Dallas Stars vs. Boston BruinsMar 31, 2026

FinalTuesday, Mar 31, 2026· TD Garden

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: DAL —BOS —
PP goals: DAL —BOS —
Hits: DAL 24BOS 24
Blocks: DAL 12BOS 8
PIM: DAL 4BOS 6
: DAL 36%BOS 64%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Dallas Stars 6–3

Boston Bruins beat Dallas Stars 6–3 at home. Viktor Arvidsson (BOS) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for DAL: Hughes–Bäck–Hyry skated 4:54 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio, a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Viktor Arvidsson had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 14:20.Arvidsson
Points
David Pastrnak had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:27.Pastrnak
Points
Elias Lindholm had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:55.Lindholm
Points
Henri Jokiharju had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:47.Jokiharju
Points
Wyatt Johnston had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:04.Johnston
Points
Jason Robertson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:26.Robertson
New line
New look for DAL: Hughes–Bäck–Hyry skated 4:54 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio, a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hughes Bäck Hyry
Usage
Jamie Benn (DAL) played 17:12, +3:59 up on his 13:13 season average over 59 games.Benn

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
DAL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DAL 17% of the game, BOS 35%.

Head-to-head matchups

BOS skaters (rows) against DAL 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	DAL	BOS
	37	47
	2.40	3.05
	2.37	2.88
	13	7
	0	0
	28	22
	−0.105	+0.104
	17%	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.

Dallas Stars

L1Benn – Rantanen – Johnston
12:1754% CF
L2Duchene – Robertson – Bourque
10:0850% CF
L3Blackwell – Erne – Hryckowian
8:0043% CF
L4Hughes – Bäck – Hyry
4:54
D1Lundkvist – Harley
14:4947% CF
D2Lindell – Heiskanen
13:0732% CF
D3Lyubushkin – Bichsel
12:4258% CF

PP1Duchene – Rantanen – Robertson – Heiskanen – Johnston
3:0350% CF
PP2Rantanen – Robertson – Harley – Bourque – Hryckowian
0:59
PK1FBäck – Hyry
1:21
PK2FBlackwell – Hryckowian
0:56
PK1DLindell – Heiskanen
3:31
PK2DHarley – Bichsel
0:23

Current DAL line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Pastrnak – Khusnutdinov – Minten
10:4079% CF
L2Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt
10:1535% CF
L3Kuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic
9:5833% CF
L4Lindholm – Geekie – Reichel
8:3369% CF
D1Zadorov – Peeke
16:0937% CF
D2McAvoy – Aspirot
15:2463% CF
D3Lindholm – Jokiharju
15:0368% CF

PP1Pastrnak – Arvidsson – Zacha – McAvoy – Mittelstadt
1:52100% CF
PP2Lindholm – Lindholm – Geekie – Reichel – Minten
0:5950% CF
PK1FKuraly – Kastelic
1:17
PK2FLindholm – Khusnutdinov
1:04
PK1DLindholm – McAvoy
2:00
PK2DZadorov – Peeke
1:03

Current BOS line combinations →

Box score

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

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Wyatt Johnston C	L1	1	1	2	-1	1	2	3	0	23:04	—	—	48
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	22:25	—	—	52
Jamie Benn L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	2	17:12	—	—	56
Jason Robertson L	L2	0	2	2	-3	2	0	0	2	21:26	—	—	42
Matt Duchene C	L2	1	0	1	-2	2	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	53
Mavrik Bourque C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	14:15	—	—	56
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	13:22	—	—	41
Justin Hryckowian C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	13:16	—	—	44
Adam Erne L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	11:29	—	—	35
Oskar Bäck C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	12:29	—	—	0
Arttu Hyry R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	5	0	0	12:03	—	—	13
Cameron Hughes C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6:34	—	—	0
Thomas Harley D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	21:39	—	—	47
Nils Lundkvist D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	17:53	—	—	50
Miro Heiskanen D	D2	0	1	1	-2	0	0	2	0	25:03	—	—	36
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	20:14	—	—	37
Lian Bichsel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	15:12	—	—	47
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	13:53	—	—	53

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	L	22	18	4	.818	58:10

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	3	3	+2	3	0	0	0	18:27	—	—	78
Fraser Minten C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	16:22	—	—	71
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	14:26	—	—	78
Pavel Zacha C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	15:46	—	—	36
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	15:29	—	—	39
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	3	0	3	+1	5	0	0	2	14:20	—	—	41
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	15:43	—	—	36
Mark Kastelic C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	12:35	—	—	36
Tanner Jeannot L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	12:28	—	—	33
Morgan Geekie C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	15:02	—	—	68
Elias Lindholm C	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	75
Lukas Reichel L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	12:25	—	—	60
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	21:15	—	—	37
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	7	1	2	18:26	—	—	36
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	2	3	0	22:41	—	—	65
Jonathan Aspirot D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	18:22	—	—	65
Hampus Lindholm D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	2	19:10	—	—	70
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	1	1	2	+2	2	1	0	0	16:47	—	—	68

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	W	16	13	3	.813	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Marat Khusnutdinov () · unassisted · Forecheck turnover · 10.1 mph shot.

Marat Khusnutdinov

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.1 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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Viktor Arvidsson

Play: rebound
Passes: 2
Shot: 14.2 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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Viktor Arvidsson

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 6-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.7 mph
Distance: 50 ft
Entry to goal: 1.4 s

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Jamie Benn

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 22.9 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Matt Duchene

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 15.1 mph
Distance: 62 ft
Entry to goal: 5.2 s

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Elias Lindholm

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 82.5 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Henri Jokiharju

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 64.0 mph
Distance: 27 ft

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Wyatt Johnston

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 25.4 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Viktor Arvidsson

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.9 mph
Distance: 108 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.