 xG, 21 shots on goal
10:00	DET	Shortened bench	Shortened bench · 2 forwards sat Dries and Shine: no shift after 17:47 of the 2nd
13:30	DET	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced BOS 1.21–0.13 In xG over 10 minutes, 3:30 to 13:30 of the 3rd; goals 1–2
17:35	DET	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Gibson, down 3–2 With 2:25 left; BOS scored at 18:08 of the 3rd (4–2)

Shot map

BOS shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ DET 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	1	1	2	+2	4	0.45	0	0	21:27
93	Fraser Minten	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	21:09
11	Casey Mittelstadt	0	0	0	0	4	0.64	0	0	17:09
92	Marat Khusnutdinov	1	0	1	+2	4	0.67	0	0	16:33
18	Pavel Zacha	0	0	0	0	4	0.48	1	0	16:29
33	Viktor Arvidsson	0	0	0	0	8	0.24	1	2	16:03
28	Elias Lindholm	1	1	2	+2	8	0.93	0	1	15:40
39	Morgan Geekie	0	3	3	+2	2	0.16	0	0	14:07
76	Lukas Reichel	0	0	0	+1	1	0.27	1	0	10:53
52	Sean Kuraly	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	1	0	10:14
84	Tanner Jeannot	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	5	2	08:48
47	Mark Kastelic	0	0	0	-1	3	0.49	2	0	08:28
Defense
73	Charlie McAvoy	0	2	2	+2	5	0.03	6	0	27:05
91	Nikita Zadorov	1	0	1	+2	1	0.03	2	4	21:52
20	Andrew Peeke	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	1	18:11
27	Hampus Lindholm	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	18:06
45	Jonathan Aspirot	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	17:24
6	Mason Lohrei	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	13:51

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Jeremy Swayman	44	2	42	.955	3.76	+1.76

Detroit Red Wings

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
23	Lucas Raymond	1	0	1	-3	8	0.30	1	1	22:58
93	Alex DeBrincat	1	0	1	0	12	0.79	0	0	21:48
88	Patrick Kane	0	1	1	0	9	0.39	1	0	21:42
18	Andrew Copp	0	1	1	-1	3	0.29	0	1	21:16
37	J.T. Compher	0	0	0	+1	3	0.24	0	1	19:54
16	David Perron	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	2	0	17:02
58	Emmitt Finnie	0	0	0	-1	6	0.85	0	0	16:59
92	Marco Kasper	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	5	1	14:34
22	Mason Appleton	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	2	0	12:43
21	James van Riemsdyk	0	0	0	-1	3	0.21	1	0	09:17
15	Sheldon Dries	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	04:26
65	Dominik Shine	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	03:54
Defense
53	Moritz Seider	0	1	1	0	6	0.10	1	3	25:19
8	Ben Chiarot	0	0	0	-2	4	0.04	2	1	23:41
72	Justin Faulk	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	3	20:53
77	Simon Edvinsson	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	1	18:04
20	Albert Johansson	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	13:38
25	Jacob Bernard-Docker	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	09:40

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
John Gibson	26	3	23	.885	3.56	+0.56

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
39 Morgan Geekie C	+2.15	+1.95	+0.10	+0.18	0.00	0.00	-0.08	—	14:07
28 Elias Lindholm C	+1.93	+1.30	+0.61	+0.02	0.00	-0.03	+0.03	—	15:40
1 Jeremy Swayman G	+1.76	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+1.76	60:00
6 Mason Lohrei D	+1.28	+0.55	0.00	+0.73	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	13:51
88 David Pastrnak R	+1.27	+1.45	+0.29	-0.62	+0.15	0.00	0.00	—	21:27
73 Charlie McAvoy D	+0.89	+1.25	+0.02	-0.39	0.00	0.00	+0.01	—	27:05
27 Hampus Lindholm D	+0.59	0.00	0.00	+0.74	-0.15	0.00	0.00	—	18:06
75 Lukas Reichel L	+0.42	0.00	+0.17	+0.11	+0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	10:53
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C	+0.39	+0.75	+0.44	-0.75	0.00	-0.01	-0.04	—	16:33
91 Nikita Zadorov D	+0.39	+0.75	+0.02	-0.73	+0.15	0.00	+0.20	—	21:52
11 Casey Mittelstadt C	+0.33	0.00	+0.41	+0.04	-0.15	0.00	+0.02	—	17:09
47 Mark Kastelic C	+0.32	0.00	+0.32	+0.16	-0.15	-0.01	0.00	—	8:28
52 Sean Kuraly C	+0.31	0.00	+0.10	+0.22	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	10:14
84 Tanner Jeannot L	+0.21	0.00	0.00	+0.10	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	8:48
18 Pavel Zacha C	+0.18	0.00	+0.31	-0.07	0.00	-0.07	0.00	—	16:29
71 Viktor Arvidsson L	+0.09	0.00	+0.16	-0.17	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	16:03
45 Jonathan Aspirot D	-0.68	0.00	+0.01	-0.53	-0.15	0.00	-0.01	—	17:24
93 Fraser Minten C	-0.83	0.00	+0.11	-0.95	0.00	+0.01	0.00	—	21:09
26 Andrew Peeke D	-0.85	0.00	0.00	-0.90	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	18:11

Detroit Red Wings

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
58 Emmitt Finnie C	+1.56	0.00	+0.55	+0.81	+0.15	+0.03	+0.02	—	16:59
93 Alex DeBrincat R	+1.54	+0.75	+0.51	+0.33	0.00	0.00	-0.06	—	21:48
53 Moritz Seider D	+1.51	+0.70	+0.07	+0.72	-0.15	0.00	+0.17	—	25:19
23 Lucas Raymond L	+1.49	+0.75	+0.19	+0.50	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	22:58
88 Patrick Kane R	+1.02	+0.55	+0.25	+0.44	-0.15	-0.01	-0.06	—	21:42
37 J.T. Compher L	+0.95	0.00	+0.16	+0.64	0.00	+0.10	+0.05	—	19:54
18 Andrew Copp C	+0.94	+0.70	+0.19	+0.03	0.00	-0.01	+0.03	—	21:16
77 Simon Edvinsson D	+0.85	0.00	+0.08	+0.57	+0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	18:04
72 Justin Faulk D	+0.74	0.00	+0.02	+0.57	0.00	0.00	+0.15	—	20:53
57 David Perron L	+0.70	0.00	+0.13	+0.74	-0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	17:02
36 John Gibson G	+0.56	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+0.56	57:40
92 Marco Kasper C	+0.24	0.00	+0.04	+0.03	+0.15	-0.01	+0.03	—	14:34
8 Ben Chiarot D	+0.04	0.00	+0.03	-0.06	0.00	0.00	+0.07	—	23:41
22 Mason Appleton C	-0.33	0.00	+0.04	-0.22	-0.15	0.00	0.00	—	12:43
20 Albert Johansson D	-0.33	0.00	+0.01	-0.34	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	13:38
25 Jacob Bernard-Docker D	-0.34	0.00	0.00	-0.34	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	9:40
21 James van Riemsdyk L	-0.37	0.00	+0.14	-0.51	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	9:17
15 Sheldon Dries C	-0.38	0.00	0.00	-0.59	+0.15	+0.01	+0.05	—	4:26
65 Dominik Shine R	-0.47	0.00	+0.03	-0.51	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	3:54

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.