Utah Mammoth vs Boston Bruins Final — October 8, 2026
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Goalie status from the G&W goalie tracker (Confirmed, Expected, Likely or Not confirmed); teams confirm starters close to puck drop. Season lines come from the NHL Lab goalie tables. GSAx = goals saved above expected (Gridiron & Wine expected goals). HD Sv% = save rate on high-danger shots.
Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (32 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
2025-26 regular season, public NHL Lab tables; ranks out of 32 teams. Expected goals are Gridiron & Wine's own expected-goals numbers.
2025-26 regular season. Rates are per 60 minutes of power-play or penalty-kill time.
Regular-season results this season, oldest to newest (OTL = overtime or shootout loss). Records are season to date, with home and road splits. Over–under uses the consensus closing total.
Distance is straight-line from each team's home arena; time-zone change is at game time. Rest counts days since each team's previous game.
No key players listed.
Injury report as of October 8, 6:40 p.m. ET: no key players listed for either team.
The pre-game matchup
The Mammoth (3-1-0) visited the Bruins (2-2-0) on Thursday, October 8 at 7:00 PM ET.
Last season (2025-26), the Mammoth scored 3.27 goals per game (13th of 32) and allowed 2.93 (4th). The Bruins scored 3.32 goals per game (11th of 32) and allowed 3.05 (13th). The Mammoth earned 56.1% of available standings points (15th) and the Bruins 61.0% (8th).
Expected-goals share (5-on-5), the share of 5-on-5 expected goals created: Mammoth 53.4% (6th), Bruins 47.1% (28th). Shot-attempt share (5-on-5), the share of all 5-on-5 shot attempts: Mammoth 53.1% (4th), Bruins 48.9% (19th). High-danger chance share, the share of 5-on-5 high-danger chances: Mammoth 53.0% (11th), Bruins 42.5% (31st). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.
The total closed at 6.5, up from 5.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Mammoth -134, Bruins +113) prices the Mammoth at 55% and the Bruins at 45%.
Written from the numbers available before kickoff.
Result
Final score and result vs the closing line
Utah Mammoth 1, Boston Bruins 6
Boston Bruins won by 5.
- Against the closing spread (Boston Bruins +1.5): Boston Bruins covered.
- Combined score 7 vs the closing total of 6.5: Over.
- Boston Bruins closed at +113 on the moneyline (a 45% no-vig market-implied chance).
Actual result
Boston Bruins 6
Before the game: market and G&W
From open to close the market moved 6 points toward Utah Mammoth.
Market numbers are the consensus moneyline with the bookmaker margin removed.
Win probability
Each team's chance of winning through the game, starting from the market's closing price (Utah Mammoth 55%, Boston Bruins 45%) and moving with every goal, penalty and the clock until the final.
Biggest swings
- 1st 10:06 — Boston Bruins goal (0-1)Boston Bruins 45% → 61% (+16 pts)
- 1st 14:22 — Boston Bruins goal (0-2)Boston Bruins 65% → 79% (+14 pts)
- 1st 15:51 — Boston Bruins goal (0-3)Boston Bruins 78% → 89% (+11 pts)
Chance Quality Result
Based on the quality of chances each team created, Utah Mammoth won 77% of G&W replays (Boston Bruins 23%). The result went the other way from the chances each team created.
The Chance Quality Result describes the chances each team created. It is not the official result and never changes it or any record. Expected goals count regulation chances with both goalies in net; empty-net goals are not included. Season xG tables count every game state, empty nets included, so their totals differ.
Game DNA
The Chance Quality Result above favoured Utah Mammoth. Here is where that came from.
| Mammoth | Goals | Bruins |
|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5-on-5 chancesexpected goals | 1.9 |
| 1.4 | Power-play chancesexpected goals | 0.3 |
| 0.0 | Other situations4-on-4, 3-on-3, short-handed | 0.0 |
| 4.5 | Chance Quality Result chancesthe three rows above, as in the result | 2.2 |
| 1.1 | Second chancesrebounds and flurries, part of the above | 0.2 |
| -3.5 | Finishinggoals vs expected on own shots | +3.8 |
| -3.8 | Goaltendingsaves vs expected · Karel Vejmelka 11/14, Sebastian Cossa 5/8 · Jeremy Swayman 36/37 | +3.5 |
How the margin was built, from Boston Bruins's side:
The first three rows add up to the Chance Quality Result's expected goals. Overtime chances and chances with a goalie pulled are listed on their own, and empty-net goals are not in expected goals. A team's finishing and the other team's goaltending are the same goals seen from each end.
Line review
Utah Mammoth closed as the market favourite at 55% and lost.
The line moved toward Utah Mammoth before puck drop, and they lost.
Market
Closing line and line movement
Mammoth +1.5 (-252)
Mammoth -1.5 (+180)
Bruins -115 51%
Bruins +113 45%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at kickoff. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
Members
G&W Line
G&W’s own number for this game, next to the market. Analytics
Matchup
Head-to-head
The teams have met 14 times since 2018-19: the Mammoth won 4 and the Bruins 10.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2025 | Mammoth 1, Bruins 4 Bruins won | Bruins -115 favorite won | 6.5 under |
| Oct 19, 2025 | Bruins 2, Mammoth 3 Mammoth won | Mammoth -225 favorite won | 5.5 under |
| Nov 21, 2024 | Mammoth 0, Bruins 1 Bruins won | ||
| Oct 19, 2024 | Bruins 1, Mammoth 2 OT Mammoth won | ||
| Jan 9, 2024 | Bruins 3, Mammoth 4 OT Mammoth won |
Regular-season meetings since 2018-19, most recent first. Line = consensus closing moneyline favorite and total where line history is available.
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