NHL Rulebook Hands The Win To Zacha — Not Minten's Two Goals! | Pavel Zacha

The Boston Bruins beat the San Jose Sharks six to three on Tuesday night, extending their win streak to three games behind two goals from Fraser Minten and an empty-netter from Will Borgen. But under the NHL's own official rule, the goal that actually won the game belongs to neither of them. The rule states that after the final score is set, the goal that leaves the winning team one goal ahead of the opponent's final total is the game-winning goal — and with San Jose finishing at three, that goal was Pavel Zacha's four-to-two marker with nineteen seconds left in the second period. Zacha, picked sixth overall by New Jersey in 2016 and traded to Boston in 2022, keeps doing exactly this kind of unglamorous, scoreboard-deciding work while the highlight reel runs on someone else's name. Boston continues its West Coast road trip Friday night against Anaheim. — SOURCES — Yardbarker (Boston Bruins On SI syndication), game recap of Bruins 6-3 win over Sharks on October 13, 2026, with full scoring sequence: https://www.yardbarker.com/nhl/articl... NHL.com official Hockey Glossary, definition of the game-winning goal rule: https://www.nhl.com/info/hockey-glossary Narration are AI generated. #BostonBruins #PavelZacha #BruinsNews