Carolina Hurricanes vs. Boston BruinsNov 1, 2025

FinalSaturday, Nov 1, 2025· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CAR	0	0	1	1		CAR	9	9	11	29
BOS	0	0	2	2		BOS	11	6	5	22

: CAR 64BOS 50
: CAR 2.42BOS 3.73
PP goals: CAR 0BOS 0
Hits: CAR 21BOS 26
Blocks: CAR 11BOS 21
PIM: CAR 2BOS 2
: CAR 53%BOS 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Carolina Hurricanes 2–1

Boston Bruins beat Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 at home. Casey Mittelstadt (BOS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BOS: Jeannot–Kastelic–Minten skated 12:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Casey Mittelstadt had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:59.Mittelstadt
Points
Charlie McAvoy had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:09.McAvoy
New line
New look for BOS: Jeannot–Kastelic–Minten skated 12:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jeannot Kastelic Minten
Usage
Alexander Nikishin (CAR) played 24:41, +6:35 up on his 18:06 season average over 80 games.Nikishin
New line
New look for BOS: Kuraly–Eyssimont–Beecher skated 10:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuraly Eyssimont Beecher
Luck
BOS scored 2 goals on 3.72 expected goals (50 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
David Pastrnak (BOS) played 16:37, −4:06 down on his 20:43 season average over 76 games.Pastrnak
Usage
Andrew Peeke (BOS) played 22:43, +3:23 up on his 19:21 season average over 76 games.Peeke

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

← CAR attacks left (bottom on phones)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
CAR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · BOS 50 · CAR 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
CAR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BOS pressure
CAR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CAR 27% of the game, BOS 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BOS

CAR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

BOS 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	CAR	BOS
	65	58
	2.32	4.07
	2.27	3.43
	7	17
	0	7
	18	18
	−0.012	+0.012
	27%	25%

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.

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Ehlers – Aho – Jarvis
10:1468% CF
L2Staal – Martinook – Svechnikov
9:3747% CF
L3Hall – Stankoven – Blake
9:1227% CF
L4Jankowski – Kotkaniemi – Nadeau
7:2855% CF
D1Walker – Nikishin
18:0965% CF
D2Chatfield – Nystrom
15:2046% CF
D3Reilly – Legault
13:0450% CF

PP1Hall – Nikishin – Stankoven – Blake – Nadeau
1:04100% CF
PP2Ehlers – Aho – Walker – Svechnikov – Jarvis
0:5250% CF
PK1FStaal – Martinook
1:11
PK2FJankowski – Aho
0:47
PK1DChatfield – Nystrom
1:06
PK2DWalker – Nikishin
0:52

Current CAR line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Pastrnak – Geekie – Khusnutdinov
12:1332% CF
L2Jeannot – Kastelic – Minten
12:0856% CF
L3Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt
11:5929% CF
L4Kuraly – Eyssimont – Beecher
10:1747% CF
D1Zadorov – McAvoy
17:2829% CF
D2Lindholm – Peeke
16:2260% CF
D3Jokiharju – Aspirot
10:5439% CF

PP1Pastrnak – Arvidsson – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
1:21100% CF
PP2Lindholm – Pastrnak – Mittelstadt – Jokiharju – Khusnutdinov
0:370% CF
PK1FKuraly – Kastelic
0:42
PK2FZacha – Beecher
0:37
PK1DPeeke – Aspirot
0:54
PK2DLindholm – McAvoy
0:32

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

1:27
BOSCasey Mittelstadt (Charlie McAvoy, Pavel Zacha)wrist0.18 xG
CAR: Ehlers, Aho, Walker, Jarvis, NikishinBOS: Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy, Mittelstadt, Jokiharju
CAR 0 – 1 BOS
5:05
BOSViktor Arvidsson (Casey Mittelstadt, Charlie McAvoy)wrist0.10 xG
CAR: Hall, Aho, Walker, Jarvis, NikishinBOS: Lindholm, Arvidsson, Zacha, Peeke, Mittelstadt
CAR 0 – 2 BOS
17:11
CARAlexander Nikishin (Mark Jankowski, Jordan Martinook)slap0.11 xG
CAR: Jankowski, Martinook, Aho, Chatfield, Jarvis, NikishinBOS: Zadorov, Pastrnak, McAvoy, Geekie, Khusnutdinov
CAR 1 – 2 BOS

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sebastian Aho C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	3	0	0	19:39	—	—	70	60
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.27	0	0	0	17:31	—	—	63	56
Seth Jarvis R	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.52	1	1	2	17:20	—	—	73	60
Jordan Martinook L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	1	1	0	16:15	—	—	52	45
Jordan Staal C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:32	—	—	45	21
Andrei Svechnikov R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	0	0	0	15:13	—	—	54	39
Jackson Blake R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	1	0	15:59	—	—	33	16
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	15:32	—	—	41	20
Logan Stankoven C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	0	0	15:13	—	—	30	17
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	11:41	—	—	60	63
Bradly Nadeau L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	11:05	—	—	60	74
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	10:12	—	—	67	93
Alexander Nikishin D	D1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.27	6	0	0	24:41	—	—	67	63
Sean Walker D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.04	1	2	0	22:04	—	—	59	52
Jalen Chatfield D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	21:48	—	—	41	21
Joel Nystrom D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	17:31	—	—	50	37
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	3	0	17:48	—	—	50	28
Charles Alexis Legault D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	52	32

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	L	22	20	2	.909	3.73	58:37

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.43	2	0	0	16:37	—	—	39	54
Morgan Geekie C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	3	1	0	15:32	—	—	44	41
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:16	—	—	33	46
Mark Kastelic C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.48	1	1	0	15:22	—	—	58	79
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.93	4	2	0	15:07	—	—	59	84
Fraser Minten C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.73	1	2	0	14:39	—	—	61	84
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:45	—	—	38	48
Viktor Arvidsson L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.33	0	1	0	16:13	—	—	39	43
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.39	0	0	0	15:59	—	—	36	53
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	0	1	0	13:08	—	—	50	54
Michael Eyssimont C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	12:20	—	—	47	63
John Beecher C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:12	—	—	41	25
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	2	2	0	1	0.00	2	3	0	24:09	—	—	31	45
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	1	2	20:33	—	—	39	62
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	3	0	22:43	—	—	59	65
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	21:57	—	—	61	60
Jonathan Aspirot D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	15:18	—	—	41	68
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:36	—	—	54	77

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.42	59:34

Goal anatomy

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

Viktor Arvidsson (BOS) 3rd 5:05 · assists Casey Mittelstadt, Charlie McAvoy · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 67.7 mph shot · 1.6 s from entry to goal.

Viktor Arvidsson · 3rd 5:05 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 67.7 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 1.6 s

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Casey Mittelstadt · 3rd 1:27 · BOS

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 11.3 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s
Type: rebound

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Alexander Nikishin · 3rd 17:11 · CAR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 64.8 mph
Distance: 45 ft

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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.