Boston Bruins vs. Montreal CanadiensMar 17, 2026

Final / OTTuesday, Mar 17, 2026· Centre Bell

away

home

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	1	1	0	0	2		BOS	13	8	6	1	28
MTL	1	1	0	1	3		MTL	13	7	7	4	31

: BOS 55MTL 76
: BOS 3.55MTL 4.42
PP goals: BOS 1MTL 0
Hits: BOS 32MTL 26
Blocks: BOS 15MTL 12
PIM: BOS 2MTL 8
: BOS 47%MTL 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Boston Bruins 3–2 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins 3–2 in overtime at home. Pavel Zacha (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MTL: Evans–Texier–Bolduc skated 10:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Pavel Zacha had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:22.Zacha
Points
Cole Caufield had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:58.Caufield
Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:18.Suzuki
Points
Lane Hutson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:41.Hutson
New line
New look for MTL: Evans–Texier–Bolduc skated 10:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Evans Texier Bolduc
New line
New look for BOS: Lindholm–Eyssimont–Geekie skated 9:37 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lindholm Eyssimont Geekie
Luck
BOS scored 2 goals on 3.55 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
David Pastrnak (BOS) played 24:35, +3:59 up on his 20:36 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)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · MTL 76 · BOS 55

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 25% of the game, MTL 46%.

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
	52	82
	2.60	3.79
	2.26	3.54
	12	25
	1	7
	17	26
	−0.016	+0.016
	25%	46%

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 – Khusnutdinov – Minten
10:4427% CF
L2Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt
10:1525% CF
L3Lindholm – Eyssimont – Geekie
9:3762% CF
L4Kuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic
9:3725% CF
D1Zadorov – Peeke
14:1433% CF
D2McAvoy – Aspirot
13:3539% CF
D3Lindholm – Lohrei
13:0833% CF

PP1Pastrnak – Arvidsson – Mittelstadt – Lohrei – Minten
3:5267% CF
PP2Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
3:3883% CF
PK1FKuraly – Kastelic
1:05
PK2FLindholm – Khusnutdinov
0:24
PK1DLindholm – McAvoy
1:24
PK2DZadorov – Peeke
0:24

Current BOS line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
14:2873% CF
L2Evans – Texier – Bolduc
10:5371% CF
L3Gallagher – Danault – Anderson
8:5860% CF
L4Newhook – Kapanen – Demidov
8:4440% CF
D1Matheson – Dobson
14:4046% CF
D2Carrier – Guhle
13:3179% CF
D3Struble – Hutson
10:1478% CF

PP1Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský – Demidov
2:000% CF
PK1FDanault – Evans
3:14
PK2FAnderson – Kapanen
2:55
PK1DMatheson – Guhle
2:01
PK2DDobson – Hutson
1:16

Current MTL 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
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.18	1	1	0	24:35	—	—	23	14
Fraser Minten C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	5	0	0	19:42	—	—	32	27
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	16:32	—	—	26	13
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.20	1	1	0	17:09	—	—	32	25
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	16:36	—	—	33	28
Pavel Zacha C	L2	2	0	2	-1	4	0.89	4	0	0	16:22	—	—	24	23
Elias Lindholm C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.37	0	1	0	19:14	—	—	58	69
Morgan Geekie C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.54	0	1	0	15:53	—	—	59	69
Michael Eyssimont C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	0	0	12:13	—	—	64	78
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:14	—	—	28	8
Tanner Jeannot L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:00	—	—	32	39
Mark Kastelic C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	5	0	0	11:37	—	—	33	39
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	2	0	17:07	—	—	34	15
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	3	3	0	16:44	—	—	41	36
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.51	0	2	0	26:44	—	—	37	51
Jonathan Aspirot D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	2	0	16:21	—	—	48	70
Mason Lohrei D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	21:03	—	—	33	12
Hampus Lindholm D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	1	0	19:48	—	—	36	14

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	O	31	28	3	.903	4.42	64:38

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.51	1	0	0	24:18	—	—	71	79
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	1.05	0	1	0	19:58	—	—	74	80
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.38	1	1	0	19:33	—	—	72	80
Jake Evans C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.65	1	0	0	17:29	—	—	72	94
Zachary Bolduc R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	14:00	—	—	61	55
Alexandre Texier L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	13:37	—	—	58	50
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	14:45	—	—	57	22
Josh Anderson R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.22	4	0	0	13:21	—	—	57	22
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	6	1	0	10:39	—	—	57	24
Oliver Kapanen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	1	3	0	13:20	—	—	33	27
Ivan Demidov R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	0	0	0	12:39	—	—	44	64
Alex Newhook C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	9:14	—	—	38	63
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	2	3	0	24:02	—	—	54	59
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	2	23:16	—	—	47	36
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.32	2	0	0	22:22	—	—	76	86
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	1	4	18:19	—	—	71	75
Lane Hutson D	D3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.16	1	0	0	21:41	—	—	69	61
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	0	0	13:40	—	—	59	57

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	3.55	64:22

Goal anatomy

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

Pavel Zacha (BOS PP) 1st 2:22 · assists David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy · Rebound · 40.5 mph shot.

Pavel Zacha · 1st 2:22 · BOS PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 40.5 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: rebound

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Nick Suzuki · 1st 10:31 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: pass
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 28.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 6.4 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Pavel Zacha · 2nd 5:41 · BOS

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.7 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Josh Anderson · 2nd 13:15 · MTL

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 46.9 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: deflection

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Cole Caufield · OT 4:38 · MTL

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 20.9 mph
Distance: 3 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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. Montreal CanadiensMar 17, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens edge Boston Bruins 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

OT period

Box score

Boston Bruins

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Pavel Zacha · 1st 2:22 · BOS PP

Nick Suzuki · 1st 10:31 · MTL

Pavel Zacha · 2nd 5:41 · BOS

Josh Anderson · 2nd 13:15 · MTL

Cole Caufield · OT 4:38 · MTL