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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
7:00 PM ET
Centre Bell (NESN)
BOS
Boston Bruins
2 – 3
Final/OT
Montreal Canadiens
 MTL
37% xGF%
63% xGF%
BOS was expected to score 2.55 goals MTL was expected to score 4.35 goals
P1 P2 P3 OT 0 1 2 3 4 Cumulative xG BOS MTL Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Boston Bruins Montreal Canadiens
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 7:13 0.83 1 9:11 0.09 0
Even Strength 48:14 1.72 1 48:14 4.08 3
Penalty Kill 9:11 0.00 0 7:13 0.18 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 1 15:43 0.68 0 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 48:55 1.87 2 48:55 3.56 1
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 15:43 0.79 2
  • ► Pavel Zacha scores at 2:22 in the 1st period 0.11 xG (1-0)
  • ► Nick Suzuki scores at 10:31 in the 1st period 0.18 xG (1-1)
  • ► Pavel Zacha scores at 5:41 in the 2nd period 0.12 xG (2-1)
  • ► Josh Anderson scores at 13:15 in the 2nd period 0.14 xG (2-2)
  • ► Cole Caufield scores at 4:38 in the OT period 0.34 xG (2-3)
  • ► Watch the full game recap here
MTL MTL xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 1.12 1 1 2 22 19:58 4 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Pavel Zacha (C) 0.64 2 0 2 19 16:22 4 -1 0 1 0 0 0
MTL Nick Suzuki (C) 0.60 1 1 2 25 24:18 3 +2 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.46 0 0 0 23 17:29 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.42 0 1 1 20 19:33 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.36 1 0 1 22 13:21 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Morgan Geekie (C) 0.31 0 0 0 18 15:53 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Viktor Arvidsson (L) 0.24 0 1 1 18 17:09 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Ivan Demidov (R) 0.20 0 0 0 15 12:39 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Fraser Minten (C) 0.18 0 0 0 20 19:42 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS David Pastrnak (R) 0.17 0 1 1 22 24:35 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.13 0 0 0 14 14:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Casey Mittelstadt (C) 0.12 0 1 1 18 16:36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Elias Lindholm (C) 0.12 0 0 0 21 19:14 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Oliver Kapanen (C) 0.11 0 0 0 19 13:20 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Michael Eyssimont (C) 0.09 0 0 0 15 12:13 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.08 0 0 0 12 09:14 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Mark Kastelic (C) 0.06 0 0 0 16 11:37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Texier (L) 0.06 0 0 0 16 13:37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Brendan Gallagher (R) 0.05 0 1 1 15 10:39 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Marat Khusnutdinov (C) 0.00 0 0 0 21 16:32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.00 0 0 0 25 14:45 0 +1 2 0 0 0 0
BOS Tanner Jeannot (L) 0.00 0 0 0 14 12:00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Sean Kuraly (C) 0.00 0 0 0 16 12:14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.25 0 0 0 27 22:22 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Charlie McAvoy (D) 0.24 0 1 1 27 26:44 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.23 0 2 2 23 21:41 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.21 0 0 0 27 24:02 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Jonathan Aspirot (D) 0.18 0 0 0 19 16:21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Andrew Peeke (D) 0.11 0 0 0 21 16:44 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BOS Hampus Lindholm (D) 0.07 0 0 0 21 19:48 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.05 0 0 0 26 18:19 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
BOS Nikita Zadorov (D) 0.03 0 0 0 23 17:07 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Jayden Struble (D) 0.02 0 0 0 16 13:40 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
MTL Mike Matheson (D) 0.01 0 0 0 26 23:16 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
BOS Mason Lohrei (D) 0.00 0 0 0 22 21:03 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BOS Jeremy Swayman (G) +4.36% 0.903 1.4 3 28 64:38 31 O 0
MTL Jakub Dobes (G) +1.97% 0.929 0.5 2 26 64:22 28 W 0