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2026-03-14 · Capital One Arena

3 – 2Final/SO

BOS beat WSH 3–2 in a shootout. BOS also won the expected-goals battle 3.5 to 2.8: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Charlie McAvoy scored at 10:09 of the third, moving BOS’s win probability from 17% to 48%. Jeremy Swayman saved 5.4 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
34 – 28
Expected goals
3.5 – 2.8
xG share
BOS 55%
Home-ice start
WSH 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 goalWSH goal

Expected goals

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

BOSWSH

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
65:00 TOI
GSAx +5.37
+5.37
WSH
65:00 TOI
GSAx +4.71
+4.71
BOS
2 G, 0 A · 27:44 TOI
On-ice +0.21 · Finishing +1.66 · Penalties −0.19 · Shootout −0.49
+1.21

Rough nights

WSH
0 G, 0 A · 15:11 TOI
On-ice −0.25 · Finishing −0.27 · Penalties −0.19 · Shootout −0.49
−1.25
BOS
0 G, 1 A · 24:23 TOI
On-ice +0.28 · Finishing −1.10 · Playmaking +0.07 · Penalties +0.19 · Shootout −0.38
−0.95
WSH
0 G, 0 A · 14:11 TOI
Penalties −0.39 · Shootout −0.49
−0.89

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBOS–WSHWin prob.
P2 1:15 WSHMatt Roy
from Rasmus Sandin, Hendrix Lapierre
0–153% → 72%
P2 11:57 BOSCharlie McAvoy
from David Pastrnak
1–126% → 47%
P3 3:12 WSHRasmus Sandin
unassisted
1–252% → 79%
P3 10:09 BOSCharlie McAvoy
from Pavel Zacha, Viktor Arvidsson
2–217% → 48%

Every player

Show both lineups

BOS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Charlie McAvoy D27:442+1.21+0.21+1.66−0.00+0.02−0.19+0.00−0.49
Fraser Minten C18:36+1.04+0.22−0.15−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03+1.01
Jonathan Aspirot D18:52+0.09+0.08+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sean Kuraly C10:37−0.03−0.04−0.00−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.03−0.00
Marat Khusnutdinov C16:03−0.08+0.06−0.31−0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00−0.00
Andrew Peeke D19:07−0.08−0.05−0.02−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Hampus Lindholm D20:21−0.11+0.06−0.17+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Mark Kastelic C10:28−0.24−0.03−0.25−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.04−0.00
Tanner Jeannot L10:06−0.26+0.13−0.37−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00−0.00
Nikita Zadorov D17:51−0.31−0.12+0.00−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00+0.00
Mason Lohrei D20:05−0.34+0.37−0.23+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.49
Pavel Zacha C19:011−0.37+0.19−0.22−0.01−0.00+0.19−0.03−0.49
Michael Eyssimont C7:25−0.43−0.12+0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00−0.32
Morgan Geekie C19:23−0.46+0.15−0.13+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01−0.49
Viktor Arvidsson L15:401−0.49−0.01+0.00+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.49
Casey Mittelstadt C14:02−0.50+0.05−0.08+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01−0.49
Elias Lindholm C20:16−0.56−0.02−0.58−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.05−0.00
David Pastrnak R24:231−0.95+0.28−1.10+0.07−0.01+0.19+0.00−0.38
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jeremy Swayman G65:00+5.37

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffsShootout
Matt Roy D25:261+0.76−0.12+0.87+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Sandin D23:1911+0.55+0.02+0.53+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Justin Sourdif C11:36+0.15+0.07−0.09+0.00+0.00+0.19−0.02−0.00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D15:49−0.08−0.02−0.10+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Timothy Liljegren D15:45−0.18+0.03−0.22+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Hendrix Lapierre C12:101−0.35−0.16−0.16−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.00
Martin Fehérváry D20:21−0.36−0.35+0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Ethen Frank R7:32−0.41−0.09−0.02−0.00+0.01+0.19+0.00−0.49
Ryan Leonard R12:58−0.44−0.05−0.01+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.38
Pierre-Luc Dubois C19:48−0.48−0.11−0.25+0.00−0.01+0.19+0.01−0.32
Brandon Duhaime R10:00−0.50−0.07−0.43−0.01+0.02+0.00−0.01−0.00
Tom Wilson R23:05−0.50−0.13−0.16−0.00−0.01−0.19−0.01−0.00
Jakob Chychrun D23:52−0.50−0.00+0.00+0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.49
Dylan Strome C20:21−0.63−0.02−0.11+0.02−0.01+0.00−0.02−0.49
Aliaksei Protas L20:49−0.73+0.02−0.26+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.01−0.49
Alex Ovechkin L15:47−0.80+0.11−0.46+0.06−0.02+0.00+0.00−0.49
Anthony Beauvillier R14:11−0.89−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.01−0.39+0.00−0.49
Connor McMichael L15:11−1.25−0.25−0.27−0.00+0.01−0.19−0.04−0.49
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Logan Thompson G65:00+4.71

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.