BOS @ LAK Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-10-17 Posted by kaylee on 2026-10-17 04:00:09

BOS @ LAK

Venue: Crypto.com Arena

Puck drop: Sat Oct 17, 2026 9:00pm EDT

Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.


Game Preview

BOS (last 10)
  • Record 7-3-0
  • Streak L1
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 3.3 · 1.8
  • Power play 3/18 (16.7%)
  • Last game L vs ANA (0–0)
LAK (last 10)
  • Record 3-4-3
  • Streak L7
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 2.5 · 3.2
  • Power play 4/26 (15.4%)
  • Last game L vs EDM (1–4)

Recent meetings:

  • 2026-03-10 LAK 1 @ BOS 2 OT/SO
  • 2025-11-21 BOS 2 @ LAK 1 OT/SO

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

BOS
  • David Pastrnak 6 pts · 2 G · 12 SOG
  • Fraser Minten 5 pts · 3 G · 13 SOG
  • Morgan Geekie 5 pts · 1 G · 3 SOG
  • Pavel Zacha 4 pts · 2 G · 4 SOG
LAK
  • Alex Laferriere 3 pts · 1 G · 9 SOG
  • Artemi Panarin 2 pts · 2 G · 12 SOG
  • Brandt Clarke 2 pts · 1 G · 10 SOG
  • Trevor Moore 2 pts · 1 G · 9 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: BOS 3.26 · LAK 2.29 · Win odds: BOS 67.2% · LAK 32.8% · OT/SO chance: 15.6%

  • 3-2 35.5%
  • 3-1 32.8%
  • 2-2 31.8%

Box Score

BOS 4 Final LAK 1

2026-10-17

Stat BOS LAK
Goals41
Shots2826
Power Play 0/2 (0.0%) 0/2 (0.0%)
PIM1121
Faceoffs35 / 3131 / 35
Blocks1922
Saves2524
BOS Scorers
GAPTS
David Pastrnak 1 1 2
Marat Khusnutdinov 1 1 2
Elias Lindholm 1 0 1
JJ Peterka 1 0 1
Charlie McAvoy 0 1 1
Fraser Minten 0 1 1
Matthew Poitras 0 1 1
Morgan Geekie 0 1 1
LAK Scorers
GAPTS
Alex Laferriere 1 0 1
Adrian Kempe 0 1 1
Brandt Clarke 0 1 1

Lineups

As of 2026-10-17 11:31PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

BOS Away

Forwards

Line 1
Morgan Geekie
#39 · LW
TOI 17:47xGF/60 1.94xGA/60 6.24CF/60 30.4SC±/60 -27.00G±/60 -3.37CF% 25.0xGF% 23.7
Pavel Zacha
#18 · C
TOI 13:07xGF/60 3.86xGA/60 6.62CF/60 59.5SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00
David Pastrnak
#88 · RW
TOI 20:57xGF/60 2.59xGA/60 4.79CF/60 43.0SC±/60 -25.77G±/60 -2.86CF% 37.5xGF% 35.1
Line 2
Marat Khusnutdinov
#92 · LW
TOI 11:07xGF/60 2.87xGA/60 2.56CF/60 59.4SC±/60 +16.19G±/60 0.00CF% 52.4xGF% 52.8
Fraser Minten
#93 · C
TOI 20:30xGF/60 2.68xGA/60 4.90CF/60 43.9SC±/60 -26.35G±/60 -2.93CF% 38.5xGF% 35.4
JJ Peterka
#10 · RW
TOI 18:01xGF/60 4.57xGA/60 2.25CF/60 79.9SC±/60 +13.32G±/60 +3.33CF% 64.9xGF% 67.0
Line 3
Casey Mittelstadt
#11 · LW
TOI 13:53xGF/60 1.21xGA/60 3.30CF/60 34.6SC±/60 -4.33G±/60 0.00CF% 38.1xGF% 26.8
Elias Lindholm
#28 · C
TOI 16:45xGF/60 1.00xGA/60 2.13CF/60 32.2SC±/60 -3.59G±/60 0.00CF% 45.0xGF% 31.9
James Hagens
#44 · RW
TOI 11:17xGF/60 2.54xGA/60 3.16CF/60 47.9SC±/60 -5.31G±/60 0.00CF% 47.4xGF% 44.5
Line 4
Tanner Jeannot
#84 · LW
TOI 11:05xGF/60 4.92xGA/60 0.56CF/60 86.6SC±/60 +10.83G±/60 +10.83CF% 88.9xGF% 89.7
Matthew Poitras
#51 · C
TOI 10:29xGF/60 4.17xGA/60 3.68CF/60 74.4SC±/60 +17.17G±/60 0.00CF% 52.0xGF% 53.1
Mark Kastelic
#47 · RW
TOI 11:22xGF/60 3.26xGA/60 0.55CF/60 63.3SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +5.28CF% 85.7xGF% 85.6

Defense

Pair 1
Hampus Lindholm
#27 · LD
TOI 20:28xGF/60 3.24xGA/60 4.94CF/60 61.6SC±/60 -8.79G±/60 -2.93CF% 50.0xGF% 39.6
Charlie McAvoy
#73 · RD
TOI 25:55xGF/60 2.35xGA/60 4.14CF/60 41.7SC±/60 -16.21G±/60 -2.32CF% 40.9xGF% 36.3
Pair 2
Nikita Zadorov
#91 · LD
TOI 12:04xGF/60 2.81xGA/60 5.30CF/60 39.8SC±/60 +9.95G±/60 -4.97
Will Borgen
#17 · RD
TOI 16:55xGF/60 1.95xGA/60 2.54CF/60 28.4SC±/60 +3.55G±/60 +3.55CF% 34.8xGF% 43.4
Pair 3
Frederic Brunet
#42 · LD
TOI 16:48xGF/60 4.50xGA/60 2.20CF/60 92.9SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +3.57CF% 70.3xGF% 67.1
Mason Lohrei
#6 · RD
TOI 18:24xGF/60 4.11xGA/60 2.35CF/60 78.3SC±/60 -3.26G±/60 +3.26CF% 63.2xGF% 63.7

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Jeremy Swayman [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 71]
G2 Michael DiPietro

LAK Home

Forwards

Line 1
Artemi Panarin
#72 · LW
TOI 24:19xGF/60 4.22xGA/60 2.09CF/60 64.2SC±/60 +12.34G±/60 0.00CF% 68.4xGF% 66.9
Alex Laferriere
#14 · C
TOI 21:04xGF/60 2.99xGA/60 2.35CF/60 51.3SC±/60 -2.85G±/60 0.00CF% 54.5xGF% 56.0
Adrian Kempe
#9 · RW
TOI 21:31xGF/60 2.35xGA/60 1.81CF/60 44.6SC±/60 -2.79G±/60 0.00CF% 57.1xGF% 56.5
Line 2
Trevor Moore
#12 · LW
TOI 16:49xGF/60 3.84xGA/60 2.30CF/60 64.2SC±/60 +17.84G±/60 0.00CF% 62.1xGF% 62.5
Quinton Byfield
#55 · C
TOI 21:55xGF/60 2.95xGA/60 1.81CF/60 43.8SC±/60 +10.95G±/60 0.00CF% 57.1xGF% 62.0
Erik Haula
#56 · RW
TOI 15:08xGF/60 3.60xGA/60 1.92CF/60 55.5SC±/60 +11.89G±/60 +3.96CF% 63.6xGF% 65.2
Line 3
Joel Armia
#40 · LW
TOI 15:04xGF/60 4.45xGA/60 2.33CF/60 55.8SC±/60 +7.97G±/60 +3.98CF% 60.9xGF% 65.6
Scott Laughton
#21 · C
TOI 16:06xGF/60 3.78xGA/60 3.41CF/60 55.9SC±/60 -3.72G±/60 0.00CF% 44.1xGF% 52.6
Jared Wright
#25 · RW
TOI 10:24xGF/60 1.87xGA/60 1.70CF/60 28.9SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00
Line 4
Andre Lee
#47 · LW
TOI 12:30xGF/60 1.39xGA/60 5.38CF/60 33.6SC±/60 -9.60G±/60 -9.60CF% 24.1xGF% 20.6
Samuel Helenius
#79 · C
TOI 7:41xGF/60 1.45xGA/60 5.34CF/60 39.1SC±/60 +7.81G±/60 -7.81CF% 26.3xGF% 21.4
Corey Perry
#90 · RW
TOI 10:14xGF/60 0.48xGA/60 6.35CF/60 23.5SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -11.73CF% 15.4xGF% 7.0

Defense

Pair 1
Brandt Clarke
#92 · LD
TOI 21:25xGF/60 1.55xGA/60 2.90CF/60 39.2SC±/60 -5.61G±/60 -2.80CF% 40.0xGF% 34.8
Erik Gustafsson
#64 · RD
TOI 18:21xGF/60 2.07xGA/60 3.82CF/60 55.6SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -3.27CF% 42.5xGF% 35.2
Pair 2
Joel Edmundson
#6 · LD
TOI 18:40xGF/60 5.04xGA/60 2.99CF/60 70.7SC±/60 +19.28G±/60 0.00CF% 59.5xGF% 62.8
Drew Doughty
#8 · RD
TOI 19:53xGF/60 4.22xGA/60 3.02CF/60 66.4SC±/60 +21.12G±/60 0.00CF% 56.4xGF% 58.3
Pair 3
Mikey Anderson
#44 · LD
TOI 11:16xGF/60 2.13xGA/60 2.35CF/60 32.0SC±/60 +10.65G±/60 0.00CF% 46.2xGF% 47.6
Brian Dumoulin
#2 · RD
TOI 13:01xGF/60 4.61xGA/60 2.04CF/60 64.5SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00CF% 63.6xGF% 69.3

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Anton Forsberg [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 75]
G2 Darcy Kuemper

Injuries

As of 2026-10-17 11:30PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

BOS

Player Pos # Description Status
Pavel Zacha NA 18 DTD DTD

LAK

Player Pos # Description Status
Alex Turcotte NA 15 IR IR
Mats Zuccarello NA 36 IR IR
Kevin Fiala NA 22 OUT OUT
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