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Boston Bruins vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Wednesday, March 3, 2027 · Madison Square Garden

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Game preview

The Boston Bruins visit the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, March 3, 2027, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on NESN and MSG.

This is the third of 3 meetings this season. Bruins 1, Rangers 0 so far; the last game finished NYR 0, BOS 3.

Rest and travel

Bruins

First game of a road trip.

  1. 212027-02-21: at VAN
  2. 222027-02-22: at SEA, second of a back-to-backB2B
  3. 232027-02-23: no game
  4. 242027-02-24: no game
  5. 252027-02-25: vs WSH
  6. 262027-02-26: no game
  7. 272027-02-27: vs DET
  8. 282027-02-28: no game
  9. 12027-03-01: no game
  10. 22027-03-02: no game
  11. 32027-03-03: at NYR
rest since last game
3 days
rest since last game
since last game
~188 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~188 mi
on this road trip
body clock vs home
Home time
body clock vs home

Rangers

Back home after a game in Pittsburgh.

  1. 212027-02-21: at CAR, second of a back-to-backB2B
  2. 222027-02-22: no game
  3. 232027-02-23: at WSH
  4. 242027-02-24: no game
  5. 252027-02-25: no game
  6. 262027-02-26: vs WSH
  7. 272027-02-27: no game
  8. 282027-02-28: at PIT
  9. 12027-03-01: no game
  10. 22027-03-02: no game
  11. 32027-03-03: vs BOS
rest since last game
2 days
rest since last game
since last game
~315 mi
since last game
on this road trip
~631 mi
on this 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
New York RangersRangersTue, Oct 13 vs TBL
  1. L1Zibanejad#93Dorofeyev#16Perreault#94
    10:41 together at 5v5
  2. L2Kartye#24Lafrenière#13Miller#10
    9:44 together at 5v5
  3. L3Cuylle#50Laba#42Tolvanen#17
    8:53 together at 5v5
  4. L4NewRempe#73Beaudoin#53Bjorkstrand#28
    2:31 together at 5v5
  1. D1Pettersson#26Durzi#5
    16:31 together at 5v5
  2. D2Gavrikov#44Fox#23
    12:21 together at 5v5
  3. D3Schneider#4Smits#12
    9:45 together at 5v5

Power play

  1. 1Lafrenière LZibanejad CMiller CPerreault RFox D2:48
  2. 2Cuylle LBjorkstrand RTolvanen RPerreault RDurzi D0:30

Penalty kill

  1. 1Kartye LTolvanen RGavrikov DFox D0:45
  2. 2Kartye LTolvanen RPettersson DSchneider D0:38

Behind the bench

Each grey tick is one NHL team.

BOSNYR

Settled lines

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

BOS 72% (9th most settled)NYR 75% (6th 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)NYR 1:36 left (9th latest · 22 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift

All skaters, all strengths · 2025–26

BOS 48.8s (12th longest)NYR 47.0s (8th shortest)
← 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)NYR 28% (14th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

Season series