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Vegas Golden Knights at Boston Bruins

TD Garden, Boston Regular Season Final

Final score

The Boston Bruins beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5–4 on Thursday, February 29, 2024 at home.

Team Goals 2023-2024 record
Vegas Golden Knights 4 45-29-8
at Boston Bruins 5 47-20-15

Goals by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 0 3 1 4
Boston Bruins 3 1 1 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 8 15 13 36
Boston Bruins 16 7 9 32

Three stars

  1. M. Geekie, Boston Bruins (3 goals)
  2. M. Lohrei, Boston Bruins (1 goal)
  3. C. Stephenson, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 14:34 Boston Bruins Morgan Geekie (11) Trent Frederic (19) Even strength VGK 0, BOS 1
1st 15:04 Boston Bruins Jesper Boqvist (4) Jakub Lauko (6), Kevin Shattenkirk (11) Even strength VGK 0, BOS 2
1st 16:54 Boston Bruins Morgan Geekie (12) David Pastrnak (48), Danton Heinen (11) Even strength VGK 0, BOS 3
2nd 01:48 Vegas Golden Knights Paul Cotter (7) Nicolas Roy (22), Shea Theodore (23) Even strength VGK 1, BOS 3
2nd 06:57 Vegas Golden Knights Alex Pietrangelo (4) Jonathan Marchessault (20), Brendan Brisson (4) Even strength VGK 2, BOS 3
2nd 16:32 Boston Bruins Morgan Geekie (13) David Pastrnak (49), Matt Grzelcyk (6) Even strength VGK 2, BOS 4
2nd 17:46 Vegas Golden Knights Michael Amadio (11) Chandler Stephenson (23), Brayden McNabb (17) Even strength VGK 3, BOS 4
3rd 05:01 Vegas Golden Knights Chandler Stephenson (13) Zach Whitecloud (6) Shorthanded VGK 4, BOS 4
3rd 15:23 Boston Bruins Mason Lohrei (4) Kevin Shattenkirk (12), Charlie Coyle (29) Power play VGK 4, BOS 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights Boston Bruins
Shots on goal 36 32
Power play 0 of 2 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 4
Hits 31 34
Blocked shots 21 14
Giveaways 10 10
Takeaways 14 3
Faceoffs won 36/66 (54.5%) 30/66 (45.5%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
10 N. Roy C 0 1 1 +2 0 1 2 1 0 50% 17:15
11 M. Morelli L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 25% 10:18
19 B. Brisson C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 0 0 100% 15:36
20 C. Stephenson C 1 1 2 +1 0 3 0 0 0 50% 20:52
22 M. Amadio R 1 0 1 0 0 6 2 2 0 19:27
43 P. Cotter L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 4 0 0 50% 12:03
49 I. Barbashev L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 15:33
51 B. Froese C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 1 0 37.5% 11:41
55 K. Kolesar R 0 0 0 +1 2 4 6 0 0 12:23
56 S. Rempal R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 1 0 09:30
71 W. Karlsson C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 0 0 69.6% 19:18
81 J. Marchessault R 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 0 0 18:43
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 14:01
3 B. McNabb D 0 1 1 +1 0 4 3 2 0 20:53
7 A. Pietrangelo D 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 4 0 22:00
14 N. Hague D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 15:22
23 A. Martinez D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 20:21
27 S. Theodore D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 1 0 22:47
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
33 A. Hill 32 27 5 .844 58:09 Loss

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player
11 T. Frederic C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 37.5% 12:24
13 C. Coyle C 0 1 1 -2 0 1 2 1 0 50% 18:45
18 P. Zacha C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 0 69.2% 18:16
21 J. van Riemsdyk L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:35
39 M. Geekie C 3 0 3 +2 0 3 1 1 0 31.6% 14:32
43 D. Heinen L 0 1 1 +1 0 2 1 1 0 13:43
55 J. Brazeau R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11:33
63 B. Marchand L 0 0 0 -1 0 5 3 0 0 20:39
70 J. Boqvist C 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 40% 09:47
74 J. DeBrusk L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 15:11
88 D. Pastrnak R 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 21:52
94 J. Lauko C 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 11:20
6 M. Lohrei D 1 0 1 -1 0 1 2 1 1 16:58
12 K. Shattenkirk D 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:30
25 B. Carlo D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 2 0 19:58
29 P. Wotherspoon D 0 0 0 +1 0 4 3 2 0 20:31
48 M. Grzelcyk D 0 1 1 +1 2 1 1 1 0 18:41
73 C. McAvoy D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 8 1 0 26:45
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
1 J. Swayman 36 32 4 .889 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
2nd 13:47 Boston Bruins Brandon Carlo Roughing removing opponents helmet 2
3rd 03:08 Vegas Golden Knights Keegan Kolesar Cross checking 2
3rd 13:35 Vegas Golden Knights Sheldon Rempal Tripping 2
3rd 17:01 Boston Bruins Matt Grzelcyk Holding the stick 2

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Bruce Cassidy
Boston Bruins head coach
Jim Montgomery
Referees
Chris Rooney, Jake Brenk
Linesmen
Brad Kovachik, Bryan Pancich
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Ben Hutton, Daniil Miromanov
Boston Bruins scratches
Derek Forbort

2023-2024 season series

Matchup Status Details
Boston Bruins 1 at Vegas Golden Knights 2 Final/OT Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 4 at Boston Bruins 5 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Feb 29

Matchup Status Details
Carolina Hurricanes 4 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2 Final Game page
New York Islanders 5 at Detroit Red Wings 3 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Florida Panthers 4 Final/SO Game page
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final/OT Game page
Arizona Coyotes 2 at Toronto Maple Leafs 4 Final Game page
Winnipeg Jets 1 at Dallas Stars 4 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 1 at Nashville Predators 6 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 5 at Chicago Blackhawks 0 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 at Seattle Kraken 2 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 5 at Vancouver Canucks 1 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 6 at San Jose Sharks 4 Final Game page

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