Boston Bruins vs. Nashville PredatorsMar 5, 2026

FinalThursday, Mar 5, 2026· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	1	2	3		BOS	9	6	8	23
NSH	1	4	1	6		NSH	8	17	4	29

: BOS 59NSH 50
: BOS 2.78NSH 3.77
PP goals: BOS 1NSH 1
Hits: BOS 27NSH 23
Blocks: BOS 15NSH 18
PIM: BOS 10NSH 10
: BOS 62%NSH 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Boston Bruins 6–3

Nashville Predators beat Boston Bruins 6–3 at home. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for NSH: Stamkos–Haula–Marchessault skated 8:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Filip Forsberg had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:12.Forsberg
Points
Matthew Wood had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:22.Wood
Points
Charlie McAvoy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:47.McAvoy
Points
Viktor Arvidsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:55.Arvidsson
Points
Pavel Zacha had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:17.Zacha
Points
Steven Stamkos had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:58.Stamkos
New line
New look for NSH: Stamkos–Haula–Marchessault skated 8:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stamkos Haula Marchessault
Luck
NSH scored 6 goals on 3.77 expected goals (50 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 109 of 109 attempts · NSH 50 · BOS 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH 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 34% of the game, NSH 35%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

BOS

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

NSH 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	NSH
	49	36
	1.77	1.74
	1.64	1.70
	5	6
	2	2
	11	17
	+0.076	−0.076
	34%	35%

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
8:5231% CF
L2Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt
8:3673% CF
L3Lindholm – Pastrnak – Khusnutdinov
6:0875% CF
L4Eyssimont – Geekie – Minten
4:1767% CF
D1Peeke – Harris
12:2647% CF
D2Zadorov – McAvoy
8:1958% CF
D3Lindholm – Lohrei
6:1244% CF

PP1Lindholm – Arvidsson – Mittelstadt – Lohrei – Minten
2:5780% CF
PP2Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
1:30100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Kastelic
2:34
PK2FJeannot – Minten
1:28
PK1DLindholm – McAvoy
5:10
PK2DZadorov – Peeke
2:21

Current BOS line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Stamkos – Haula – Marchessault
8:1827% CF
L2Forsberg – Evangelista – Wood
7:2956% CF
L3Wiesblatt – Svechkov – Schaefer
7:1422% CF
L4Jost – L'Heureux – Kemell
5:2929% CF
D1Hague – Barron
10:0940% CF
D2Skjei – Perbix
5:5920% CF
D3Josi – Ufko
4:1950% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – Haula – Marchessault – Forsberg
5:2967% CF
PP2Evangelista – Ufko – L'Heureux – Kemell – Wood
3:1025% CF
PK1FJost – Wiesblatt
1:05
PK2FHaula – L'Heureux
0:36
PK1DJosi – Hague
2:13
PK2DSkjei – Perbix
2:01

Current NSH 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	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:03	—	—	31	2
Tanner Jeannot L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.27	2	0	2	14:59	—	—	36	2
Mark Kastelic C	L1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.03	5	2	4	14:07	—	—	29	2
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	14:30	—	—	67	77
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	2	2	0	1	0.36	2	1	0	14:17	—	—	68	76
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.20	0	0	0	12:55	—	—	70	79
David Pastrnak R	L3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.25	0	0	2	18:02	—	—	61	79
Elias Lindholm C	L3	0	1	1	-3	1	0.04	1	0	0	15:29	—	—	64	79
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	1	2	12:52	—	—	60	53
Fraser Minten C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	1	0	17:17	—	—	60	38
Morgan Geekie C	L4	1	0	1	-3	2	0.22	1	0	0	13:56	—	—	65	56
Michael Eyssimont C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	4	1	0	9:17	—	—	60	33
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	16:34	—	—	58	48
Jordan Harris D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	53	42
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	1	1	2	0	2	0.36	0	2	0	23:47	—	—	68	70
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	5	0	0	20:04	—	—	62	62
Hampus Lindholm D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.24	0	1	0	24:30	—	—	54	45
Mason Lohrei D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.18	0	5	0	15:18	—	—	52	30

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	L	28	23	5	.821	3.08	59:16

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Erik Haula L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.39	0	0	4	18:58	—	—	41	40
Steven Stamkos C	L1	0	2	2	0	1	0.11	2	0	0	17:58	—	—	47	45
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.97	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	40	43
Filip Forsberg L	L2	1	2	3	+2	6	0.65	0	0	0	17:12	—	—	52	74
Luke Evangelista R	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.62	0	1	0	17:05	—	—	50	71
Matthew Wood R	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	0.42	0	0	2	14:22	—	—	61	74
Fedor Svechkov C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	13:08	—	—	32	27
Ozzy Wiesblatt C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	8	0	0	12:04	—	—	36	30
Reid Schaefer L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	4	0	0	10:33	—	—	35	29
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:30	—	—	33	59
Zachary L'Heureux L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	1	0	14:57	—	—	40	71
Joakim Kemell R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	2	0	12:24	—	—	20	62
Nicolas Hague D	D1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.04	2	3	2	20:57	—	—	37	62
Justin Barron D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	14:52	—	—	46	64
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.06	0	2	0	19:56	—	—	36	49
Nick Perbix D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	1	3	0	17:37	—	—	29	16
Roman Josi D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.06	0	1	0	23:23	—	—	50	43
Ryan Ufko D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	14:23	—	—	53	54

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	23	20	3	.870	2.78	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Nicolas Hague (NSH) 1st 13:53 · assists Ozzy Wiesblatt, Fedor Svechkov · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 35.0 mph shot · 3.3 s from entry to goal.

Nicolas Hague · 1st 13:53 · NSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 35.0 mph
Distance: 51 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Matthew Wood · 2nd 1:24 · NSH SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.8 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Morgan Geekie · 2nd 3:30 · BOS PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 94.5 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Type: one-timer

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Erik Haula · 2nd 10:18 · NSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Filip Forsberg · 2nd 12:37 · NSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 69.0 mph
Distance: 39 ft

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Matthew Wood · 2nd 14:44 · NSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 54.5 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: deflection

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Charlie McAvoy · 3rd 6:05 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.1 mph
Distance: 23 ft

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Viktor Arvidsson · 3rd 15:32 · BOS

Play: rebound
Passes: 1
Shot: 70.1 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Luke Evangelista · 3rd 17:33 · NSH EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.8 mph
Distance: 54 ft
Entry to goal: 1.2 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. Nashville PredatorsMar 5, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Nashville Predators beat Boston Bruins 6–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

Nashville Predators

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Boston Bruins

Nashville Predators

Goal anatomy

Nicolas Hague · 1st 13:53 · NSH

Matthew Wood · 2nd 1:24 · NSH SH

Morgan Geekie · 2nd 3:30 · BOS PP

Erik Haula · 2nd 10:18 · NSH

Filip Forsberg · 2nd 12:37 · NSH PP

Matthew Wood · 2nd 14:44 · NSH

Charlie McAvoy · 3rd 6:05 · BOS

Viktor Arvidsson · 3rd 15:32 · BOS

Luke Evangelista · 3rd 17:33 · NSH EN