Pittsburgh Penguins 2–6 Boston Bruins
- Season
- NHL
- 2026
NHL: Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2.
Game leaders
2Kaedan KorczakPoints
2JJ Peterka
4Justin BrazeauShots on goal
4David Pastrnak
18Arturs SilovsSaves
16Michael DiPietro
Three stars
★ First starPavel ZachaBoston Bruins · 2 G · 2 SOG
★ Second starMorgan GeekieBoston Bruins · 1 G · 1 A · 2 SOG- ★ Third starDavid PastrnakBoston Bruins · 2 A · 4 SOG
Picked by formula, not by vote. Skaters: 3 a goal, 2 an assist, 0.25 a shot on goal, 0.5 a plus-minus point, 0.1 a hit, block or takeaway, less 0.1 a giveaway. Goaltenders: 0.15 a save, less 1 a goal against, plus 1 for the win.
Scoring
Goals and assists from the box score. PPG is a power-play goal.
Pittsburgh Penguins
- Justin Brazeau●1 G
- Nick Robertson●1 G
Assists: Kaedan Korczak 2, Blake Lizotte 1, Hendrix Lapierre 1
Boston Bruins
- Pavel Zacha●●2 G
- Morgan Geekie●1 G · 1 A
- Elias Lindholm●1 G
- Mark Kastelic●1 G
- Fraser Minten●1 G
Assists: JJ Peterka 2, David Pastrnak 2, Frederic Brunet 1, Hampus Lindholm 1, Tanner Jeannot 1
In goal
Saves and shots faced, at even strength, against the power play and short-handed.
- Even strength16/22
- Against the power play2/2
- Even strength16/18
Key stats
- 18Shots on goal24
- 11.1Shooting %25
- 0Power-play goals0
Facts
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this game.
Pittsburgh Penguins: 2 won, 3 lost in their last 5 games.
Boston Bruins: 3 won, 2 lost in their last 5 games.
- Last 2 meetings: Pittsburgh Penguins won 0, Boston Bruins won 2.
Recent form
Standings
| POS | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 26 | |
| 2 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 24 | |
| 3 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 24 | |
| 4 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | |
| 5 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 | |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | |
| 28 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 | |
| 29 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | |
| 30 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | |
| 31 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 8 |
- Pittsburgh Penguins
- Boston Bruins
Shooting
- 18Shots on goal24
- 11.1Shooting %25
- 0Power-play goals0
Physical play
- 18Hits24
- 7Blocked shots22
Puck control
- 39.9Faceoffs won %73
- 3Takeaways5
- 19Giveaways16
Goaltending
- 18Saves16
- 75Save %88.9
Discipline
- 2Penalty minutes2
Shots and finishing
Pittsburgh Penguins took 43% of the shots on goal.
- Pittsburgh Penguins
- Boston Bruins
1824
- Shooting %
- 11.1%25.0%
- Save %
- 75.0%88.9%
- Shooting + save %
- 86.1113.9
Shooting % plus save % is hockey's PDO: 100 is par, and a side far above it was finishing and saving better than usual.
Ice time
Minutes on the ice for each skater, the most used first. Who a coach trusted tells you as much as who scored.
Pittsburgh Penguins
- Erik Karlsson21:05
- Kris Letang20:27
- Spencer Stastney20:15
- Samuel Girard20:08
- Kaedan Korczak19:28
- Ben Kindel18:07
- Rickard Rakell17:15
- Sidney Crosby17:15
- Declan Carlile17:14
- Tommy Novak17:06
Boston Bruins
- Nikita Zadorov21:25
- Will Borgen21:02
- David Pastrnak20:23
- Hampus Lindholm20:13
- Charlie McAvoy20:02
- Mason Lohrei19:10
- Pavel Zacha18:37
- JJ Peterka18:25
- Frederic Brunet16:21
- Sean Kuraly14:47
Skaters
| 46Blake LizotteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45% | 0 | 0 | 20 | 13:29 |
| 81Ben KindelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25% | 0 | 1 | 19 | 18:07 |
| 41Ville KoivunenLW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 13 | 08:57 |
| 22Hendrix LapierreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 50% | 0 | 2 | 17 | 12:21 |
| 6Kaedan KorczakD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0% | 1 | 1 | 23 | 19:28 |
| 16Justin BrazeauRW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 | 17 | 11:49 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 2 | 20 | 16:11 |
| 67Rickard RakellRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17:15 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 2 | 28 | 21:05 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40% | 0 | 2 | 23 | 17:15 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 4 | 23 | 20:27 |
| 19Connor DewarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 21 | 16:14 |
| 72Declan CarlileD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 1 | 0 | 20 | 17:14 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | 0 | 1 | 27 | 20:08 |
| 59Egor ChinakhovRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1 | 1 | 19 | 15:42 |
| 24Spencer StastneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 1 | 24 | 20:15 |
| 14Nick RobertsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14:57 |
| 18Tommy NovakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17:06 |
Goaltenders
| 37Arturs SilovsG | 24 | 18 | 6 | 75.0% | 16/22 | 2/2 | 60:00 |
| 1Sergei MurashovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | – | – | 00:00 |
| POS | Team | GP | W | L | OTL | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 26 | |
| 2 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 24 | |
| 3 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 24 | |
| 4 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | |
| 5 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 | |
| 6 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 | |
| 7 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 22 | |
| 8 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 22 | |
| 9 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | |
| 10 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | |
| 11 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | |
| 12 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 20 | |
| 13 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 20 | |
| 14 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 16 | |
| 15 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 14 | |
| 16 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 18 | |
| 17 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | |
| 18 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 | |
| 19 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 18 | |
| 20 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 14 | |
| 21 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 16 | |
| 22 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | |
| 23 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | |
| 24 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 14 | |
| 25 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 14 | |
| 26 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | |
| 28 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 | |
| 29 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | |
| 30 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | |
| 31 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 8 | |
| 32 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 6 |