Boston Bruins vs Vegas Golden Knights
Regular season · Thursday, March 3, 2022 · T-Mobile Arena
ESPN
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-2 on Thursday, March 3, 2022 at T-Mobile Arena.
Craig Smith scored a hat trick and David Pastrnak scored twice. Jack Eichel and Jonathan Marchessault also scored.
Jeremy Swayman made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Robin Lehner stopped 31 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Craig Smith (7)Trent Frederic (4), Derek Forbort (6)1–013:18 BOS
2nd period
- Craig Smith (8)Charlie Coyle (15), Trent Frederic (5)2–011:03 BOS
Jack Eichel (2)Unassisted2–117:34 VGK
3rd period
David Pastrnak (30)Trent Frederic (6), Erik Haula (16)3–108:14 BOS- Craig Smith (9)Matt Grzelcyk (17), Brandon Carlo (6)4–114:39 BOS
Jonathan Marchessault (22)Alex Pietrangelo (22)4–216:38 VGK- David Pastrnak (31)Erik Haula (17)5–218:20 BOS · EN
Team stats
BOSVGK
36Shots on goal36
44%Faceoff %56%
0/1Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes2
28Hits25
20Blocked shots18
6Giveaways8
10Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 06:40
Zach Whitecloud · slashing2 min - 2nd 02:32
Erik Haula · tripping2 min - 3rd 01:59Tomas Nosek · tripping2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 11Trent FredericC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 15:09 |
| 12Craig SmithC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 15:19 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:05 |
| 88David PastrnakR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 16:28 |
| 13Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:34 |
| 25Brandon CarloD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:27 |
| 28Derek ForbortD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 21:15 |
| 48Matt GrzelcykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:01 |
| 17Nick FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:13 |
| 37Patrice BergeronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17:05 |
| 38Jesper FrodenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:06 |
| 63Brad MarchandL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 6 | 18:00 |
| 71Taylor HallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:53 |
| 74Jake DeBruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:16 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:57 |
| 6Mike ReillyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:43 |
| 73Charlie McAvoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:29 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jeremy SwaymanG | W | 36 | 34 | 2 | .944 | 60:00 |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 9Jack EichelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 20:56 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 18:15 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 22:19 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:34 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 16:54 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:47 |
| 21Brett HowdenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:53 |
| 22Michael AmadioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:25 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:00 |
| 46Jonas RondbjergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 08:43 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:19 |
| 63Evgenii DadonovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:51 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:53 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:20 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:17 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 18:07 |
| 17Ben HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:56 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Laurent BrossoitG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Robin LehnerG | L | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 57:37 |