Boston Bruins vs. Washington CapitalsOct 8, 2025

FinalWednesday, Oct 8, 2025· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	2	3		BOS	5	6	11	22
WSH	0	0	1	1		WSH	8	17	11	36

: BOS 54WSH 81
: BOS 2.37WSH 3.99
PP goals: BOS 1WSH 0
Hits: BOS 33WSH 35
Blocks: BOS 23WSH 11
PIM: BOS 10WSH 4
: BOS 50%WSH 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 3–1

Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals 3–1 at WSH. David Pastrnak (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 2A. BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:07 together.

Points
David Pastrnak had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:18.Pastrnak
Points
Elias Lindholm had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:07.Lindholm
Points
Morgan Geekie had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:07.Geekie
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:07 together.Lindholm Pastrnak Zacha McAvoy Geekie
Luck
WSH scored 1 goal on 3.99 expected goals (81 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Jeremy Swayman (BOS) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +7 against a season average of 28.6; the win.Swayman
Usage
Justin Sourdif (WSH) played 10:58, −3:49 down on his 14:47 season average over 77 games.Sourdif
Usage
Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH) played 12:32, −3:46 down on his 16:18 season average over 67 games.van Riemsdyk

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)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 135 of 135 attempts · WSH 81 · BOS 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH 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, WSH 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

BOS

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

WSH 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	WSH
	58	65
	1.51	2.79
	1.49	2.43
	5	14
	12	7
	19	23
	+0.000	+0.000
	20%	38%

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

L1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Geekie
13:2141% CF
L2Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt
9:1044% CF
L3Kuraly – Kastelic – Khusnutdinov
8:5977% CF
L4Eyssimont – Jeannot – Minten
8:2850% CF
D1Zadorov – Jokiharju
12:4154% CF
D2McAvoy – Lohrei
10:5856% CF
D3Lindholm – Peeke
9:1940% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
1:07100% CF
PP2Lindholm – Arvidsson – Mittelstadt – Khusnutdinov – Lohrei
0:37
PK1FJeannot – Minten
2:51
PK2FKuraly – Zacha
1:47
PK1DZadorov – Peeke
3:53
PK2DLindholm – McAvoy
3:50

Current BOS line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Dowd – Duhaime – Sourdif
5:1850% CF
L2Ovechkin – Strome – Protas
5:0467% CF
L3Wilson – Dubois – McMichael
4:0922% CF
L4Beauvillier – Lapierre – Leonard
4:0625% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
10:2556% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
9:1417% CF
D3Roy – Sandin
8:5447% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Dubois
5:1450% CF
PP2Chychrun – Sandin – McMichael – Protas – Leonard
3:41100% CF
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
0:46
PK2FWilson – McMichael
0:38
PK1DRoy – Fehérváry
0:42
PK2DCarlson – Chychrun
0:36

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

12:07
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Nikita Zadorov, Morgan Geekie)snap0.04 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Zadorov, Pastrnak, Geekie, JokiharjuWSH: Carlson, Wilson, Dubois, Fehérváry, McMichael
BOS 1 – 0 WSH

3rd period

7:03
WSHTom Wilson (Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas)snap0.17 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Arvidsson, Zacha, Peeke, MittelstadtWSH: Carlson, Wilson, Chychrun, Dubois, Protas
BOS 1 – 1 WSH
7:41
BOSElias LindholmPP (David Pastrnak, Pavel Zacha)backhand0.18 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy, GeekieWSH: Dowd, Roy, Duhaime, Fehérváry
BOS 2 – 1 WSH
19:02
BOSMorgan GeekieEN (David Pastrnak, Elias Lindholm)snap0.78 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Zadorov, Pastrnak, Peeke, GeekieWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome, Chychrun, Dubois
BOS 3 – 1 WSH

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	1	2	3	+2	3	0.16	2	0	2	18:18	—	—	42	23
Elias Lindholm C	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.21	5	1	0	18:07	—	—	39	22
Morgan Geekie C	L1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.96	2	1	0	17:07	—	—	41	22
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.05	2	1	0	16:54	—	—	46	46
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	0	0	0	12:06	—	—	44	46
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	1	0	0	11:50	—	—	42	44
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	2	0	2	14:34	—	—	82	94
Mark Kastelic C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	2	1	2	12:08	—	—	71	74
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	10:49	—	—	73	90
Fraser Minten C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	2	2	0	14:36	—	—	38	27
Tanner Jeannot L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:52	—	—	44	28
Michael Eyssimont C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	0	0	10:55	—	—	52	46
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	3	3	0	21:59	—	—	50	40
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	2	18:40	—	—	41	26
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	7	1	2	22:31	—	—	58	37
Mason Lohrei D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	3	0	16:34	—	—	40	24
Hampus Lindholm D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	3	0	20:01	—	—	46	41
Andrew Peeke D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	5	0	18:59	—	—	46	40

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	36	35	1	.972	3.99	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	5	0	0	12:22	—	—	55	56
Justin Sourdif C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	0	0	10:58	—	—	50	63
Brandon Duhaime L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	10:12	—	—	58	63
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.41	0	0	0	19:17	—	—	69	65
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.29	2	0	0	18:16	—	—	48	54
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	1	0	18:12	—	—	50	55
Tom Wilson R	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.56	5	0	0	22:15	—	—	55	73
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	18:05	—	—	45	58
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.38	1	0	0	15:35	—	—	59	71
Anthony Beauvillier R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	1	0	0	13:14	—	—	46	69
Ryan Leonard R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	1	0	0	13:13	—	—	46	63
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	4	0	0	10:56	—	—	55	74
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.35	0	5	2	26:39	—	—	61	80
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	4	2	0	18:27	—	—	53	77
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	1	1	0	4	0.38	1	0	0	24:46	—	—	53	65
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	2	12:32	—	—	38	53
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	3	2	0	17:35	—	—	53	52
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	3	1	0	16:36	—	—	50	54

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	21	19	2	.905	1.58	58:27

Goal anatomy

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

David Pastrnak (BOS) 2nd 12:07 · assists Nikita Zadorov, Morgan Geekie · Point shot · 39.9 mph shot.

David Pastrnak · 2nd 12:07 · BOS

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3
Shot: 39.9 mph
Distance: 58 ft

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Tom Wilson · 3rd 7:03 · WSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 41.1 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s

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Elias Lindholm · 3rd 7:41 · BOS PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-0
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 28.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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Morgan Geekie · 3rd 19:02 · BOS EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 68.0 mph
Distance: 57 ft
Entry to goal: 0.8 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.