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Thu, Jan 15, 2026·TD Garden, Boston

Seattle Kraken 2, Boston Bruins 4

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 65% of the time.

BOS winsSEA wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
SEA11117010228
BOS2617111424

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 0:54BOSMarat KhusnutdinovAssists: Charlie McAvoy · Backhand, 0.19 xG0–1
  2. P1 3:45BOSViktor ArvidssonAssists: Pavel Zacha, Casey Mittelstadt · Deflected, 0.04 xG0–2
  3. P1 7:29SEAChandler StephensonPPAssists: Jared McCann, Vince Dunn · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P2 4:40BOSMark KastelicSHGWGUnassisted · Backhand, 0.09 xG1–3
  5. P2 12:27SEAEeli TolvanenPPAssists: Brandon Montour, Kaapo Kakko · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–3
  6. P3 19:45BOSDavid PastrnakENAssists: Morgan Geekie, Charlie McAvoy · Wrist, 0.67 xG2–4
Penalties (8)
  1. P1 7:23BOSJonathan Aspirot: Holding2 min · PPG
  2. P2 3:44BOSTanner Jeannot: Slashing2 min
  3. P2 10:34BOSNikita Zadorov: Slashing2 min · PPG
  4. P3 1:50BOSAlex Steeves: Tripping2 min
  5. P3 6:03SEABrandon Montour: Roughing2 min
  6. P3 11:13SEARyan Winterton: Fighting5 min
  7. P3 11:13BOSAlex Steeves: Fighting5 min
  8. P3 18:56SEAMatty Beniers: Holding2 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.

SEA00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

SEABOS
28Shots on goal24
3.3Expected goals2.4
62Shot attempts48
22Faceoffs won25
4Power plays2
9Penalty minutes13
22Hits25
14Blocked shots16
14Giveaways17
5Takeaways9

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.

Seattle Kraken

Forward lines

  1. bestGaudreau – Winterton – Meyers8:30

    xG 0.25–0.17 (60%)attempts 7–8goals 0–0

  2. McCann – Wright – Catton7:25

    xG 0.23–0.18 (55%)attempts 7–7goals 0–0

  3. Schwartz – Stephenson – Tolvanen10:02

    xG 0.34–0.44 (43%)attempts 13–10goals 0–1

  4. Eberle – Kakko – Beniers10:42

    xG 0.18–0.31 (36%)attempts 7–5goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestOleksiak – Montour14:57

    xG 0.62–0.18 (77%)attempts 12–6goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Dunn16:23

    xG 0.49–0.43 (53%)attempts 20–13goals 0–0

  3. Lindgren – Fleury8:44

    xG 0.07–0.58 (10%)attempts 6–14goals 0–2

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestLindholm – Pastrnak – Khusnutdinov10:35

    xG 0.37–0.19 (66%)attempts 7–10goals 1–0

  2. Lindholm – Pastrnak – Geekie2:19

    xG 0.17–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  3. Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt9:51

    xG 0.28–0.40 (41%)attempts 8–9goals 1–0

  4. Geekie – Steeves – Minten7:06

    xG 0.05–0.20 (20%)attempts 7–5goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestMcAvoy – Lohrei6:33

    xG 0.55–0.17 (76%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. McAvoy – Aspirot9:39

    xG 0.37–0.29 (56%)attempts 9–12goals 1–0

  3. Jokiharju – Aspirot3:20

    xG 0.00–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–2goals 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 2.4 xGSEA 3.3 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSSEA

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 SEA. Dots are goals.

Excitement 43/100 · #790 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.09 · 6 goals in reachComeback index 53% (winner's lowest chance)
SEA 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +14 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Seattle Kraken win this game 65% of the time.

BOS winsSEA wins

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

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