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Game Recap
BOS2
Final/OTThu, Mar 14, 2024Every game that night
MTL1

BOS beat MTL 2-1 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 3.74 expected goals to 2.12. L. Ullmark stopped 18 of 19.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
BOS10012
MTL10001
  1. 1st 4:49BOSD. Heinen0.51 xG
  2. 1st 14:37MTLN. Suzuki0.10 xG
  3. OT 0:25BOSJ. DeBrusk0.42 xG

Team Stats

BOSMTL
24Shots on goal19
3.74Expected goals2.12
59Shot attempts50
145v5 shots on goal16
0/4Power play0/3
20Hits17
18Blocked shots19
6Penalty minutes8
10Giveaways10
3Takeaways2

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked shot had of going in, by our model, added up.

Expected Goals Over the Game

BOS 3.74 xGMTL 2.12 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdOTBOS goal, 4:49MTL goal, 14:37BOS goal, 0:25

Each step up is a shot: how likely it was to go in. A team well above the other had the better chances, whatever the score.

Shot Map

BOS22 on goal, 2 scored
MTL19 on goal, 1 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

BOS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
B. MarchandLW011210+1019:554:25
D. PastrnakRW0115000019:304:53
J. DeBruskLW101401+1018:384:19
P. ZachaC0110100017:303:16
D. HeinenLW1012100215:470:00
C. CoyleC0002100018:033:58
M. GeekieC0000200013:202:25
T. FredericC0000110013:192:01
J. BrazeauRW0002220012:332:18
J. BoqvistC0003110011:590:01
J. BeecherC0001320011:390:00
J. LaukoC000161029:340:15
H. LindholmD011002+1020:140:05
C. McAvoyD000103+1023:235:35
B. CarloD000113-1018:290:00
P. WotherspoonD0000000217:350:00
A. PeekeD0000020017:010:00
M. LohreiD0000000016:461:24
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
L. Ullmark19181.94760:25Win
J. Swayman000–0:00

MTL Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
N. SuzukiC101201-1421:194:46
J. SlafkovskýLW0110110017:574:48
C. CaufieldRW000200-1019:124:46
J. ArmiaRW0003310017:530:00
A. NewhookC0000000016:503:33
J. EvansC0001150016:140:11
B. GallagherRW0002010013:030:11
R. Harvey-PinardLW0001120012:411:15
J. AndersonRW0001100011:190:13
J. RoyRW0001100011:100:00
T. PearsonLW0000010010:500:00
C. WhiteC000002009:070:00
M. MathesonD000013-1028:434:59
K. GuhleD0002110219:320:00
D. SavardD0001000018:350:00
A. XhekajD0002400017:190:13
J. HarrisD0001000016:550:00
J. KovacevicD0000310214:360:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
S. Montembeault24222.91760:25OT loss
C. Primeau000–0:00