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Boston Bruins vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Monday, March 16, 2026 · Prudential Center

Boston BruinsBostonBruinsAway

3–4

Final/OT

SOG 22–34

New Jersey DevilsNew JerseyDevilsHome

ESPN · TVAS

Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 in overtime on Monday, March 16, 2026 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Bruins 34-22.

David Pastrnak scored twice and Paul Cotter scored twice. Pavel Zacha, Connor Brown and Jesper Bratt also scored.

Jacob Markstrom made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Joonas Korpisalo stopped 30 of 34.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Boston BruinsBOS2010322
New Jersey DevilsNJD0211434

Three stars

  1. ★1st starPaul CotterNJD · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starDavid PastrnakBOS · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starConnor BrownNJD · 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+
1:00

3–3 · 3rd 4:32 · Pastrnak. Hamilton was 1:00 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBOS on iceNJD on ice

1–0 BOS

1st 4:02 · Pastrnak

Bratt 0:57

2–0 BOS

1st 14:29 · Zacha

Hamilton 0:50

2–1 NJD

2nd 0:32 · Brown

Arvidsson 0:32

2–2 NJD

2nd 8:08 · Bratt

Jeannot 0:47

2–3 NJD

3rd 2:50 · Cotter

Arvidsson 0:30

3–3 BOS

3rd 4:32 · Pastrnak

Long shift: Hamilton 1:00

3–4 NJD

OT 4:53 · Cotter

Pastrnak 0:44

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

BOSNJD
22Shots on goal34
52%Faceoff %48%
0/3Power play0/2
18Penalty minutes20
22Hits20
19Blocked shots9
18Giveaways19
6Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 1st 08:30Mark Kastelic · fighting5 min
  • 1st 08:30Brenden Dillon · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 17:30David Pastrnak · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 09:18Mark Kastelic · interference2 min
  • 3rd 09:18Johnathan Kovacevic · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  • 3rd 09:18Mark Kastelic · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 09:18Johnathan Kovacevic · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 10:45Nico Hischier · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 11:21Connor Brown · embellishment2 min
  • 3rd 11:21Charlie McAvoy · interference2 min
  • 3rd 12:22Nick Bjugstad · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 15:29Jonathan Aspirot · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 16:42Dawson Mercer · interference2 min

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