BOS
BOS
Boston Bruins
44-27-10 · W1 · L10: 5-3-2
W
L
W
L
W
SO
SO
W
W
OT
Final/OT
4—5
2026-03-08 · PPG Paints Arena
PIT
PIT
Pittsburgh Penguins
41-24-16 · L2 · L10: 6-4-0
SO
L
L
W
SO
W
W
OT
L
W
PIT dominated expected goals 3.4 to 2.2 · PIT controlled 61.5% of 5v5 shot attempts · Decided in overtime

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
01231ST2ND3RDOT
BOS xG
2.17
ACTUAL
4 — 5
PIT xG
3.43

Scoring Timeline

0.07
MED xG
BOS1P 09:27Power Play
Pavel Zacha
18
Pavel Zacha(17)
C · BOS · #18
Morgan Geekie (23), Charlie McAvoy (39)
BOS 1 - 0 PIT
0.04
MED xG
BOS2P 08:47Even Strength
Pavel Zacha
18
Pavel Zacha(18)
C · BOS · #18
Viktor Arvidsson (16), Jonathan Aspirot (7)
BOS 2 - 0 PIT
0.16
HIGH xG
BOS2P 12:23Even Strength
David Pastrnak
88
David Pastrnak(23)
R · BOS · #88
BOS 3 - 0 PIT
0.07
MED xG
PIT2P 14:44Power Play
Egor Chinakhov
59
Egor Chinakhov(14)
R · PIT · #59
Rickard Rakell (16), Erik Karlsson (35)
BOS 3 - 1 PIT
0.04
MED xG
PIT3P 06:02Even Strength
Connor Dewar
19
Connor Dewar(14)
C · PIT · #19
Ryan Shea (21)
BOS 3 - 2 PIT
0.03
LOW xG
PIT3P 06:35Even Strength
Anthony Mantha
39
Anthony Mantha(22)
R · PIT · #39
Tommy Novak (22), Ilya Solovyov (6)
BOS 3 - 3 PIT
0.07
MED xG
BOS3P 08:34Even Strength
Pavel Zacha
18
Pavel Zacha(19)
C · BOS · #18
Viktor Arvidsson (17), Jonathan Aspirot (8)
BOS 4 - 3 PIT
0.08
MED xG
PIT3P 11:18Even Strength
Anthony Mantha
39
Anthony Mantha(23)
R · PIT · #39
Parker Wotherspoon (17), Erik Karlsson (36)
BOS 4 - 4 PIT
0.24
HIGH xG
PITOT 00:173 on 3
Tommy Novak
18
Tommy Novak(14)
C · PIT · #18
BOS 4 - 5 PIT

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Joonas Korpisalo
70
Joonas Korpisalo
G · BOS · #70
34/39 saves, .871 SV%, -0.7 GSAx
★2
Pavel Zacha
18
Pavel Zacha
C · BOS · #18
3G, 4 SOG
★3
Arturs Silovs
31
Arturs Silovs
G · PIT · #31
24/28 saves, .857 SV%, -1.7 GSAx

Team Stats

BOSPIT
28Shots39
2.17xGF3.43
38.5CF%61.5
50FO%50
1/3PP1/2
17Hits24
16Blocks13
16Giveaways19
5Takeaways7
6PIM8

Period Breakdown

PeriodBOS SOGPIT SOGBOS xGPIT xG
1st890.890.88
2nd6140.531.44
3rd10110.750.88
OT000.000.25
Total24342.173.45

Penalties

7 TOTAL
1P 07:38
PIT
Egor Chinakhovtripping (2 min)
Drawn by Marat Khusnutdinov
2P 06:10
BOS
Michael Eyssimontroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Kris Letang
2P 06:10
PIT
Kris Letangroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Michael Eyssimont
2P 13:44
BOS
Jonathan Aspirottripping (2 min)
Drawn by Benjamin Kindel
2P 14:06
BOS
Hampus Lindholmslashing (2 min)
Drawn by Erik Karlsson
2P 19:56
PIT
Ilya Solovyovtripping (2 min)
Drawn by Charlie McAvoy
3P 13:28
PIT
Parker Wotherspoonhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Elias Lindholm