Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Thursday, February 26, 2026 · TD Garden

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2–4

Final

SOG 40–23

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2 on Thursday, February 26, 2026 at TD Garden. The Blue Jackets outshot the Bruins 40-23.

Viktor Arvidsson scored twice. Kirill Marchenko, Morgan Geekie, Sean Kuraly and Adam Fantilli also scored.

Joonas Korpisalo made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 19 of 22.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
CBJ	1	0	1	2	40
BOS	1	1	2	4	23

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Kirill Marchenko (20)Mason Marchment (14), Adam Fantilli (24)Jeannot 1:38 into shift1–004:32 CBJ
Viktor Arvidsson (15)Jonathan Aspirot (6)1–115:51 BOS

2nd period

Morgan Geekie (33)David Pastrnak (50), Elias Lindholm (27)Gudbranson 1:00 into shift1–206:54 BOS · PPG

3rd period

Sean Kuraly (5)Tanner Jeannot (15)Werenski 1:01 into shift1–311:15 BOS
Adam Fantilli (14)Mason Marchment (15), Zach Werenski (43)Zacha 1:02 into shift2–313:45 CBJ
Viktor Arvidsson (16)Charlie McAvoy (36), Casey Mittelstadt (17)2–419:27 BOS · EN

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:38

1–0 · 1st 4:32 · Marchenko. Jeannot was 1:38 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCBJ on iceBOS on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 CBJ

1st 4:32 · Marchenko

Stuck out there: Jeannot 1:38

Stuck out thereJeannot 1:38

1–1 BOS

1st 15:51 · Arvidsson

Werenski 0:37

Fresh legsWerenski 0:37

1–2 BOS

2nd 6:54 · PP · Geekie

Long shift: Gudbranson 1:00

Long shiftGudbranson 1:00

1–3 BOS

3rd 11:15 · Kuraly

Long shift: Werenski 1:01

Long shiftWerenski 1:01

2–3 CBJ

3rd 13:45 · Fantilli

Long shift: Zacha 1:02

Long shiftZacha 1:02

2–4 BOS

3rd 19:27 · EN · Arvidsson

Monahan 1:47

Empty netMonahan 1:47

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

CBJBOS

40Shots on goal23

41%Faceoff %59%

0/1Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes2

24Hits20

11Blocked shots20

18Giveaways15

6Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 10:38Kirill Marchenko · hooking2 min
1st 17:51Michael Eyssimont · holding2 min
2nd 06:13Miles Wood · interference goalkeeper2 min
3rd 08:31Mason Marchment · slashing2 min

Season series

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

17Mason MarchmentL	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	2	–	18:32
19Adam FantilliC	1	1	2	0	5	6	1	0	67	19:09
86Kirill MarchenkoR	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	–	19:43
8Zach WerenskiD	0	1	1	-1	7	1	2	0	–	28:34
3Charlie CoyleC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	46	17:12
4Cole SillingerC	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	–	14:51
10Dmitri VoronkovL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	12:06
11Miles WoodL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	–	10:07
21Isac LundeströmC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	50	11:40
23Sean MonahanC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	46	16:33
24Mathieu OlivierR	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	–	13:42
38Boone JennerC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	12:57
91Kent JohnsonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	12:28
5Denton MateychukD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	16:43
9Ivan ProvorovD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	19:43
15Dante FabbroD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	14:56
44Erik GudbransonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	15:20
78Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	22:31

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
73Jet GreavesG		0	0	0	–	00:00
90Elvis MerzlikinsG	L	22	19	3	.864	58:32

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters

71Viktor ArvidssonL	2	0	2	+1	3	0	0	0	–	14:29
11Casey MittelstadtC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	15:40
28Elias LindholmC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	61	19:35
39Morgan GeekieC	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	100	17:50
52Sean KuralyC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	67	12:42
84Tanner JeannotL	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	–	13:14
88David PastrnakR	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	–	22:20
45Jonathan AspirotD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	7	0	–	21:11
73Charlie McAvoyD	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	–	23:55
18Pavel ZachaC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	42	15:29
47Mark KastelicC	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	–	11:45
81Michael EyssimontC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	100	10:03
92Marat KhusnutdinovC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	12:50
93Fraser MintenC	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	60	15:19
6Mason LohreiD	0	0	0	+2	3	1	0	0	–	17:25
20Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	16:18
27Hampus LindholmD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	20:16
91Nikita ZadorovD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	0	–	17:39

Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70Joonas KorpisaloG	W	38	36	2	.947	53:57
80Michael DiPietroG		2	2	0	1.000	06:03