Boston Bruins 2, Dallas Stars 3: final score and stats
Dallas Stars beat Boston Bruins, Boston Bruins 2 to Dallas Stars 3, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Dallas Stars vs Boston Bruins.
NHLTuesday, October 20, 2026
DateOct 20, 2026
Start time8:00 PM ET
VenueAmerican Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
TVESPN
Attendance18,532
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Bruins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dallas Stars | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Boston BruinsDallas Stars
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
7-2-1Record5-3-1
1st in Atlantic DivisionStanding2nd in Central Division
5-4Road record / home record6-4
WWWWLLast 5WLWWL
W4StreakW1
Team stats
Boston BruinsDallas Stars
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 ReserveDallas Stars
Kyle Capobianco D · Leg
Injured ReserveOskar Back C · Finger - Fracture
Injured ReserveMatt Duchene C · Abdomen
Injured ReserveLuke Krys D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveMiro Heiskanen D · Upper Body
Day-To-DayBox 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Geekie | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:59 | 5:40 | 0:00 | 11:19 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Hagens | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:20 | 2:19 | 0:00 | 11:01 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner Jeannot | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9:05 | 0:00 | 0:33 | 8:32 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mark Kastelic | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11:47 | 0:00 | 0:48 | 10:59 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 85.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marat Khusnutdinov | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:26 | 0:00 | 2:39 | 11:47 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elias Lindholm | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:18 | 5:24 | 3:17 | 11:37 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fraser Minten | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:11 | 1:58 | 1:46 | 13:27 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:58 | 1:59 | 0:00 | 12:59 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| David Pastrnak | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 21:41 | 6:03 | 0:00 | 15:38 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 19:18 | 2:25 | 0:00 | 16:53 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Poitras | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:01 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:01 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pavel Zacha | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:22 | 5:33 | 0:20 | 15:29 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Boston Bruins Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Borgen | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 18:38 | 0:16 | 1:42 | 16:40 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frederic Brunet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:37 | 2:16 | 0:00 | 14:21 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hampus Lindholm | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:28 | 0:15 | 2:24 | 16:49 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Lohrei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:35 | 0:08 | 0:30 | 14:57 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie McAvoy | 4 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 27:04 | 5:44 | 3:04 | 18:16 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nikita Zadorov | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:48 | 0:00 | 3:09 | 17:39 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Boston Bruins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Swayman | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 22 | .880 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 63:52 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Stars Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Benn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:23 | 0:48 | 0:00 | 12:35 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Blackwell | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 10:07 | 0:00 | 1:25 | 8:42 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Radek Faksa | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 10:58 | 0:00 | 3:08 | 7:50 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roope Hintz | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:51 | 2:47 | 0:45 | 14:19 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Hryckowian | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12:40 | 1:13 | 1:46 | 9:41 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arttu Hyry | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:22 | 0:00 | 2:44 | 13:38 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyatt Johnston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:41 | 4:36 | 0:39 | 15:26 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 85.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Kiviranta | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 10:15 | 0:00 | 2:56 | 7:19 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikko Rantanen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22:12 | 5:24 | 0:00 | 16:48 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jason Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:34 | 4:36 | 0:03 | 18:55 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Seguin | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:34 | 0:48 | 0:00 | 11:46 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Steel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:57 | 0:00 | 2:33 | 11:24 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Dallas Stars Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lian Bichsel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:29 | 0:00 | 2:38 | 13:51 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Capobianco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:32 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:32 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Harley | 4 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 27:50 | 0:48 | 3:42 | 23:20 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Miro Heiskanen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29:33 | 4:36 | 4:04 | 20:53 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nils Lundkvist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:43 | 0:00 | 1:14 | 14:29 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Myers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:47 | 0:00 | 4:23 | 13:24 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Stars Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Oettinger | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .900 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 63:24 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Boston Bruins vs Dallas Stars?
Dallas Stars won, 3-2, on Tuesday, October 20, 2026.
What was the final score of Boston Bruins vs Dallas Stars?
Boston Bruins 2, Dallas Stars 3.
Who were the top performers?
Boston Bruins: Matthew Poitras (1 goals). Dallas Stars: Mikko Rantanen (3 goals).
Where is Boston Bruins vs Dallas Stars played?
American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX.
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