Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Boston BruinsMar 3, 2026

FinalTuesday, Mar 3, 2026· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	0	0	1		PIT	7	15	13	35
BOS	2	0	0	2		BOS	12	11	5	28

: PIT 68BOS 70
: PIT 3.71BOS 3.86
PP goals: PIT 0BOS 0
Hits: PIT 24BOS 23
Blocks: PIT 23BOS 12
PIM: PIT 6BOS 4
: PIT 33%BOS 67%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins edge Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1

Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 at home. Erik Karlsson (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for PIT: Rust–Rakell–Kindel skated 10:14 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for PIT: Rust–Rakell–Kindel skated 10:14 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Rust Rakell Kindel
Luck
PIT scored 1 goal on 3.71 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Jeremy Swayman (BOS) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +6 against a season average of 28.6; the win.Swayman
New line
New look for PIT: Acciari–Dewar–Hayes skated 5:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Acciari Dewar Hayes
New line
New look for PIT: Hayes–Mantha–Brazeau skated 5:07 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayes Mantha Brazeau
Luck
BOS scored 2 goals on 3.86 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Kevin Hayes (PIT) played 7:26, −5:14 down on his 12:40 season average over 27 games.Hayes
Usage
Evgeni Malkin (PIT) played 21:24, +3:53 up on his 17:31 season average over 55 games.Malkin

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

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

BOS
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 138 of 138 attempts · BOS 70 · PIT 68

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PIT 35% of the game, BOS 39%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BOS

PIT

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

BOS 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	PIT	BOS
	62	68
	3.13	3.13
	2.96	2.99
	13	14
	7	4
	23	13
	−0.102	+0.102
	35%	39%

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Novak – Chinakhov
11:0061% CF
L2Rust – Rakell – Kindel
10:1457% CF
L3Hayes – Mantha – Brazeau
5:0744% CF
L4Acciari – Dewar – Hayes
5:0563% CF
D1Letang – Girard
13:2341% CF
D2Clifton – Shea
13:1134% CF
D3Karlsson – Wotherspoon
11:5362% CF

PP1Malkin – Karlsson – Rust – Rakell – Mantha
4:54100% CF
PP2Novak – Girard – Brazeau – Chinakhov – Kindel
1:16
PK1FAcciari – Dewar
2:48
PK2FRust – Kindel
1:54
PK1DClifton – Shea
2:48
PK2DLetang – Girard
0:55

Current PIT line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Arvidsson – Zacha – Mittelstadt
9:0753% CF
L2Lindholm – Pastrnak – Khusnutdinov
7:5344% CF
L3Kuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic
6:1050% CF
L4Eyssimont – Geekie – Minten
4:2055% CF
D1Zadorov – Peeke
14:3557% CF
D2McAvoy – Aspirot
9:5263% CF
D3Lindholm – Lohrei
8:1055% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
2:2033% CF
PP2Lindholm – Arvidsson – Mittelstadt – Lohrei – Minten
1:31100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Kastelic
2:14
PK2FKhusnutdinov – Minten
1:24
PK1DLindholm – McAvoy
3:39
PK2DZadorov – Peeke
1:33

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:42
PITErik Karlsson (Bryan Rust)wrist0.01 xG
PIT: Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, Wotherspoon, KindelBOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, McAvoy, Aspirot, Khusnutdinov
PIT 1 – 0 BOS
5:10
BOSMarat Khusnutdinov (Michael Eyssimont)wrist0.09 xG
PIT: Letang, Rust, Rakell, Girard, KindelBOS: McAvoy, Eyssimont, Aspirot, Khusnutdinov, Minten
PIT 1 – 1 BOS
6:00
BOSCasey Mittelstadt (Nikita Zadorov, Pavel Zacha)wrist0.32 xG
PIT: Malkin, Karlsson, Novak, Wotherspoon, ChinakhovBOS: Zadorov, Arvidsson, Zacha, Peeke, Mittelstadt
PIT 1 – 2 BOS

Box score

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

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	1	0	21:24	—	—	59	53
Egor Chinakhov R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	0	1	2	16:31	—	—	57	46
Tommy Novak C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.45	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	55	51
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.34	1	0	0	21:38	—	—	55	59
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	1	1	0	20:05	—	—	56	57
Ben Kindel C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.67	1	0	0	17:00	—	—	54	58
Anthony Mantha R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	4	2	2	16:03	—	—	24	34
Justin Brazeau R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	9:04	—	—	44	24
Kevin Hayes R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	7:26	—	—	33	19
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.33	2	2	0	14:18	—	—	40	55
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	3	0	12:46	—	—	27	51
Avery Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	9:58	—	—	53	71
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	3	3	0	21:15	—	—	45	58
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	0	0	18:21	—	—	41	52
Ryan Shea D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	0	18:56	—	—	41	51
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	2	18:06	—	—	32	36
Erik Karlsson D	D3	1	0	1	0	6	0.40	0	2	0	21:18	—	—	61	44
Parker Wotherspoon D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	1	2	0	16:16	—	—	58	49

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Stuart Skinner(start)	L	28	26	2	.929	3.20	58:01

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.73	0	0	0	16:26	—	—	61	52
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.40	0	0	0	16:10	—	—	44	37
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.35	1	0	2	15:57	—	—	52	43
David Pastrnak R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	2	0	0	19:49	—	—	51	61
Elias Lindholm C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	1	1	0	19:43	—	—	49	59
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.36	1	0	0	14:32	—	—	52	55
Mark Kastelic C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	2	0	11:31	—	—	43	29
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	10:51	—	—	50	36
Tanner Jeannot L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.40	1	0	0	9:24	—	—	54	39
Morgan Geekie C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.45	1	0	0	15:48	—	—	52	67
Fraser Minten C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	2	0	15:19	—	—	68	75
Michael Eyssimont C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	2	0	9:22	—	—	57	73
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.14	2	0	0	19:33	—	—	53	41
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	2	0	18:03	—	—	56	53
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	26:13	—	—	50	45
Jonathan Aspirot D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	3	0	2	15:42	—	—	56	36
Hampus Lindholm D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	2	0	23:37	—	—	48	58
Mason Lohrei D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	54	63

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	3.71	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Erik Karlsson (PIT) 1st 0:42 · assists Bryan Rust · Deflection · 58.7 mph shot.

Erik Karlsson · 1st 0:42 · PIT

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 58.7 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: deflection

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Marat Khusnutdinov · 1st 5:10 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 44.4 mph
Distance: 24 ft

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Casey Mittelstadt · 1st 6:00 · BOS

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.8 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: rebound

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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.