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2026-02-26 · TD Garden

2 – 4Final

BOS beat CBJ 4–2. BOS lost the expected-goals battle 2.7 to 4.2 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Morgan Geekie scored on the power play at 6:54 of the second, moving BOS’s win probability from 54% to 73%. Joonas Korpisalo saved 2.3 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
40 – 23
Expected goals
4.2 – 2.7
xG share
CBJ 61%
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.

CBJ goalBOS goal

Expected goals

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

CBJBOS

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
60:56 TOI
GSAx +2.16
+2.35
BOS
2 G, 0 A · 14:29 TOI
Finishing +0.86
+0.82
BOS
1 G, 0 A · 17:50 TOI
On-ice −0.07 · Finishing +0.82
+0.77

Rough nights

CBJ
Elvis Merzlikins
67:48 TOI
GSAx −1.07
−1.07
CBJ
0 G, 0 A · 13:42 TOI
On-ice +0.17 · Finishing −0.72
−0.57
BOS
0 G, 1 A · 19:35 TOI
On-ice −0.18 · Finishing −0.39
−0.54

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalCBJ–BOSWin prob.
P1 4:32 CBJKirill Marchenko
from Mason Marchment, Adam Fantilli
1–047% → 63%
P1 15:51 BOSViktor Arvidsson
from Jonathan Aspirot
1–135% → 53%
P2 6:54 BOSMorgan GeekiePP
from David Pastrnak, Elias Lindholm
1–254% → 73%
P3 11:15 BOSSean Kuraly
from Tanner Jeannot
1–384% → 97%
P3 13:45 CBJAdam Fantilli
from Mason Marchment, Zach Werenski
2–32% → 13%
P3 19:27 BOSViktor ArvidssonEN
from Charlie McAvoy, Casey Mittelstadt
2–496% → 100%

Every player

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CBJ

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Adam Fantilli C19:0911+0.45−0.01+0.43+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.04
Kirill Marchenko R19:431+0.41−0.01+0.62+0.00+0.00−0.19−0.01
Damon Severson D22:31+0.35+0.45−0.02−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00
Sean Monahan C16:33+0.19+0.20+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.01
Erik Gudbranson D15:20+0.02+0.01+0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Dante Fabbro D14:56−0.03−0.02−0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Boone Jenner C12:57−0.07−0.01−0.19+0.00−0.01+0.19−0.06
Isac Lundeström C11:40−0.08−0.04−0.04−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Denton Mateychuk D16:43−0.09−0.07−0.03−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Cole Sillinger C14:51−0.10+0.17−0.22−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.02
Ivan Provorov D19:43−0.12+0.06−0.17−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mason Marchment L18:322−0.15+0.00+0.00+0.05−0.00−0.19+0.00
Dmitri Voronkov L12:06−0.19+0.21−0.40+0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Zach Werenski D28:341−0.21+0.35−0.59+0.03+0.00+0.00+0.00
Miles Wood L10:07−0.32+0.04−0.15−0.01−0.01−0.19+0.00
Kent Johnson C12:28−0.34+0.09−0.42−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Charlie Coyle C17:12−0.39+0.15−0.52−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Mathieu Olivier R13:42−0.57+0.17−0.72−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Elvis Merzlikins G67:48−1.07

BOS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Viktor Arvidsson L14:292+0.82−0.04+0.86+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Morgan Geekie C17:501+0.77−0.07+0.82+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Sean Kuraly C12:421+0.58−0.18+0.75−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.03
Fraser Minten C15:19+0.05−0.02−0.15−0.01+0.00+0.19+0.02
Henri Jokiharju D16:18+0.02−0.12−0.06+0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
Jonathan Aspirot D21:111+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Marat Khusnutdinov C12:50−0.06−0.05+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Pavel Zacha C15:29−0.08−0.02−0.04−0.00−0.00+0.00−0.02
Mason Lohrei D17:25−0.13+0.01−0.14+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Charlie McAvoy D23:551−0.15−0.19+0.00+0.01+0.03+0.00+0.00
Hampus Lindholm D20:16−0.16−0.17+0.00+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nikita Zadorov D17:39−0.19−0.16−0.04−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
David Pastrnak R22:201−0.20−0.10−0.12+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Mark Kastelic C11:45−0.21−0.21+0.00−0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
Casey Mittelstadt C15:401−0.28+0.01−0.29+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Tanner Jeannot L13:141−0.29−0.28+0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Eyssimont C10:03−0.42+0.00−0.25−0.01+0.02−0.19+0.01
Elias Lindholm C19:351−0.54−0.18−0.39−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.04
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Joonas Korpisalo G60:56+2.35
Michael DiPietro G6:03+0.32

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.