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Boston Bruins vs. Detroit Red WingsMar 21, 2026

Final· Little Caesars Arena
away
BOS
4
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DET
2
Goals123TShots123T
BOS0134BOS1010727
DET0112DET10112344
BOS 52DET 68
BOS 4.59DET 3.48
PP goals
BOS 1DET 1
Hits
BOS 21DET 22
Blocks
BOS 12DET 13
PIM
BOS 8DET 6
BOS 40%DET 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Detroit Red Wings 4–2

Boston Bruins beat Detroit Red Wings 4–2 at DET. Morgan Geekie (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 3A. BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:31 together.

  1. Points
    Morgan Geekie had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 14:07.Geekie
  2. Points
    David Pastrnak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:27.Pastrnak
  3. Points
    Elias Lindholm had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:40.Lindholm
  4. Points
    Charlie McAvoy had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 27:05.McAvoy
  5. PP1
    BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:31 together.LindholmPastrnakZachaMcAvoyGeekie
  6. PP1
    DET's first power-play unit (Kane, Copp, DeBrincat, Seider and Raymond) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:03 together.KaneCoppDeBrincatSeiderRaymond
  7. Goalie
    Jeremy Swayman (BOS) faced 44 shots and stopped 42 (.955), +15 against a season average of 28.6; the win.Swayman
  8. Usage
    Andrew Copp (DET) played 21:16, +4:45 up on his 16:31 season average over 78 games.Copp

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.

Shot map, BOS at DET: 120 attempts, 71 on goal, 6 goals, 8.08 expected goals; best chance Marat Khusnutdinov at 0.69 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← BOS attacks left (bottom on phones)DET attacks right (top on phones) →
  • DET
  • BOS
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · DET 68 · BOS 52

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, BOS at DET: expected goals 3.48 to 4.59 (BOS led the chances), shot attempts 68 to 52, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdDETBOSRPDLZKnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • DET
  • BOS
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
DETBOScontrol2nd3rdRaymond · 2nd 3:35Pastrnak · 2nd 5:07DeBrincat · 3rd 4:06Lindholm · 3rd 6:22Zadorov · 3rd 9:42Khusnutdinov · 3rd 18:08
  • DET 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 27% of the game, DET 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, BOS at DET: 38 players over 60:00; most ice John Gibson (57:40) for DET and Jeremy Swayman (60:00) for BOS, 6 goals.

DET
BOS
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, DET rows versus BOS columns: 250 matchups; most common DeBrincat vs McAvoy, 9:26 at 73% xGF.

DET ↓ · BOS →PastrnakMintenKhusnutdinovMittelstadtZachaArvidssonLindholmGeekieReichelKuralyJeannotKastelicMcAvoyAspirotZadorovPeekeLindholmLohreiL1 RaymondL1 PerronL1 FinnieL2 DeBrincatL2 KaneL2 CompherL3 CoppL3 KasperL3 AppletonL4 RiemsdykL4 DriesL4 ShineD1 ChiarotD1 FaulkD2 SeiderD2 EdvinssonD3 JohanssonD3 Bernard-Docker
DET 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
StatBOSDET
4155
1.542.23
1.402.08
614
64
1122
−0.100+0.100
27%37%

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

Current BOS line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

  1. 3:35
    DETLucas RaymondPP (Andrew Copp, Patrick Kane)snap0.17 xG
    BOS: Kuraly, Zadorov, McAvoy, KastelicDET: Kane, Copp, DeBrincat, Seider, Raymond
    BOS 0 – 1 DET
  2. 5:07
    BOSDavid PastrnakPP (Charlie McAvoy, Morgan Geekie)slap0.20 xG
    BOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy, GeekieDET: Chiarot, Copp, Johansson
    BOS 1 – 1 DET

3rd period

  1. 4:06
    DETAlex DeBrincat (Moritz Seider)snap0.02 xG
    BOS: Kuraly, Lindholm, Jeannot, Kastelic, LohreiDET: Kane, Compher, DeBrincat, Seider, Edvinsson
    BOS 1 – 2 DET
  2. 6:22
    BOSElias Lindholm (Morgan Geekie, Mason Lohrei)wrist0.05 xG
    BOS: Lindholm, Lindholm, Geekie, Reichel, LohreiDET: Perron, Chiarot, Faulk, Raymond, Finnie
    BOS 2 – 2 DET
  3. 9:42
    BOSNikita Zadorov (Morgan Geekie, Charlie McAvoy)wrist0.03 xG
    BOS: Zadorov, Pastrnak, McAvoy, Geekie, KhusnutdinovDET: Chiarot, Appleton, Raymond, Edvinsson, Kasper
    BOS 3 – 2 DET
  4. 18:08
    BOSMarat KhusnutdinovEN (David Pastrnak, Elias Lindholm)wrist0.69 xG
    BOS: Lindholm, Zadorov, Pastrnak, McAvoy, KhusnutdinovDET: van Riemsdyk, Kane, Copp, DeBrincat, Seider, Raymond
    BOS 4 – 2 DET

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
David Pastrnak RL1112+220.4800021:27——4121
Fraser Minten CL1000020.2100021:09——3620
Marat Khusnutdinov CL1101+220.7300016:33——4216
Casey Mittelstadt CL2000000.5900217:09——5452
Pavel Zacha CL2000030.5410016:29——4446
Viktor Arvidsson LL2000040.2212016:03——4840
Elias Lindholm CL3112+240.7101015:40——4744
Morgan Geekie CL3033+210.1600014:07——3848
Lukas Reichel LL3000+110.3010010:53——4751
Sean Kuraly CL4000-110.1410010:14——3973
Tanner Jeannot LL4000-100.005208:48——3170
Mark Kastelic CL4000-130.452028:28——3671
Charlie McAvoy DD1022+210.0361027:05——5231
Jonathan Aspirot DD1000010.0201217:24——4432
Nikita Zadorov DD2101+210.0324021:52——3213
Andrew Peeke DD2000010.0021018:11——2511
Hampus Lindholm DD3000000.0000218:06——5284
Mason Lohrei DD3011000.0000013:51——5983
BOS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)W44422.9553.4860:00

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Lucas Raymond LL1101-340.2711022:58——6874
David Perron LL1000-120.1720217:02——6777
Emmitt Finnie CL1000-140.8600016:59——7080
Alex DeBrincat RL2101070.6900021:48——4561
Patrick Kane RL2011070.4510021:42——4864
J.T. Compher LL2000+120.2801019:54——5975
Andrew Copp CL3011-130.2001021:16——5943
Marco Kasper CL3000-120.0451014:34——7768
Mason Appleton CL3000-130.0220212:43——5631
James van Riemsdyk LL4000-120.141009:17——439
Sheldon Dries CL4000000.001104:26——171
Dominik Shine RL4000010.040003:54——339
Ben Chiarot DD1000-220.0421023:41——5960
Justin Faulk DD1000-110.0223020:53——7285
Moritz Seider DD2011030.1113225:19——5969
Simon Edvinsson DD2000010.1421018:04——5475
Albert Johansson DD3000000.0110013:38——4838
Jacob Bernard-Docker DD3000000.001009:40——4036
DET goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
John Gibson(start)L26233.8853.3757:40

Goal anatomy

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

Lucas Raymond (DET PP) 2nd 3:35 · assists Andrew Copp, Patrick Kane · Rebound · 70.3 mph shot.

Alex DeBrincat · 3rd 4:06 · DET

Play
turnover-forecheck
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
60.3 mph
Distance
50 ft
Entry to goal
9.8 s

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