Bruins 4 - 5 Penguins — Recap

Sun, Mar 8, 2026

08:30 PM

FinalRegular season

PPG Paints Arena

BOS

4–5

OT

PIT

W L W L W

OL W L W L W

OL OW W OL OL W L W L W

OL L L W OL

OL L L W OL W

OL L L W OL W W OL L W

Retroactive prediction

Correct winner predicted

BOS 46%54% PIT

Probable score

3 - 3

Regulation win (home)

45%

OT / shootout probability

16%

Elo home / away

1504 / 1513

1 injured/absent player(s) excluded from predictions.

Likely goal scorers

2/6 correct

0.35 goal · 29%0

0.31 goal · 26%0

0.29 goal · 25%0

0.27 goal · 23%1

0.26 goal · 23%1

0.26 goal · 23%0

Likely goal scorers

2/6 correct

0.35 goal · 29%0

0.31 goal · 26%0

0.29 goal · 25%0

0.27 goal · 23%1

0.26 goal · 23%1

0.26 goal · 23%0

Likely assists

2/6 correct

0.37 assist · 31%0

0.28 assist · 24%1

0.24 assist · 21%0

0.23 assist · 20%2

0.22 assist · 20%0

0.21 assist · 19%0

Likely point getters

5/6 correct

0.64 point · 47%1

0.53 point · 41%0

0.51 point · 40%1

0.44 point · 36%3

0.42 point · 34%1

0.41 point · 34%1

Tonight's matchup

David Pastrnak

BOS · R · 77 GP

vs

Erik Karlsson

PIT · D · 75 GP

BOS	Stat	PIT
29	G	15
71	A	51
100	PTS	66
11.1%	S%	8.5%
20.7	TOI	23.6

BOS 6 – 2 PIT · goal diff (home) -1.25

Mar 3PIT1–2BOS2025-26 Jan 11PIT0–1BOS2025-26 Apr 13BOS4–1PIT2024-25 Mar 1BOS3–2PIT2024-25 Nov 29PIT2–1BOS2024-25 Apr 13BOS6–4PIT2023-24 Mar 9PIT1–5BOS2023-24 Jan 4PIT6–5BOS2023-24

Result

Three stars

1

A. Mantha

R · PIT

2G · 0A · 2P

2

P. Zacha

C · BOS

3G · 0A · 3P

3

T. Novak

C · PIT

1G · 1A · 2P

Scoring summary

1st period

09:27
BOSP. Zacha(17)PP
M. Geekie (23), C. McAvoy (39)
BOS 1–0 PIT

2nd period

08:47
BOSP. Zacha(18)
V. Arvidsson (16), J. Aspirot (7)
BOS 2–0 PIT
12:23
BOSD. Pastrnak(23)
BOS 3–0 PIT
14:44
PITE. Chinakhov(14)PP
R. Rakell (16), E. Karlsson (35)
BOS 3–1 PIT

3rd period

06:02
PITC. Dewar(14)
R. Shea (21)
BOS 3–2 PIT
06:35
PITA. Mantha(22)TYING
T. Novak (22), I. Solovyov (6)
BOS 3–3 PIT
08:34
BOSP. Zacha(19)
V. Arvidsson (17), J. Aspirot (8)
BOS 4–3 PIT
11:18
PITA. Mantha(23)TYING
P. Wotherspoon (17), E. Karlsson (36)
BOS 4–4 PIT

Overtime 1

00:17
PITT. Novak(14)
BOS 4–5 PIT

Team comparison

BOS	Stat	PIT
28	Shots	40
1	Power play	1
17	Hits	24
16	Blocked shots	13
6	PIM	8

Actual result

Goal scorers(6)

Retroactive prediction

Likely goal scorers

Likely goal scorers

Likely assists

Likely point getters

Tonight's matchup

Result

Three stars

Scoring summary

Team comparison

Actual result

Goal scorers(6)

Goal scorers(6)

Assists(10)

Points(15)