Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins

Mar 3, 2026 · TD Garden

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	35
Boston Bruins	2	28

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
00:42	PIT	Erik Karlsson (5)	Bryan Rust (24)	1 - 0
05:10	BOS	Marat Khusnutdinov (13)	Michael Eyssimont (10)	1 - 1
06:00	BOS	Casey Mittelstadt (13)	Nikita Zadorov (17), Pavel Zacha (24)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
00:42	BOS	Team	Delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2
14:06	PIT	Connor Clifton	Holding	2
18:40	BOS	Jonathan Aspirot	Tripping	2
2nd Period
10:34	PIT	Egor Chinakhov	High sticking	2
11:55	BOS	Team	Too many men on the ice	2
18:25	PIT	Anthony Mantha	Cross checking	2
3rd Period
01:15	BOS	Casey Mittelstadt	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	67	55	35	1	3.9	46.8
Boston Bruins	71	47	28	2	3.6	53.2

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Boston Bruins had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.9 expected, 1 scored · Boston Bruins: 3.6 expected, 2 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Pittsburgh Penguins

Boston Bruins

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Evgeni Malkin · Tommy Novak · Egor Chinakhov	11:00	60.7	62.8	0-1
Bryan Rust · Rickard Rakell · Ben Kindel	10:14	53.3	55.6	1-1
Kevin Hayes · Anthony Mantha · Justin Brazeau	5:07	44.4	22.6	0-0
Noel Acciari · Connor Dewar · Avery Hayes	5:05	62.5	100.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Connor Clifton · Ryan Shea	13:10	34.5	45.3	0-0
Kris Letang · Samuel Girard	12:04	50.0	65.8	0-1
Erik Karlsson · Parker Wotherspoon	11:50	58.8	44.4	1-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
65	Erik Karlsson	D	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	21:18	0.37	21-15	0.69-1.00
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	21:38	0.52	17-16	1.09-0.84
6	Ryan Shea	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	18:56	0.03	13-19	0.70-0.62
13	Kevin Hayes	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	07:26		6-12	0.10-0.58
16	Justin Brazeau	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	09:04	0.09	7-9	0.14-0.55
18	Tommy Novak	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	15:34	0.50	17-14	0.96-0.60
19	Connor Dewar	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14:18	0.23	10-15	0.41-0.57
29	Parker Wotherspoon	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	16:16	0.07	22-18	0.74-0.97
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	16:03	0.33	5-16	0.19-0.60
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	18:21	0.06	16-23	1.24-1.13
52	Noel Acciari	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	12:46	0.19	6-16	0.25-0.46
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	21:15	0.05	18-22	1.24-0.97
59	Egor Chinakhov	R	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	16:31	0.30	20-15	1.08-0.90
67	Rickard Rakell	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	20:05	0.50	17-15	1.00-0.83
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	21:24	0.12	20-14	1.09-0.68
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	18:06		12-25	0.56-0.88
81	Ben Kindel	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	17:00	0.49	19-18	1.11-0.91
85	Avery Hayes	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	09:58	0.02	9-8	0.34-0.18

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
74	Stuart Skinner	L	28	26	2	58:01	3.05	+1.05

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Viktor Arvidsson · Pavel Zacha · Casey Mittelstadt	9:07	58.8	45.6	1-0
Elias Lindholm · David Pastrnak · Marat Khusnutdinov	7:53	44.4	61.6	0-1
Sean Kuraly · Tanner Jeannot · Mark Kastelic	6:10	50.0	29.8	0-0
Elias Lindholm · David Pastrnak · Morgan Geekie	5:00	53.8	76.1	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nikita Zadorov · Andrew Peeke	14:30	60.0	57.6	1-0
Charlie McAvoy · Jonathan Aspirot	9:40	63.2	47.6	1-1
Hampus Lindholm · Mason Lohrei	8:06	55.2	65.7	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	15:57	0.15	15-12	0.50-0.62
92	Marat Khusnutdinov	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	14:32	0.39	14-13	0.94-0.53
18	Pavel Zacha	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	16:10	0.31	12-13	0.30-0.65
81	Michael Eyssimont	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	09:22	0.08	12-9	0.48-0.28
91	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	1	1	1	0	5	2	19:33	0.21	21-17	0.72-1.01
6	Mason Lohrei	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	14:00	0.12	19-16	1.15-0.62
20	Andrew Peeke	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	18:03	0.01	21-15	0.72-0.53
27	Hampus Lindholm	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	23:37	0.14	22-24	1.24-0.87
28	Elias Lindholm	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	19:43	0.32	17-18	1.18-0.59
33	Viktor Arvidsson	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	16:26	0.07	15-8	0.47-0.36
39	Morgan Geekie	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	15:48	0.40	15-14	0.58-0.38
45	Jonathan Aspirot	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	15:42	0.09	15-12	0.69-1.18
47	Mark Kastelic	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:31	0.10	13-17	0.54-1.38
52	Sean Kuraly	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10:51	0.06	12-12	0.50-1.07
73	Charlie McAvoy	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	26:13	0.09	18-18	0.78-0.95
84	Tanner Jeannot	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	09:24	0.35	13-11	0.55-1.05
88	David Pastrnak	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	19:49	0.27	19-18	1.25-0.56
93	Fraser Minten	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	15:19		17-8	0.67-0.28

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Jeremy Swayman	W	35	34	1	60:00	3.75	+2.75