Game

Bruins at Predators

Predators 6, Bruins 3 · first star Matthew Wood (2 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Boston Bruins 3 at Nashville Predators 6

Bruins BOS

3 FINAL 6

Predators NSH

Thursday, March 5, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET · Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Bruins	0	1	2	3	23
Predators	1	4	1	6	29

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Bruins attack left, Predators attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: BOS 23, NSH 29.

BOS in red NSH in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Bruins 23 shots on goal (3 goals, 17 missed, 19 blocked) attacking left; Predators 29 shots on goal (6 goals, 6 missed, 15 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	BOS SOG	BOS G	BOS ATT	NSH SOG	NSH G	NSH ATT
1st	9	0	21	8	1	11
2nd	6	1	16	17	4	26
3rd	8	2	22	4	1	13
Total	23	3	59	29	6	50

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	BOS SOG	BOS G	NSH SOG	NSH G
Even strength	18	2	17	4
Power play	3	1	10	1
Short-handed	2	0	2	1
Into an empty net	0	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Bruins took 54.1% of the shot attempts, and 57.8% of the 71 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Predators and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Bruins hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Bruins at Predators
Period	NSH CF%	NSH FF%
1st	34.4	36.4
2nd	61.9	69.0
3rd	37.1	29.2
Game	45.9	46.7

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

13:53 Nicolas Hague (3) Ozzy Wiesblatt (4), Fedor Svechkov (8) · slap 0–1

2nd period

01:24 Matthew Wood (11) SH Nick Perbix (7) · wrist 0–2
03:30 Morgan Geekie (34) PP Charlie McAvoy (37), Elias Lindholm (28) · slap 1–2
10:18 Erik Haula (10) Brady Skjei (17), Steven Stamkos (18) · deflected 1–3
12:37 Filip Forsberg (28) PP Steven Stamkos (19), Ryan Ufko (1) · wrist 1–4
14:44 Matthew Wood (12) Roman Josi (31), Filip Forsberg (24) · deflected 1–5

3rd period

06:05 Charlie McAvoy (6) Viktor Arvidsson (15), Pavel Zacha (25) · wrist 2–5
15:32 Viktor Arvidsson (17) Casey Mittelstadt (18), Pavel Zacha (26) · slap 3–5
17:33 Luke Evangelista (9) EN Filip Forsberg (25) · wrist 3–6

Three stars

Matthew Wood NSH · R #71 · 2 G, 0 A
Filip Forsberg NSH · L #9 · 1 G, 2 A
Steven Stamkos NSH · C #91 · 0 G, 2 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	10:59	BOS	David Pastrnak	high sticking	2	Steven Stamkos
1st	15:58	NSH	Erik Haula	hooking	2	David Pastrnak
1st	19:18	NSH	Matthew Wood	cross checking	2	Mark Kastelic
1st	19:18	BOS	Mark Kastelic	roughing	2	Matthew Wood
1st	19:59	NSH	Erik Haula	tripping	2	David Pastrnak
2nd	03:26	NSH	Nicolas Hague	tripping	2	Sean Kuraly
2nd	10:53	BOS	Tanner Jeannot	interference goalkeeper	2	Juuse Saros
2nd	14:44	BOS	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2	—
3rd	03:33	BOS	Mark Kastelic	tripping	2	Matthew Wood
3rd	06:51	BOS	Marat Khusnutdinov	slashing	2	Zachary L'Heureux
3rd	09:55	NSH	Fedor Svechkov	cross checking	2	David Pastrnak

Boxscore

Boston Bruins

Bruins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Viktor Arvidsson #71	L	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	0	0.0	12:55
Charlie McAvoy #73	D	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	0.0	23:47
Pavel Zacha #18	C	0	2	2	0	1	2	1	0	44.4	14:17
Morgan Geekie #39	C	1	0	1	-3	2	1	0	0	0.0	13:56
Casey Mittelstadt #11	C	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	50.0	14:30
Elias Lindholm #28	C	0	1	1	-3	1	1	0	0	76.2	15:29
Fraser Minten #93	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	54.5	17:17
Marat Khusnutdinov #92	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0.0	12:52
Mark Kastelic #47	C	0	0	0	-3	0	5	2	4	50.0	14:07
Michael Eyssimont #81	C	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0.0	09:17
Sean Kuraly #52	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	75.0	15:03
Tanner Jeannot #84	L	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	2	0.0	14:59
David Pastrnak #88	R	0	0	0	-3	3	0	0	2	0.0	18:02
Andrew Peeke #26	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	0.0	16:34
Hampus Lindholm #27	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	0.0	24:30
Jordan Harris #43	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	16:03
Mason Lohrei #6	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	0	0.0	15:18
Nikita Zadorov #91	D	0	0	0	-1	3	5	0	0	0.0	20:04

Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Joonas Korpisalo #70	L	28	23	5	.821	13/16	9/10	59:16

Nashville Predators

Predators skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Filip Forsberg #9	L	1	2	3	+2	6	0	0	0	0.0	17:12
Matthew Wood #71	R	2	0	2	+2	3	0	0	2	66.7	14:22
Steven Stamkos #91	C	0	2	2	0	1	2	0	0	50.0	17:58
Erik Haula #56	L	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	4	23.5	18:58
Luke Evangelista #77	R	1	0	1	+2	3	0	1	0	0.0	17:05
Nicolas Hague #41	D	1	0	1	+2	1	2	3	2	0.0	20:57
Fedor Svechkov #40	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	2	27.3	13:08
Ozzy Wiesblatt #89	C	0	1	1	0	0	8	0	0	100.0	12:04
Brady Skjei #76	D	0	1	1	+2	1	0	2	0	0.0	19:56
Nick Perbix #48	D	0	1	1	+2	1	1	3	0	0.0	17:37
Roman Josi #59	D	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0.0	23:23
Ryan Ufko #85	D	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	14:23
Tyson Jost #17	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	33.3	15:30
Reid Schaefer #49	L	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.0	10:33
Zachary L'Heureux #68	L	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	100.0	14:57
Joakim Kemell #25	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	12:24
Jonathan Marchessault #81	R	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	16:37
Justin Barron #20	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.0	14:52

Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Juuse Saros #74	W	23	20	3	.870	16/18	2/3	60:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.