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2026-01-06 · Climate Pledge Arena

4 – 7Final

SEA beat BOS 7–4. SEA lost the expected-goals battle 2.9 to 3.7 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Ben Meyers scored at 18:23 of the second, moving SEA’s win probability from 53% to 76%. Jeremy Swayman allowed 3.2 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
36 – 27
Expected goals
3.7 – 2.9
xG share
BOS 56%
Home-ice start
SEA 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 goalSEA goal

Expected goals

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

BOSSEA

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.

SEA
Berkly Catton
2 G, 0 A · 13:56 TOI
Finishing +1.68 · Penalties −0.19
+1.45
BOS
2 G, 0 A · 21:09 TOI
On-ice +0.20 · Finishing +1.27 · Playmaking +0.08 · Penalties −0.19
+1.35
SEA
1 G, 0 A · 16:59 TOI
Finishing +0.69 · Penalties +0.19
+0.94

Rough nights

BOS
67:05 TOI
GSAx −3.00
−3.19
SEA
0 G, 2 A · 18:18 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing −0.50
−0.39
SEA
60:00 TOI
GSAx −0.18
−0.38

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBOS–SEAWin prob.
P1 8:50 SEAJordan EberlePP
from Matty Beniers, Vince Dunn
0–157% → 70%
P1 12:47 BOSDavid Pastrnak
from Nikita Zadorov, Marat Khusnutdinov
1–130% → 47%
P2 2:48 SEABerkly Catton
from Jared McCann, Ryker Evans
1–253% → 72%
P2 6:28 BOSDavid Pastrnak
from Charlie McAvoy, Elias Lindholm
2–227% → 47%
P2 18:23 SEABen Meyers
from Tye Kartye
2–353% → 76%
P2 19:59 SEAJared McCannPP
from Vince Dunn, Matty Beniers
2–478% → 92%
P3 10:21 SEAKaapo Kakko
from Frederick Gaudreau, Chandler Stephenson
2–596% → 100%
P3 14:20 SEABerkly CattonPP
from Frederick Gaudreau, Kaapo Kakko
2–6100% → 100%
P3 14:50 BOSMason Lohrei
from Pavel Zacha, Viktor Arvidsson
3–60% → 0%
P3 17:38 BOSViktor ArvidssonPP
from Casey Mittelstadt, Alex Steeves
4–60% → 0%
P3 19:48 SEAKaapo KakkoEN
unassisted
4–7100% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

BOS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
David Pastrnak R21:092+1.35+0.20+1.27+0.08−0.00−0.19+0.00
Mason Lohrei D17:321+0.56−0.12+0.67+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Charlie McAvoy D23:511+0.31+0.24−0.16+0.02+0.01+0.19+0.00
Viktor Arvidsson L12:0111+0.12−0.09+0.21+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Henri Jokiharju D16:07+0.11+0.08+0.00+0.03−0.00+0.00+0.00
Fraser Minten C15:17+0.00+0.04−0.21−0.01+0.00+0.19−0.02
Morgan Geekie C20:18−0.00+0.20−0.19+0.02−0.00+0.00−0.02
Jonathan Aspirot D16:21−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tanner Jeannot L12:34−0.07−0.04−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Marat Khusnutdinov C13:461−0.12−0.01−0.08−0.02−0.00+0.00−0.01
Mark Kastelic C12:54−0.15−0.06−0.04−0.03+0.01+0.00−0.04
Pavel Zacha C16:291−0.17+0.04−0.20+0.00−0.00+0.00−0.01
Alex Steeves C11:411−0.23−0.04+0.00−0.01+0.00−0.19+0.00
Casey Mittelstadt C14:461−0.23−0.11−0.29+0.01−0.01+0.19−0.03
Elias Lindholm C18:251−0.24+0.12−0.38−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.03
Sean Kuraly C13:51−0.29−0.10−0.20−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.04
Nikita Zadorov D23:141−0.31−0.04−0.08−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
Andrew Peeke D16:38−0.31−0.13−0.16−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jeremy Swayman G67:05−3.19

SEA

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Berkly Catton C13:562+1.45−0.01+1.68−0.01−0.00−0.19−0.02
Jordan Eberle R16:591+0.94+0.04+0.69+0.03−0.01+0.19+0.00
Jared McCann L16:1311+0.78+0.06+0.51+0.01+0.02+0.19+0.00
Kaapo Kakko R16:0221+0.76+0.05+0.72−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Ben Meyers C11:561+0.72−0.08+0.77−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.03
Jamie Oleksiak D17:04+0.12+0.13+0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Ryker Evans D15:131+0.10+0.11+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Cale Fleury D21:12+0.09−0.06−0.06+0.00+0.01+0.19+0.00
Chandler Stephenson C19:591−0.09−0.11+0.00+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.02
Ryan Lindgren D22:17−0.10−0.10+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tye Kartye L9:561−0.11+0.01−0.11−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Adam Larsson D21:37−0.14−0.12+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Vince Dunn D18:052−0.14−0.00−0.15+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ryan Winterton C14:34−0.20−0.05−0.17−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Jacob Melanson R9:58−0.21+0.02−0.21−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Frederick Gaudreau C18:502−0.21−0.05−0.19−0.00+0.03+0.00+0.01
Shane Wright C13:36−0.25+0.01−0.25−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.02
Matty Beniers C18:182−0.39+0.06−0.50−0.02+0.04+0.00+0.04
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Joey Daccord G60:00−0.38

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.