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Edmonton Oilers vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Thursday, December 18, 2025 · TD Garden

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3–1

Final

SOG 25–26

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Game summary

The Edmonton Oilers beat the Boston Bruins 3-1 on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Oilers 26-25.

Goals came from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Pavel Zacha, Quinn Hutson and Connor McDavid.

Tristan Jarry made 12 saves on 13 shots for the win; Jeremy Swayman stopped 22 of 25.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Edmonton OilersEDM111325
Boston BruinsBOS100126

Three stars

  1. ★1st starConnor McDavidEDM · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starRyan Nugent-HopkinsEDM · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starPavel ZachaBOS · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:47

2–1 · 2nd 14:38 · Hutson. BOS stayed on through an icing. McAvoy was 1:47 into his shift when it went in.

GoalEDM on iceBOS on ice

1–0 EDM

1st 13:38 · PP · Nugent-Hopkins

Kuraly 0:49

1–1 BOS

1st 16:27 · PP · Zacha

Podkolzin 0:15

2–1 EDM

2nd 14:38 · Hutson

Stuck out there: McAvoy 1:47

3–1 EDM

3rd 1:41 · SH · McDavid

Stuck out there: Lindholm 1:41

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

EDMBOS
25Shots on goal26
46%Faceoff %54%
1/5Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes20
21Hits22
19Blocked shots11
13Giveaways17
3Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 13:08Mark Kastelic · tripping2 min
  • 1st 15:55Darnell Nurse · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 00:58Andrew Peeke · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 00:30Evan Bouchard · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 06:19Mason Lohrei · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 09:29Marat Khusnutdinov · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 14:29Vasily Podkolzin · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 19:22Elias Lindholm · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 19:22Elias Lindholm · misconduct10 min

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