Boston Bruins vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 15, 2025

FinalSaturday, Nov 15, 2025· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	2	0	3		BOS	10	7	6	23
MTL	1	1	0	2		MTL	7	12	9	28

: BOS 63MTL 71
: BOS 4.05MTL 4.07
PP goals: BOS 1MTL 0
Hits: BOS 27MTL 27
Blocks: BOS 16MTL 22
PIM: BOS 30MTL 26
: BOS 59%MTL 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2

Boston Bruins beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 at MTL. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Charlie McAvoy (BOS) played 13:41, −10:52 down on his 24:33 season average over 68 games.

Points
David Pastrnak had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:15.Pastrnak
Usage
Charlie McAvoy (BOS) played 13:41, −10:52 down on his 24:33 season average over 68 games.McAvoy
New line
New look for MTL: Gallagher–Veleno–Davidson skated 5:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gallagher Veleno Davidson
Luck
MTL scored 2 goals on 4.07 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MTL: Anderson–Evans–Bolduc skated 4:09 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Anderson Evans Bolduc
Usage
Nick Suzuki (MTL) played 24:35, +3:49 up on his 20:46 season average over 81 games.Suzuki
Usage
Hampus Lindholm (BOS) played 27:19, +5:47 up on his 21:32 season average over 66 games.Lindholm
Usage
Jeffrey Viel (BOS) played 5:54, −6:10 down on his 12:04 season average over 44 games.Viel

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 134 of 134 attempts · MTL 71 · BOS 63

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 38% of the game, MTL 31%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

MTL 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	MTL
	42	49
	2.10	2.45
	2.06	2.19
	7	11
	5	4
	14	19
	+0.060	−0.060
	38%	31%

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 – Geekie – Khusnutdinov
7:5263% CF
L2Jeannot – Kastelic – Minten
6:3129% CF
L3Arvidsson – Zacha – Steeves
4:5688% CF
L4Kuraly – Eyssimont – Viel
4:2556% CF
D1Lindholm – Peeke
9:5845% CF
D2Aspirot – Lohrei
4:5862% CF
D3Zadorov – McAvoy
3:1467% CF

PP1Pastrnak – Arvidsson – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
5:0290% CF
PP2Lindholm – Eyssimont – Khusnutdinov – Lohrei – Steeves
1:34
PK1FKuraly – Kastelic
2:11
PK2FZacha – Minten
0:46
PK1DZadorov – McAvoy
1:52
PK2DLindholm – Peeke
1:43

Current BOS line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
7:4460% CF
L2Gallagher – Veleno – Davidson
5:0267% CF
L3Anderson – Evans – Bolduc
4:0933% CF
L4Dach – Kapanen – Demidov
3:390% CF
D1Struble – Hutson
7:0477% CF
D2Matheson – Dobson
6:3440% CF
D3Carrier – Xhekaj
6:2544% CF

PP1Suzuki – Dobson – Caufield – Hutson – Demidov
6:44100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Suzuki – Dach – Bolduc – Hutson
2:03100% CF
PK1FAnderson – Evans
4:08
PK2FVeleno – Kapanen
1:23
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
5:38
PK2DDobson – Xhekaj
0:15

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:38
BOSMarat Khusnutdinov (David Pastrnak, Nikita Zadorov)snap0.12 xG
BOS: Zadorov, Pastrnak, McAvoy, KhusnutdinovMTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Dobson, Caufield
BOS 1 – 0 MTL
12:12
MTLJake EvansSH (Josh Anderson)snap0.24 xG
BOS: Pastrnak, Arvidsson, Zacha, McAvoy, GeekieMTL: Matheson, Evans, Veleno, Xhekaj
BOS 1 – 1 MTL

2nd period

2:00
BOSMason Lohrei (Mark Kastelic, Tanner Jeannot)snap0.03 xG
BOS: Jeannot, Kastelic, Aspirot, Lohrei, MintenMTL: Anderson, Evans, Carrier, Bolduc, Xhekaj
BOS 2 – 1 MTL
16:51
BOSViktor ArvidssonPP (Pavel Zacha, David Pastrnak)snap0.27 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, Arvidsson, Zacha, GeekieMTL: Matheson, Anderson, Evans, Carrier
BOS 3 – 1 MTL
18:44
MTLCole Caufield (Nick Suzuki, Jayden Struble)backhand0.16 xG
BOS: Zadorov, Pastrnak, Aspirot, KhusnutdinovMTL: Suzuki, Dobson, Caufield, Struble
BOS 3 – 2 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	2	2	-1	5	0.88	1	0	0	20:15	—	—	64	78
Morgan Geekie C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.59	2	1	2	17:06	—	—	61	74
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.53	1	0	0	15:55	—	—	54	67
Mark Kastelic C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	3	2	16:13	—	—	25	5
Fraser Minten C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	4	0	4	13:40	—	—	32	21
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	0	5	12:49	—	—	26	20
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.60	4	0	0	17:49	—	—	62	99
Viktor Arvidsson L	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.39	0	1	0	13:05	—	—	64	70
Alex Steeves C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:58	—	—	53	71
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	47	5
Michael Eyssimont C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	2	0	10:29	—	—	38	44
Jeffrey Viel L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	5:54	—	—	62	67
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	2	4	27:19	—	—	39	32
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	2	22:03	—	—	41	55
Mason Lohrei D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	52	59
Jonathan Aspirot D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	12:52	—	—	50	24
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.51	1	2	9	21:05	—	—	52	59
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	2	13:41	—	—	42	52

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	4.07	59:48

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	24:35	—	—	59	42
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.76	0	0	2	20:26	—	—	53	26
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	2	2	16:05	—	—	65	49
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.53	1	1	2	12:25	—	—	78	77
Joseph Veleno C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:05	—	—	53	46
Jared Davidson C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.22	1	0	0	7:14	—	—	58	47
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	4	2	2	13:48	—	—	36	43
Zachary Bolduc R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.35	2	1	0	13:28	—	—	58	83
Jake Evans C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.35	3	0	2	13:05	—	—	43	31
Ivan Demidov R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	18:52	—	—	39	49
Kirby Dach C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.60	3	1	2	14:43	—	—	63	92
Oliver Kapanen C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	10:36	—	—	13	33
Lane Hutson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.52	1	3	0	26:06	—	—	59	67
Jayden Struble D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.19	3	1	7	12:03	—	—	65	64
Noah Dobson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	2	23:01	—	—	46	22
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	4	0	22:56	—	—	55	38
Alexandre Carrier D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	4	0	19:34	—	—	53	64
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	5	10:04	—	—	45	63

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	3.54	58:16

Goal anatomy

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

Marat Khusnutdinov (BOS) 1st 8:38 · assists David Pastrnak, Nikita Zadorov · Forecheck turnover · 33.1 mph shot.

Marat Khusnutdinov · 1st 8:38 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 33.1 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jake Evans · 1st 12:12 · MTL SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.1 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Mason Lohrei · 2nd 2:00 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 66.9 mph
Distance: 50 ft
Type: one-timer

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Viktor Arvidsson · 2nd 16:51 · BOS PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 53.0 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Cole Caufield · 2nd 18:44 · MTL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.8 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 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.