Boston Bruins vs Montreal Canadiens — March 17, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins 3-2 in overtime on March 17, 2026. The Montreal Canadiens controlled play with 61.3% Corsi and generated 13.61 expected goals compared to 5.55 from the Boston Bruins at 5-on-5, suggesting the result was well-earned. The Montreal Canadiens created 19 high-danger scoring chances compared to 6 from the Boston Bruins at 5-on-5. Pavel Zacha scored 2 goals. Cole Caufield was the most dangerous skater with 2.83 individual expected goals on 2 shots at 5-on-5. The Montreal Canadiens outshot the Boston Bruins 31-28 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Boston Bruins vs Montreal Canadiens progressed on Mar 17, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

BOS2 - 3MTL (OT)

Mar 17, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
MTL	P1	24	20	54.5	21	17	55.3	13	13	50.0	14	17	45.2	8	4	66.7	1.58	1.55	50.5	1	1	50.0
	P2	23	17	57.5	17	13	56.7	7	8	46.7	19	9	67.9	11	3	78.6	1.55	0.72	68.4	1	1	50.0
	P3	24	17	58.5	16	9	64.0	7	6	53.8	12	13	48.0	1	2	33.3	1.02	0.69	59.6	0	0	—
	OT	5	1	83.3	5	1	83.3	4	1	80.0	5	1	83.3	1	1	50.0	0.49	0.13	78.6	1	0	100.0
	Total	76	55	58.0	59	40	59.6	31	28	52.5	50	40	55.6	21	10	67.7	4.64	3.09	60.0	3	2	60.0
BOS	P1	20	24	45.5	17	21	44.7	13	13	50.0	17	14	54.8	4	8	33.3	1.55	1.58	49.5	1	1	50.0
	P2	17	23	42.5	13	17	43.3	8	7	53.3	9	19	32.1	3	11	21.4	0.72	1.55	31.6	1	1	50.0
	P3	17	24	41.5	9	16	36.0	6	7	46.2	13	12	52.0	2	1	66.7	0.69	1.02	40.4	0	0	—
	OT	1	5	16.7	1	5	16.7	1	4	20.0	1	5	16.7	1	1	50.0	0.13	0.49	21.4	0	1	0.0
	Total	55	76	42.0	40	59	40.4	28	31	47.5	40	50	44.4	10	21	32.3	3.09	4.64	40.0	2	3	40.0

Win Probability

MTL Favored

BOS Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

MTL

BOS

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

BOS Attempts

MTL Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

BOS ShootMTL Shoot

Shot on Net

Hit

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (MTL) performed against every skater on the away team (BOS) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = MTL players, Columns = BOS players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the MTL player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

MTL ↓ / BOS →	Lindholm	Geekie	Minten	Khusnutdinov	Mittelstadt	Eyssimont	Kastelic	Zacha	Kuraly	Arvidsson	Jeannot	Pastrnak	McAvoy	Peeke	Aspirot	Lohrei	Zadorov	Lindholm
Suzuki	25	33	63	79	67	0	56	80	86	67	60	89	94	44	67	62	83	64
Danault	47	36	17	0	40	45	86	25	67	40	86	14	27	78	36	40	78	100
Evans	33	33	75	80	58	25	33	55	33	58	33	69	70	30	100	79	30	100
Kapanen	25	29	20	20	17	29	100	33	100	20	100	25	25	67	25	25	50	30
Newhook	36	40	0	0	50	33	100	50	50	50	100	0	50	50	50	22	50	22
Slafkovský	25	33	69	86	73	0	56	80	86	73	60	89	94	44	67	69	83	67
Texier	27	30	100	100	60	14	50	75	50	67	50	100	50	36	43	100	33	100
Caufield	25	33	75	87	78	0	56	78	86	78	60	90	94	38	71	71	80	73
Anderson	50	43	0	0	50	50	83	40	75	50	83	14	33	86	36	50	86	100
Gallagher	58	45	0	0	100	45	83	100	60	100	83	0	33	75	36	100	75	100
Bolduc	27	30	100	100	64	14	50	78	50	70	50	100	50	42	43	100	38	100
Demidov	33	44	33	20	50	36	100	50	100	50	100	33	67	50	50	30	50	30
Matheson	26	24	47	50	45	19	100	45	75	50	100	50	41	50	43	31	45	45
Dobson	30	29	58	57	43	20	100	60	67	43	100	63	58	44	47	41	44	59
Guhle	50	40	69	89	57	60	67	57	50	57	67	63	64	78	86	61	78	67
Carrier	71	67	62	100	75	60	25	100	25	75	33	89	100	45	50	75	75	75
Hutson	25	33	100	67	64	33	89	75	89	69	89	—	68	55	64	90	50	91
Struble	75	80	0	—	45	75	58	50	80	45	62	—	100	43	50	71	64	63