BOS 2 @ MTL 3 · Mar 17, 2026

Tue, Mar 17, 2026·Centre Bell, Montreal

Away

Boston Bruins

Final

Overtime

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Montréal Canadiens

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Montréal Canadiens win this game 75% of the time.

69%

19%

MTL winsBOS wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

MTL forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BOS's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

	Pastrnak–Khusnutdinov–Minten	Arvidsson–Zacha–Mittelstadt	Kuraly–Jeannot–Kastelic	Lindholm–Eyssimont–Geekie	Zadorov–Peeke	McAvoy–Aspirot	Lindholm–Lohrei	Lindholm–McAvoy	Zadorov–McAvoy	Zadorov–Lohrei	Lindholm–Aspirot
Suzuki–Caufield–Slafkovský	4:480.75–0.06	3:240.31–0.13	2:160.44–0.02	0:390.00–0.00	1:420.48–0.00	4:510.54–0.00	3:420.49–0.13	1:140.00–0.06	0:420.02–0.00		0:310.00–0.00
Evans–Texier–Bolduc	3:030.52–0.00	4:200.33–0.11	1:240.00–0.02	0:440.00–0.07	3:270.04–0.20	2:350.33–0.00	3:260.51–0.00	0:390.25–0.00
Gallagher–Danault–Anderson	0:340.00–0.11		4:130.08–0.02	3:270.16–0.50	4:440.24–0.02	2:110.05–0.61	1:250.00–0.00	0:320.00–0.00
Newhook–Kapanen–Demidov	0:400.00–0.06	1:500.00–0.07	0:460.08–0.00	3:240.22–0.04	2:260.03–0.07	2:040.01–0.02	3:250.26–0.10
Matheson–Dobson	5:100.36–0.23	1:130.01–0.00	0:380.00–0.00	4:090.20–0.61	2:350.06–0.07	5:060.38–0.61	4:080.18–0.10	1:330.25–0.06
Carrier–Guhle	4:140.91–0.00	2:580.34–0.00	2:290.00–0.02	1:450.06–0.00	5:080.48–0.02	2:200.37–0.00	3:580.51–0.00			0:500.00–0.00
Struble–Hutson		3:450.09–0.18	4:130.51–0.02	1:200.08–0.00	3:590.16–0.20	2:150.04–0.00	3:110.48–0.00				0:370.00–0.00
Dobson–Hutson		1:100.05–0.00		0:510.00–0.00		1:560.05–0.02		0:320.00–0.00
Matheson–Guhle			0:320.00–0.00		0:480.00–0.00
Carrier–Struble			0:510.00–0.02						0:410.02–0.00
Struble–Guhle		0:380.13–0.13					0:440.00–0.13
Matheson–Hutson						0:390.10–0.40

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

MTLBOSFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Charlie McAvoyBOS	27	26:44	0:59	1:44	3	4
David PastrnakBOS	22	24:35	1:07	3:00	6	1
Nick SuzukiMTL	25	24:18	0:58	2:14	1	5
Noah DobsonMTL	27	24:02	0:53	1:32	5	1
Mike MathesonMTL	26	23:16	0:54	2:01	1	5
Kaiden GuhleMTL	27	22:22	0:50	1:27	0	3
Lane HutsonMTL	23	21:41	0:57	2:22	9	0
Mason LohreiBOS	22	21:03	0:57	1:55	1	2
Cole CaufieldMTL	22	19:58	0:54	1:32	0	4
Hampus LindholmBOS	21	19:48	0:57	1:50	0	4
Fraser MintenBOS	20	19:42	0:59	1:55	2	1
Juraj SlafkovskýMTL	20	19:33	0:59	1:25	0	4
Elias LindholmBOS	21	19:14	0:55	1:53	3	3
Alexandre CarrierMTL	26	18:19	0:42	1:21	1	5
Jake EvansMTL	23	17:29	0:46	1:14	5	5
Viktor ArvidssonBOS	18	17:09	0:57	1:29	2	4
Nikita ZadorovBOS	23	17:07	0:45	1:30	0	2
Andrew PeekeBOS	21	16:44	0:48	1:38	0	2
Casey MittelstadtBOS	18	16:36	0:55	1:13	2	4
Marat KhusnutdinovBOS	21	16:32	0:47	1:45	4	3
Pavel ZachaBOS	19	16:22	0:52	1:30	4	4
Jonathan AspirotBOS	19	16:21	0:52	1:44	1	3
Morgan GeekieBOS	18	15:53	0:53	1:53	4	3
Phillip DanaultMTL	25	14:45	0:35	1:57	5	5
Zachary BolducMTL	14	14:00	1:00	1:32	4	1
Jayden StrubleMTL	16	13:40	0:51	1:21	3	0
Alexandre TexierMTL	16	13:37	0:51	1:30	4	1
Josh AndersonMTL	22	13:21	0:36	1:28	4	1
Oliver KapanenMTL	19	13:20	0:42	1:20	4	1
Ivan DemidovMTL	15	12:39	0:51	1:14	4	1
Sean KuralyBOS	16	12:14	0:46	1:37	1	4
Michael EyssimontBOS	15	12:13	0:49	1:21	1	4
Tanner JeannotBOS	14	12:00	0:51	1:38	1	3
Mark KastelicBOS	16	11:37	0:44	1:29	1	4
Brendan GallagherMTL	15	10:39	0:43	1:30	3	1
Alex NewhookMTL	12	9:14	0:46	0:59	3	1

Boston Bruins 2, Montréal Canadiens 3 (OT)

Who was on the ice

Shift totals