Boston Bruins vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 3, 2025

FinalThursday, Apr 3, 2025· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	0	1	1		BOS	8	2	9	19
MTL	0	2	2	4		MTL	7	17	8	32

: BOS 56MTL 65
: BOS 2.43MTL 3.73
PP goals: BOS 0MTL 0
Hits: BOS 29MTL 34
Blocks: BOS 15MTL 21
PIM: BOS 9MTL 11
: BOS 47%MTL 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 4–1 at home. Nick Suzuki (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BOS: Lindholm–Koepke–Lysell skated 7:30 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brendan Gallagher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:40.Gallagher
Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:39.Suzuki
Points
Jake Evans had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:58.Evans
New line
New look for BOS: Lindholm–Koepke–Lysell skated 7:30 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lindholm Koepke Lysell
Usage
David Savard (MTL) played 10:41, −5:59 down on his 16:40 season average over 74 games.Savard
Usage
Jake Evans (MTL) played 11:58, −3:38 down on his 15:36 season average over 81 games.Evans
Usage
Ian Mitchell (BOS) played 19:01, +3:40 up on his 15:21 season average over 14 games.Mitchell
Usage
Alexandre Carrier (MTL) played 23:33, +3:00 up on his 20:33 season average over 78 games.Carrier

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)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 121 of 121 attempts · MTL 65 · BOS 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL 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 20% of the game, MTL 43%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

BOS

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	BOS	MTL
	59	73
	2.57	3.48
	2.38	3.35
	8	18
	6	1
	25	29
	+0.002	−0.002
	20%	43%

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

L1Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie
10:3332% CF
L2Lettieri – Mittelstadt – Khusnutdinov
9:4259% CF
L3Brown – Lauko – Beecher
8:4335% CF
L4Lindholm – Koepke – Lysell
7:3035% CF
D1Zadorov – Jokiharju
17:5847% CF
D2Wotherspoon – Peeke
15:4445% CF
D3Mitchell – Lohrei
14:2041% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Geekie – Mittelstadt – Lohrei
2:0775% CF
PP2Zacha – Lettieri – Mitchell – Khusnutdinov – Lysell
1:43100% CF
PK1FLindholm – Zacha
0:37
PK2FKoepke – Beecher
0:19
PK1DZadorov – Peeke
1:06
PK2DWotherspoon – Jokiharju
0:43

Current BOS line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
13:4570% CF
L2Laine – Newhook – Heineman
11:3745% CF
L3Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak
11:1647% CF
L4Armia – Evans – Pezzetta
6:0550% CF
D1Matheson – Carrier
17:3465% CF
D2Guhle – Hutson
13:2956% CF
D3Savard – Struble
7:5136% CF

PP1Laine – Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský
1:25100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Laine – Suzuki – Newhook – Hutson
0:18
PK1FAnderson – Dvorak
1:44
PK2FArmia – Evans
1:15
PK1DMatheson – Guhle
1:42
PK2DSavard – Carrier
0:00

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:40
MTLChristian Dvorak (Brendan Gallagher)snap0.20 xG
BOS: Pastrnak, Zacha, Geekie, Mitchell, LohreiMTL: Gallagher, Matheson, Anderson, Dvorak, Carrier
BOS 0 – 1 MTL
14:24
MTLCole Caufield (Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovský)snap0.17 xG
BOS: Pastrnak, Zacha, Geekie, Jokiharju, LohreiMTL: Matheson, Carrier, Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovský
BOS 0 – 2 MTL

3rd period

3:00
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Jake Evans)snap0.22 xG
BOS: Peeke, Lettieri, Mittelstadt, Mitchell, KhusnutdinovMTL: Gallagher, Evans, Pezzetta, Guhle, Hutson
BOS 0 – 3 MTL
13:19
BOSElias Lindholm (David Pastrnak, Morgan Geekie)snap0.40 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Zadorov, Pastrnak, Geekie, JokiharjuMTL: Gallagher, Matheson, Anderson, Dvorak, Carrier
BOS 1 – 3 MTL
18:03
MTLNick SuzukiEN (Jake Evans, Joel Armia)snap0.83 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, Geekie, Mittelstadt, LohreiMTL: Armia, Matheson, Evans, Suzuki, Guhle
BOS 1 – 4 MTL

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
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.43	1	1	0	20:24	—	—	49	45
Morgan Geekie C	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.40	2	0	0	18:58	—	—	49	48
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.16	2	1	0	17:53	—	—	33	22
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	0	1	0	16:43	—	—	48	35
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:35	—	—	46	32
Vinni Lettieri C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	4	0	0	13:55	—	—	55	37
John Beecher C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	1	2	0	11:45	—	—	40	25
Jakub Lauko C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	11:39	—	—	41	25
Patrick Brown C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	11:28	—	—	40	24
Elias Lindholm C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.74	2	0	0	17:49	—	—	55	75
Fabian Lysell R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	1	0	15:07	—	—	33	50
Cole Koepke L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	4	0	5	13:29	—	—	48	49
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	6	3	0	21:27	—	—	46	59
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:52	—	—	46	53
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	3	0	0	18:27	—	—	44	23
Parker Wotherspoon D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:19	—	—	46	37
Ian Mitchell D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	2	0	19:01	—	—	38	32
Mason Lohrei D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.05	0	0	0	18:09	—	—	44	32

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	2.91	59:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	1.14	0	2	0	19:39	—	—	67	93
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.25	4	1	0	17:57	—	—	69	93
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.48	1	1	0	16:50	—	—	68	94
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	2	0	0	17:30	—	—	53	52
Patrik Laine L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	15:17	—	—	46	46
Emil Heineman L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	5	0	0	13:25	—	—	46	60
Christian Dvorak C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.35	0	0	0	16:32	—	—	42	28
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	2	14:38	—	—	47	33
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.29	1	2	0	13:40	—	—	47	35
Joel Armia R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:23	—	—	54	52
Jake Evans C	L4	0	2	2	+2	2	0.07	2	0	0	11:58	—	—	62	71
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	7	1	0	7:47	—	—	67	73
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.26	0	1	0	24:52	—	—	67	57
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	2	2	23:33	—	—	64	58
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	0	5	0	22:59	—	—	55	69
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.29	2	2	5	19:58	—	—	53	71
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	16:21	—	—	40	35
David Savard D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	2	2	10:41	—	—	38	26

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	19	18	1	.947	2.43	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Christian Dvorak (MTL) 2nd 0:40 · assists Brendan Gallagher · Rebound · 51.4 mph shot.

Christian Dvorak · 2nd 0:40 · MTL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.4 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Type: rebound

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Cole Caufield · 2nd 14:24 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 48.7 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s
Type: one-timer

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Brendan Gallagher · 3rd 3:00 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 35.5 mph
Distance: 15 ft

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Elias Lindholm · 3rd 13:19 · BOS

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.4 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s
Type: rebound

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Nick Suzuki · 3rd 18:03 · MTL EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 64.3 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 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.