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Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 8, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Boston Bruins 4 28
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 40

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
09:27 BOS Pavel Zacha (17) PP Morgan Geekie (23), Charlie McAvoy (39) 1 - 0
2nd Period
08:47 BOS Pavel Zacha (18) Viktor Arvidsson (16), Jonathan Aspirot (7) 2 - 0
12:23 BOS David Pastrnak (23) Unassisted 3 - 0
14:44 PIT Egor Chinakhov (14) PP Rickard Rakell (16), Erik Karlsson (35) 3 - 1
3rd Period
06:02 PIT Connor Dewar (14) Ryan Shea (21) 3 - 2
06:35 PIT Anthony Mantha (22) Tommy Novak (22), Ilya Solovyov (6) 3 - 3
08:34 BOS Pavel Zacha (19) Viktor Arvidsson (17), Jonathan Aspirot (8) 4 - 3
11:18 PIT Anthony Mantha (23) Parker Wotherspoon (17), Erik Karlsson (36) 4 - 4
Overtime
00:17 PIT Tommy Novak (14) Unassisted 4 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:38 PIT Egor Chinakhov Tripping 2
2nd Period
06:10 BOS Michael Eyssimont Roughing 2
06:10 PIT Kris Letang Roughing 2
13:44 BOS Jonathan Aspirot Tripping 2
14:06 BOS Hampus Lindholm Slashing 2
19:56 PIT Ilya Solovyov Tripping 2
3rd Period
13:28 PIT Parker Wotherspoon High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Boston Bruins 56 41 28 4 2.4 38.5
Pittsburgh Penguins 75 57 40 5 3.9 61.5

How the game went

50510152025Start2nd3rdOTPittsburgh Penguins aheadBoston Bruins ahead

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 Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while Boston Bruins had.

Expected goals

Boston Bruins: 2.4 expected, 4 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.9 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBOS goal, 9:27 of 1st, a 9% chanceBOS goal, 8:47 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBOS goal, 12:23 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBOS goal, 8:34 of 3rd, a 14% chancePIT goal, 14:44 of 2nd, a 7% chancePIT goal, 6:02 of 3rd, a 7% chancePIT goal, 6:35 of 3rd, a 10% chancePIT goal, 11:18 of 3rd, a 2% chancePIT goal, 0:17 of overtime, a 22% chancePIT 3.9BOS 2.4

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

Boston Bruins
Pittsburgh Penguins

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.

Boston Bruins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Elias Lindholm · David Pastrnak · Marat Khusnutdinov11:2343.333.31-1
Viktor Arvidsson · Pavel Zacha · Casey Mittelstadt9:2739.135.62-1
Michael Eyssimont · Morgan Geekie · Fraser Minten8:4742.126.50-0
Sean Kuraly · Tanner Jeannot · Mark Kastelic8:0818.230.90-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Hampus Lindholm · Mason Lohrei15:4738.740.81-0
Nikita Zadorov · Andrew Peeke13:5441.920.10-0
Charlie McAvoy · Jonathan Aspirot11:4224.034.61-2

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
18 Pavel Zacha C 3 0 3 0 0 4 0 16:59 0.46 10-18 0.49-1.04
33 Viktor Arvidsson L 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 14:34 0.18 14-18 0.76-0.91
45 Jonathan Aspirot D 0 2 2 -1 2 1 2 14:25 0.03 11-23 0.48-0.83
88 David Pastrnak R 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 21:25 0.19 15-20 0.45-1.12
39 Morgan Geekie C 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 19:08 0.27 9-16 0.24-0.73
73 Charlie McAvoy D 0 1 1 -2 0 3 1 24:26 0.32 9-20 0.35-0.62
6 Mason Lohrei D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 18:21 0.24 12-21 0.74-1.10
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:00 0.17 13-21 0.69-1.03
20 Andrew Peeke D 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:37 0.06 15-20 0.39-1.03
27 Hampus Lindholm D 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 22:04 0.03 13-21 0.74-1.16
28 Elias Lindholm C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:35 0.05 16-19 0.53-0.93
47 Mark Kastelic C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 09:37 0.08 2-10 0.08-0.21
52 Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:37 2-9 0.08-0.19
81 Michael Eyssimont C 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 11:51 0.14 10-12 0.30-0.66
84 Tanner Jeannot L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 11:03 4-13 0.08-0.29
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 20:02 0.02 20-23 0.36-1.20
92 Marat Khusnutdinov C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 13:11 0.22 13-18 0.45-0.99
93 Fraser Minten C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:56 12-18 0.44-0.81
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Joonas Korpisalo OTL 40 35 5 60:17 3.78 -1.22

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Bryan Rust · Rickard Rakell · Egor Chinakhov12:2147.866.20-0
Anthony Mantha · Tommy Novak · Ville Koivunen11:2546.730.42-0
Noel Acciari · Connor Dewar · Blake Lizotte10:0771.991.30-0
Elmer Soderblom · Avery Hayes · Ben Kindel8:4869.648.90-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Karlsson · Parker Wotherspoon17:1565.772.61-1
Kris Letang · Ryan Shea14:5548.541.41-1
Samuel Girard · Ilya Solovyov12:2264.074.31-0

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
39 Anthony Mantha R 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 15:14 0.13 8-11 0.20-0.55
18 Tommy Novak C 1 1 2 4 0 1 0 15:23 0.22 10-10 0.25-0.46
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 2 2 1 0 6 0 24:20 0.66 28-13 1.30-0.45
19 Connor Dewar C 1 0 1 1 0 4 4 15:48 0.29 25-10 1.57-0.21
59 Egor Chinakhov R 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 16:18 0.31 14-12 0.78-0.33
6 Ryan Shea D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19:52 0.01 18-17 0.56-0.70
7 Ilya Solovyov D 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 14:12 0.02 16-11 0.87-0.46
29 Parker Wotherspoon D 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 21:19 0.11 24-12 1.00-0.38
67 Rickard Rakell R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 15:56 0.16 13-12 0.77-0.33
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 19:12 0.38 11-12 0.65-0.33
25 Elmer Soderblom L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 10:21 0.22 16-7 0.43-0.44
41 Ville Koivunen R 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14:04 11-8 0.36-0.41
46 Blake Lizotte C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:52 0.55 26-12 1.51-0.27
49 Samuel Girard D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 18:04 0.15 24-10 1.45-0.37
52 Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 14:59 0.30 24-11 1.53-0.30
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 4 20:47 0.06 18-18 0.75-0.78
81 Ben Kindel C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 11:47 0.16 17-7 0.43-0.44
85 Avery Hayes R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 09:34 0.20 17-7 0.43-0.44
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
37 Arturs Silovs W 28 24 4 60:17 2.35 -1.65