Boston Bruins vs. St. Louis BluesDec 9, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	2	3	5		BOS	11	13	7	31
STL	1	0	1	2		STL	10	3	13	26

: BOS 73STL 57
: BOS 5.33STL 2.46
PP goals: BOS 0STL 1
Hits: BOS 26STL 30
Blocks: BOS 21STL 20
PIM: BOS 6STL 6
: BOS 42%STL 58%

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 STL. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 3A. STL's first power-play unit (Faulk, Sundqvist, Buchnevich, Thomas and Dvorsky) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:09 together.

Points
David Pastrnak had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:36.Pastrnak
Points
Fraser Minten had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:51.Minten
Points
Mark Kastelic had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:54.Kastelic
Points
Robert Thomas had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:56.Thomas
Points
Pavel Buchnevich had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:55.Buchnevich
Points
Sean Kuraly had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:00.Kuraly
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Faulk, Sundqvist, Buchnevich, Thomas and Dvorsky) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:09 together.Faulk Sundqvist Buchnevich Thomas Dvorsky
New line
New look for BOS: Kuraly–Jeannot–Kastelic skated 11:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuraly Jeannot Kastelic

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)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 130 of 130 attempts · STL 57 · BOS 73

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL 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 45% of the game, STL 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

BOS

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

STL 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	STL
	73	56
	4.10	2.29
	3.88	2.28
	23	7
	5	5
	23	17
	−0.030	+0.029
	45%	28%

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 – Jeannot – Kastelic
11:1856% CF
L2Pastrnak – Khusnutdinov – Minten
9:3364% CF
L3Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt
8:5853% CF
L4Lindholm – Geekie – Steeves
8:3565% CF
D1Zadorov – Aspirot
13:5144% CF
D2Lindholm – Peeke
13:4777% CF
D3Soderstrom – Lohrei
11:3440% CF

PP1Lindholm – Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie
2:23100% CF
PP2Arvidsson – Mittelstadt – Khusnutdinov – Lohrei – Steeves
1:04
PK1FKuraly – Kastelic
1:28
PK2FJeannot – Minten
0:20
PK1DLindholm – Peeke
0:47
PK2DZadorov – Aspirot
0:39

Current BOS line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Buchnevich – Thomas – Neighbours
11:4961% CF
L2Schenn – Joseph – Holloway
8:2064% CF
L3Sundqvist – Luff – Kaskimaki
3:2727% CF
L4Bjugstad – Suter – Dvorsky
2:35100% CF
D1Parayko – Broberg
13:2028% CF
D2Faulk – Tucker
10:4756% CF
D3Fowler – Mailloux
7:0135% CF

PP1Faulk – Sundqvist – Buchnevich – Thomas – Dvorsky
1:0950% CF
PP2Schenn – Fowler – Suter – Holloway – Neighbours
0:50
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
1:29
PK2FSundqvist – Suter
1:11
PK1DParayko – Broberg
2:14
PK2DFaulk – Tucker
1:17

Current STL 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.

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Kuraly C	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.01	0	1	0	16:00	—	—	57	73
Tanner Jeannot L	L1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	9	0	0	15:00	—	—	56	73
Mark Kastelic C	L1	2	0	2	+2	3	0.95	3	3	0	14:54	—	—	56	73
Fraser Minten C	L2	2	0	2	+1	4	0.74	1	1	0	15:51	—	—	54	63
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	3	3	+2	3	1.01	0	1	0	15:36	—	—	59	66
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	0	1	0	14:31	—	—	56	60
Pavel Zacha C	L3	1	0	1	+1	6	1.04	0	0	2	15:55	—	—	55	51
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	13:24	—	—	50	50
Viktor Arvidsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	0	1	0	13:03	—	—	55	59
Morgan Geekie C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.18	0	0	0	15:54	—	—	60	61
Elias Lindholm C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.35	1	1	0	14:29	—	—	64	69
Alex Steeves C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.26	7	1	0	13:13	—	—	56	56
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.25	3	4	0	24:08	—	—	50	68
Jonathan Aspirot D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	1	0	17:52	—	—	47	57
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.05	0	2	2	22:16	—	—	68	68
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.05	0	2	0	20:06	—	—	81	65
Mason Lohrei D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	1	2	0	18:31	—	—	36	57
Victor Soderstrom D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	13:44	—	—	44	67

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	2.46	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Robert Thomas C	L1	2	0	2	0	2	0.52	0	0	0	20:56	—	—	53	44
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.20	1	1	0	19:55	—	—	62	49
Jake Neighbours L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	4	0	0	17:50	—	—	57	49
Dylan Holloway L	L2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.04	6	2	0	19:58	—	—	31	20
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	2	0	0	18:11	—	—	36	16
Mathieu Joseph R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	4	0	0	14:07	—	—	68	75
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:24	—	—	28	35
Aleksanteri Kaskimaki C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.05	1	1	0	10:35	—	—	44	16
Matt Luff R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	2	2	0	7:44	—	—	41	23
Pius Suter C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.55	1	0	0	17:29	—	—	39	32
Dalibor Dvorsky R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:13	—	—	53	25
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	2	2	2	7:31	—	—	18	35
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	2	4	0	23:05	—	—	32	35
Philip Broberg D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	2	0	20:32	—	—	30	26
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.21	0	3	0	24:17	—	—	62	31
Tyler Tucker D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:55	—	—	50	37
Cam Fowler D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	1	0	20:29	—	—	50	49
Logan Mailloux D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	2	0	4	9:49	—	—	40	39

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Hofer(start)	L	30	26	4	.867	3.87	58:00

Goal anatomy

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

Robert Thomas (STL PP) 1st 5:27 · assists Pavel Buchnevich, Justin Faulk · Forecheck turnover · 72.5 mph shot.

Robert Thomas · 1st 5:27 · STL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 72.5 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Type: one-timer

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Mark Kastelic · 3rd 8:01 · BOS

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 6.4 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: deflection

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Fraser Minten · 2nd 12:48 · BOS

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.9 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 9.8 s
Type: rebound

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Mark Kastelic · 2nd 14:34 · BOS

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 36.9 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: deflection

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Robert Thomas · 3rd 4:51 · STL

Play: rebound
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 37.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 6.0 s
Type: rebound

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Fraser Minten · 3rd 11:33 · BOS

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.4 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Type: rebound

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Pavel Zacha · 3rd 18:19 · BOS EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 43.7 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 9.1 s

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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.

Boston Bruins vs. St. Louis BluesDec 9, 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

Boston Bruins

St. Louis Blues

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Boston Bruins

St. Louis Blues

Goal anatomy

Robert Thomas · 1st 5:27 · STL PP

Mark Kastelic · 3rd 8:01 · BOS

Fraser Minten · 2nd 12:48 · BOS

Mark Kastelic · 2nd 14:34 · BOS

Robert Thomas · 3rd 4:51 · STL

Fraser Minten · 3rd 11:33 · BOS

Pavel Zacha · 3rd 18:19 · BOS EN