Boston Bruins 5, Carolina Hurricanes 6: final score and stats
Carolina Hurricanes beat Boston Bruins, Boston Bruins 5 to Carolina Hurricanes 6, on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Carolina Hurricanes vs Boston Bruins.
NHLTuesday, April 7, 2026
DateApr 7, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueLenovo Center, Raleigh, NC
TVESPN+
Attendance18,571
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Bruins | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Carolina Hurricanes | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Boston BruinsCarolina Hurricanes
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
43-26-10Record50-22-6
1st in Atlantic DivisionStanding1st in Metropolitan Division
5-4Road record / home record6-2
WWWWLLast 5WWLWW
W4StreakW2
Team stats
Boston BruinsCarolina Hurricanes
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Boston Bruins
James Hagens C · Back
Injured ReserveBox score
Boston Bruins Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Arvidsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:54 | 2:18 | 0:00 | 13:36 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Morgan Geekie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:37 | 1:42 | 0:04 | 15:51 | 22 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner Jeannot | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:54 | 0:10 | 0:50 | 8:54 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Kastelic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:20 | 0:00 | 0:54 | 5:26 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Marat Khusnutdinov | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 17:16 | 0:46 | 3:05 | 13:25 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Kuraly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:15 | 0:13 | 3:00 | 6:02 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elias Lindholm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:39 | 1:25 | 2:55 | 17:19 | 28 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fraser Minten | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 17:00 | 1:32 | 2:16 | 13:12 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 41.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:32 | 2:15 | 0:00 | 14:17 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Pastrnak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:09 | 3:00 | 0:00 | 17:09 | 20 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Steeves | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 10:13 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:13 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pavel Zacha | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:59 | 2:18 | 0:44 | 13:57 | 24 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 78.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Boston Bruins Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Aspirot | 2 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 17:29 | 0:00 | 0:34 | 16:55 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hampus Lindholm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:19 | 1:38 | 4:31 | 16:10 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Lohrei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:04 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:04 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie McAvoy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 26:29 | 2:20 | 3:07 | 21:02 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Andrew Peeke | 3 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 18:55 | 0:08 | 3:42 | 15:05 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Zadorov | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18:41 | 0:15 | 1:54 | 16:32 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Boston Bruins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Swayman | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .792 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 28:33 | 0 | 0 |
| Joonas Korpisalo | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .941 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 32:40 | 0 | 0 |
Carolina Hurricanes Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Aho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:40 | 3:17 | 1:14 | 14:09 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 37.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Blake | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:12 | 3:37 | 0:27 | 16:08 | 21 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Carrier | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6:39 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:39 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicolas Deslauriers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6:55 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:55 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 19:18 | 4:35 | 0:00 | 14:43 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Hall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:24 | 3:37 | 0:00 | 15:47 | 21 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Jankowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:05 | 0:00 | 1:43 | 6:22 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seth Jarvis | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:03 | 3:17 | 1:15 | 13:31 | 23 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Martinook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:49 | 0:00 | 1:11 | 13:38 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jordan Staal | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17:36 | 2:07 | 1:55 | 13:34 | 24 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 63.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Stankoven | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:02 | 3:37 | 0:15 | 16:10 | 21 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 47.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15:17 | 3:17 | 0:00 | 12:00 | 20 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Carolina Hurricanes Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Chatfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:54 | 0:00 | 1:01 | 12:53 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Shayne Gostisbehere | 3 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 19:11 | 3:17 | 0:00 | 15:54 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K'Andre Miller | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:32 | 0:00 | 2:05 | 17:27 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Nikishin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:43 | 3:37 | 0:43 | 16:23 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaccob Slavin | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:53 | 0:05 | 2:19 | 19:29 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Walker | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19:26 | 0:07 | 1:52 | 17:27 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carolina Hurricanes Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Bussi | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .762 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 61:13 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
CAR wins series 2-1
Apr 7, 2026BOS 5, CAR 6
Nov 17, 2025CAR 3, BOS 1
Nov 1, 2025CAR 1, BOS 2
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Boston Bruins vs Carolina Hurricanes?
Carolina Hurricanes won, 6-5, on Tuesday, April 7, 2026.
What was the final score of Boston Bruins vs Carolina Hurricanes?
Boston Bruins 5, Carolina Hurricanes 6.
Who were the top performers?
Boston Bruins: Morgan Geekie (3 goals). Carolina Hurricanes: Taylor Hall (1 goals).
Where is Boston Bruins vs Carolina Hurricanes played?
Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC.
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