NHL · Wednesday 21 October · American Airlines Center
Dallas Stars – Boston Bruins 3:2 (after overtime): NHL, 21/10/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Dallas Stars – Boston Bruins 3:2 (21 October). Dallas Stars won after overtime. Venue: American Airlines Center.
By period: 0:1, 1:1, 1:0, 1:0. Boston Bruins led after the first period (0:1), but their opponents came back to win.
Goals: M. Poitras (Boston Bruins); M. Rantanen (Dallas Stars) ×3; J. Hagens (Boston Bruins).
Table now: Dallas Stars — 4th, 22 points from 17 matches; Boston Bruins — 2nd, 27 points from 18 matches.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Stars | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Boston Bruins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 02'
🏒 M. Poitras0:1
assist: F. Brunet, T. Jeannot
- 08'pen.
Hooking
- 18'pen.
Roughing
2nd period
- 02'
🏒 M. Rantanen1:1
assist: J. Robertson
- 07'
🏒 J. Hagens1:2
assist: C. Mittelstadt, N. Zadorov
- 13'pen.
Cross-checking
- 18'pen.
Interference
3rd period
- 00'pen.
Holding
- 06'pen.
Tripping
- 13'
🏒 M. Rantanen2:2
Overtime
- 02'pen.
Slashing
- 03'
🏒 M. Rantanen3:2
Power-play
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 13
- 21
- 31
- 41
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Dallas Stars
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Rantanen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| J. Robertson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Hintz | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Harley | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| M. Heiskanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| S. Steel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Boston Bruins
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Hagens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Poitras | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Mittelstadt | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| F. Brunet | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Zadorov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Jeannot | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C. McAvoy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| P. Zacha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Dallas Stars
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Oettinger(W) | 20 | 18 | 2 | 90.0% |
Boston Bruins
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Swayman | 25 | 22 | 3 | 88.0% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 25Shots on goal20
- 18Saves22
- 90%Save %88%
- 26Faceoffs won27
- 8Penalty minutes6
- 4Penalties3
- 1Power-play goals0
- 33%Power play %0%
- 100%Penalty kill %66%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 22 | LWWLW | |
| 2 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 27 | LWWWW |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points (goals + assists)
Goal scorers
Assists
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away