Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 8, 2026

Final / OTSunday, Mar 8, 2026· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	1	2	1	0	4		BOS	9	8	11	0	28
PIT	0	1	3	1	5		PIT	9	16	14	1	40

: BOS 56PIT 75
: BOS 2.47PIT 3.52
PP goals: BOS 1PIT 1
Hits: BOS 17PIT 24
Blocks: BOS 16PIT 13
PIM: BOS 6PIT 8
: BOS 50%PIT 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Boston Bruins 5–4 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Boston Bruins 5–4 in overtime at home. Pavel Zacha (BOS) led the scoring with 3G 0A. BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:12 together.

Points
Pavel Zacha had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:59.Zacha
Points
Anthony Mantha had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:14.Mantha
Points
Tommy Novak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:23.Novak
Points
Erik Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 24:20.Karlsson
Points
Jonathan Aspirot had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:25.Aspirot
Points
Viktor Arvidsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:34.Arvidsson
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:12 together.Lindholm Pastrnak Zacha McAvoy Geekie
Goalie
Joonas Korpisalo (BOS) faced 40 shots and stopped 35 (.875), +13 against a season average of 27.5; the overtime loss.Korpisalo

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)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · PIT 75 · BOS 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT 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 21% of the game, PIT 44%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

BOS

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

PIT 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	PIT
	48	77
	1.87	3.02
	1.84	2.90
	12	17
	8	5
	25	24
	+0.005	−0.005
	21%	44%

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

L1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Khusnutdinov
11:2343% CF
L2Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt
9:2739% CF
L3Eyssimont – Geekie – Minten
8:4737% CF
L4Kuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic
8:0818% CF
D1Lindholm – Lohrei
15:5442% CF
D2Zadorov – Peeke
13:5639% CF
D3McAvoy – Aspirot
11:4724% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
4:1269% CF
PP2Lindholm – Arvidsson – Mittelstadt – Lohrei – Minten
1:07100% CF
PK1FJeannot – Minten
0:39
PK2FKuraly – Kastelic
0:38
PK1DZadorov – McAvoy
0:39
PK2DPeeke – Aspirot
0:38

Current BOS line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Rust – Rakell – Chinakhov
12:2143% CF
L2Mantha – Novak – Koivunen
11:2547% CF
L3Acciari – Dewar – Lizotte
10:0772% CF
L4Soderblom – Hayes – Kindel
8:4874% CF
D1Karlsson – Wotherspoon
17:1763% CF
D2Letang – Shea
15:0255% CF
D3Girard – Solovyov
12:5158% CF

PP1Letang – Mantha – Soderblom – Koivunen – Kindel
1:07100% CF
PP2Karlsson – Rust – Rakell – Mantha – Chinakhov
1:00100% CF
PK1FDewar – Lizotte
3:04
PK2FRust – Acciari
2:34
PK1DLetang – Shea
1:56
PK2DKarlsson – Wotherspoon
1:31

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	1	0	1	-1	4	0.27	0	0	0	21:25	—	—	46	35
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	19:35	—	—	49	45
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	1	0	0	13:11	—	—	42	37
Pavel Zacha C	L2	3	0	3	0	4	0.53	0	0	0	16:59	—	—	36	38
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	1	0	15:00	—	—	38	45
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.17	0	1	0	14:34	—	—	44	51
Morgan Geekie C	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.17	1	1	0	19:08	—	—	32	25
Fraser Minten C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:56	—	—	37	32
Michael Eyssimont C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	2	0	2	11:51	—	—	41	36
Tanner Jeannot L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:03	—	—	29	25
Mark Kastelic C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	3	1	0	9:37	—	—	17	33
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:37	—	—	18	34
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	0	1	2	22:04	—	—	41	44
Mason Lohrei D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.25	1	2	0	18:21	—	—	39	47
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	2	0	20:02	—	—	44	26
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	2	0	0	16:37	—	—	40	34
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	1	1	-2	3	0.32	1	3	0	24:26	—	—	31	35
Jonathan Aspirot D	D3	0	2	2	-1	1	0.01	2	1	2	14:25	—	—	32	37

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	O	40	35	5	.875	3.52	60:17

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.41	1	1	0	19:12	—	—	44	55
Egor Chinakhov R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.30	0	1	2	16:18	—	—	50	59
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	15:56	—	—	48	58
Tommy Novak C	L2	1	1	2	+4	1	0.21	0	0	0	15:23	—	—	50	38
Anthony Mantha R	L2	2	0	2	+1	2	0.13	2	0	0	15:14	—	—	42	26
Ville Koivunen R	L2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:04	—	—	58	52
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.44	1	1	0	15:52	—	—	68	80
Connor Dewar C	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.27	4	1	0	15:48	—	—	71	86
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.30	2	1	0	14:59	—	—	69	77
Ben Kindel C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	1	0	0	11:47	—	—	75	52
Elmer Soderblom L	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.20	2	0	0	10:21	—	—	74	51
Avery Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.18	1	1	0	9:34	—	—	75	52
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	2	2	+1	6	0.58	0	0	0	24:20	—	—	66	71
Parker Wotherspoon D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	3	1	2	21:19	—	—	64	72
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	4	1	2	20:47	—	—	56	46
Ryan Shea D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	0	1	0	19:52	—	—	57	42
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	1	0	0	18:04	—	—	68	72
Ilya Solovyov D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.02	1	4	2	14:12	—	—	56	57

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arturs Silovs(start)	W	28	24	4	.857	2.47	60:17

Goal anatomy

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

Pavel Zacha (BOS PP) 1st 9:27 · assists Morgan Geekie, Charlie McAvoy · Forecheck turnover · 58.8 mph shot.

Pavel Zacha · 1st 9:27 · BOS PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 58.8 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Type: one-timer

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Anthony Mantha · 3rd 11:18 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 11.5 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 7.3 s
Type: rebound

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Pavel Zacha · 2nd 8:47 · BOS

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 28.1 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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David Pastrnak · 2nd 12:23 · BOS

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.3 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s

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Egor Chinakhov · 2nd 14:44 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 82.1 mph
Distance: 33 ft

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Connor Dewar · 3rd 6:02 · PIT

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 35.4 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s

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Anthony Mantha · 3rd 6:35 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 35.6 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Pavel Zacha · 3rd 8:34 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.9 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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Tommy Novak · OT 0:17 · PIT

Play: cycle
Passes: 1
Shot: 54.7 mph
Distance: 14 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.

Boston Bruins vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 8, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Boston Bruins 5–4 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Boston Bruins

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goal anatomy

Pavel Zacha · 1st 9:27 · BOS PP

Anthony Mantha · 3rd 11:18 · PIT

Pavel Zacha · 2nd 8:47 · BOS

David Pastrnak · 2nd 12:23 · BOS

Egor Chinakhov · 2nd 14:44 · PIT PP

Connor Dewar · 3rd 6:02 · PIT

Anthony Mantha · 3rd 6:35 · PIT

Pavel Zacha · 3rd 8:34 · BOS

Tommy Novak · OT 0:17 · PIT