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2026-04-14 · TD Garden

0 – 4Final

BOS beat NJD 4–0. BOS also won the expected-goals battle 2.6 to 2.2: the better chances went the right way. The biggest swing: Morgan Geekie scored at 0:53 of the first, moving BOS’s win probability from 53% to 69%. Jeremy Swayman saved 2.2 goals above expected.

Shots on goal
21 – 26
Expected goals
2.2 – 2.6
xG share
BOS 53%
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.

NJD goalBOS goal

Expected goals

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

NJDBOS

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
60:00 TOI
GSAx +2.16
+2.16
BOS
2 G, 0 A · 13:47 TOI
Finishing +1.26 · Faceoffs +0.05
+1.33
BOS
1 G, 0 A · 13:17 TOI
Finishing +0.76
+0.74

Rough nights

NJD
60:00 TOI
GSAx −1.17
−1.17
NJD
0 G, 0 A · 12:31 TOI
Finishing −0.52
−0.57
BOS
0 G, 0 A · 19:10 TOI
Finishing −0.12 · Penalties −0.19
−0.32

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalNJD–BOSWin prob.
P1 0:53 BOSMorgan Geekie
from David Pastrnak, Fraser Minten
0–153% → 69%
P1 6:14 BOSMark Kastelic
from Tanner Jeannot, Sean Kuraly
0–270% → 83%
P1 17:42 BOSMark Kastelic
from Sean Kuraly, Mason Lohrei
0–385% → 93%
P1 19:52 BOSViktor Arvidsson
from Pavel Zacha, Hampus Lindholm
0–493% → 99%

Every player

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NJD

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Timo Meier R15:45+0.25+0.04+0.00+0.03−0.00+0.19−0.01
Simon Nemec D21:39+0.06+0.06+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nico Hischier C17:47+0.04+0.04+0.00+0.03−0.01+0.00−0.02
Jesper Bratt L19:23+0.04+0.03+0.00+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Topias Vilen D18:27+0.03+0.03+0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nick Bjugstad C13:02+0.02−0.02+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.05
Brenden Dillon D19:37−0.01+0.06−0.06−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Maxim Tsyplakov R11:50−0.05−0.03−0.00−0.00−0.01+0.00−0.01
Marc McLaughlin C10:18−0.07−0.03+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.04
Johnathan Kovacevic D19:43−0.09+0.03−0.11−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Jonas Siegenthaler D19:52−0.11−0.05−0.07−0.01+0.02+0.00+0.00
Connor Brown R18:10−0.17+0.03−0.19−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Dougie Hamilton D18:59−0.18−0.05−0.14+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Evgenii Dadonov L11:08−0.21−0.03−0.16−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
Cody Glass C14:17−0.23+0.01−0.23−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.01
Jack Hughes C21:07−0.27+0.00−0.15+0.01−0.01+0.00−0.13
Dawson Mercer C16:25−0.32+0.04−0.34−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Paul Cotter C12:31−0.57−0.03−0.52−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.02
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Nico Daws G60:00−1.17

BOS

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Mark Kastelic C13:472+1.33+0.03+1.26−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.05
Viktor Arvidsson L13:171+0.74−0.03+0.76+0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00
Morgan Geekie C16:421+0.43−0.05+0.49+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00
Fraser Minten C17:041+0.04+0.04+0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Hampus Lindholm D19:471+0.04+0.08−0.05+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Elias Lindholm C16:46+0.02−0.04+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.07
Marat Khusnutdinov C15:22−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Mason Lohrei D21:531−0.02+0.08−0.11+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Andrew Peeke D20:16−0.02−0.01−0.00−0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Pavel Zacha C4:581−0.04−0.07+0.00−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.03
Charlie McAvoy D18:18−0.05−0.10+0.00+0.02+0.02+0.00+0.00
James Hagens C15:58−0.14+0.01−0.16−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.01
Tanner Jeannot L15:061−0.14+0.02−0.15−0.02+0.00+0.00+0.00
Sean Kuraly C17:532−0.16+0.03−0.15−0.01−0.01+0.00−0.01
David Pastrnak R17:081−0.22−0.05−0.18+0.03−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jonathan Aspirot D20:58−0.25−0.10−0.17+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Michael Eyssimont C13:37−0.28−0.03−0.25−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nikita Zadorov D19:10−0.32−0.01−0.12−0.01+0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Jeremy Swayman G60:00+2.16

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.