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Bruins vs Devils

Final/OT · Mon Mar 16 · 7:00 PM ET · Prudential Center

Boston BruinsBruins37-23-7
3
Final/OTMar 16, 2026
New Jersey DevilsDevils34-31-2
4
TVESPN

Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop
Moneyline
BOS+105
NJ−125
Puck line
BOS +1.5−238
NJ −1.5+195
Total O/U
Over 6.5+105
Under 6.5−125
  • Puck line: Bruins +1.5 covered.
  • Total O/U: over 6.5 (7 goals).

Recap

The New Jersey Devils beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 in overtime at Prudential Center in Newark on Mar 16, 2026 to move to 34-31-2.

The Devils came back from 2 goals down, trailing 2-0 in the first period. The go-ahead score came with 2:50 left in the third period: Paul Cotter Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Maksim Tsyplakov (2), Brenden Dillon (10).

Score by period

Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils, score by period
Team123OTT
BOS20103
NJ02114

W: Markstrom · L: Korpisalo

Scoring plays

First Period

  1. BOSGoal · 4:02David Pastrnak Goal (25) Wrist Shot, assists: Henri Jokiharju (10), Marat Khusnutdinov (16)1-0
  2. BOSGoal · 14:29Pavel Zacha Goal (20) Wrist Shot, assists: Viktor Arvidsson (20), Charlie McAvoy (41)2-0

Second Period

  1. NJGoal · 0:32Connor Brown Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: Jack Hughes (32)2-1
  2. NJGoal · 8:08Jesper Bratt Goal (15) Slap Shot, assists: Connor Brown (19), Jack Hughes (33)2-2

Third Period

  1. NJGoal · 2:50Paul Cotter Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Maksim Tsyplakov (2), Brenden Dillon (10)2-3
  2. BOSGoal · 4:32David Pastrnak Goal (26) Backhand, assists: none3-3

Overtime

  1. NJGoal · 4:53Paul Cotter Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Jack Hughes (34), Dougie Hamilton (21)3-4

Team stats

BOSNJ
Shots
22
34
Power Play Goals
0
0
Faceoff Win Percent
52.1
47.9
Hits
22
20
Blocked Shots
19
9
Penalty Minutes
18
20

Top performers

Boston BruinsNew Jersey Devils

Goals

David Pastrnak2
Paul Cotter2

Assists

Marat Khusnutdinov1
Jack Hughes3

Points

David Pastrnak2
Jack Hughes3

Player stats

Bruins · Forwards

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Viktor Arvidsson LW001-115:1601000.00
Morgan Geekie C010016:23002050.00
Tanner Jeannot LW030-110:3900000.00
Mark Kastelic C010-18:50001060.012
Marat Khusnutdinov C100219:5601000.00
Sean Kuraly C000-110:50004060.00
Elias Lindholm C111020:38000071.40
Fraser Minten C110218:13003044.40
Casey Mittelstadt C010-215:2400000.00
David Pastrnak RW121124:0320400.02
Alex Steeves C160011:3400100.00
Pavel Zacha C120-118:54101045.80

Bruins · Defense

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Jonathan Aspirot D201-116:1500100.02
Henri Jokiharju D310119:1401000.00
Hampus Lindholm D000022:0000100.00
Mason Lohrei D301022:0700000.00
Charlie McAvoy D300-220:5501200.02
Nikita Zadorov D231120:0700200.00

Bruins · Goalies

PlayerGASASVSV%TOIPIM
Joonas Korpisalo G43430.88264:140

Devils · Forwards

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Nick Bjugstad C02017:42000025.02
Jesper Bratt LW012122:3810200.00
Connor Brown RW010219:5011300.02
Paul Cotter LW03019:18202033.30
Cody Glass C000015:26002059.10
Arseny Gritsyuk RW021-111:1700200.00
Lenni Hameenaho RW00009:1600200.00
Nico Hischier C000-122:03002046.22
Jack Hughes C201224:16034042.90
Timo Meier RW110-117:560040100.00
Dawson Mercer C000-219:0700100.02
Maxim Tsyplakov RW03007:3901000.00

Devils · Defense

PlayerBSHTTK+/-TOIGASSOGFO%PIM
Brenden Dillon D130115:4801000.05
Dougie Hamilton D110026:1901300.00
Luke Hughes D011022:3500100.00
Johnathan Kovacevic D110016:1000200.07
Simon Nemec D110019:4800200.00
Jonas Siegenthaler D201021:3100200.00

Devils · Goalies

PlayerGASASVSV%TOIPIM
Jacob Markstrom G32219.86464:530

Three stars

  1. Paul Cotter (NJ)
  2. David Pastrnak (BOS)
  3. Connor Brown (NJ)

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