GRIT & GF

Saturday, October 3, 2026

Boston Bruins

Minnesota Wild

Expected goals, BOS–MIN
2.8–2.4
all situations, empty nets out
MIN share of xG
45.9%
50% is even
Shots on goal
27–30
BOS–MIN
Pre-game model
–
no projection stored

The story

The Wild beat the Bruins 4-1 in a game the chances had about even, 2.4 expected goals to 2.7. The Wild scored four straight at one stage. Two of the Wild's goals came on the power play. An empty-netter made the final score look roomier than the game was. Jared Spurgeon scored for the first time in 33 games. Kirill Kaprizov scored twice.

  • Jared SpurgeonDrought over

    Jared Spurgeon scored for the first time in 33 games. He has 1 goal this season. He played 20:06 and had one shot on goal. It finished 4-1 for the Wild.

  • Kirill Kaprizov scored twice. He has 3 goals this season. He played 18:49 and had three shots on goal. It finished 4-1 for the Wild.

Shot attempts

Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.

BOSMIN

Where the shots came from

5 goals from 77 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.

GoalShot or miss
← BOS shootingMIN shooting →

Boston Bruins

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Hampus Lindholm D21:380000.052147
David Pastrnak R21:020050.572166
Mason Lohrei D21:000000.090062
JJ Peterka R20:380020.340067
Pavel Zacha C19:270010.050035
Will Borgen D19:210000.003351
Morgan Geekie C18:450010.233038
Connor Clifton D18:060100.000166
Casey Mittelstadt C17:180010.130135
Elias Lindholm C16:560020.140027
Jonathan Aspirot D16:360010.031263
Nikita Zadorov D15:450020.043273
Fraser Minten C14:280030.300072
James Hagens C13:430030.491055
Marat Khusnutdinov C12:430010.170067
Mark Kastelic C10:590110.020177
Sean Kuraly C10:360030.030180
Tanner Jeannot L8:101010.121086

Minnesota Wild

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Olli Maatta D23:130010.070068
Quinn Hughes D22:231140.280139
Jonas Brodin D21:390000.000191
Jared Spurgeon D20:061010.010230
Kirill Kaprizov L18:492032.220027
Matt Boldy L18:050041.412132
Joel Eriksson Ek C17:470120.191131
Michael McCarron C16:580140.142060
Zach Bogosian D15:540000.000031
Yakov Trenin C15:030040.214033
Maxim Shabanov R14:550100.121154
Daemon Hunt D14:090010.01017
Nick Foligno L13:530010.000145
Blake Coleman L13:340020.141044
Danila Yurov R12:410010.031159
Marcus Foligno L12:040010.081045
Ryan Hartman R11:300100.000234
Bobby Brink R11:170110.011137

The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro

The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.