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Game Recap
LAK1
Final/OTTue, Mar 10, 2026Every game that night
BOS2

BOS beat LAK 2-1 in overtime, and the chances backed it up: 3.99 expected goals to 2.04. J. Swayman stopped 15 of 16.

Scoring

1st2nd3rdOTT
LAK00101
BOS00112
  1. 3rd 8:22BOSM. Lohrei0.09 xG
  2. 3rd 14:00LAKD. Doughty0.01 xG
  3. OT 0:39BOSC. McAvoy0.26 xG

Team Stats

LAKBOS
16Shots on goal23
2.04Expected goals3.99
62Shot attempts60
145v5 shots on goal19
0/2Power play0/4
22Hits21
17Blocked shots13
13Penalty minutes9
12Giveaways16
5Takeaways4

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

Expected Goals Over the Game

LAK 2.04 xGBOS 3.99 xGGoal

00.511.522.533.541st2nd3rdOTBOS goal, 8:22LAK goal, 14:00BOS goal, 0:39

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

LAK16 on goal, 1 scored
BOS22 on goal, 2 scored

GoalSavedMissedBlockedBigger: a better chance

Box Score

LAK Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
T. MooreLW0114200019:500:15
A. KempeRW0112100217:042:02
A. LaferriereRW0002500020:390:18
Q. ByfieldRW000110-1220:241:52
A. KopitarC0001010018:241:53
A. PanarinLW000200-1017:572:02
S. LaughtonC0002410016:030:14
J. WrightRW0000010010:130:00
A. TurcotteC000000009:420:02
S. HeleniusC000020058:470:00
T. WardRW000010008:050:00
J. MalottLW000020007:390:00
D. DoughtyD1011010024:440:43
M. AndersonD0000420025:030:00
J. EdmundsonD0000010018:460:00
C. CeciD0000010217:480:13
B. ClarkeD000105-1217:251:25
B. DumoulinD0000040015:450:36
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
D. Kuemper23212.91360:18OT loss
A. Forsberg000–0:00

BOS Skaters

PlayerPosGAPSOGHITBLK+/-PIMTOIPP TOI
D. PastrnakRW0112100023:035:35
V. ArvidssonLW011200+1013:201:08
M. KastelicC011131+1013:010:00
E. LindholmC000001-1019:293:48
P. ZachaC000100+1017:204:02
M. GeekieC0004020016:364:03
M. KhusnutdinovC000210-1015:070:28
F. MintenC0001300014:302:16
C. MittelstadtC000000+1014:062:03
T. JeannotLW0002410012:230:00
S. KuralyC0000000012:210:00
M. EyssimontC0001220010:040:00
C. McAvoyD101321+1222:262:15
M. LohreiD1011000019:493:35
H. LindholmD0110020219:442:22
A. PeekeD0000030019:350:00
J. AspirotD0002300017:460:00
N. ZadorovD0001200517:370:00
GoalieSASVGASV%TOI
J. Swayman16151.93860:19Win
J. Korpisalo000–0:00

Lines at 5-on-5

LAK

Line 1A. Laferriere15:40T. Moore15:38Q. Byfield15:49
Line 2A. Kopitar14:48A. Kempe14:35A. Panarin14:30
Line 4S. Helenius8:26T. Ward8:05J. Malott7:39
Pair 1D. Doughty19:13M. Anderson20:54
Pair 2J. Edmundson15:10B. Clarke14:21
Pair 3B. Dumoulin13:29C. Ceci15:03

BOS

Line 3S. Kuraly11:06M. Kastelic11:27T. Jeannot11:23
Line 4M. Geekie12:12F. Minten11:16M. Eyssimont9:43
Pair 1C. McAvoy17:54J. Aspirot16:33
Pair 2A. Peeke17:30N. Zadorov14:45
Pair 3H. Lindholm16:24M. Lohrei15:37

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.

Storylines That Played Out

As Tonight had them before puck drop, with what each player did.

How We Did

We projectedIt finished
ScoreLAK 2.8, BOS 3.3LAK 1, BOS 2
Total goals6.23
Shots on goalLAK 27.8, BOS 28.0LAK 16, BOS 23
Win chanceBOS 58%BOS won

Players

PlayerSOG projectedSOGPoints projectedPointsGoal chanceGoals
BOS D. Pastrnak3.721.34141%0
LAK A. Panarin3.221.15033%0
LAK A. Kempe3.120.91134%0
LAK A. Laferriere2.920.54022%0
BOS V. Arvidsson2.620.63123%0
LAK T. Moore2.340.49121%0
BOS M. Geekie2.340.83032%0
LAK Q. Byfield2.210.59021%0
LAK B. Clarke2.110.57011%0
BOS E. Lindholm1.900.71023%0
BOS M. Eyssimont1.710.25011%0
BOS C. McAvoy1.730.66110%1
BOS P. Zacha1.610.66020%0
BOS H. Lindholm1.500.4017%0
BOS F. Minten1.510.51020%0
LAK A. Kopitar1.510.73022%0
LAK D. Doughty1.410.44110%1
LAK S. Laughton1.320.34014%0
LAK T. Ward1.300.22010%0
BOS C. Mittelstadt1.200.56017%0
LAK A. Turcotte1.200.2609%0
BOS N. Zadorov1.210.2707%0
BOS S. Kuraly1.200.25010%0
BOS M. Kastelic1.210.25112%0
LAK J. Edmundson1.100.2004%0
BOS M. Khusnutdinov1.020.37014%0
BOS M. Lohrei1.010.3417%1
BOS T. Jeannot1.020.28011%0
BOS A. Peeke0.900.1904%0
LAK J. Malott0.900.1506%0
LAK M. Anderson0.900.2305%0
LAK C. Ceci0.800.1903%0
LAK B. Dumoulin0.800.2203%0
LAK S. Helenius0.700.1809%0
BOS J. Aspirot0.620.2404%0

Shots on goal: 19 of 35 players within one of their projection; they took 0.5 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.