Boston at New Jersey — NHL March 16, 2026

3 – 4

Final OT

Prudential Center, Newark, NJ

	1	2	3	OT	T
BOS	2	0	1	0	3
NJ	0	2	1	1	4

BOS 22 shots on goal 34 NJ

Recap

Three stars

1st star

P. Cotter

2 goals

+1 rating

2nd star

D. Pastrnak

2 goals

+1 rating

3rd star

C. Brown

1 goal

1 assist

+2 rating

Closing line

Scoring

	1st Per	BOS	NJ
4:02	David Pastrnak 25 (Assists: Henri Jokiharju 10, Marat Khusnutdinov 16)	1	0
14:29	Pavel Zacha 20 (Assists: Viktor Arvidsson 20, Charlie McAvoy 41)	2	0

	2nd Per	BOS	NJ
0:32	Connor Brown 12 (Assists: Jack Hughes 32)	2	1
8:08	Jesper Bratt 15 (Assists: Connor Brown 19, Jack Hughes 33)	2	2

	3rd Per	BOS	NJ
2:50	Paul Cotter 7 (Assists: Maxim Tsyplakov 2, Brenden Dillon 10)	2	3
4:32	David Pastrnak 26 (Unassisted)	3	3

	OT	BOS	NJ
4:53	Paul Cotter 8 (Assists: Jack Hughes 34, Dougie Hamilton 21)	3	4

Penalties

1st Per

2nd Per

3rd Per

9:18 Mark Kastelic (Interference - 2 min) drawn by Paul Cotter
9:18 Johnathan Kovacevic (Unsportsmanlike Conduct - 2 min) drawn by Mark Kastelic
9:18 Mark Kastelic (Fighting - 5 min) drawn by Johnathan Kovacevic
9:18 Johnathan Kovacevic (Fighting - 5 min) drawn by Mark Kastelic
10:45 Nico Hischier (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Marat Khusnutdinov
11:21 Connor Brown (Embellishment - 2 min)
11:21 Charlie McAvoy (Interference - 2 min) drawn by Connor Brown
12:22 Nick Bjugstad (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Viktor Arvidsson
15:29 Jonathan Aspirot (Tripping - 2 min) drawn by Jesper Bratt
16:42 Dawson Mercer (Interference - 2 min) drawn by Fraser Minten

Highlights

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