Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Boston BruinsMar 24, 2026

FinalTuesday, Mar 24, 2026· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TOR	0	2	2	4		TOR	9	13	13	35
BOS	1	0	1	2		BOS	5	8	7	20

: TOR 59BOS 49
: TOR 6.69BOS 2.63
PP goals: TOR 1BOS 1
Hits: TOR 22BOS 16
Blocks: TOR 8BOS 6
PIM: TOR 17BOS 16
: TOR 35%BOS 65%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Boston Bruins 4–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Boston Bruins 4–2 at BOS. John Tavares (TOR) led the scoring with 0G 3A. TOR scored 4 goals on 6.69 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
John Tavares had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:30.Tavares
Points
Matthew Knies had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:21.Knies
Points
William Nylander had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 21:53.Nylander
Luck
TOR scored 4 goals on 6.69 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for TOR: Lorentz–Pezzetta–Quillan skated 4:31 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lorentz Pezzetta Quillan
Usage
Nikita Zadorov (BOS) played 15:05, −5:52 down on his 20:57 season average over 80 games.Zadorov
Usage
Tanner Jeannot (BOS) played 6:41, −6:02 down on his 12:43 season average over 76 games.Jeannot
Usage
Lukas Reichel (BOS) played 16:29, +4:11 up on his 12:18 season average over 28 games.Reichel

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

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

BOS
TOR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · BOS 49 · TOR 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
TOR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TOR 38% of the game, BOS 19%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BOS

TOR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

BOS skaters (rows) against TOR 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	TOR	BOS
	46	37
	3.37	2.06
	3.15	1.99
	13	6
	7	2
	32	14
	−0.106	+0.106
	38%	19%

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Tavares – Nylander – Cowan
12:1669% CF
L2Domi – Robertson – Knies
8:2536% CF
L3Joshua – Groulx – Maccelli
6:1958% CF
L4Lorentz – Pezzetta – Quillan
4:310% CF
D1Ekman-Larsson – McCabe
11:5163% CF
D2Stecher – Benoit
11:1645% CF
D3Rielly – Carlo
7:3950% CF

PP1Rielly – Domi – Joshua – Robertson – Maccelli
3:0988% CF
PP2Tavares – Ekman-Larsson – Nylander – Knies – Cowan
2:41100% CF
PK1FLorentz – Groulx
3:38
PK2FKnies – Quillan
2:22
PK1DMcCabe – Carlo
3:18
PK2DStecher – Benoit
0:46

Current TOR line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt
8:1558% CF
L2Lindholm – Geekie – Reichel
6:0360% CF
L3Pastrnak – Khusnutdinov – Minten
5:0633% CF
L4Kuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic
4:5375% CF
D1Zadorov – Jokiharju
10:0945% CF
D2McAvoy – Aspirot
8:1536% CF
D3Lindholm – Lohrei
7:2343% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
5:3869% CF
PP2Lindholm – Arvidsson – Mittelstadt – Reichel – Minten
2:14100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Kastelic
1:34
PK2FLindholm – Khusnutdinov
0:55
PK1DLindholm – McAvoy
3:23
PK2DJokiharju – Aspirot
1:31

Current BOS 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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Nylander R	L1	1	1	2	0	6	1.62	0	1	0	21:53	—	—	68	64
John Tavares C	L1	0	3	3	0	2	0.50	0	0	0	19:30	—	—	70	78
Easton Cowan R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.30	2	0	2	17:45	—	—	66	65
Matthew Knies L	L2	2	0	2	+1	4	1.29	2	0	2	18:21	—	—	31	19
Max Domi C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.27	0	0	0	15:29	—	—	43	42
Nick Robertson L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	14:29	—	—	42	55
Bo Groulx C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.42	2	0	0	15:43	—	—	44	57
Dakota Joshua C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.78	2	0	7	12:58	—	—	56	59
Matias Maccelli L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	11:45	—	—	47	60
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	1	1	0	11:27	—	—	29	79
Jacob Quillan C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	10:13	—	—	50	100
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	5:00	—	—	67	100
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	0	0	2	23:10	—	—	65	65
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	1	1	0	20:20	—	—	58	55
Simon Benoit D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	4	1	0	17:01	—	—	48	63
Troy Stecher D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	16:59	—	—	50	71
Morgan Rielly D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	3	0	18:46	—	—	54	48
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.41	2	0	2	18:20	—	—	62	67

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anthony Stolarz(start)	W	20	18	2	.900	2.63	59:51

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.21	1	0	0	16:37	—	—	44	42
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	14:27	—	—	53	41
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	0	4	14:26	—	—	42	26
Morgan Geekie C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.42	1	0	0	20:00	—	—	56	50
Elias Lindholm C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	1	1	0	19:34	—	—	50	39
Lukas Reichel L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	1	0	16:29	—	—	48	44
David Pastrnak R	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.61	2	0	0	22:02	—	—	44	53
Fraser Minten C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	2	0	0	19:09	—	—	40	35
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.18	0	0	0	13:08	—	—	25	20
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	9:46	—	—	43	14
Mark Kastelic C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:31	—	—	43	2
Tanner Jeannot L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:41	—	—	43	10
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	16:10	—	—	52	47
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	2	1	10	15:05	—	—	42	46
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.16	2	0	0	26:40	—	—	38	32
Jonathan Aspirot D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	14:58	—	—	47	49
Hampus Lindholm D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	1	0	21:27	—	—	44	23
Mason Lohrei D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.37	1	0	0	16:40	—	—	44	31

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	4.53	59:02

Goal anatomy

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

Elias Lindholm (BOS) 1st 5:04 · assists Morgan Geekie, Henri Jokiharju · Odd-man rush · loose puck · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 75.9 mph shot · 2.0 s from entry to goal.

Elias Lindholm · 1st 5:04 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 75.9 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Charlie McAvoy · 3rd 5:08 · BOS PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 19.3 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Matthew Knies · 3rd 19:38 · TOR EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.6 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 7.2 s

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Matthew Knies · 2nd 7:27 · TOR SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.4 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Max Domi · 2nd 18:08 · TOR PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 16.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s

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William Nylander · 3rd 3:00 · TOR

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 69.5 mph
Distance: 18 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.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Boston BruinsMar 24, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Boston Bruins 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Toronto Maple Leafs

Boston Bruins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

Boston Bruins

Goal anatomy

Elias Lindholm · 1st 5:04 · BOS

Charlie McAvoy · 3rd 5:08 · BOS PP

Matthew Knies · 3rd 19:38 · TOR EN

Matthew Knies · 2nd 7:27 · TOR SH

Max Domi · 2nd 18:08 · TOR PP

William Nylander · 3rd 3:00 · TOR