Game

Bruins at Devils

Devils 4, Bruins 3 in overtime · first star Paul Cotter (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 New Jersey Devils 4

Bruins BOS

3 FINAL/OT 4

Devils NJD

Monday, March 16, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Prudential Center, Newark · TV ESPN · TVAS

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Bruins	2	0	1	0	3	22
Devils	0	2	1	1	4	34

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Bruins attack left, Devils attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: BOS 22, NJD 34.

BOS in red NJD in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Bruins 22 shots on goal (3 goals, 12 missed, 11 blocked) attacking left; Devils 34 shots on goal (4 goals, 17 missed, 20 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	BOS SOG	BOS G	BOS ATT	NJD SOG	NJD G	NJD ATT
1st	8	2	18	6	0	25
2nd	8	0	12	17	2	30
3rd	5	1	13	6	1	8
OT	1	0	2	5	1	8
Total	22	3	45	34	4	71

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	BOS SOG	BOS G	NJD SOG	NJD G
Even strength	19	3	33	4
Power play	2	0	1	0
Short-handed	1	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Devils took 61.2% of the shot attempts, and 62.2% of the 98 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 Devils 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 Devils
Period	NJD CF%	NJD FF%
1st	58.1	55.6
2nd	71.4	71.4
3rd	38.1	37.5
OT	80.0	71.4
Game	61.2	60.0

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

Scoring summary

1st period

04:02 David Pastrnak (25) Henri Jokiharju (10), Marat Khusnutdinov (16) · wrist 1–0
14:29 Pavel Zacha (20) Viktor Arvidsson (20), Charlie McAvoy (41) · wrist 2–0

2nd period

00:32 Connor Brown (12) Jack Hughes (32) · snap 2–1
08:08 Jesper Bratt (15) Connor Brown (19), Jack Hughes (33) · slap 2–2

3rd period

02:50 Paul Cotter (7) Maxim Tsyplakov (2), Brenden Dillon (10) · wrist 2–3
04:32 David Pastrnak (26) Unassisted · backhand 3–3

Overtime

04:53 Paul Cotter (8) Jack Hughes (34), Dougie Hamilton (21) · wrist 3–4

Three stars

Paul Cotter NJD · L #47 · 2 G, 0 A
David Pastrnak BOS · R #88 · 2 G, 0 A
Connor Brown NJD · R #16 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	08:30	BOS	Mark Kastelic	fighting (major)	5	Brenden Dillon
1st	08:30	NJD	Brenden Dillon	fighting (major)	5	Mark Kastelic
2nd	17:30	BOS	David Pastrnak	tripping	2	Jesper Bratt
3rd	09:18	BOS	Mark Kastelic	interference	2	Paul Cotter
3rd	09:18	NJD	Johnathan Kovacevic	unsportsmanlike conduct	2	Mark Kastelic
3rd	09:18	BOS	Mark Kastelic	fighting (major)	5	Johnathan Kovacevic
3rd	09:18	NJD	Johnathan Kovacevic	fighting (major)	5	Mark Kastelic
3rd	10:45	NJD	Nico Hischier	tripping	2	Marat Khusnutdinov
3rd	11:21	NJD	Connor Brown	embellishment	2	—
3rd	11:21	BOS	Charlie McAvoy	interference	2	Connor Brown
3rd	12:22	NJD	Nick Bjugstad	tripping	2	Viktor Arvidsson
3rd	15:29	BOS	Jonathan Aspirot	tripping	2	Jesper Bratt
3rd	16:42	NJD	Dawson Mercer	interference	2	Fraser Minten

Boxscore

Boston Bruins

Bruins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
David Pastrnak #88	R	2	0	2	+1	4	2	1	2	0.0	24:03
Pavel Zacha #18	C	1	0	1	-1	1	2	1	0	45.8	18:54
Marat Khusnutdinov #92	C	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	0.0	19:56
Viktor Arvidsson #71	L	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	15:16
Charlie McAvoy #73	D	0	1	1	-2	2	0	3	2	0.0	20:55
Henri Jokiharju #20	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	0	0.0	19:14
Alex Steeves #21	C	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	0.0	11:34
Casey Mittelstadt #11	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0.0	15:24
Elias Lindholm #28	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	71.4	20:38
Fraser Minten #93	C	0	0	0	+2	3	1	1	0	44.4	18:13
Mark Kastelic #47	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	12	60.0	08:50
Morgan Geekie #39	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	50.0	16:23
Sean Kuraly #52	C	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	60.0	10:50
Tanner Jeannot #84	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0.0	10:39
Hampus Lindholm #27	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	22:00
Jonathan Aspirot #45	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	2	0.0	16:15
Mason Lohrei #6	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.0	22:07
Nikita Zadorov #91	D	0	0	0	+1	2	3	2	0	0.0	20:07

Bruins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Joonas Korpisalo #70	O	34	30	4	.882	29/33	1/1	64:14

New Jersey Devils

Devils skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jack Hughes #86	C	0	3	3	+2	4	0	2	0	42.9	24:16
Paul Cotter #47	L	2	0	2	+1	2	3	0	0	33.3	09:18
Connor Brown #16	R	1	1	2	+2	3	1	0	2	0.0	19:50
Jesper Bratt #63	L	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	0.0	22:38
Maxim Tsyplakov #42	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	07:39
Brenden Dillon #5	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	5	0.0	15:48
Dougie Hamilton #7	D	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	0.0	26:19
Cody Glass #12	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	59.1	15:26
Dawson Mercer #91	C	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	2	0.0	19:07
Nick Bjugstad #72	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2	25.0	07:42
Nico Hischier #13	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	46.2	22:03
Arseny Gritsyuk #81	R	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0.0	11:17
Lenni Hameenaho #29	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	09:16
Timo Meier #28	R	0	0	0	-1	4	1	1	0	100.0	17:56
Johnathan Kovacevic #8	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	7	0.0	16:10
Jonas Siegenthaler #71	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0.0	21:31
Luke Hughes #43	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	22:35
Simon Nemec #17	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0.0	19:48

Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jacob Markstrom #25	W	22	19	3	.864	16/19	2/2	64:53

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.