Pittsburgh Penguins vs Boston Bruins — March 3, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Boston Bruins defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on March 3, 2026. Expected goals were closely matched at 5-on-5 (BOS 7.90, PIT 7.42), making this a tightly contested game on both sides of the puck. The Boston Bruins created 8 high-danger scoring chances compared to 7 from the Pittsburgh Penguins at 5-on-5. Marat Khusnutdinov was the most dangerous skater with 1.03 individual expected goals on 3 shots at 5-on-5. The Pittsburgh Penguins outshot the Boston Bruins 35-28 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Pittsburgh Penguins vs Boston Bruins progressed on Mar 3, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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PIT1 - 2BOS

Mar 3, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
BOS	P1	35	15	70.0	21	11	65.6	12	7	63.2	24	9	72.7	5	2	71.4	3.97	1.87	68.0	2	1	66.7
	P2	22	25	46.8	16	23	41.0	11	15	42.3	14	14	50.0	5	2	71.4	3.81	4.16	47.8	0	0	—
	P3	13	28	31.7	10	21	32.3	5	13	27.8	11	20	35.5	3	5	37.5	2.11	4.03	34.4	0	0	—
	Total	70	68	50.7	47	55	46.1	28	35	44.4	49	43	53.3	13	9	59.1	9.89	10.06	49.6	2	1	66.7
PIT	P1	15	35	30.0	11	21	34.4	7	12	36.8	9	24	27.3	2	5	28.6	1.87	3.97	32.0	1	2	33.3
	P2	25	22	53.2	23	16	59.0	15	11	57.7	14	14	50.0	2	5	28.6	4.16	3.81	52.2	0	0	—
	P3	28	13	68.3	21	10	67.7	13	5	72.2	20	11	64.5	5	3	62.5	4.03	2.11	65.6	0	0	—
	Total	68	70	49.3	55	47	53.9	35	28	55.6	43	49	46.7	9	13	40.9	10.06	9.89	50.4	1	2	33.3

Win Probability

BOS Favored

PIT Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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PIT

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

PIT Attempts

BOS Attempts

Individual Event Map

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PIT ShootBOS Shoot

Missed Shot

Hit

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (BOS) performed against every skater on the away team (PIT) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = BOS players, Columns = PIT players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the BOS player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

BOS ↓ / PIT →	Malkin	Kindel	Novak	Dewar	Acciari	Rust	Chinakhov	Rakell	Mantha	Hayes	Brazeau	Hayes	Karlsson	Letang	Girard	Wotherspoon	Clifton	Shea
Lindholm	57	50	78	80	67	33	78	40	63	67	75	60	50	58	67	45	83	67
Geekie	50	60	67	100	88	55	67	40	89	82	75	75	50	67	80	40	92	87
Minten	30	57	50	91	93	31	67	40	47	71	33	0	23	81	85	43	100	100
Mittelstadt	63	100	83	85	100	100	56	100	—	0	—	67	100	80	89	100	81	73
Khusnutdinov	63	67	86	50	50	50	88	56	29	0	33	0	43	57	58	56	100	67
Zacha	63	83	83	67	80	71	56	100	100	0	—	67	100	0	0	83	67	64
Kastelic	21	57	27	100	100	44	20	38	0	100	100	100	27	70	67	36	67	33
Kuraly	27	63	27	100	100	44	20	44	0	100	100	100	33	63	57	42	50	33
Eyssimont	17	50	100	50	83	27	67	27	50	83	50	0	20	60	60	40	100	100
Arvidsson	63	100	83	83	100	100	56	100	100	0	—	67	100	75	86	100	80	75
Jeannot	36	71	25	100	100	71	31	75	75	100	100	100	40	70	67	45	60	50
Pastrnak	63	50	75	67	67	33	67	50	56	57	63	50	50	50	67	46	71	60
Lindholm	23	54	38	83	88	44	45	25	63	86	100	50	24	79	73	27	93	100
McAvoy	17	67	100	67	67	50	67	54	40	50	60	100	50	55	60	50	63	55
Aspirot	9	71	40	50	100	50	29	47	33	50	60	100	25	46	55	60	71	56
Zadorov	48	100	59	86	100	0	53	38	40	67	75	75	50	62	75	77	75	50
Lohrei	33	38	38	83	88	38	45	38	100	75	67	40	29	79	73	29	91	100
Peeke	73	100	71	86	100	—	67	100	67	50	60	60	73	73	86	77	75	60