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2025-11-01 · TD Garden

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BOS beat CAR 2–1. BOS also won the expected-goals battle 2.9 to 2.4: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Casey Mittelstadt scored at 1:27 of the third, moving BOS’s win probability from 52% to 78%. Jeremy Swayman saved 1.5 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
29 – 22
Expected goals
2.4 – 2.9
xG share
BOS 55%
Home-ice start
BOS 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

CAR goalBOS goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

CARBOS

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

BOS
69:21 TOI
GSAx +1.53
+1.53
BOS
1 G, 0 A · 16:13 TOI
Finishing +0.80 · Penalties +0.19
+0.95
CAR
Alexander Nikishin
1 G, 0 A · 24:41 TOI
Finishing +0.78
+0.83

Rough nights

CAR
Seth Jarvis
0 G, 0 A · 17:20 TOI
On-ice −0.07 · Finishing −0.57 · Penalties −0.19
−0.83
CAR
0 G, 0 A · 15:59 TOI
On-ice −0.26 · Finishing −0.24
−0.50
CAR
0 G, 0 A · 15:13 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing −0.40
−0.49

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalCAR–BOSWin prob.
P3 1:27 BOSCasey Mittelstadt
from Charlie McAvoy, Pavel Zacha
0–152% → 78%
P3 5:05 BOSViktor Arvidsson
from Casey Mittelstadt, Charlie McAvoy
0–280% → 94%
P3 17:11 CARAlexander NikishinPP
from Mark Jankowski, Jordan Martinook
1–21% → 8%

Every player

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CAR

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Alexander Nikishin D24:411+0.83+0.04+0.78+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C11:41+0.19+0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
Sebastian Aho C19:39+0.00−0.05+0.00+0.04−0.03+0.00+0.03
Mark Jankowski L11:391−0.06+0.02−0.05−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01
Joel Nystrom D17:31−0.07−0.08+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Charles Alexis Legault D14:19−0.10−0.08−0.01−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jordan Martinook L16:151−0.11+0.03−0.11−0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jordan Staal C15:32−0.13−0.07+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.04
Jalen Chatfield D21:48−0.18−0.17+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Sean Walker D22:04−0.20−0.05−0.11−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Bradly Nadeau L12:39−0.22+0.03−0.24−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Logan Stankoven C15:13−0.23−0.22+0.00−0.00−0.04+0.00+0.04
Mike Reilly D17:48−0.23−0.15−0.08−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nikolaj Ehlers L17:31−0.33−0.09−0.25+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Taylor Hall L15:32−0.34−0.27−0.11+0.04−0.01+0.00+0.00
Andrei Svechnikov R15:13−0.49−0.08−0.40+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Jackson Blake R15:59−0.50−0.26−0.24−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Seth Jarvis R17:20−0.83−0.07−0.57−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Frederik Andersen G67:56+0.82

BOS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Viktor Arvidsson L16:131+0.95−0.04+0.80+0.00−0.01+0.19+0.00
Casey Mittelstadt C15:5911+0.60+0.00+0.61−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Henri Jokiharju D14:36+0.23+0.21+0.00+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Hampus Lindholm D21:57+0.10+0.10+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sean Kuraly C13:08+0.10+0.11+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Andrew Peeke D22:43+0.09+0.10+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Aspirot D15:18+0.09+0.07+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Charlie McAvoy D24:092+0.09+0.05−0.00+0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
John Beecher C12:12+0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Marat Khusnutdinov C15:16−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Pavel Zacha C16:451−0.02−0.02+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.01
Michael Eyssimont C12:20−0.08+0.07−0.15−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nikita Zadorov D20:33−0.11+0.08+0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Morgan Geekie C15:32−0.20+0.01−0.21+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Tanner Jeannot L15:07−0.24+0.17−0.38−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Fraser Minten C14:39−0.24+0.17−0.41−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mark Kastelic C15:22−0.31+0.18−0.44−0.02+0.01+0.00−0.04
David Pastrnak R16:37−0.40+0.06−0.48+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jeremy Swayman G69:21+1.53

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.