UTA @ BOS Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-10-08 Posted by kaylee on 2026-10-08 04:00:53

UTA @ BOS

Venue: TD Garden

Puck drop: Thu Oct 8, 2026 7:00pm EDT

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


Game Preview

UTA (last 10)
  • Record 6-4-0
  • Streak W1
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 3.7 · 3
  • Power play 13/32 (40.6%)
  • Last game W vs NJD (5–3)
BOS (last 10)
  • Record 4-4-2
  • Streak L2
  • GF/GP · GA/GP 2.4 · 2.6
  • Power play 1/18 (5.6%)
  • Last game L vs OTT (1–4)

Recent meetings:

  • 2025-12-16 UTA 1 @ BOS 4
  • 2025-10-19 BOS 2 @ UTA 3

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

UTA
  • Clayton Keller 9 pts · 1 G · 12 SOG
  • Nick Schmaltz 7 pts · 5 G · 18 SOG
  • Dylan Guenther 6 pts · 3 G · 17 SOG
  • Mikhail Sergachev 6 pts · 1 G · 13 SOG
BOS
  • Mark Kastelic 5 pts · 3 G · 7 SOG
  • Fraser Minten 3 pts · 1 G · 8 SOG
  • Hampus Lindholm 3 pts · 1 G · 5 SOG
  • David Pastrnak 3 pts · 0 G · 18 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: UTA 3.21 · BOS 2.8 · Win odds: UTA 57.7% · BOS 42.3% · OT/SO chance: 16.8%

  • 3-2 35.7%
  • 2-2 34.6%
  • 3-3 29.8%

Box Score

UTA 1 Final BOS 6

2026-10-08

Stat UTA BOS
Goals16
Shots3722
Power Play 0/7 (0.0%) 3/4 (75.0%)
PIM814
Faceoffs37 / 3232 / 37
Blocks623
Saves1636
UTA Scorers
GAPTS
Jack McBain 1 0 1
Barrett Hayton 0 1 1
Dmitri Simashev 0 1 1
BOS Scorers
GAPTS
David Pastrnak 2 2 4
Morgan Geekie 1 2 3
Matthew Poitras 1 1 2
Casey Mittelstadt 1 0 1
Mason Lohrei 1 0 1
Elias Lindholm 0 1 1
Frederic Brunet 0 1 1
Hampus Lindholm 0 1 1
James Hagens 0 1 1
Mark Kastelic 0 1 1
Pavel Zacha 0 1 1

Lineups

As of 2026-10-08 11:46PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

UTA Away

Forwards

Line 1
Clayton Keller
#9 · LW
TOI 19:41xGF/60 7.26xGA/60 2.52CF/60 89.2SC±/60 +22.29G±/60 +5.57
Nick Schmaltz
#8 · C
TOI 19:52xGF/60 7.38xGA/60 2.57CF/60 90.7SC±/60 +22.68G±/60 +5.67
Vincent Trocheck
#16 · RW
TOI 17:02xGF/60 7.68xGA/60 2.31CF/60 96.8SC±/60 +20.37G±/60 +5.09
Line 2
Anders Lee
#72 · LW
TOI 15:19xGF/60 3.10xGA/60 2.92CF/60 70.8SC±/60 +16.34G±/60 -5.45
Logan Cooley
#92 · C
TOI 20:30xGF/60 2.95xGA/60 2.48CF/60 63.1SC±/60 +17.20G±/60 -5.73
Dylan Guenther
#11 · RW
TOI 18:32xGF/60 2.55xGA/60 2.14CF/60 62.0SC±/60 +18.58G±/60 -6.20
Line 3
Lawson Crouse
#67 · LW
TOI 14:42xGF/60 5.62xGA/60 4.18CF/60 87.7SC±/60 +9.23G±/60 -4.62
Barrett Hayton
#27 · C
TOI 14:41xGF/60 6.97xGA/60 3.26CF/60 93.6SC±/60 +10.41G±/60 0.00
Jack McBain
#22 · RW
TOI 13:50xGF/60 6.51xGA/60 3.73CF/60 100.5SC±/60 +9.13G±/60 -4.57
Line 4
Michael Carcone
#53 · LW
TOI 13:10xGF/60 5.21xGA/60 3.79CF/60 77.3SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -7.03
Kevin Stenlund
#82 · C
TOI 12:27xGF/60 5.17xGA/60 4.44CF/60 91.5SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -12.20
Daniil But
#19 · RW
TOI 10:01xGF/60 6.08xGA/60 3.45CF/60 79.3SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -7.93

Defense

Pair 1
Mikhail Sergachev
#98 · LD
TOI 23:16xGF/60 6.37xGA/60 1.43CF/60 101.9SC±/60 +25.47G±/60 0.00
MacKenzie Weegar
#52 · RD
TOI 17:31xGF/60 6.25xGA/60 2.22CF/60 100.6SC±/60 +28.16G±/60 -8.04
Pair 2
Nate Schmidt
#88 · LD
TOI 18:48xGF/60 5.18xGA/60 4.55CF/60 65.7SC±/60 0.00G±/60 -3.65
John Marino
#6 · RD
TOI 19:33xGF/60 5.21xGA/60 4.68CF/60 64.4SC±/60 0.00G±/60 0.00
Pair 3
Dmitri Simashev
#26 · LD
TOI 14:36xGF/60 5.50xGA/60 3.36CF/60 82.0SC±/60 +18.22G±/60 -4.56
Andrew Peeke
#20 · RD
TOI 12:56xGF/60 5.20xGA/60 2.34CF/60 99.9SC±/60 +5.25G±/60 0.00

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Karel Vejmelka
G2 Sebastian Cossa [Status: LIKELY • Start Score: 80]

BOS Home

Forwards

Line 1
Morgan Geekie
#39 · LW
TOI 12:45xGF/60 3.11xGA/60 4.48CF/60 55.2SC±/60 +5.52G±/60 +11.04
Pavel Zacha
#18 · C
TOI 16:25xGF/60 3.03xGA/60 6.65CF/60 55.2SC±/60 +5.52G±/60 +5.52
David Pastrnak
#88 · RW
TOI 16:25xGF/60 3.47xGA/60 4.61CF/60 55.7SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +9.29
Line 2
Marat Khusnutdinov
#92 · LW
TOI 15:23xGF/60 4.54xGA/60 9.09CF/60 51.3SC±/60 -19.25G±/60 +6.42
Fraser Minten
#93 · C
TOI 15:22xGF/60 4.44xGA/60 8.50CF/60 50.3SC±/60 -22.36G±/60 +5.59
JJ Peterka
#10 · RW
TOI 12:28xGF/60 4.19xGA/60 7.90CF/60 47.5SC±/60 -21.11G±/60 +5.28
Line 3
Casey Mittelstadt
#11 · LW
TOI 11:19xGF/60 1.07xGA/60 4.48CF/60 17.0SC±/60 -22.68G±/60 -5.67
Elias Lindholm
#28 · C
TOI 18:15xGF/60 1.84xGA/60 4.64CF/60 25.9SC±/60 -15.54G±/60 -5.18
James Hagens
#44 · RW
TOI 11:37xGF/60 0.49xGA/60 4.80CF/60 11.7SC±/60 -23.45G±/60 -5.86
Line 4
Tanner Jeannot
#84 · LW
TOI 13:58xGF/60 4.62xGA/60 4.47CF/60 53.2SC±/60 -11.82G±/60 0.00
Matthew Poitras
#51 · C
TOI 9:51xGF/60 3.61xGA/60 4.48CF/60 39.9SC±/60 -19.93G±/60 +6.64
Mark Kastelic
#47 · RW
TOI 14:05xGF/60 4.03xGA/60 3.74CF/60 45.8SC±/60 -13.09G±/60 0.00

Defense

Pair 1
Hampus Lindholm
#27 · LD
TOI 19:09xGF/60 4.04xGA/60 5.36CF/60 53.4SC±/60 -4.45G±/60 +4.45
Will Borgen
#17 · RD
TOI 20:47xGF/60 3.30xGA/60 5.16CF/60 39.8SC±/60 -14.49G±/60 +7.24
Pair 2
Nikita Zadorov
#91 · LD
TOI 22:09xGF/60 2.91xGA/60 8.49CF/60 33.3SC±/60 -23.75G±/60 -4.75
Connor Clifton
#75 · RD
TOI 21:37xGF/60 2.62xGA/60 8.01CF/60 34.2SC±/60 -21.35G±/60 -4.27
Pair 3
Frederic Brunet
LD
TOI 18:42xGF/60 2.98xGA/60 2.84CF/60 45.7SC±/60 0.00G±/60 +4.16
Mason Lohrei
#6 · RD
TOI 15:43xGF/60 2.98xGA/60 4.09CF/60 45.5SC±/60 -12.40G±/60 +8.27

Goalies

SlotGoalie
G1 Jeremy Swayman [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 55]
G2 Michael DiPietro

Injuries

As of 2026-10-08 11:46PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

UTA

Player Pos # Description Status
Mikhail Sergachev NA 98 DTD DTD

BOS

Player Pos # Description Status
Charlie McAvoy NA 73 OUT OUT
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