St. Louis Blues vs. Boston BruinsDec 4, 2025

FinalThursday, Dec 4, 2025· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	1	1	2		STL	10	15	14	39
BOS	2	3	0	5		BOS	14	8	5	27

: STL 70BOS 44
: STL 2.95BOS 2.63
PP goals: STL 0BOS 1
Hits: STL 31BOS 19
Blocks: STL 7BOS 11
PIM: STL 4BOS 4
: STL 51%BOS 49%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Boston Bruins beat St. Louis Blues 5–2

Boston Bruins beat St. Louis Blues 5–2 at home. Morgan Geekie (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Lindholm, Zacha, Geekie and Mittelstadt) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:10 together.

Points
Morgan Geekie had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:42.Geekie
Points
Elias Lindholm had 3 assists (3 points) in 15:37.Lindholm
Points
Pavel Zacha had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:44.Zacha
Points
Alex Steeves had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:06.Steeves
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Viktor Arvidsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:47.Arvidsson
Points
Mason Lohrei had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:29.Lohrei
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Lindholm, Zacha, Geekie and Mittelstadt) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:10 together.Lindholm Lindholm Zacha Geekie Mittelstadt
New line
New look for STL: Bjugstad–Sundqvist–Joseph skated 7:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bjugstad Sundqvist Joseph

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← STL attacks left (bottom on phones)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · BOS 44 · STL 70

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BOS pressure
STL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: STL 42% of the game, BOS 17%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BOS

STL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

BOS skaters (rows) against STL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the BOS side.

Matchup matrix

BOS xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	STL	BOS
	82	47
	3.30	2.41
	3.20	2.38
	14	10
	7	5
	24	26
	−0.017	+0.017
	42%	17%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

St. Louis Blues

L1Kyrou – Suter – Holloway
10:0165% CF
L2Bjugstad – Sundqvist – Joseph
7:5970% CF
L3Schenn – Thomas – Neighbours
7:2370% CF
L4Buchnevich – Kaskimaki – Dvorsky
5:4036% CF
D1Faulk – Tucker
16:3637% CF
D2Fowler – Mailloux
10:0978% CF
D3Parayko – Broberg
9:4152% CF

PP1Faulk – Sundqvist – Buchnevich – Thomas – Dvorsky
1:1150% CF
PP2Bjugstad – Broberg – Mailloux – Kaskimaki – Dvorsky
1:03
PK1FBjugstad – Suter
0:33
PK2FHolloway – Kaskimaki
0:24
PK1DParayko – Broberg
1:09
PK2DFaulk – Tucker
0:42

Current STL line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Lindholm – Geekie – Steeves
12:4944% CF
L2Jeannot – Kastelic – Minten
12:0937% CF
L3Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt
11:1237% CF
L4Kuraly – Eyssimont – Khusnutdinov
11:0144% CF
D1Lindholm – Peeke
19:0131% CF
D2Zadorov – Aspirot
18:2341% CF
D3Soderstrom – Lohrei
12:3232% CF

PP1Lindholm – Lindholm – Zacha – Geekie – Mittelstadt
1:10100% CF
PP2Arvidsson – Eyssimont – Khusnutdinov – Lohrei – Steeves
0:39100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Kastelic
1:16
PK2FJeannot – Minten
0:56
PK1DLindholm – Zadorov
1:40
PK2DPeeke – Aspirot
1:32

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Holloway L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.24	3	0	0	16:21	—	—	66	53
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.25	0	1	0	15:46	—	—	68	60
Pius Suter C	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.66	1	0	0	15:19	—	—	63	58
Mathieu Joseph R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.30	2	0	0	13:21	—	—	72	85
Nick Bjugstad C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.17	4	0	0	12:53	—	—	68	71
Oskar Sundqvist C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	1	1	0	12:01	—	—	65	71
Brayden Schenn C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	17:59	—	—	77	63
Jake Neighbours L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	5	0	2	14:55	—	—	65	42
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	65	53
Dalibor Dvorsky R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	16:34	—	—	52	51
Aleksanteri Kaskimaki C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	15:17	—	—	35	47
Pavel Buchnevich L	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.53	1	0	2	14:28	—	—	56	58
Tyler Tucker D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	19:53	—	—	39	44
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	3	0	19:51	—	—	37	44
Cam Fowler D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	19:35	—	—	85	88
Logan Mailloux D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	1	0	0	18:19	—	—	82	83
Philip Broberg D	D3	0	0	0	-2	5	0.10	0	1	0	21:13	—	—	63	37
Colton Parayko D	D3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.04	0	0	0	19:33	—	—	65	51

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	27	22	5	.815	2.63	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Morgan Geekie C	L1	1	2	3	+2	3	0.30	1	1	0	16:42	—	—	30	57
Alex Steeves C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.39	6	0	0	16:06	—	—	37	59
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	3	3	+1	0	0.04	0	1	2	15:37	—	—	37	46
Fraser Minten C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	5	1	0	15:56	—	—	39	46
Mark Kastelic C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	0	0	0	15:28	—	—	37	48
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	3	0	2	14:09	—	—	35	42
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.09	1	0	0	14:01	—	—	39	46
Viktor Arvidsson L	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.13	0	1	0	13:47	—	—	35	34
Pavel Zacha C	L3	2	0	2	+2	3	0.58	0	1	0	13:44	—	—	35	38
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	35	35
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:40	—	—	35	28
Michael Eyssimont C	L4	0	0	0	-1	5	0.36	1	0	0	12:54	—	—	38	29
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	24:01	—	—	35	36
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	22:38	—	—	35	46
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	21:57	—	—	41	39
Jonathan Aspirot D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:33	—	—	44	46
Mason Lohrei D	D3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:29	—	—	33	47
Victor Soderstrom D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	0	2	0	13:40	—	—	30	42

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	2.95	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Alex Steeves (BOS) 1st 6:30 · assists Morgan Geekie, Elias Lindholm · Odd-man rush · passed in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 77.2 mph shot · 3.7 s from entry to goal.

Alex Steeves · 1st 6:30 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 77.2 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s
Type: one-timer

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Morgan Geekie · 1st 11:25 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Pavel Buchnevich · 2nd 1:59 · STL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.1 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Type: one-timer

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Viktor Arvidsson · 2nd 6:04 · BOS

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 73.0 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s
Type: rebound

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Pavel Zacha · 2nd 12:26 · BOS

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.5 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Pavel Zacha · 2nd 19:59 · BOS PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 1
Shot: 41.7 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: rebound

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Pius Suter · 3rd 9:07 · STL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 3.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

St. Louis Blues vs. Boston BruinsDec 4, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Boston Bruins beat St. Louis Blues 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

Boston Bruins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Boston Bruins

Goal anatomy

Alex Steeves · 1st 6:30 · BOS

Morgan Geekie · 1st 11:25 · BOS

Pavel Buchnevich · 2nd 1:59 · STL

Viktor Arvidsson · 2nd 6:04 · BOS

Pavel Zacha · 2nd 12:26 · BOS

Pavel Zacha · 2nd 19:59 · BOS PP

Pius Suter · 3rd 9:07 · STL