Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Boston Bruins 2: final score and stats
Boston Bruins beat Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Penguins 1 to Boston Bruins 2, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at TD Garden, Boston, MA. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Boston Bruins vs Pittsburgh Penguins.
NHLTuesday, March 3, 2026
DateMar 3, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueTD Garden, Boston, MA
TVESPN+
Attendance17,850
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Boston Bruins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Pittsburgh PenguinsBoston Bruins
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
31-16-13Record34-21-5
7th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding1st in Atlantic Division
2-8Road record / home record8-1
LWLLLLast 5WWWWL
L1StreakW4
Team stats
Pittsburgh PenguinsBoston Bruins
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.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Elmer Soderblom LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBryan Rust RW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveTrevor van Riemsdyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveRyan Graves D · Knee
Injured ReserveBoston Bruins
James Hagens C · Back
Injured ReserveBox score
Pittsburgh Penguins Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Acciari | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 | 0:00 | 3:09 | 9:37 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Brazeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:04 | 1:16 | 0:00 | 7:48 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Egor Chinakhov | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:31 | 2:19 | 0:00 | 14:12 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Connor Dewar | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14:18 | 0:00 | 3:05 | 11:13 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Hayes | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7:26 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:26 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avery Hayes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:58 | 0:12 | 0:00 | 9:46 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Kindel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:00 | 1:26 | 2:09 | 13:25 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 21:24 | 5:35 | 0:00 | 15:49 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Mantha | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16:03 | 5:20 | 0:00 | 10:43 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Tommy Novak | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:34 | 1:50 | 0:00 | 13:44 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickard Rakell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:05 | 5:44 | 0:00 | 14:21 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21:38 | 5:22 | 2:17 | 13:59 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Clifton | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18:06 | 0:00 | 3:11 | 14:55 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Samuel Girard | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:21 | 1:18 | 0:58 | 16:05 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Karlsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:18 | 4:54 | 0:35 | 15:49 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Letang | 3 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 21:15 | 1:29 | 0:57 | 18:49 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Shea | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:56 | 0:00 | 3:53 | 15:03 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:16 | 0:00 | 1:10 | 15:06 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Skinner | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .929 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 58:01 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:26 | 2:46 | 0:00 | 13:40 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Eyssimont | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9:22 | 0:00 | 1:14 | 8:08 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morgan Geekie | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:48 | 3:47 | 0:00 | 12:01 | 15 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanner Jeannot | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:24 | 0:00 | 1:06 | 8:18 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Kastelic | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:31 | 0:00 | 2:56 | 8:35 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marat Khusnutdinov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:32 | 0:00 | 2:04 | 12:28 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Kuraly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:51 | 0:00 | 2:52 | 7:59 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Elias Lindholm | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:43 | 2:26 | 0:44 | 16:33 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 58.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Fraser Minten | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15:19 | 1:58 | 3:27 | 9:54 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:57 | 2:41 | 0:00 | 13:16 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| David Pastrnak | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 19:49 | 2:38 | 0:00 | 17:11 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pavel Zacha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:10 | 2:58 | 0:19 | 12:53 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 83.3 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:42 | 0:00 | 1:41 | 14:01 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Hampus Lindholm | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23:37 | 2:59 | 3:42 | 16:56 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Lohrei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:00 | 1:45 | 0:00 | 12:15 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie McAvoy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26:13 | 2:47 | 4:15 | 19:11 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Peeke | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18:03 | 0:00 | 1:58 | 16:05 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Zadorov | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:33 | 0:00 | 3:06 | 16:27 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Boston Bruins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Swayman | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 34 | .971 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
BOS leads series 2-0
Mar 8, 2026BOS 4, PIT 5
Mar 3, 2026PIT 1, BOS 2
Jan 11, 2026PIT 0, BOS 1
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Pittsburgh Penguins vs Boston Bruins?
Boston Bruins won, 2-1, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
What was the final score of Pittsburgh Penguins vs Boston Bruins?
Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Boston Bruins 2.
Who were the top performers?
Pittsburgh Penguins: Erik Karlsson (1 goals). Boston Bruins: Casey Mittelstadt (1 goals).
Where is Pittsburgh Penguins vs Boston Bruins played?
TD Garden, Boston, MA.
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