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NHL Wednesday, 21 October 2026

Dallas Stars vs Boston Bruins 3-2 – NHL, 21 Oct 2026

Dallas Stars 14th place · GP 9 · W 5 · PTS 11
3–2 Final
Boston Bruins 4th place · GP 10 · W 7 · PTS 15
VenueAmerican Airlines Center CountryUnited States Kick-off21 Oct · 01:00 BST CompetitionNHL

SportsLife forecast

Made before the match
Dallas Stars 40% Dallas Stars Home
Our pick Boston Bruins 60% Boston Bruins Away

Our pick Boston Bruins Medium confidence Missed

  • Bruins sit 3rd with 14 points from 9 games, Stars 16th with 9 from 8
  • Boston is on a five game win streak (WWWWW) while Dallas shows WLLWW
  • Bruins won both last meetings, 4-3 and 2-1, though those were in 2019 and 2020

Estimated by the SportsLife model from the league table, recent form and results, last meetings and home advantage. Not betting advice.

Match stats

NHL
Dallas StarsBoston Bruins
25Shots on goal20
49%Face-off %51%
1/3Power play0/4
33%Power play %0%
8Penalty minutes6
18Hits23
13Blocked shots22
8Giveaways15
4Takeaways3

Skaters

NHL

Dallas Stars

PlayerGAP+/-SOGTOI
M. RantanenR3032622:12
J. RobertsonL0221323:34
T. HarleyD011-1327:50
R. HintzC0110017:51
M. HeiskanenD0110029:33
W. JohnstonC0001420:41
C. BlackwellC000-1210:07
A. HyryR0000216:22

Boston Bruins

PlayerGAP+/-SOGTOI
J. HagensC1011213:20
M. PoitrasC1011209:01
T. JeannotL0111109:05
F. BrunetD0110116:37
N. ZadorovD0111120:48
C. MittelstadtC0111014:58
P. ZachaC000-1421:22
E. LindholmC0000320:18

Scoring summary

NHL
TimeTeamScorerAssistsScore
P1 02:09BOSM. PoitrasF. Brunet, T. Jeannot0–1
P2 02:50DALM. RantanenJ. Robertson1–1
P2 07:30BOSJ. HagensC. Mittelstadt, N. Zadorov1–2
P3 13:38DALM. RantanenR. Hintz, T. Harley2–2
OT 03:52DALM. Rantanen (PP)M. Heiskanen, J. Robertson3–2

Goaltenders

NHL
GoalieTeamSavesSV%TOI
J. OettingerDallas Stars18/200.90063:24
J. SwaymanBoston Bruins22/250.88063:52

Three stars

NHL
#PlayerTeamPosLine
1M. RantanenDALR3G 0A
2J. HagensBOSC1G 0A
3J. OettingerDALGSV% 0.900

Form and recent results

Last meetings