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Boston Bruins vs. Chicago BlackhawksJan 17, 2026

Final· United Center
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BOS
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CHI
2
Goals123TShots123T
BOS0325BOS89623
CHI2002CHI681024
BOS 48CHI 57
BOS 2.84CHI 1.89
PP goals
BOS 1CHI 0
Hits
BOS 18CHI 24
Blocks
BOS 11CHI 10
PIM
BOS 2CHI 2
BOS 52%CHI 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–2

Boston Bruins beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–2 at CHI. Mason Lohrei (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BOS scored 5 goals on 2.84 expected goals (48 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

  1. Points
    Mason Lohrei had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:21.Lohrei
  2. Points
    Casey Mittelstadt had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:43.Mittelstadt
  3. Points
    David Pastrnak had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:47.Pastrnak
  4. Points
    Elias Lindholm had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:28.Lindholm
  5. Points
    Pavel Zacha had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:08.Zacha
  6. Luck
    BOS scored 5 goals on 2.84 expected goals (48 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  7. Usage
    Andre Burakovsky (CHI) played 19:39, +3:17 up on his 16:22 season average over 74 games.Burakovsky
  8. Usage
    Artyom Levshunov (CHI) played 25:42, +6:13 up on his 19:29 season average over 67 games.Levshunov

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.

Shot map, BOS at CHI: 105 attempts, 47 on goal, 7 goals, 4.73 expected goals; best chance David Pastrnak at 0.34 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← BOS attacks left (bottom on phones)CHI attacks right (top on phones) →
  • CHI
  • BOS
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · CHI 57 · BOS 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, BOS at CHI: expected goals 1.89 to 2.84 (BOS led the chances), shot attempts 57 to 48, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdCHIBOSGKMLALKnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • CHI
  • BOS
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
CHIBOScontrol2nd3rdGreene · 1st 16:14Kaiser · 1st 18:14McAvoy · 2nd 1:55Lohrei · 2nd 14:51Arvidsson · 2nd 19:14Lohrei · 3rd 9:01Khusnutdinov · 3rd 11:02
  • CHI 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 41% of the game, CHI 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, BOS at CHI: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Arvid Soderblom (55:28) for CHI and Joonas Korpisalo (60:00) for BOS, 7 goals.

CHI
BOS
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, CHI rows versus BOS columns: 250 matchups; most common Crevier vs Pastrnak, 11:48 at 33% xGF.

CHI ↓ · BOS →ZachaArvidssonMittelstadtPastrnakLindholmKhusnutdinovKuralyJeannotKastelicGeekieMintenSteevesJokiharjuZadorovLindholmLohreiMcAvoyAspirotL1 BertuzziL1 MikheyevL1 DickinsonL2 BedardL2 BurakovskyL2 GreeneL3 DonatoL3 MooreL3 LardisL4 SlaggertL4 FolignoL4 DachD1 LevshunovD1 KaiserD2 CrevierD2 VlasicD3 GrzelcykD3 Murphy
CHI 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
StatBOSCHI
5349
2.851.28
2.671.25
1310
22
2818
+0.028−0.028
41%23%

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

Current BOS line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 16:14
    CHIRyan Greene (Andre Burakovsky, Connor Bedard)wrist0.12 xG
    BOS: Lindholm, Zadorov, Jokiharju, Khusnutdinov, MintenCHI: Burakovsky, Bertuzzi, Greene, Bedard, Levshunov
    BOS 0 – 1 CHI
  2. 18:14
    CHIWyatt Kaiser (Nick Foligno)wrist0.08 xG
    BOS: Kuraly, Lindholm, Mittelstadt, Kastelic, LohreiCHI: Foligno, Crevier, Slaggert, Kaiser, Dach
    BOS 0 – 2 CHI

2nd period

  1. 1:55
    BOSCharlie McAvoy (Elias Lindholm, David Pastrnak)snap0.20 xG
    BOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, McAvoy, Aspirot, KhusnutdinovCHI: Murphy, Grzelcyk, Dickinson, Bertuzzi, Mikheyev
    BOS 1 – 2 CHI
  2. 14:51
    BOSMason Lohrei (Hampus Lindholm, Pavel Zacha)wrist0.10 xG
    BOS: Lindholm, Arvidsson, Zacha, Mittelstadt, LohreiCHI: Burakovsky, Kaiser, Greene, Bedard, Levshunov
    BOS 2 – 2 CHI
  3. 19:14
    BOSViktor Arvidsson (Pavel Zacha, Casey Mittelstadt)wrist0.18 xG
    BOS: Arvidsson, Zacha, McAvoy, Mittelstadt, AspirotCHI: Vlasic, Bedard, Lardis, Moore, Levshunov
    BOS 3 – 2 CHI

3rd period

  1. 9:01
    BOSMason LohreiPP (Fraser Minten, Casey Mittelstadt)wrist0.05 xG
    BOS: Pastrnak, Arvidsson, Mittelstadt, Lohrei, MintenCHI: Dickinson, Mikheyev, Crevier, Kaiser
    BOS 4 – 2 CHI
  2. 11:02
    BOSMarat Khusnutdinov (David Pastrnak, Elias Lindholm)snap0.29 xG
    BOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, McAvoy, Aspirot, KhusnutdinovCHI: Foligno, Crevier, Slaggert, Kaiser, Dach
    BOS 5 – 2 CHI

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Pavel Zacha CL1022+230.0801016:08——6276
Viktor Arvidsson LL1101+240.3310014:46——6077
Casey Mittelstadt CL1022+110.2001014:43——5267
David Pastrnak RL2022+210.3600020:47——4678
Elias Lindholm CL2022+210.2213018:28——6190
Marat Khusnutdinov CL2101+110.2911014:21——4475
Sean Kuraly CL3000-100.0701013:04——4442
Tanner Jeannot LL3000020.1600012:18——5255
Mark Kastelic CL3000-110.0220011:17——4646
Morgan Geekie CL4000020.4820017:29——6068
Fraser Minten CL4011-110.1010014:17——5059
Alex Steeves CL4000010.0140011:26——4067
Henri Jokiharju DD1000-100.0222023:07——4560
Nikita Zadorov DD1000-110.1011221:31——4562
Hampus Lindholm DD2011-100.0100020:03——6258
Mason Lohrei DD2202030.1710017:21——5244
Charlie McAvoy DD3101+310.2010021:32——6087
Jonathan Aspirot DD3000+300.0211015:22——4482
BOS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)W24222.9171.8960:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Tyler Bertuzzi LL1000010.0620019:56——7264
Ilya Mikheyev RL1000-110.0800016:33——7058
Jason Dickinson CL1000-110.1510015:37——7460
Connor Bedard CL2011-160.7200020:48——3922
Andre Burakovsky LL2011000.0011019:39——3225
Ryan Greene CL2101020.2501018:51——3223
Ryan Donato CL3000010.0420015:14——5760
Oliver Moore CL3000-110.1411013:50——5034
Nick Lardis LL3000-100.0311013:22——5536
Landon Slaggert LL4000010.0410010:39——4421
Nick Foligno LL4011000.0231010:33——3318
Colton Dach CL4000000.0050010:00——3219
Artyom Levshunov DD1000-120.0621225:42——3419
Wyatt Kaiser DD1101-110.1220022:48——3721
Louis Crevier DD2000020.0621018:44——5851
Alex Vlasic DD2000-120.0302017:05——5744
Matt Grzelcyk DD3000-120.0500018:19——5927
Connor Murphy DD3000-110.0211015:26——6834
CHI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Arvid Soderblom(start)L23185.7832.6055:28

Goal anatomy

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

Ryan Greene (CHI) 1st 16:14 · assists Andre Burakovsky, Connor Bedard · Forecheck turnover · 43.4 mph shot.

Charlie McAvoy · 2nd 1:55 · BOS

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
1
Shot
54.8 mph
Distance
14 ft
Entry to goal
4.0 s

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Viktor Arvidsson · 2nd 19:14 · BOS

Play
rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
29.2 mph
Distance
1 ft
Entry to goal
4.4 s
Type
one-timer

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