Minnesota WildMIN 3–6 Final Boston BruinsBOS

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Final	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
Minnesota WildMIN	0	1	2	3	34
Boston BruinsBOS	2	1	3	6	31

Playoff odds, %	Change
BOS	+8.4
MIN	+0.0
OTT	-2.2
DET	-2.1
NYI	-1.2
PHI	-1.0
CBJ	-0.7
PIT	-0.5

How the result moved each team's playoff odds, calculated Mar 28, 2026 4:46 PM EDT.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
1:01	BOS	Andrew Peeke (5) David Pastrnak (62), Fraser Minten (17) · wrist xG 0.02	0–1 ▶
14:00	BOS	Pavel Zacha (25) Viktor Arvidsson (23), Casey Mittelstadt (24) · snap xG 0.21	0–2 ▶
2nd Period
10:27	BOS	Viktor Arvidsson (21) David Pastrnak (63), Hampus Lindholm (19) · snap xG 0.04	0–3 ▶
14:46	MIN	Kirill Kaprizov (39) Ryan Hartman (17), Brock Faber (35) · wrist xG 0.11	1–3 ▶
3rd Period
3:48	BOS	Elias Lindholm (15) Lukas Reichel (5), Hampus Lindholm (20) · wrist xG 0.47	1–4 ▶
7:57	MIN	Mats Zuccarello (15)PP Quinn Hughes (65) · wrist xG 0.12	2–4 ▶
13:44	MIN	Ryan Hartman (18) Quinn Hughes (66), Mats Zuccarello (30) · bat xG 0.24	3–4 ▶
16:50	BOS	Pavel Zacha (26) Casey Mittelstadt (25) · tip-in xG 0.10	3–5 ▶
19:26	BOS	Elias Lindholm (16)EN Casey Mittelstadt (26) · wrist xG 0.85	3–6 ▶

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

MIN 59%Deserve to win41% BOS

MIN		BOS
3.56	Expected goals	3.84
3	Goals (no shootout)	6
2.21	Expected goals, 5 on 5	2.76
84	Shot attempts	66
60	Unblocked attempts	53
34	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
13:44	MIN	Deserve to win	Deserve to win · MIN takes the lead, 61–39% BOS had led since 11:50 of the 1st, by as much as 68%
13:50	MIN	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced BOS 1.66–0.15 In xG over 10 minutes, 4:10 to 14:10 of the 3rd; goals 2–0
16:50	MIN	Goalie	Goalie · Gustavsson −2.0 goals saved 5 goals on 2.99 xG, 30 shots on goal
17:14	MIN	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Gustavsson, down 5–3 With 2:46 left; BOS scored at 19:26 of the 3rd (3–6)

Shot map

MIN shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ BOS 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

Minnesota Wild

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
12	Matt Boldy	0	0	0	-1	10	0.53	0	1	20:28
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	3	2	19:58
97	Kirill Kaprizov	1	0	1	-1	7	0.44	0	0	19:58
36	Mats Zuccarello	1	1	2	-1	7	0.92	0	0	17:54
38	Ryan Hartman	1	1	2	-2	9	0.39	0	0	17:06
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	0	0	0	-1	5	0.32	0	0	16:50
71	Nick Foligno	0	0	0	-2	5	0.16	3	0	14:33
17	Marcus Foligno	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	4	0	12:39
13	Yakov Trenin	0	0	0	-1	4	0.15	4	0	11:46
90	Marcus Johansson	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	0	0	11:05
10	Bobby Brink	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	0	10:49
47	Michael McCarron	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	09:10
Defense
43	Quinn Hughes	0	2	2	-3	11	0.17	0	4	31:03
7	Brock Faber	0	1	1	-2	6	0.22	1	2	26:34
25	Jonas Brodin	0	0	0	-2	3	0.01	0	0	14:58
55	Jake Middleton	0	0	0	+1	3	0.00	0	1	14:43
24	Zach Bogosian	0	0	0	0	3	0.01	2	1	14:30
2	Jeff Petry	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	0	12:08

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Filip Gustavsson	30	5	25	.833	2.99	-2.01

Boston Bruins

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
88	David Pastrnak	0	2	2	+1	4	0.30	1	1	20:48
39	Morgan Geekie	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	2	0	18:12
93	Fraser Minten	0	1	1	0	4	0.12	1	0	18:01
28	Elias Lindholm	2	0	2	+1	6	1.38	0	2	17:49
18	Pavel Zacha	2	0	2	+3	6	0.56	0	0	15:32
11	Casey Mittelstadt	0	3	3	+4	3	0.07	2	0	14:01
92	Marat Khusnutdinov	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	1	13:10
33	Viktor Arvidsson	1	1	2	+3	7	0.24	0	1	12:24
76	Lukas Reichel	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	0	1	11:58
84	Tanner Jeannot	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	3	0	11:35
52	Sean Kuraly	0	0	0	0	4	0.16	1	1	11:27
47	Mark Kastelic	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	11:18
Defense
73	Charlie McAvoy	0	0	0	+3	5	0.12	1	3	26:16
91	Nikita Zadorov	0	0	0	+1	3	0.03	2	1	22:25
20	Andrew Peeke	1	0	1	0	5	0.06	4	3	20:55
27	Hampus Lindholm	0	2	2	+2	5	0.26	0	4	19:48
45	Jonathan Aspirot	0	0	0	+1	3	0.02	1	3	14:46
6	Mason Lohrei	0	0	0	+1	3	0.01	0	1	11:47

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Jeremy Swayman	34	3	31	.912	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.

Minnesota Wild

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
36 Mats Zuccarello R	+1.48	+1.30	+0.60	-0.19	-0.15	0.00	-0.08	—	17:54
38 Ryan Hartman R	+1.31	+1.45	+0.26	-0.37	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	17:06
43 Quinn Hughes D	+1.30	+1.40	+0.11	-0.52	+0.15	0.00	+0.16	—	31:03
5 Jake Middleton D	+1.27	0.00	0.00	+1.07	+0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	14:43
97 Kirill Kaprizov L	+1.00	+0.75	+0.28	+0.01	0.00	0.00	-0.04	—	19:58
71 Nick Foligno L	+0.51	0.00	+0.10	+0.45	0.00	-0.02	-0.02	—	14:33
17 Marcus Foligno L	+0.49	0.00	+0.04	+0.45	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	12:39
24 Zach Bogosian D	+0.43	0.00	+0.01	+0.39	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	14:30
13 Yakov Trenin C	+0.25	0.00	+0.10	+0.13	0.00	0.00	+0.02	—	11:46
12 Matt Boldy L	+0.16	0.00	+0.35	-0.25	0.00	-0.01	+0.07	—	20:28
7 Brock Faber D	-0.05	+0.55	+0.15	-0.81	0.00	0.00	+0.06	—	26:34
91 Vladimir Tarasenko R	-0.17	0.00	+0.21	-0.47	+0.15	0.00	-0.06	—	16:50
14 Joel Eriksson Ek C	-0.29	0.00	+0.03	-0.38	0.00	-0.04	+0.10	—	19:58
10 Bobby Brink R	-0.62	0.00	+0.04	-0.68	0.00	0.00	+0.02	—	10:49
2 Jeff Petry D	-0.75	0.00	+0.04	-0.79	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	12:08
47 Michael McCarron C	-0.76	0.00	0.00	-0.74	0.00	-0.01	-0.02	—	9:10
90 Marcus Johansson L	-1.10	0.00	0.00	-1.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	11:05
25 Jonas Brodin D	-1.60	0.00	+0.01	-1.43	-0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	14:58
32 Filip Gustavsson G	-2.01	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-2.01	57:48

Boston Bruins

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
11 Casey Mittelstadt C	+3.03	+1.95	+0.04	+1.04	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	14:01
18 Pavel Zacha C	+2.81	+1.50	+0.37	+0.92	0.00	+0.02	0.00	—	15:32
28 Elias Lindholm C	+2.50	+1.50	+0.90	-0.01	0.00	+0.02	+0.10	—	17:49
27 Hampus Lindholm D	+2.15	+1.10	+0.17	+0.68	0.00	0.00	+0.20	—	19:48
71 Viktor Arvidsson L	+2.03	+1.45	+0.16	+0.39	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	12:24
88 David Pastrnak R	+1.93	+1.40	+0.20	+0.16	+0.15	-0.01	+0.03	—	20:48
75 Lukas Reichel L	+1.13	+0.70	+0.07	+0.33	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	11:58
73 Charlie McAvoy D	+1.03	0.00	+0.08	+0.82	0.00	0.00	+0.13	—	26:16
45 Jonathan Aspirot D	+0.90	0.00	+0.01	+0.79	0.00	0.00	+0.09	—	14:46
26 Andrew Peeke D	+0.79	+0.75	+0.04	-0.15	0.00	0.00	+0.15	—	20:55
93 Fraser Minten C	+0.73	+0.55	+0.08	+0.08	0.00	+0.02	0.00	—	18:01
1 Jeremy Swayman G	+0.56	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+0.56	60:00
39 Morgan Geekie C	+0.42	0.00	+0.04	+0.35	0.00	+0.02	0.00	—	18:12
52 Sean Kuraly C	+0.30	0.00	+0.11	+0.13	0.00	+0.04	+0.03	—	11:27
6 Mason Lohrei D	+0.21	0.00	+0.01	+0.20	0.00	0.00	+0.01	—	11:47
84 Tanner Jeannot L	+0.19	0.00	+0.16	+0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	11:35
47 Mark Kastelic C	+0.13	0.00	+0.01	+0.09	0.00	-0.02	+0.05	—	11:18
91 Nikita Zadorov D	-0.38	0.00	+0.02	-0.26	-0.15	0.00	+0.01	—	22:25
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C	-0.47	0.00	+0.06	-0.38	-0.15	-0.01	+0.01	—	13:10

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.