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Boston Bruins vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Tuesday, April 7, 2026 · Lenovo Center

Boston BruinsBostonBruinsAway

5–6

Final/OT

SOG 21–41

Carolina HurricanesCarolinaHurricanesHome

SNP · FDSNSO · NESN

Game summary

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 6-5 in overtime on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at Lenovo Center. The Hurricanes outshot the Bruins 41-21.

Morgan Geekie scored a hat trick. Hampus Lindholm, Andrei Svechnikov, K'Andre Miller, Logan Stankoven, William Carrier, Taylor Hall, Pavel Zacha and Jaccob Slavin also scored.

Brandon Bussi made 16 saves on 21 shots for the win; Joonas Korpisalo stopped 16 of 17.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Boston BruinsBOS3110521
Carolina HurricanesCAR2301641

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJaccob SlavinCAR · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starTaylor HallCAR · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starSean WalkerCAR · 0G 2A

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+
1:13

3–4 · 2nd 7:20 · Carrier. Lindholm was 1:13 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBOS on iceCAR on ice

1–0 BOS

1st 4:40 · Lindholm

Hall 0:26

1–1 CAR

1st 10:04 · Svechnikov

Aspirot 0:22

1–2 CAR

1st 11:38 · Miller

Lindholm 0:03

2–2 BOS

1st 13:36 · Geekie

Long shift: Gostisbehere 1:02

3–2 BOS

1st 17:25 · Geekie

Ehlers 0:33

3–3 CAR

2nd 5:17 · PP · Stankoven

Kuraly 0:54

3–4 CAR

2nd 7:20 · Carrier

Long shift: Lindholm 1:13

3–5 CAR

2nd 8:33 · Hall

Zadorov 0:27

4–5 BOS

2nd 18:50 · Geekie

Long shift: Staal 1:07

5–5 BOS

3rd 12:33 · Zacha

Walker 0:29

5–6 CAR

OT 1:13 · Slavin

Long shift: McAvoy 1:13

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

BOSCAR
21Shots on goal41
56%Faceoff %44%
0/2Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes4
18Hits30
10Blocked shots11
23Giveaways17
2Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 17:25Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  • 1st 20:00Mark Kastelic · interference goalkeeper2 min
  • 2nd 04:23Nikita Zadorov · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 19:22Charlie McAvoy · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 04:57David Pastrnak · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 16:44Jordan Martinook · interference2 min

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