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New Jersey Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins

Feb 26, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
New Jersey Devils 1 30
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 37

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
18:51 PIT Tommy Novak (12) PP Kris Letang (23), Evgeni Malkin (32) 0 - 1
2nd Period
04:56 NJD Paul Cotter (6) Dougie Hamilton (15), Jack Hughes (26) 1 - 1
3rd Period
06:30 PIT Connor Clifton (2) Ryan Shea (20), Anthony Mantha (23) 1 - 2
07:20 PIT Egor Chinakhov (12) Evgeni Malkin (33) 1 - 3
18:01 PIT Blake Lizotte (7) SH Unassisted 1 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
17:26 NJD Arseny Gritsyuk Slashing 2
2nd Period
01:24 PIT Evgeni Malkin High sticking 2
04:56 PIT Team Delaying game unsuccessful challenge 2
09:59 PIT Avery Hayes Slashing 2
13:04 NJD Johnathan Kovacevic High sticking 2
15:33 PIT Kris Letang Interference 2
18:00 NJD Simon Nemec Holding the stick 2
3rd Period
16:11 PIT Connor Clifton Delaying game puck over glass 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
New Jersey Devils 73 51 30 1 3.5 53.6
Pittsburgh Penguins 63 49 37 4 4.7 46.4

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdPittsburgh Penguins aheadNew Jersey Devils ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while New Jersey Devils had.

Expected goals

New Jersey Devils: 3.5 expected, 1 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 4.7 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndNJD goal, 4:56 of 2nd, a 20% chancePIT goal, 18:51 of 1st, a 8% chancePIT goal, 6:30 of 3rd, a 3% chancePIT goal, 7:20 of 3rd, a 18% chancePIT goal, 18:01 of 3rd, a 39% chancePIT 4.7NJD 3.5

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

New Jersey Devils
Pittsburgh Penguins

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Connor Brown · Jesper Bratt · Jack Hughes11:2047.413.20-1
Cody Glass · Arseny Gritsyuk · Lenni Hameenaho7:4060.943.80-1
Timo Meier · Nico Hischier · Dawson Mercer6:5342.149.50-0
Nick Bjugstad · Paul Cotter · Maxim Tsyplakov6:4142.919.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dougie Hamilton · Jonas Siegenthaler12:2641.942.60-1
Brenden Dillon · Simon Nemec9:3050.041.10-0
Brett Pesce · Johnathan Kovacevic8:5357.947.80-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
47 Paul Cotter L 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 10:05 0.29 7-10 0.15-0.58
7 Dougie Hamilton D 0 1 1 -1 0 4 4 22:10 0.12 19-20 1.01-1.06
86 Jack Hughes C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 25:42 0.02 17-14 0.46-0.91
5 Brenden Dillon D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17:59 0.02 17-16 0.49-1.14
8 Johnathan Kovacevic D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 6 13:15 0.02 16-11 0.61-1.03
12 Cody Glass C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 11:47 0.64 20-9 0.97-0.39
13 Nico Hischier C 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 18:00 0.69 11-11 0.81-0.73
16 Connor Brown R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:02 0.08 14-10 0.90-0.73
22 Brett Pesce D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:53 0.02 16-12 0.76-0.63
28 Timo Meier R 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 16:30 0.60 14-11 0.95-0.73
29 Lenni Hameenaho R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 12:50 0.23 17-11 0.53-0.48
63 Jesper Bratt L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:43 0.22 15-13 0.86-0.92
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17:05 0.08 16-18 0.89-1.06
71 Simon Nemec D 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 20:09 0.20 17-15 0.86-0.62
72 Nick Bjugstad C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:06 0.05 6-11 0.13-0.68
72 Maxim Tsyplakov R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:33 8-10 0.22-0.58
81 Arseny Gritsyuk R 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 12:58 0.17 19-11 0.69-0.48
91 Dawson Mercer C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:14 0.06 11-12 0.86-0.82
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
25 Jacob Markstrom L 36 33 3 58:34 4.12 +1.12

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Evgeni Malkin · Tommy Novak · Egor Chinakhov8:4647.678.00-0
Noel Acciari · Connor Dewar · Blake Lizotte7:5250.069.00-0
Anthony Mantha · Justin Brazeau · Ben Kindel7:2838.142.31-0
Bryan Rust · Rickard Rakell · Avery Hayes7:2257.132.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Connor Clifton · Ryan Shea13:0245.259.11-0
Kris Letang · Samuel Girard13:0048.454.80-0
Erik Karlsson · Parker Wotherspoon12:4450.048.31-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 2 2 1 2 5 0 17:38 0.91 14-17 1.62-0.68
18 Tommy Novak C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 13:39 0.33 13-13 1.38-0.37
46 Blake Lizotte C 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 14:31 0.17 8-7 0.38-0.17
59 Egor Chinakhov R 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 12:42 0.29 14-13 1.57-0.39
75 Connor Clifton D 1 0 1 1 2 2 7 18:15 0.21 14-20 0.66-0.56
6 Ryan Shea D 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 20:19 0.14 16-20 0.74-0.56
39 Anthony Mantha R 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:54 0.06 9-17 0.21-0.88
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 19:02 0.03 21-21 1.15-0.80
16 Justin Brazeau R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:00 0.21 13-17 0.49-0.89
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:47 0.24 11-9 0.39-0.63
19 Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 15:49 0.68 8-11 0.46-0.38
29 Parker Wotherspoon D 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 17:49 9-10 0.81-0.90
49 Samuel Girard D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:53 0.03 17-22 0.90-0.97
52 Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:17 9-13 0.38-0.53
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 21:41 0.03 11-12 0.91-1.08
67 Rickard Rakell R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:06 0.53 12-14 0.57-1.26
81 Ben Kindel C 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13:07 0.14 13-15 0.49-0.53
85 Avery Hayes R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 11:47 0.27 13-9 0.48-0.59
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
37 Arturs Silovs W 30 29 1 59:44 3.40 +2.40