Boston BruinsBOS 4–3 Final/SO Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Final/SO	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
Boston BruinsBOS	0	0	3	0	2	4	39
Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ	3	0	0	0	1	3	25

Playoff odds, %	Change
CBJ	-13.1
BOS	+7.6
PIT	+1.9
NYI	+1.8
PHI	+1.5
WSH	+0.7

How the result moved each team's playoff odds, calculated Mar 29, 2026 4:33 PM EDT.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
6:17	CBJ	Boone Jenner (11) Conor Garland (21) · snap xG 0.26	0–1 ▶
7:45	CBJ	Mason Marchment (18) Ivan Provorov (21), Kirill Marchenko (35) · tip-in xG 0.11	0–2 ▶
19:32	CBJ	Charlie Coyle (18)PP Kirill Marchenko (36), Mason Marchment (20) · snap xG 0.14	0–3 ▶
2nd Period
No scoring
3rd Period
6:29	BOS	Charlie McAvoy (11) Pavel Zacha (31), Viktor Arvidsson (24) · wrist xG 0.02	1–3 ▶
8:43	BOS	Pavel Zacha (27)PP Charlie McAvoy (46), Viktor Arvidsson (25) · tip-in xG 0.06	2–3 ▶
19:49	BOS	Pavel Zacha (28)PP Viktor Arvidsson (26) · snap xG 0.21	3–3 ▶
Overtime
No scoring
Shootout
	CBJ	Adam Fantilli vs Jeremy Swayman	Saved
	BOS	Fraser Minten vs Jet Greaves	Goal
	CBJ	Kirill Marchenko vs Jeremy Swayman	Saved
	BOS	Casey Mittelstadt vs Jet Greaves	Saved
	CBJ	Charlie Coyle vs Jeremy Swayman	Goal
	BOS	Viktor Arvidsson vs Jet Greaves	Goal

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 76%Deserve to win24% CBJ

BOS		CBJ
4.82	Expected goals	3.00
3	Goals (no shootout)	3
2.27	Expected goals, 5 on 5	1.92
85	Shot attempts	49
57	Unblocked attempts	34
39	Shots on goal	25

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
4:50	BOS	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced CBJ 1.36–0.33 In xG over 10 minutes, 14:50 of the 1st to 4:50 of the 2nd; goals 0–1
10:14	CBJ	Goalie	Goalie · Greaves +2.1 goals saved 0 goals on 2.10 xG, 19 shots on goal
16:50	CBJ	No shift	No shift · Olivier, 26:40 on the bench No shift after 6:49 of the 2nd; 6 shifts (3:06) before that
3rd Period
19:07	BOS	Deserve to win	Deserve to win · BOS takes the lead, 61–39% CBJ had led since 2:12 of the 1st, by as much as 82%
19:40	BOS	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced CBJ 1.45–0.15 In xG over 10 minutes, 9:50 to 19:50 of the 3rd; goals 1–0

Shot map

BOS shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ CBJ 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	0	0	-1	15	0.86	1	1	23:30
93	Fraser Minten	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	1	1	19:09
18	Pavel Zacha	2	1	3	+1	9	0.74	1	0	18:07
92	Marat Khusnutdinov	0	0	0	-1	7	0.62	1	1	17:03
11	Casey Mittelstadt	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	0	0	16:35
28	Elias Lindholm	0	0	0	-1	6	0.50	0	0	15:55
39	Morgan Geekie	0	0	0	-1	5	0.25	2	0	15:31
33	Viktor Arvidsson	0	3	3	+1	4	0.43	1	0	15:14
52	Sean Kuraly	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	4	2	14:41
76	Lukas Reichel	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	2	12:36
84	Tanner Jeannot	0	0	0	0	3	0.55	3	1	12:00
47	Mark Kastelic	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	11:21
Defense
73	Charlie McAvoy	1	1	2	+1	9	0.24	0	2	26:09
27	Hampus Lindholm	0	0	0	-1	4	0.06	0	1	23:45
91	Nikita Zadorov	0	0	0	-1	5	0.04	3	1	19:22
20	Andrew Peeke	0	0	0	-1	4	0.01	0	0	17:56
45	Jonathan Aspirot	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	0	1	17:49
20	Henri Jokiharju	0	0	0	-1	4	0.08	1	1	15:16

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Jeremy Swayman	25	3	22	.880	3.00	+0.00

Columbus Blue Jackets

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
86	Kirill Marchenko	0	2	2	+1	1	0.23	1	2	22:31
19	Adam Fantilli	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	2	2	21:43
3	Charlie Coyle	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	1	3	18:59
22	Boone Jenner	1	0	1	+1	5	0.79	4	0	18:43
23	Sean Monahan	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	0	17:43
4	Cole Sillinger	0	0	0	0	5	0.22	3	1	16:29
27	Mason Marchment	1	1	2	+1	5	0.24	0	0	14:59
21	Isac Lundeström	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	13:28
83	Conor Garland	0	1	1	+1	3	0.25	3	1	13:18
18	Miles Wood	0	0	0	0	5	0.44	3	0	12:53
58	Danton Heinen	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	11:45
24	Mathieu Olivier	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	03:06
Defense
8	Zach Werenski	0	0	0	+1	11	0.12	0	2	30:11
9	Ivan Provorov	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	1	7	24:50
15	Dante Fabbro	0	0	0	+1	3	0.03	2	1	23:29
44	Erik Gudbranson	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	18:34
5	Denton Mateychuk	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	3	15:06
6	Egor Zamula	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	10:36

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Jet Greaves	39	3	36	.923	4.82	+1.82

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
18 Pavel Zacha C	+2.98	+2.20	+0.48	+0.31	0.00	+0.01	-0.02	—	18:07
73 Charlie McAvoy D	+2.68	+1.45	+0.16	+0.86	+0.15	0.00	+0.06	—	26:09
71 Viktor Arvidsson L	+2.37	+1.80	+0.28	+0.31	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	15:14
45 Jonathan Aspirot D	+0.96	0.00	+0.03	+0.88	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	17:49
84 Tanner Jeannot L	+0.95	0.00	+0.36	+0.54	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	12:00
52 Sean Kuraly C	+0.90	0.00	+0.03	+0.78	0.00	+0.01	+0.08	—	14:41
88 David Pastrnak R	+0.76	0.00	+0.56	+0.32	-0.15	0.00	+0.03	—	23:30
11 Casey Mittelstadt C	+0.40	0.00	+0.03	+0.26	+0.15	0.00	-0.04	—	16:35
28 Elias Lindholm C	+0.11	0.00	+0.32	-0.21	0.00	+0.02	-0.02	—	15:55
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C	+0.03	0.00	+0.41	-0.41	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	17:03
1 Jeremy Swayman G	0.00	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	0.00	63:14
91 Nikita Zadorov D	-0.02	0.00	+0.02	-0.11	0.00	0.00	+0.07	—	19:22
39 Morgan Geekie C	-0.02	0.00	+0.16	-0.17	0.00	-0.01	0.00	—	15:31
47 Mark Kastelic C	-0.08	0.00	0.00	-0.12	0.00	+0.04	0.00	—	11:21
75 Lukas Reichel L	-0.12	0.00	+0.06	-0.27	0.00	0.00	+0.08	—	12:36
20 Henri Jokiharju D	-0.18	0.00	+0.05	-0.28	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	15:16
93 Fraser Minten C	-0.32	0.00	+0.14	-0.64	+0.15	-0.02	+0.05	—	19:09
26 Andrew Peeke D	-0.32	0.00	0.00	-0.35	0.00	0.00	+0.02	—	17:56
27 Hampus Lindholm D	-0.47	0.00	+0.04	-0.54	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	23:45

Columbus Blue Jackets

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
73 Jet Greaves G	+1.82	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+1.82	65:00
38 Boone Jenner C	+1.41	+0.75	+0.51	+0.32	-0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	18:43
86 Kirill Marchenko R	+1.36	+1.25	+0.15	-0.14	0.00	0.00	+0.10	—	22:31
17 Mason Marchment L	+1.15	+1.30	+0.16	-0.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	14:59
8 Zach Werenski D	+1.08	0.00	+0.08	+0.76	+0.15	0.00	+0.10	—	30:11
83 Conor Garland R	+1.08	+0.70	+0.16	+0.17	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	13:18
3 Charlie Coyle C	+0.98	+0.75	+0.09	-0.03	0.00	0.00	+0.17	—	18:59
15 Dante Fabbro D	+0.91	0.00	+0.02	+0.84	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	23:29
9 Ivan Provorov D	+0.30	+0.70	+0.02	-0.56	-0.15	0.00	+0.29	—	24:50
24 Mathieu Olivier R	+0.14	0.00	+0.03	+0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	3:06
23 Sean Monahan C	+0.12	0.00	0.00	+0.17	0.00	-0.02	-0.04	—	17:43
11 Miles Wood L	+0.02	0.00	+0.29	-0.27	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	12:53
43 Danton Heinen L	+0.01	0.00	0.00	+0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	11:45
21 Isac Lundeström C	-0.05	0.00	0.00	-0.04	0.00	-0.01	0.00	—	13:28
4 Cole Sillinger C	-0.12	0.00	+0.14	-0.18	-0.15	0.00	+0.07	—	16:29
5 Denton Mateychuk D	-0.14	0.00	+0.16	-0.45	0.00	0.00	+0.15	—	15:06
6 Egor Zamula D	-0.29	0.00	0.00	-0.32	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	10:36
19 Adam Fantilli C	-0.37	0.00	+0.11	-0.52	0.00	-0.02	+0.06	—	21:43
44 Erik Gudbranson D	-0.72	0.00	+0.02	-0.74	0.00	0.00	-0.01	—	18:34

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.