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Boston Bruins vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Sunday, March 8, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena

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4–5

Final/OT

SOG 28–40

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Boston Bruins 5-4 in overtime on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Bruins 40-28.

Pavel Zacha scored a hat trick and Anthony Mantha scored twice. David Pastrnak, Egor Chinakhov, Connor Dewar and Tommy Novak also scored.

Arturs Silovs made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Joonas Korpisalo stopped 35 of 40.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Boston BruinsBOS1210428
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT0131540

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAnthony ManthaPIT · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starPavel ZachaBOS · 3G 0A
  3. ★3rd starTommy NovakPIT · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT 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+
1:34

3–1 · 2nd 14:44 · Chinakhov. McAvoy was 1:34 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBOS on icePIT on ice

1–0 BOS

1st 9:27 · PP · Zacha

Long shift: Acciari 1:09

2–0 BOS

2nd 8:47 · Zacha

Long shift: Kindel 1:00

3–0 BOS

2nd 12:23 · Pastrnak

Long shift: Acciari 1:12

3–1 PIT

2nd 14:44 · PP · Chinakhov

Stuck out there: McAvoy 1:34

3–2 PIT

3rd 6:02 · Dewar

Long shift: Zadorov 1:10

3–3 PIT

3rd 6:35 · Mantha

Aspirot 0:49

4–3 BOS

3rd 8:34 · Zacha

Long shift: Kindel 1:11

4–4 PIT

3rd 11:18 · Mantha

Lindholm 0:13

4–5 PIT

OT 0:17 · Novak

Pastrnak 0:17

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

BOSPIT
28Shots on goal40
50%Faceoff %50%
1/3Power play1/2
6Penalty minutes8
17Hits24
16Blocked shots13
16Giveaways19
5Takeaways7

Penalties

  • 1st 07:38Egor Chinakhov · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 06:10Michael Eyssimont · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 06:10Kris Letang · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 13:44Jonathan Aspirot · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 14:06Hampus Lindholm · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 19:56Ilya Solovyov · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 13:28Parker Wotherspoon · high sticking2 min

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