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Boston Bruins vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Thursday, November 5, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena

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SN · TVAS · SN-PIT · NESN

Game preview

The Boston Bruins visit the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday, November 5, 2026, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on SN, TVAS, SN-PIT and NESN.

This is the first of 3 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Bruins

First game of a road trip.

  1. 262026-10-26: no game
  2. 272026-10-27: at CAR
  3. 282026-10-28: no game
  4. 292026-10-29: at STL
  5. 302026-10-30: no game
  6. 312026-10-31: vs CHI
  7. 12026-11-01: no game
  8. 22026-11-02: vs VGK
  9. 32026-11-03: no game
  10. 42026-11-04: no game
  11. 52026-11-05: at PIT
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~481 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~481 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home

Penguins

Another game at home.

  1. 262026-10-26: no game
  2. 272026-10-27: no game
  3. 282026-10-28: no game
  4. 292026-10-29: vs UTA
  5. 302026-10-30: no game
  6. 312026-10-31: at MTL
  7. 12026-11-01: no game
  8. 22026-11-02: no game
  9. 32026-11-03: vs VGK
  10. 42026-11-04: no game
  11. 52026-11-05: vs BOS
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
since last game
~0 mi
since last game
road trip
–
road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = second night of a back-to-back. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

Boston BruinsBruinsTue, Oct 13 at SJS
  1. L1Zacha#18Geekie#39Pastrnak#88
    13:47 together at 5v5
  2. L2Khusnutdinov#92Minten#93Peterka#10
    9:52 together at 5v5
  3. L3Lindholm#28Mittelstadt#11Hagens#44
    8:06 together at 5v5
  4. L4Jeannot#84Kastelic#47Poitras#51
    7:56 together at 5v5
  1. D1NewLindholm#27McAvoy#73
    16:22 together at 5v5
  2. D2NewZadorov#91Borgen#17
    14:55 together at 5v5
  3. D3Lohrei#6Brunet#42
    9:46 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Mittelstadt CMinten CHagens CPeterka RBrunet D1:27
  2. 2Lindholm CZacha CGeekie CPastrnak RMcAvoy D1:26

Penalty kill

  1. 1Lindholm CKhusnutdinov CLindholm DMcAvoy D1:10
  2. 2Zacha CKastelic CLindholm DMcAvoy D0:36
Pittsburgh PenguinsPenguinsTue, Oct 13 at CHI
  1. L1Malkin#71Novak#18Chinakhov#59
    10:00 together at 5v5
  2. L2Crosby#87Rust#17Rakell#67
    9:53 together at 5v5
  3. L3Robertson#14Dewar#19Lizotte#46
    9:30 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewKuzmenko#62Kindel#81Koivunen#41
    8:19 together at 5v5
  1. D1Girard#49Korczak#6
    13:06 together at 5v5
  2. D2Letang#58Stastney#24
    12:11 together at 5v5
  3. D3Karlsson#65Carlile#72
    10:48 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Malkin CCrosby CKindel CRakell RKarlsson D5:00
  2. 2Kuzmenko LNovak CChinakhov RKoivunen RLetang D1:40

Penalty kill

  1. 1Lizotte CRust RKorczak DCarlile D1:29
  2. 2Dewar CKindel CKorczak DCarlile D1:11

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

BOSPIT

Settled lines

Share of 5v5 time from the regular top four lines · 2026–27

BOS 72% (9th most settled)PIT 70% (15th most settled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Goalie pull, down one

Median time left in the 3rd when the goalie comes out, delayed penalties excluded · 2025–26

BOS 1:36 left (10th latest · 14 pulls)PIT 1:56 left (10th earliest · 14 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

BOS 48.8s (12th longest)PIT 51.1s (3rd longest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts

Share of 5v5 goals against with a skater 60s+ into his shift · 2025–26

BOS 33% (12th most often)PIT 33% (8th most often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series