Nashville Predators vs Boston Bruins Final — October 22, 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.
Key players only. Injury report as of October 22, 3:41 p.m. ET.
The pre-game matchup
The Predators (3-2-3) visited the Bruins (7-2-1) on Thursday, October 22 at 7:10 PM ET.
Last season (2025-26), the Predators scored 3.01 goals per game (21st of 32) and allowed 3.28 (25th). The Bruins scored 3.32 goals per game (11th of 32) and allowed 3.05 (13th). The Predators earned 52.4% of available standings points (22nd) and the Bruins 61.0% (8th).
Expected-goals share (5-on-5), the share of 5-on-5 expected goals created: Predators 48.5% (22nd), Bruins 47.1% (28th). Shot-attempt share (5-on-5), the share of all 5-on-5 shot attempts: Predators 50.1% (14th), Bruins 48.9% (19th). High-danger chance share, the share of 5-on-5 high-danger chances: Predators 49.0% (16th), 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 (Predators +128, Bruins -154) prices the Predators at 42% and the Bruins at 58%.
Written from the numbers available before kickoff.
Result
Final score and result vs the closing line
Nashville Predators 0, Boston Bruins 6
Boston Bruins won by 6.
- Against the closing spread (Boston Bruins -1.5): Boston Bruins covered.
- Combined score 6 vs the closing total of 6.5: Under.
- Boston Bruins closed at -154 on the moneyline (a 58% no-vig market-implied chance).
Actual result
Boston Bruins 6
Before the game: market and G&W
From open to close the market moved 1 point toward Nashville Predators.
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 (Nashville Predators 42%, Boston Bruins 58%) and moving with every goal, penalty and the clock until the final.
Biggest swings
- 1st 3:49 — Boston Bruins goal (0-1)Boston Bruins 58% → 72% (+14 pts)
- 1st 16:38 — Boston Bruins goal (0-2)Boston Bruins 75% → 87% (+11 pts)
- 2nd 9:46 — Boston Bruins goal (0-3)Boston Bruins 89% → 96% (+7 pts)
Chance Quality Result
Based on the quality of chances each team created, Boston Bruins won 63% of G&W replays (Nashville Predators 37%). The result went to the side that created the better chances.
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 Boston Bruins. Here is where that came from.
| Predators | Goals | Bruins |
|---|---|---|
| 2.4 | 5-on-5 chancesexpected goals | 3.9 |
| 0.6 | Power-play chancesexpected goals | 0.4 |
| 0.2 | Other situations4-on-4, 3-on-3, short-handed | 0.0 |
| 3.2 | Chance Quality Result chancesthe three rows above, as in the result | 4.3 |
| 0.6 | Second chancesrebounds and flurries, part of the above | 0.4 |
| -3.2 | Finishinggoals vs expected on own shots | +1.7 |
| -1.7 | Goaltendingsaves vs expected · Justus Annunen 25/31 · Michael DiPietro 28/28 | +3.2 |
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
Boston Bruins closed as the market favourite at 58% and won.
The line moved toward Nashville Predators before puck drop, and they lost.
Market
Closing line and line movement
Predators +1.5 (-178)
Predators +1.5 (-210)
Bruins -165 60%
Bruins -154 58%
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 Predators won 6 and the Bruins 8.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | Bruins 3, Predators 6 Predators won | Bruins -113 underdog won | 6.5 over |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Predators 2, Bruins 3 OT Bruins won | Bruins -115 favorite won | 6.5 under |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Predators 6, Bruins 3 Predators won | Bruins -135 underdog won | 5.5 over |
| Oct 22, 2024 | Bruins 0, Predators 4 Predators won | Predators -145 favorite won | 6 under |
| Apr 2, 2024 | Bruins 3, Predators 0 Bruins won | 5.5 under |
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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