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Thu, Mar 19, 2026·TD Garden, Boston

Winnipeg Jets 1, Boston Bruins 6

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 52% of the time.

BOS winsWPG wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
WPG090718124
BOS1132836627

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

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

  1. P1 14:52BOSDavid PastrnakUnassisted · Wrist, 0.15 xG0–1
  2. P2 6:23BOSLukas ReichelGWGUnassisted · Wrist, 0.12 xG0–2
  3. P2 18:16BOSViktor ArvidssonAssists: Casey Mittelstadt, Pavel Zacha · Wrist, 0.18 xG0–3
  4. P3 3:15BOSPavel ZachaAssists: Casey Mittelstadt, Viktor Arvidsson · Wrist, 0.06 xG0–4
  5. P3 5:38WPGJonathan ToewsPPAssists: Elias Salomonsson, Brad Lambert · Tip-in, 0.08 xG1–4
  6. P3 15:52BOSFraser MintenAssists: David Pastrnak, Andrew Peeke · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–5
  7. P3 18:18BOSJonathan AspirotAssists: Morgan Geekie, Lukas Reichel · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–6
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 4:19WPGGustav Nyquist: Tripping2 min
  2. P1 8:04BOSDavid Pastrnak: High sticking double minor4 min
  3. P3 5:02BOSHampus Lindholm: Hooking2 min · PPG
  4. P3 7:31BOSViktor Arvidsson: Tripping2 min

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.

WPG00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

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

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

WPGBOS
24Shots on goal27
3.1Expected goals3.2
57Shot attempts50
20Faceoffs won30
4Power plays1
2Penalty minutes8
10Hits24
8Blocked shots10
20Giveaways11
4Takeaways5

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.

Winnipeg Jets

Forward lines

  1. bestLowry – Vilardi – Perfetti6:32

    xG 0.70–0.04 (94%)attempts 8–2goals 0–0

  2. Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi8:00

    xG 0.72–0.29 (71%)attempts 10–4goals 0–2

  3. Lowry – Perfetti – Lambert3:24

    xG 0.29–0.11 (73%)attempts 6–1goals 0–1

  4. Scheifele – Connor – Iafallo6:49

    xG 0.19–0.41 (32%)attempts 5–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestMorrissey – Salomonsson5:58

    xG 0.49–0.22 (69%)attempts 6–5goals 0–0

  2. Morrissey – Samberg2:06

    xG 0.07–0.00 (100%)attempts 2–0goals 0–0

  3. DeMelo – Morrissey11:37

    xG 0.81–0.75 (52%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

Boston Bruins

Forward lines

  1. bestKuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic10:00

    xG 0.68–0.08 (90%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0

  2. Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt11:28

    xG 0.57–0.55 (51%)attempts 10–10goals 2–0

  3. Pastrnak – Khusnutdinov – Minten10:08

    xG 0.67–0.87 (44%)attempts 8–12goals 2–0

  4. Lindholm – Geekie – Reichel11:34

    xG 0.44–0.67 (40%)attempts 11–12goals 2–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestZadorov – Peeke15:11

    xG 1.00–0.70 (59%)attempts 20–14goals 2–0

  2. McAvoy – Aspirot14:19

    xG 0.98–0.71 (58%)attempts 14–11goals 4–0

  3. Lindholm – Lohrei16:19

    xG 0.68–0.93 (42%)attempts 7–17goals 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 3.2 xGWPG 3.1 xG
0123P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

BOSWPG

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 WPG. Dots are goals.

Excitement 13/100 · #1165 of 1312 this seasonSwing 0.63 · 4 goals in reachComeback index 51% (winner's lowest chance)
WPG 100%5050%50BOS 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +18 pts

Did the better team win?

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

Based on shot quality alone, Boston Bruins win this game 52% of the time.

BOS winsWPG wins

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

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