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Boston Bruins at Carolina Hurricanes

Lenovo Center, Raleigh Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Boston Bruins 6–5 in overtime on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Boston Bruins 5 45-27-10
at Carolina Hurricanes 6 53-22-7

Goals by period

Team Total
Boston Bruins 3 1 1 0 5
Carolina Hurricanes 2 3 0 1 6

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Boston Bruins 8 9 4 0 21
Carolina Hurricanes 13 15 12 1 41

Three stars

  1. J. Slavin, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal)
  2. T. Hall, Carolina Hurricanes (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. S. Walker, Carolina Hurricanes (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 04:40 Boston Bruins Hampus Lindholm (5) Pavel Zacha (34), Viktor Arvidsson (28) Even strength BOS 1, CAR 0
1st 10:04 Carolina Hurricanes Andrei Svechnikov (30) Alexander Nikishin (20), Sean Walker (20) Even strength BOS 1, CAR 1
1st 11:38 Carolina Hurricanes K'Andre Miller (7) Jordan Staal (15) Even strength BOS 1, CAR 2
1st 13:36 Boston Bruins Morgan Geekie (35) David Pastrnak (69), Elias Lindholm (31) Even strength BOS 2, CAR 2
1st 17:25 Boston Bruins Morgan Geekie (36) David Pastrnak (70), Nikita Zadorov (19) Even strength BOS 3, CAR 2
2nd 05:17 Carolina Hurricanes Logan Stankoven (19) Taylor Hall (29), Jackson Blake (28) Power play BOS 3, CAR 3
2nd 07:20 Carolina Hurricanes William Carrier (7) Jordan Martinook (15) Even strength BOS 3, CAR 4
2nd 08:33 Carolina Hurricanes Taylor Hall (17) Jackson Blake (29), Sean Walker (21) Even strength BOS 3, CAR 5
2nd 18:50 Boston Bruins Morgan Geekie (37) Nikita Zadorov (20), Charlie McAvoy (48) Even strength BOS 4, CAR 5
3rd 12:33 Boston Bruins Pavel Zacha (30) Charlie McAvoy (49), Viktor Arvidsson (29) Even strength BOS 5, CAR 5
OT 01:13 Carolina Hurricanes Jaccob Slavin (1) Sebastian Aho (53), Andrei Svechnikov (39) Even strength BOS 5, CAR 6

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

Team stats

Stat Boston Bruins Carolina Hurricanes
Shots on goal 21 41
Power play 0 of 2 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 8 4
Hits 18 30
Blocked shots 10 11
Giveaways 23 17
Takeaways 2 4
Faceoffs won 40/71 (56.3%) 31/71 (43.7%)

Box score

Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins skaters
Player
11 C. Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 1 0 16:32
18 P. Zacha C 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 78.3% 16:59
21 A. Steeves C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 0 10:13
28 E. Lindholm C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 50% 21:39
39 M. Geekie C 3 0 3 +1 0 4 1 0 0 17:37
47 M. Kastelic C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 25% 06:20
52 S. Kuraly C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 66.7% 09:15
71 V. Arvidsson L 0 2 2 +1 0 1 0 1 0 15:54
84 T. Jeannot L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 09:54
88 D. Pastrnak R 0 2 2 +1 2 1 0 0 0 20:09
92 M. Khusnutdinov C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 0 0 17:16
93 F. Minten C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 1 0 41.2% 17:00
6 M. Lohrei D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 0 0 0 14:04
26 A. Peeke D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 3 0 18:55
27 H. Lindholm D 1 0 1 +3 0 2 0 0 0 22:19
45 J. Aspirot D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 2 0 17:29
73 C. McAvoy D 0 2 2 -1 2 0 0 0 0 26:29
91 N. Zadorov D 0 2 2 0 2 1 4 1 0 18:41
Boston Bruins goalies
Goalie
1 J. Swayman 24 19 5 .792 28:33
70 J. Korpisalo 17 16 1 .941 32:40 OT loss

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters
Player
11 J. Staal C 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 1 0 63.2% 17:36
20 S. Aho C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 37.5% 18:40
22 L. Stankoven C 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 47.4% 20:02
24 S. Jarvis R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 18:03
27 N. Ehlers L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 19:18
28 W. Carrier L 1 0 1 +1 0 3 4 0 0 06:39
37 A. Svechnikov R 1 1 2 0 0 5 6 0 0 15:17
44 N. Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 06:55
48 J. Martinook L 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 14:49
53 J. Blake R 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 20:12
71 T. Hall L 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 19:24
77 M. Jankowski L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14.3% 08:05
4 S. Gostisbehere D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 3 0 19:11
5 J. Chatfield D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:54
19 K. Miller D 1 0 1 -1 0 6 1 2 0 19:32
21 A. Nikishin D 0 1 1 +2 0 3 1 0 0 20:43
26 S. Walker D 0 2 2 +1 0 2 4 1 0 19:26
74 J. Slavin D 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 1 0 21:53
Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie
32 B. Bussi 21 16 5 .762 61:13 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 17:25 Carolina Hurricanes Bench Delaying game unsuccessful challenge (bench minor) 2
1st 20:00 Boston Bruins Mark Kastelic Interference goalkeeper 2
2nd 04:23 Boston Bruins Nikita Zadorov Slashing 2
2nd 19:22 Boston Bruins Charlie McAvoy Cross checking 2
3rd 04:57 Boston Bruins David Pastrnak High sticking 2
3rd 16:44 Carolina Hurricanes Jordan Martinook Interference 2

Game information

Boston Bruins head coach
Marco Sturm
Carolina Hurricanes head coach
Rod Brind'Amour
Referees
Jean Hebert, Frederick L'Ecuyer
Linesmen
Libor Suchanek, Kilian McNamara
Boston Bruins scratches
Michael Eyssimont, Henri Jokiharju, Jordan Harris, Lukas Reichel
Carolina Hurricanes scratches
Mike Reilly, Eric Robinson, Jesperi Kotkaniemi

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Carolina Hurricanes 1 at Boston Bruins 2 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 3 at Boston Bruins 1 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 5 at Carolina Hurricanes 6 Final/OT Game page

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Matchup Status Details
Florida Panthers 3 at Montreal Canadiens 4 Final/SO Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Ottawa Senators 6 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 at Detroit Red Wings 3 Final/SO Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 5 at New Jersey Devils 1 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 3 at St. Louis Blues 1 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 3 at Dallas Stars 4 Final/OT Game page
Seattle Kraken 2 at Minnesota Wild 5 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 5 at Utah Mammoth 6 Final/OT Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at Vancouver Canucks 1 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 5 at Anaheim Ducks 0 Final Game page

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