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Boston Bruins vs Nashville Predators

Regular season · Thursday, March 5, 2026 · Bridgestone Arena

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3–6

Final

SOG 23–29

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FDSNSO · NESN

Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the Boston Bruins 6-3 on Thursday, March 5, 2026 at Bridgestone Arena. The Predators outshot the Bruins 29-23.

Matthew Wood scored twice. Nicolas Hague, Morgan Geekie, Erik Haula, Filip Forsberg, Charlie McAvoy, Viktor Arvidsson and Luke Evangelista also scored.

Juuse Saros made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Joonas Korpisalo stopped 23 of 28.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Boston BruinsBOS012323
Nashville PredatorsNSH141629

Three stars

  1. ★1st starMatthew WoodNSH · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starFilip ForsbergNSH · 1G 2A
  3. ★3rd starSteven StamkosNSH · 0G 2A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:24

0–2 · 2nd 1:24 · Wood. Pastrnak was 1:24 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBOS on iceNSH on ice

0–1 NSH

1st 13:53 · Hague

Pastrnak 0:54

0–2 NSH

2nd 1:24 · SH · Wood

Long shift: Pastrnak 1:24

1–2 BOS

2nd 3:30 · PP · Geekie

Long shift: Skjei 1:03

1–3 NSH

2nd 10:18 · Haula

Lohrei 0:26

1–4 NSH

2nd 12:37 · PP · Forsberg

Peeke 0:41

1–5 NSH

2nd 14:44 · Wood

Zadorov 0:35

2–5 BOS

3rd 6:05 · McAvoy

Skjei 0:41

3–5 BOS

3rd 15:32 · Arvidsson

Marchessault 0:37

3–6 NSH

3rd 17:33 · EN · Evangelista

Lindholm 0:18

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

BOSNSH
23Shots on goal29
62%Faceoff %38%
1/4Power play1/5
12Penalty minutes10
27Hits23
15Blocked shots18
15Giveaways10
3Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 1st 10:59David Pastrnak · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 15:58Erik Haula · hooking2 min
  • 1st 19:18Matthew Wood · cross checking2 min
  • 1st 19:18Mark Kastelic · roughing2 min
  • 1st 19:59Erik Haula · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 03:26Nicolas Hague · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 10:53Tanner Jeannot · interference goalkeeper2 min
  • 2nd 14:44Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  • 3rd 03:33Mark Kastelic · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 06:51Marat Khusnutdinov · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 09:55Fedor Svechkov · cross checking2 min

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