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Dallas Stars at Boston Bruins NHL Predictions

2024-10-24 • TD Garden
Boston Bruins 2 - 5 Dallas Stars

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
BOS: 45.3%
DAL: 54.7%
Expected Goals
BOS: 2.86
DAL: 3.42
Total Goals
Median: 6.1
Over 5.5: 58%
Over 6.5: 47%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

BOS
Jeremy Swayman - 15-10-2 | 0.903 SV% | 2.84 GAA
DAL
Casey DeSmith - 9-2-4 | 0.912 SV% | 2.44 GAA
StatBOSDAL
Season SV%0.9030.912
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA2.842.44
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Goalie Game Metrics

TeamGoalieSASavesGASV%xGAHD FacedGSAx
BOSJeremy Swayman3227584.4%3.641-1.36
DALCasey DeSmith2725292.6%3.3641.36
SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 50% • BOS at home vs DAL: 4-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-31BOS 6 - 3 DALBOSDAL
2026-01-20DAL 6 - 2 BOSDALDAL
2024-11-14DAL 7 - 2 BOSDALDAL
2024-10-24BOS 2 - 5 DALDALDAL
2024-02-19BOS 4 - 3 DALBOSDAL

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1BOS1821.50
1DAL1501.30
2BOS1000.68
2DAL1601.02
3BOS1821.19
3DAL1011.31
Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 54.7%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.3
Score Breakdown
Boston Bruins 2 - 5 Dallas Stars
Expected: 2.9 - 3.4