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Dallas Stars vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Tuesday, March 31, 2026 · TD Garden

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3–6

Final

SOG 16–24

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Game summary

The Boston Bruins beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Stars 24-16.

Viktor Arvidsson scored a hat trick. Marat Khusnutdinov, Jamie Benn, Matt Duchene, Elias Lindholm, Henri Jokiharju and Wyatt Johnston also scored.

Joonas Korpisalo made 13 saves on 16 shots for the win; Jake Oettinger stopped 18 of 22.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Dallas StarsDAL021316
Boston BruinsBOS204624

Three stars

  1. ★1st starDavid PastrnakBOS · 0G 3A
  2. ★2nd starViktor ArvidssonBOS · 3G 0A
  3. ★3rd starElias LindholmBOS · 1G 1A

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+
1:21

3–5 · 3rd 19:02 · Johnston. Peeke was 1:21 into his shift when it went in.

GoalDAL on iceBOS on ice

0–1 BOS

1st 9:58 · Khusnutdinov

Harley 0:59

0–2 BOS

1st 18:51 · Arvidsson

Harley 0:27

1–2 DAL

2nd 4:49 · Benn

Arvidsson 0:35

2–2 DAL

2nd 16:53 · Duchene

Zadorov 0:52

2–3 BOS

3rd 0:13 · PP · Lindholm

Lindell 0:13

2–4 BOS

3rd 5:51 · Jokiharju

Robertson 0:31

2–5 BOS

3rd 16:23 · EN · Arvidsson

Johnston 0:32

3–5 DAL

3rd 19:02 · Johnston

Long shift: Peeke 1:21

3–6 BOS

3rd 19:47 · EN · Arvidsson

Rantanen 2:06

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

DALBOS
16Shots on goal24
36%Faceoff %64%
1/3Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes6
24Hits24
12Blocked shots8
17Giveaways20
4Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 07:28Nikita Zadorov · interference2 min
  • 1st 16:49Jason Robertson · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 18:17Jamie Benn · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 3rd 01:00Viktor Arvidsson · interference2 min
  • 3rd 17:41Hampus Lindholm · tripping2 min

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