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Game Recap
BOS1
Final/OTSun, Apr 5, 2026Every game that night
PHI2

PHI beat BOS 2-1 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 2.85 expected goals to 1.92. PHI outshot BOS 31 to 19. P. Martone led the way with 2 points (1 G, 1 A). D. Vladar stopped 18 of 19.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
BOS00101
PHI10012
  1. 1st 4:19PHIC. Dvorak0.16 xG
  2. 3rd 0:35BOSP. ZachaPP0.42 xG
  3. OT 2:31PHIP. MartonePP0.25 xG

Team Stats

BOSPHI
19Shots on goal31
1.92Expected goals2.85
48Shot attempts56
155v5 shots on goal21
1/1Power play1/5
19Hits21
12Blocked shots14
12Penalty minutes4
18Giveaways8
4Takeaways5

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

BOS 1.92 xGPHI 2.85 xGGoal

00.511.522.531st2nd3rdOTPHI goal, 4:19BOS goal, 0:35PHI goal, 2:31

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

BOS19 on goal, 1 scored
PHI31 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

BOS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
D. PastrnakRW011420-1421:391:10
P. ZachaC1011310016:381:10
C. MittelstadtC0111000014:181:10
E. LindholmC000020-1019:060:00
M. GeekieC000201-1418:570:00
F. MintenC0001200015:080:00
V. ArvidssonLW0001000014:271:10
M. KhusnutdinovC0000000013:460:00
L. ReichelLW0000000011:450:00
S. KuralyC0002010011:200:00
M. KastelicC0001100010:040:00
T. JeannotLW000021009:520:00
C. McAvoyD0002210425:391:10
N. ZadorovD0001100021:540:00
H. LindholmD000101-1021:470:00
A. PeekeD0000300020:570:00
M. LohreiD000103-1016:160:00
J. AspirotD0001130016:000:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Korpisalo31292.93562:31OT loss
J. Swayman000–0:00

PHI Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
C. DvorakC112111+1020:043:29
P. MartoneRW112520+1017:122:45
T. ZegrasC0112000019:003:24
T. FoersterRW0002100018:273:27
T. KonecnyRW000201+1018:113:35
O. TippettRW0002600017:022:24
M. MichkovRW0002100216:412:32
S. CouturierC0001200013:520:18
N. CatesLW0004200013:352:30
A. BumpLW0002000011:420:11
C. GrundstromRW0001100210:570:00
L. GlendeningC0000120010:430:00
R. RistolainenD011200+1022:473:33
T. SanheimD000200+1025:520:26
J. DrysdaleD0001020022:153:09
C. YorkD0002130020:430:00
N. SeelerD0000330013:560:00
E. AndraeD0000020012:010:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Vladar19181.94762:31Win
S. Ersson000–0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

BOS

Line 1D. Pastrnak19:05M. Geekie18:10E. Lindholm16:27
Pair 1A. Peeke18:23N. Zadorov18:17
Pair 2C. McAvoy19:12J. Aspirot14:44
Pair 3H. Lindholm16:13M. Lohrei15:37

PHI

Line 1T. Konecny14:02P. Martone14:27C. Dvorak14:24
Line 2T. Foerster13:13T. Zegras14:26O. Tippett13:07
Line 3A. Bump11:31M. Michkov13:41N. Cates10:28
Pair 1R. Ristolainen19:14T. Sanheim21:58
Pair 2C. York17:25J. Drysdale17:37
Pair 3N. Seeler13:42E. Andrae12:01

From the NHL's shift charts: the players on the ice together most at 5-on-5, with each one's own 5-on-5 time.

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreBOS 3.0, PHI 3.1BOS 1, PHI 2
Total goals6.23
Shots on goalBOS 24.1, PHI 28.0BOS 19, PHI 31
Win chancePHI 52%PHI won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
BOS D. Pastrnak3.241.25140%0
PHI O. Tippett3.120.69029%0
PHI T. Konecny2.420.90030%0
BOS V. Arvidsson2.210.64023%0
PHI M. Michkov2.020.63022%0
PHI T. Zegras2.020.74124%0
PHI C. Dvorak2.010.64221%1
PHI T. Foerster1.920.53026%0
BOS M. Geekie1.820.67027%0
PHI R. Ristolainen1.620.4117%0
PHI S. Couturier1.610.43014%0
BOS C. McAvoy1.620.65012%0
PHI N. Cates1.640.57019%0
BOS E. Lindholm1.600.58021%0
BOS F. Minten1.510.48020%0
PHI C. Grundstrom1.510.26015%0
BOS P. Zacha1.410.63120%1
PHI A. Bump1.320.48017%0
PHI T. Sanheim1.320.46011%0
PHI J. Drysdale1.310.3809%0
BOS H. Lindholm1.210.3306%0
PHI C. York1.220.3206%0
BOS N. Zadorov1.110.2407%0
BOS S. Kuraly1.120.2109%0
BOS C. Mittelstadt1.110.54117%0
PHI N. Seeler1.000.1603%0
BOS M. Khusnutdinov0.900.37015%0
BOS A. Peeke0.900.1804%0
BOS M. Kastelic0.910.20010%0
PHI L. Glendening0.900.1608%0
BOS M. Lohrei0.910.3207%0
BOS L. Reichel0.800.28011%0
BOS T. Jeannot0.800.22010%0
BOS J. Aspirot0.710.2105%0
PHI E. Andrae0.600.1502%0

Shots on goal: 31 of 35 players within one of their projection; they took 0.2 fewer than projected on average.

Our projections as they stood at puck drop. One game says little about a model; Model Notes has how it tests over thousands.