Sat, Apr 11, 2026·TD Garden, Boston
Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Boston Bruins 1
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 52% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBL | 05 | 08 | 211 | 224 |
| BOS | 04 | 18 | 09 | 121 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P2 10:47BOSMorgan GeekieAssists: Charlie McAvoy · Wrist, 0.08 xG0–1
- P3 6:37TBLBrandon HagelAssists: Gage Goncalves, Ryan McDonagh · Wrist, 0.11 xG1–1
- P3 18:25TBLEmil LillebergGWGAssists: Jake Guentzel, Brayden Point · Wrist, 0.24 xG2–1
Penalties (4)
- P2 19:01TBLCharle-Edouard D'Astous: Roughing2 min
- P2 19:01BOSJonathan Aspirot: Tripping2 min
- P3 3:46BOSElias Lindholm: Holding2 min
- P3 19:23TBLBrandon Hagel: Interference2 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.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Point won the faceoff against Lindholm
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Forward lines
- bestGuentzel – Point – Goncalves9:30
xG 0.57–0.15 (79%)attempts 7–8goals 1–1
- Kucherov – Cirelli – Hagel12:04
xG 0.69–0.53 (57%)attempts 12–13goals 0–0
- Cirelli – Hagel – Goncalves2:04
xG 0.11–0.00 (100%)attempts 1–0goals 1–0
- Kucherov – Guentzel – Point2:34
xG 0.00–0.00attempts 3–0goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestD'Astous – Lilleberg15:45
xG 0.73–0.33 (69%)attempts 11–11goals 1–0
- McDonagh – Lilleberg2:47
xG 0.16–0.01 (92%)attempts 2–1goals 0–0
- McDonagh – Cernak11:42
xG 0.29–0.32 (48%)attempts 4–12goals 0–0
Boston Bruins
Forward lines
- bestKuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic9:31
xG 0.62–0.00 (100%)attempts 16–3goals 0–0
- Eyssimont – Khusnutdinov – Minten9:07
xG 0.24–0.07 (79%)attempts 8–3goals 0–0
- Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt13:22
xG 0.85–0.96 (47%)attempts 15–16goals 0–1
- Lindholm – Pastrnak – Geekie13:11
xG 0.18–0.98 (16%)attempts 9–18goals 1–1
Defence pairs
- bestMcAvoy – Aspirot14:19
xG 0.69–0.26 (72%)attempts 19–8goals 1–1
- Lindholm – McAvoy4:48
xG 0.37–0.16 (69%)attempts 6–8goals 0–0
- Lindholm – Lohrei11:48
xG 0.18–0.76 (19%)attempts 7–9goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
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.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
BOS's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line BOS is favoured, below it TBL. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, Tampa Bay Lightning win this game 52% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (BOS − TBL), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).