In the early days of the season, it felt like David Pastrnak and a group of young Bruins players were largely powering the Black and Gold offense to good effect. Now some other corners of the B’s offensive attack are being heard from, and it’s turning the Boston 5-on-5 offense into a legitimate NHL juggernaut as they steamroll through teams on their schedule.
It was all on display on Thursday night as the B’s enjoyed five different goal scorers and a two-goal performance from top-line center Pavel Zacha in a strong 6-2 victory over a hapless Pittsburgh Penguins bunch at PPG Paints Arena.
We're starting to sound like a broken record but... PAVEL ZACHA SCORES (again) 🚨🚨 https://t.co/I4u1ALdL4T
— NESN (@NESN) November 6, 2026
The Bruins now have a whopping nine players on a pace to score 20 goals this season and sit fifth in the NHL while averaging 3.71 goals per game for a team that feels like they still haven’t even hit their offensive stride in terms of power play effectiveness, sitting at under 20 percent for the season. There are certainly areas to clean up as they still give up a good amount of Grade-A chances and they’ve been outshot in many of their games this season, but a rested, centered B’s group has also consistently put up big numbers against opponents most of this year.
“For us I think we rely on our structure a lot and kind of wait for mistakes. Teams are good and sometimes you’ve got to wait 60 minutes to break through, but [against Pittsburgh] we were able to sneak a couple in a little earlier than that,” said Morgan Geekie, who has scored goals in three straight games while also helping to power the offense over the last few games. “We’re all kind of the same. We’re all workers. There are really no differences in the four lines.
“I think you’re seeing everybody buying into that program and you’re seeing everybody getting rewarded. It’s just awesome when it’s one of those things where everybody is contributing and it makes it a lot more fun.”
All four forward lines scored in the victory, so truthfully the only post-victory bummer was that James Hagens was forced to leave the game after taking a nasty Sam Girard crosscheck to his lower back that didn’t even elicit a penalty call.
James Hagens out of tonight’s game after this Sam Girard cross-check to the back https://t.co/srXGlMTlZ2
— Joe Haggerty (@HackswithHaggs) November 6, 2026
Certainly, sticking to Marco Sturm’s structure and system is a part of it, but there is also a depth of lineup that the Bruins are enjoying with this team versus last year when it comes to overall offensive production. Thursday night marked the seventh time this season that the Bruins have had five or more goal scorers in a game, which is truly spreading the offense out around within a talented, hard-working group.
Some of it was absolutely about