Boston Bruins vs. Columbus Blue JacketsMar 29, 2026

Final / SOSunday, Mar 29, 2026· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	0	0	3	0	1	4		BOS	8	13	12	6	39
CBJ	3	0	0	0	0	3		CBJ	13	5	5	2	25

: BOS 85CBJ 49
: BOS 4.37CBJ 2.81
PP goals: BOS 1CBJ 1
Hits: BOS 21CBJ 23
Blocks: BOS 14CBJ 24
PIM: BOS 16CBJ 20
: BOS 54%CBJ 46%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Boston Bruins edge Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 (SO)

Boston Bruins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 in a shootout at CBJ. Pavel Zacha (BOS) led the scoring with 2G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Pastrnak, Arvidsson, Zacha, McAvoy and Mittelstadt) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:13 together.

Points
Pavel Zacha had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 18:07.Zacha
Points
Viktor Arvidsson had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:14.Arvidsson
Points
Charlie McAvoy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 26:09.McAvoy
Points
Mason Marchment had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:59.Marchment
Points
Kirill Marchenko had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:31.Marchenko
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Pastrnak, Arvidsson, Zacha, McAvoy and Mittelstadt) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:13 together.Pastrnak Arvidsson Zacha McAvoy Mittelstadt
PP1
CBJ's first power-play unit (Coyle, Werenski, Marchment, Marchenko and Fantilli) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:53 together.Coyle Werenski Marchment Marchenko Fantilli
Usage
Mathieu Olivier (CBJ) played 3:06, −11:19 down on his 14:25 season average over 60 games.Olivier

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← BOS attacks left (bottom on phones)CBJ attacks right (top on phones) →

CBJ
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 134 of 134 attempts · CBJ 49 · BOS 85

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CBJ pressure
BOS pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BOS 41% of the game, CBJ 26%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

CBJ

BOS

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

CBJ skaters (rows) against BOS skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the CBJ side.

Matchup matrix

CBJ xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	BOS	CBJ
	67	47
	2.44	2.29
	2.28	2.22
	11	7
	2	4
	20	19
	+0.016	−0.016
	41%	26%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Boston Bruins

L1Pastrnak – Khusnutdinov – Minten
11:1746% CF
L2Kuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic
9:2638% CF
L3Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt
9:0572% CF
L4Lindholm – Geekie – Reichel
8:2053% CF
D1McAvoy – Aspirot
15:4552% CF
D2Zadorov – Peeke
14:1858% CF
D3Lindholm – Jokiharju
13:1170% CF

PP1Pastrnak – Arvidsson – Zacha – McAvoy – Mittelstadt
2:13100% CF
PP2Lindholm – Lindholm – Geekie – Reichel – Minten
1:32100% CF
PK1FLindholm – Khusnutdinov
1:02
PK2FKuraly – Kastelic
0:55
PK1DLindholm – Peeke
1:27
PK2DZadorov – Aspirot
0:55

Current BOS line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Marchment – Marchenko – Fantilli
10:0847% CF
L2Jenner – Monahan – Garland
8:5750% CF
L3Coyle – Wood – Sillinger
6:0130% CF
L4Heinen – Olivier – Lundeström
0:00
D1Werenski – Fabbro
16:2872% CF
D2Gudbranson – Mateychuk
8:2738% CF
D3Provorov – Zamula
7:2518% CF

PP1Coyle – Werenski – Marchment – Marchenko – Fantilli
1:53100% CF
PP2Jenner – Monahan – Werenski – Garland – Marchenko
0:50
PK1FCoyle – Monahan
2:01
PK2FJenner – Lundeström
1:05
PK1DWerenski – Fabbro
1:56
PK2DGudbranson – Provorov
0:59

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:17
CBJBoone Jenner (Conor Garland)snap0.33 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Lindholm, Geekie, Jokiharju, ReichelCBJ: Jenner, Monahan, Werenski, Garland, Fabbro
BOS 0 – 1 CBJ
7:45
CBJMason Marchment (Ivan Provorov, Kirill Marchenko)tip-in0.11 xG
BOS: Zadorov, Pastrnak, Peeke, Khusnutdinov, MintenCBJ: Provorov, Marchment, Marchenko, Zamula, Fantilli
BOS 0 – 2 CBJ
19:32
CBJCharlie CoylePP (Kirill Marchenko, Mason Marchment)snap0.14 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Zacha, McAvoy, KhusnutdinovCBJ: Coyle, Werenski, Marchment, Marchenko, Fantilli
BOS 0 – 3 CBJ

3rd period

6:29
BOSCharlie McAvoy (Pavel Zacha, Viktor Arvidsson)wrist0.03 xG
BOS: Arvidsson, Zacha, McAvoy, Mittelstadt, AspirotCBJ: Heinen, Provorov, Lundeström, Zamula, Fantilli
BOS 1 – 3 CBJ
8:43
BOSPavel ZachaPP (Charlie McAvoy, Viktor Arvidsson)tip-in0.07 xG
BOS: Pastrnak, Arvidsson, Zacha, McAvoy, MittelstadtCBJ: Coyle, Gudbranson, Monahan, Provorov
BOS 2 – 3 CBJ
19:49
BOSPavel Zacha (Viktor Arvidsson)snap0.26 xG
BOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, Arvidsson, Zacha, McAvoy, GeekieCBJ: Coyle, Gudbranson, Monahan, Provorov
BOS 3 – 3 CBJ

Decided in the shootout: BOS 4 – 3 CBJ.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.79	1	1	4	23:30	—	—	62	58
Fraser Minten C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	1	1	0	19:09	—	—	49	32
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.61	1	1	0	17:03	—	—	56	40
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	4	2	0	14:41	—	—	64	87
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.47	3	1	5	12:00	—	—	60	83
Mark Kastelic C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	5	11:21	—	—	39	14
Pavel Zacha C	L3	2	1	3	+1	5	0.73	1	0	0	18:07	—	—	72	66
Casey Mittelstadt C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	0	0	16:35	—	—	67	60
Viktor Arvidsson L	L3	0	3	3	+1	3	0.37	1	0	0	15:14	—	—	72	66
Elias Lindholm C	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.41	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	60	43
Morgan Geekie C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	2	0	0	15:31	—	—	57	45
Lukas Reichel L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	2	0	12:36	—	—	52	42
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.23	0	2	2	26:09	—	—	54	70
Jonathan Aspirot D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	1	0	17:49	—	—	55	72
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	3	1	0	19:22	—	—	63	50
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	57	43
Hampus Lindholm D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	23:45	—	—	59	35
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	1	0	15:16	—	—	70	43

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	25	22	3	.880	2.81	63:14

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.23	1	2	0	22:31	—	—	48	39
Adam Fantilli C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	2	0	21:43	—	—	32	29
Mason Marchment L	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.22	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	42	33
Boone Jenner C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.79	4	0	4	18:43	—	—	48	59
Sean Monahan C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	17:43	—	—	48	55
Conor Garland R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.27	3	1	0	13:18	—	—	40	55
Charlie Coyle C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	1	3	0	18:59	—	—	39	51
Cole Sillinger C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	3	1	2	16:29	—	—	39	44
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.40	3	0	0	12:53	—	—	31	40
Isac Lundeström C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:28	—	—	33	61
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:45	—	—	36	67
Mathieu Olivier R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	5	3:06	—	—	71	82
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	2	0	30:11	—	—	61	72
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	1	2	23:29	—	—	68	70
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	1	5	18:34	—	—	32	23
Denton Mateychuk D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	3	0	15:06	—	—	36	39
Ivan Provorov D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	7	2	24:50	—	—	19	33
Egor Zamula D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:36	—	—	13	32

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jet Greaves(start)	O	39	36	3	.923	4.37	65:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Boone Jenner (CBJ) 1st 6:17 · assists Conor Garland · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 70.6 mph shot · 3.0 s from entry to goal.

Boone Jenner · 1st 6:17 · CBJ

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 70.6 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Mason Marchment · 1st 7:45 · CBJ

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 14.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 7.7 s

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Charlie Coyle · 1st 19:32 · CBJ PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 77.4 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 5.8 s

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Charlie McAvoy · 3rd 6:29 · BOS

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.4 mph
Distance: 58 ft
Entry to goal: 7.1 s

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Pavel Zacha · 3rd 8:43 · BOS PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 46.4 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Type: deflection

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Pavel Zacha · 3rd 19:49 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.