Boston Bruins vs. Minnesota WildMar 2, 2025

FinalSunday, Mar 2, 2025· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	0	0	0	0		BOS	8	7	13	28
MIN	0	1	0	1		MIN	5	11	6	22

: BOS 49MIN 47
: BOS 2.19MIN 1.64
PP goals: BOS 0MIN 0
Hits: BOS 27MIN 22
Blocks: BOS 13MIN 7
PIM: BOS 9MIN 9
: BOS 50%MIN 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Boston Bruins 1–0

Minnesota Wild beat Boston Bruins 1–0 at home. Frederick Gaudreau (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for MIN: Nyquist–Boldy–Rossi skated 13:44 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for MIN: Nyquist–Boldy–Rossi skated 13:44 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nyquist Boldy Rossi
Luck
BOS scored 0 goals on 2.19 expected goals (49 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for BOS: Brazeau–Koepke–Poitras skated 5:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (85.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brazeau Koepke Poitras
New line
New look for MIN: Foligno–Gaunce–Hinostroza skated 7:19 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Gaunce Hinostroza
Usage
David Pastrnak (BOS) played 25:18, +5:11 up on his 20:07 season average over 81 games.Pastrnak
Usage
Mason Lohrei (BOS) played 24:29, +5:01 up on his 19:28 season average over 76 games.Lohrei
Usage
Pavel Zacha (BOS) played 23:15, +4:14 up on his 19:01 season average over 81 games.Zacha
Usage
Morgan Geekie (BOS) played 20:34, +3:42 up on his 16:52 season average over 76 games.Geekie

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)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →

MIN
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 96 of 96 attempts · MIN 47 · BOS 49

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MIN 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 35% of the game, MIN 22%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

BOS

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	BOS	MIN
	43	50
	1.64	1.28
	1.52	1.26
	6	5
	2	2
	30	20
	+0.013	−0.013
	35%	22%

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 – Zacha – Geekie
10:5342% CF
L2Coyle – Lindholm – Merkulov
6:3518% CF
L3Brazeau – Koepke – Poitras
5:3986% CF
L4Viel – Kastelic – Beecher
4:4367% CF
D1Peeke – Lohrei
17:2339% CF
D2Zadorov – Carlo
11:5339% CF
D3Wotherspoon – Mitchell
9:2564% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie – Lohrei
2:38100% CF
PP2Coyle – Pastrnak – Brazeau – Lohrei – Poitras
0:49100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Zacha
1:10
PK2FLindholm – Koepke
0:25
PK1DZadorov – Carlo
1:46
PK2DWotherspoon – Peeke
1:16

Current BOS line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Nyquist – Boldy – Rossi
13:4463% CF
L2Johansson – Zuccarello – Gaudreau
11:1665% CF
L3Foligno – Gaunce – Hinostroza
7:1931% CF
L4Shore – Trenin – Lauko
7:0362% CF
D1Middleton – Faber
18:4537% CF
D2Spurgeon – Chisholm
14:1681% CF
D3Bogosian – Merrill
10:5240% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Hinostroza – Boldy – Rossi – Faber
1:59100% CF
PP2Nyquist – Spurgeon – Johansson – Gaudreau – Chisholm
1:24100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Gaudreau
1:45
PK2FGaunce – Lauko
1:12
PK1DBogosian – Spurgeon
2:11
PK2DMiddleton – Faber
1:45

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:01
MINFrederick Gaudreau (Marcus Johansson, Mats Zuccarello)deflected0.15 xG
BOS: Pastrnak, Zacha, Peeke, Geekie, LohreiMIN: Spurgeon, Johansson, Zuccarello, Gaudreau, Chisholm
BOS 0 – 1 MIN

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	-1	5	0.26	1	1	0	25:18	—	—	44	35
Pavel Zacha C	L1	-1	2	0.20	2	1	0	23:15	—	—	50	37
Morgan Geekie C	L1	-1	1	0.23	1	0	0	20:34	—	—	46	42
Elias Lindholm C	L2	0	3	0.30	2	1	0	19:55	—	—	36	41
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	17:43	—	—	22	25
Georgii Merkulov C	L2	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	13:09	—	—	18	19
Matthew Poitras C	L3	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	14:30	—	—	47	48
Cole Koepke L	L3	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	12:27	—	—	53	58
Justin Brazeau R	L3	0	2	0.36	3	0	0	10:51	—	—	85	97
John Beecher C	L4	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	9:37	—	—	67	90
Mark Kastelic C	L4	0	2	0.10	2	0	5	9:13	—	—	67	78
Jeffrey Viel L	L4	0	1	0.36	1	1	0	6:56	—	—	80	92
Mason Lohrei D	D1	-1	3	0.11	0	1	0	24:29	—	—	42	52
Andrew Peeke D	D1	-1	2	0.05	2	3	0	20:55	—	—	44	28
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	1	0.03	5	0	0	20:16	—	—	36	40
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	3	0.05	2	1	0	17:54	—	—	46	54
Parker Wotherspoon D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:36	—	—	65	82
Ian Mitchell D	D3	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:06	—	—	52	73

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	22	21	1	.955	1.64	58:16

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	0	0	0	8	0.50	1	2	0	21:42	—	—	59	58
Marco Rossi C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:36	—	—	59	64
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	1	0	0	16:57	—	—	65	71
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.32	2	0	0	18:30	—	—	61	70
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:33	—	—	67	74
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	64	62
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	11:48	—	—	24	7
Brendan Gaunce C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	11:42	—	—	29	9
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	5	11:26	—	—	31	8
Jakub Lauko C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:14	—	—	47	56
Yakov Trenin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	4	0	4	10:25	—	—	56	47
Devin Shore C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	9:26	—	—	64	59
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	26:36	—	—	44	36
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	2	0	24:54	—	—	36	20
Declan Chisholm D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.10	0	0	0	19:27	—	—	74	72
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	1	0	0	19:22	—	—	79	73
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:23	—	—	44	41
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:25	—	—	35	32

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	2.19	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Frederick Gaudreau (MIN) 2nd 5:01 · assists Marcus Johansson, Mats Zuccarello · Deflection · 37.0 mph shot.

Frederick Gaudreau · 2nd 5:01 · MIN

Play: deflection
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 37.0 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: deflection

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.