Boston Bruins vs. Colorado AvalancheOct 18, 2025

FinalSaturday, Oct 18, 2025· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	0	0	1		BOS	7	2	5	14
COL	2	0	2	4		COL	7	16	15	38

: BOS 39COL 88
: BOS 1.15COL 3.93
PP goals: BOS 0COL 0
Hits: BOS 24COL 12
Blocks: BOS 29COL 17
PIM: BOS 10COL 4
: BOS 54%COL 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Boston Bruins 4–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Boston Bruins 4–1 at home. Artturi Lehkonen (COL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for BOS: Kuraly–Kastelic–Beecher skated 9:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Artturi Lehkonen had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:58.Lehkonen
Points
Nathan MacKinnon had two goals (2 points) on 8 shots in 23:17.MacKinnon
New line
New look for BOS: Kuraly–Kastelic–Beecher skated 9:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuraly Kastelic Beecher
New line
New look for BOS: Arvidsson–Jeannot–Minten skated 8:05 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Arvidsson Jeannot Minten
Goalie
Jeremy Swayman (BOS) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), +8 against a season average of 28.6; the loss.Swayman
New line
New look for BOS: Eyssimont–Geekie–Mittelstadt skated 6:57 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eyssimont Geekie Mittelstadt
New line
New look for COL: Kelly–Bardakov–Brindley skated 6:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kelly Bardakov Brindley
Usage
David Pastrnak (BOS) played 13:53, −6:52 down on his 20:45 season average over 76 games.Pastrnak

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

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

COL
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 127 of 127 attempts · COL 88 · BOS 39

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BOS 13% of the game, COL 63%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

BOS

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

COL 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	BOS	COL
	37	89
	0.75	3.02
	0.72	2.83
	4	12
	0	8
	10	22
	+0.018	−0.018
	13%	63%

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.

Boston Bruins

L1Kuraly – Kastelic – Beecher
9:2733% CF
L2Arvidsson – Jeannot – Minten
8:0542% CF
L3Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha
7:3819% CF
L4Eyssimont – Geekie – Mittelstadt
6:5720% CF
D1Zadorov – Jokiharju
15:2947% CF
D2Lindholm – Peeke
8:5613% CF
D3McAvoy – Lohrei
8:3337% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
2:0267% CF
PP2Lindholm – Arvidsson – Eyssimont – Mittelstadt – Lohrei
1:27100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Kastelic
2:58
PK2FJeannot – Minten
1:33
PK1DLindholm – McAvoy
2:33
PK2DZadorov – Peeke
2:09

Current BOS line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
10:3188% CF
L2Nelson – Landeskog – Nichushkin
8:4865% CF
L3Olofsson – Colton – Drury
8:1757% CF
L4Kelly – Bardakov – Brindley
6:4873% CF
D1Toews – Makar
11:2590% CF
D2Solovyov – Malinski
11:1348% CF
D3Burns – Manson
11:1076% CF

PP1Nelson – MacKinnon – Olofsson – Necas – Makar
6:36100% CF
PP2Burns – Landeskog – Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Nichushkin
1:13100% CF
PK1FNelson – Kelly
1:24
PK2FLehkonen – Nichushkin
1:06
PK1DBurns – Makar
1:22
PK2DToews – Malinski
0:32

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:11
BOSJohn Beecher (Charlie McAvoy, Mason Lohrei)tip-in0.07 xG
BOS: Kuraly, McAvoy, Kastelic, Beecher, LohreiCOL: Burns, Kelly, Solovyov, Bardakov, Brindley
BOS 1 – 0 COL
7:08
COLNathan MacKinnon (Artturi Lehkonen)backhand0.21 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, PeekeCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Necas, Makar
BOS 1 – 1 COL
10:22
COLJosh Manson (Brent Burns, Gabriel Landeskog)slap0.06 xG
BOS: McAvoy, Eyssimont, Geekie, Mittelstadt, LohreiCOL: Burns, Nelson, Manson, Landeskog, Nichushkin
BOS 1 – 2 COL

3rd period

4:14
COLNathan MacKinnon (Artturi Lehkonen)slap0.35 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Zadorov, Pastrnak, Zacha, JokiharjuCOL: Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Toews, Necas, Makar
BOS 1 – 3 COL
17:23
COLMartin NecasEN (Artturi Lehkonen)wrist0.40 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Arvidsson, McAvoy, Eyssimont, Mittelstadt, BeecherCOL: Burns, Manson, Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Necas
BOS 1 – 4 COL

Box score

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

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Kastelic C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:44	—	—	30	52
Sean Kuraly C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:32	—	—	28	60
John Beecher C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.32	1	2	0	13:28	—	—	27	52
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.11	0	1	0	14:18	—	—	33	10
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	14:14	—	—	41	25
Fraser Minten C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	3	4	13:21	—	—	42	25
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.13	0	2	0	16:25	—	—	22	7
Elias Lindholm C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:27	—	—	23	2
David Pastrnak R	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:53	—	—	26	13
Morgan Geekie C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:25	—	—	19	11
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:13	—	—	22	12
Michael Eyssimont C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	0	2	0	12:36	—	—	29	2
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	3	2	21:40	—	—	42	41
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	19:52	—	—	47	45
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.20	0	3	2	20:44	—	—	17	5
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	4	5	0	19:43	—	—	13	0
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	2	2	2	20:45	—	—	29	13
Mason Lohrei D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	15:56	—	—	30	11

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	37	34	3	.919	3.53	59:44

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	2	0	2	+3	8	1.01	0	0	2	23:17	—	—	86	99
Martin Necas C	L1	1	0	1	+3	5	1.32	1	0	0	21:24	—	—	82	91
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	3	3	+3	3	0.25	0	1	0	17:58	—	—	82	91
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:00	—	—	63	61
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	2	2	0	15:41	—	—	67	78
Gabriel Landeskog L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:33	—	—	63	52
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	57	78
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.36	0	0	0	14:16	—	—	64	73
Ross Colton C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	12:26	—	—	65	88
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	3	1	0	13:14	—	—	74	70
Gavin Brindley C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.16	1	0	0	10:37	—	—	70	53
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	8:11	—	—	57	43
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.23	0	2	0	23:30	—	—	88	100
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	0	2	0	18:14	—	—	78	89
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	17:11	—	—	56	62
Ilya Solovyov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	2	0	15:28	—	—	47	43
Brent Burns D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.09	0	2	0	19:32	—	—	74	73
Josh Manson D	D3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.13	0	1	2	16:04	—	—	80	83

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	14	13	1	.929	1.15	59:33

Goal anatomy

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

John Beecher (BOS) 1st 3:11 · assists Charlie McAvoy, Mason Lohrei · Deflection · 45.7 mph shot.

John Beecher · 1st 3:11 · BOS

Play: deflection
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 45.7 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: one-timer

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Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 7:08 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 19.4 mph
Distance: 62 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Josh Manson · 1st 10:22 · COL

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 74.0 mph
Distance: 52 ft

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Nathan MacKinnon · 3rd 4:14 · COL

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 75.9 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 6.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Martin Necas · 3rd 17:23 · COL EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.2 mph
Distance: 32 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.