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2026-01-03 · Rogers Arena

3 – 2Final/OT

BOS beat VAN 3–2 in overtime. BOS lost the expected-goals battle 3.2 to 3.7 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Fraser Minten scored at 4:41 of overtime, moving BOS’s win probability from 48% to 100%. Jeremy Swayman saved 1.6 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
22 – 34
Expected goals
3.2 – 3.7
xG share
VAN 54%
Home-ice start
VAN 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.

BOS goalVAN goal

Expected goals

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

BOSVAN

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
72:50 TOI
GSAx +1.59
+1.59
BOS
Fraser Minten
2 G, 0 A · 21:24 TOI
On-ice +0.07 · Finishing +1.13
+1.22
VAN
1 G, 0 A · 20:38 TOI
On-ice +0.30 · Finishing +0.59 · Playmaking +0.07
+0.93

Rough nights

VAN
64:41 TOI
GSAx −0.71
−0.71
VAN
0 G, 0 A · 21:41 TOI
On-ice −0.26 · Finishing −0.33
−0.65
VAN
0 G, 0 A · 20:01 TOI
On-ice +0.54 · Finishing −1.15
−0.61

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBOS–VANWin prob.
P1 16:24 BOSFraser MintenPP
from Alex Steeves, Hampus Lindholm
1–048% → 65%
P2 0:48 VANElias Pettersson
from Filip Hronek, Linus Karlsson
1–134% → 53%
P2 7:25 BOSElias LindholmPP
from David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy
2–148% → 68%
P2 18:44 VANFilip HronekPP
from Zeev Buium, Evander Kane
2–229% → 53%
OT 4:41 BOSFraser Minten
from David Pastrnak, Mason Lohrei
3–248% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

BOS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Fraser Minten C21:242+1.22+0.07+1.13−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03
Elias Lindholm C19:201+0.70+0.02+0.65−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.04
David Pastrnak R23:292+0.18+0.15−0.20+0.05−0.02+0.19+0.00
Alex Steeves C12:291+0.16+0.16+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Aspirot D18:09+0.13+0.12+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Pavel Zacha C19:41+0.08−0.02+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.11
Mason Lohrei D17:051−0.02−0.03+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Michael Eyssimont C6:30−0.03−0.01−0.03−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Charlie McAvoy D26:291−0.06−0.12+0.00+0.02+0.03+0.00+0.00
Morgan Geekie C18:46−0.10+0.22−0.33+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01
Hampus Lindholm D23:361−0.15+0.09−0.06+0.00+0.01−0.19+0.00
Marat Khusnutdinov C17:48−0.15−0.16+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.02
Sean Kuraly C11:05−0.19−0.18+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Casey Mittelstadt C14:47−0.20−0.13−0.27+0.00−0.01+0.19+0.02
Andrew Peeke D18:17−0.29−0.22−0.08−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Viktor Arvidsson L14:25−0.41−0.15−0.05−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Mark Kastelic C10:56−0.49−0.11−0.16−0.01+0.01−0.19−0.02
Nikita Zadorov D19:57−0.58−0.20+0.00−0.01+0.01−0.39+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jeremy Swayman G72:50+1.59

VAN

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Elias Pettersson C20:381+0.93+0.30+0.59+0.07+0.00+0.00−0.03
Filip Hronek D31:0311+0.71−0.00+0.72+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Linus Karlsson C12:191+0.49+0.35−0.25−0.00+0.00+0.39−0.01
Zeev Buium D17:381+0.36+0.42−0.01−0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Kiefer Sherwood L22:00+0.23+0.13−0.08+0.00−0.01+0.19−0.01
Aatu Räty C12:14−0.01−0.03−0.12−0.01+0.00+0.19−0.05
Elias Pettersson D10:07−0.06−0.05+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Nils Hoglander L12:07−0.10−0.11+0.00−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Drew O'Connor L15:31−0.14−0.03−0.10−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Liam Ohgren L12:47−0.16+0.06−0.20−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Evander Kane L14:191−0.19−0.08−0.07+0.01−0.04+0.00−0.01
Tyler Myers D19:57−0.20−0.14−0.06−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
David Kampf C16:36−0.22+0.08−0.24−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.03
Tom Willander D21:48−0.29−0.04−0.22−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Marcus Pettersson D21:31−0.37−0.18−0.02+0.00+0.02−0.19+0.00
Max Sasson C12:22−0.48−0.16−0.07−0.01−0.02−0.19−0.03
Jake DeBrusk L20:01−0.61+0.54−1.15−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Brock Boeser R21:41−0.65−0.26−0.33−0.00−0.02+0.00−0.03
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Kevin Lankinen G64:41−0.71

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.