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Thu, Oct 23, 2025·TD Garden, Boston

Anaheim Ducks 7, Boston Bruins 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 56% of the time.

BOS winsANA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
ANA11226412730
BOS12021329542

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 2:10BOSCasey MittelstadtAssists: Pavel Zacha, Viktor Arvidsson · Wrist, 0.14 xG0–1
  2. P1 8:06ANADrew HellesonAssists: Nikita Nesterenko, Mikael Granlund · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–1
  3. P2 8:49BOSMorgan GeekieAssists: David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
  4. P2 11:29ANACutter GauthierAssists: Jackson LaCombe, Leo Carlsson · Wrist, 0.05 xG2–2
  5. P2 15:24ANAJacob TroubaAssists: Nikita Nesterenko, Mikael Granlund · Snap, 0.08 xG3–2
  6. P2 17:10BOSMason LohreiPPAssists: Henri Jokiharju, Michael Eyssimont · Snap, 0.02 xG3–3
  7. P3 2:52ANAMikael GranlundPPAssists: Troy Terry, Frank Vatrano · Snap, 0.11 xG4–3
  8. P3 7:49ANASam ColangeloAssists: Ryan Poehling, Jacob Trouba · Snap, 0.20 xG5–3
  9. P3 14:32BOSDavid PastrnakPPAssists: Charlie McAvoy, Elias Lindholm · Wrist, 0.01 xG5–4
  10. P3 14:57BOSMorgan GeekieAssists: Nikita Zadorov · Wrist, 0.09 xG5–5
  11. P3 15:27ANATroy TerryGWGAssists: Nikita Nesterenko, Mikael Granlund · Wrist, 0.21 xG6–5
  12. P3 17:52ANAMikael GranlundENAssists: Nikita Nesterenko · Wrist, 0.65 xG7–5
Penalties (7)
  1. P1 14:29BOSElias Lindholm: Interference2 min
  2. P2 12:14BOSTanner Jeannot: Fighting5 min
  3. P2 12:14ANARoss Johnston: Fighting5 min · PPG
  4. P2 16:56ANAPavel Mintyukov: High sticking2 min
  5. P3 1:37BOSViktor Arvidsson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  6. P3 5:18BOSCharlie McAvoy: Interference2 min
  7. P3 14:24ANACutter Gauthier: Delaying game puck over glass2 min · PPG

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

ANA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0BOS
47% to win53% to win
← ANA attackBOS attack →
  1. P1 20:00Granlund won the faceoff against Minten
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

ANABOS
30Shots on goal42
3.9Expected goals3.6
63Shot attempts82
29Faceoffs won40
3Power plays2
9Penalty minutes11
17Hits18
22Blocked shots15
20Giveaways18
1Takeaways4

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Anaheim Ducks

Forward lines

  1. bestGranlund – Terry – Nesterenko12:17

    xG 1.01–0.72 (58%)attempts 25–21goals 3–0

  2. Johnston – Poehling – Colangelo7:56

    xG 0.40–0.30 (57%)attempts 8–8goals 1–1

  3. Colangelo – McTavish – Sennecke2:17

    xG 0.00–0.00attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Killorn – Gauthier – Carlsson12:24

    xG 0.58–0.66 (47%)attempts 11–16goals 1–0

Defence pairs

  1. Trouba – LaCombe5:27

    xG 0.04–0.08 (33%)attempts 5–6goals 0–0

  2. Trouba – Mintyukov5:29

    xG 0.06–0.17 (26%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0

  3. Helleson – LaCombe13:11

    xG 0.63–0.75 (46%)attempts 15–14goals 2–2

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestJeannot – Viel – Minten9:01

    xG 1.33–0.39 (77%)attempts 17–13goals 0–0

  2. Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt10:47

    xG 0.68–0.34 (67%)attempts 19–7goals 1–0

  3. Kuraly – Eyssimont – Kastelic8:31

    xG 0.13–0.21 (38%)attempts 12–8goals 0–1

  4. Lindholm – Pastrnak – Geekie13:32

    xG 0.71–1.00 (41%)attempts 13–17goals 2–2

Defence pairs

  1. bestJokiharju – Callahan12:09

    xG 0.91–0.23 (80%)attempts 9–7goals 0–2

  2. Peeke – Callahan3:42

    xG 0.28–0.00 (100%)attempts 9–0goals 0–0

  3. Zadorov – Peeke13:38

    xG 1.04–0.82 (56%)attempts 20–19goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

BOS 3.6 xGANA 3.9 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSANA

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

BOS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BOS is favoured, below it ANA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 99/100 · #21 of 1312 this seasonSwing 2.67 · 12 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 25% (winner's lowest chance)
ANA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +32 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Anaheim Ducks win this game 56% of the time.

BOS winsANA wins

Simulated goal difference (BOS − ANA), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).