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Pittsburgh Penguins at New Jersey Devils

NHLApril 9, 2026Prudential Center

PenguinsPittsburghPITWon41-22-16

Penguins 5, Devils 2

Final
DevilsNew JerseyNJ40-36-3
Score by period
Team123T
PIT1225
NJ0202

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Nico Hischier faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  3. 0:24Icing
  4. 0:24Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  5. 0:42Takeaway by Nico Hischier
  6. 0:47Timo Meier Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
  7. 0:51Timo Meier Wrist Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  8. 0:52Dougie Hamilton Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  9. 1:02Icing
  10. 1:02Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  11. 1:13Bryan Rust hit Brenden Dillon
  12. 1:32Jack Hughes shot blocked by Samuel Girard
  13. 1:54Lenni Hameenaho Wrist Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  14. 1:55Goalie Stopped
  15. 1:55Ben Kindel faceoff won against Cody Glass
  16. 2:16Giveaway by Dennis Cholowski
  17. 2:29Nick Bjugstad Tip-In Wide Left
  18. 2:37Johnathan Kovacevic Wrist Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  19. 3:08Marc McLaughlin Wrap-around Wide Left
  20. 3:17Johnathan Kovacevic Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  21. 3:29Puck in Netting
  22. 3:29Noel Acciari faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  23. 4:30Takeaway by Timo Meier
  24. 4:34Timo Meier Backhand saved by Stuart Skinner
  25. 4:36Goalie Stopped
  26. 4:36Nico Hischier faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  27. 4:53Bryan Rust Goal (29) Snap Shot, assists: Egor Chinakhov (20), Kris Letang (31)
  28. 4:53Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  29. 5:02Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  30. 5:04Goalie Stopped
  31. 5:04Thomas Novak faceoff won against Cody Glass
  32. 5:15Ryan Shea shot blocked by Nick Bjugstad
  33. 5:25Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot Wide Left
  34. 5:27Ryan Shea Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  35. 5:28Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  36. 5:46Off-side
  37. 5:46Ben Kindel faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  38. 5:55Anthony Mantha Delaying Game - Puck over glass
  39. 5:55Noel Acciari faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  40. 6:47Connor Brown Snap Shot Wide Right
  41. 7:09Takeaway by Noel Acciari
  42. 8:07Giveaway by Rickard Rakell
  43. 8:16Rickard Rakell Tip-In saved by Jake Allen
  44. 8:30Giveaway by Brian Halonen
  45. 9:09High Stick
  46. 9:09Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  47. 9:23Parker Wotherspoon Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  48. 9:26Puck Frozen - Goalie
  49. 9:26Thomas Novak faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  50. 9:31Evgeni Malkin Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  51. 9:33Goalie Stopped
  52. 9:33Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  53. 9:37Erik Karlsson Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  54. 9:43Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin
  55. 11:09Johnathan Kovacevic hit Samuel Girard
  56. 11:23Ben Kindel Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  57. 11:30Connor Brown Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  58. 11:45Brenden Dillon hit Justin Brazeau
  59. 11:47Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Jack Hughes
  60. 11:50Puck in Netting
  61. 11:50Marc McLaughlin faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  62. 12:04Brian Halonen hit Erik Karlsson
  63. 12:46Paul Cotter hit Samuel Girard
  64. 12:51Giveaway by Dougie Hamilton
  65. 12:51Giveaway by Rickard Rakell
  66. 12:57Simon Nemec Wrist Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  67. 12:59Goalie Stopped
  68. 12:59Nico Hischier faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  69. 13:00Dougie Hamilton Wrist Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  70. 13:03Goalie Stopped
  71. 13:03Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  72. 13:20Samuel Girard Slap Shot Wide Right
  73. 13:26Kris Letang Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  74. 13:59Evgeni Malkin shot blocked by Jonas Siegenthaler
  75. 14:05Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot Wide Right
  76. 14:17Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  77. 14:23Giveaway by Connor Brown
  78. 14:43Connor Clifton shot blocked by Connor Brown
  79. 14:51Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  80. 14:53Rickard Rakell Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  81. 15:06Jack Hughes Wrist Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  82. 15:34Takeaway by Lenni Hameenaho
  83. 15:39Lenni Hameenaho Wrist Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  84. 15:40Lenni Hameenaho Wrist Shot Wide Left
  85. 16:29Giveaway by Elmer Soderblom
  86. 17:08Egor Chinakhov Wrist Shot Short
  87. 17:25Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon
  88. 18:51Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  89. 18:56Anthony Mantha shot blocked by Johnathan Kovacevic
  90. 19:03Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Johnathan Kovacevic
  91. 19:19Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  92. 19:21Giveaway by Anthony Mantha
  93. 19:21Giveaway by Connor Brown
  94. 19:48Egor Chinakhov Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  95. 19:50Bryan Rust Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
  96. 19:52Sidney Crosby Backhand saved by Jake Allen
  97. 19:53Sidney Crosby Backhand saved by Jake Allen
  98. 19:55Goalie Stopped
  99. 19:55Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  100. 19:57Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Timo Meier
  101. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  3. 1:05Jack Hughes shot blocked by Rickard Rakell
  4. 1:07Puck in Netting
  5. 1:07Noel Acciari faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  6. 1:29Brenden Dillon shot blocked by Connor Brown
  7. 1:39Jack Hughes Wrap-around saved by Stuart Skinner
  8. 1:42Jack Hughes shot blocked by Elmer Soderblom
  9. 1:49Icing
  10. 1:49Noel Acciari faceoff won against Cody Glass
  11. 2:36Marc McLaughlin hit Ryan Shea
  12. 2:39Brian Halonen hit Rickard Rakell
  13. 2:50Rickard Rakell Backhand saved by Jake Allen
  14. 3:02Evgeni Malkin Tip-In Wide Right
  15. 4:15Anthony Mantha Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  16. 4:38Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Jack Hughes
  17. 4:51Ryan Shea Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  18. 4:53Goalie Stopped
  19. 4:53Cody Glass faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  20. 5:16Cody Glass Slap Shot Wide Left
  21. 5:35Johnathan Kovacevic hit Erik Karlsson
  22. 5:41Noel Acciari shot blocked by Dennis Cholowski
  23. 5:51Elmer Soderblom shot blocked by Dennis Cholowski
  24. 6:13Giveaway by Kris Letang
  25. 6:40Elmer Soderblom hit Jesper Bratt
  26. 6:45Off-side
  27. 6:45Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  28. 6:53Brenden Dillon hit Rickard Rakell
  29. 6:59Rickard Rakell Slap Shot Short
  30. 7:04Giveaway by Jack Hughes
  31. 7:32Thomas Novak Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  32. 8:33Giveaway by Bryan Rust
  33. 9:09Connor Clifton Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  34. 9:11Goalie Stopped
  35. 9:11Ben Kindel faceoff won against Paul Cotter
  36. 9:51Paul Cotter Goal (9) Backhand, assists: Dougie Hamilton (24), Brian Halonen (1)
  37. 9:51Cody Glass faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  38. 10:03Nick Bjugstad Tip-In Wide Left
  39. 10:03Elmer Soderblom hit Lenni Hameenaho
  40. 10:06Avery Hayes hit Brenden Dillon
  41. 10:22Giveaway by Avery Hayes
  42. 10:40Avery Hayes Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  43. 10:49Avery Hayes hit Lenni Hameenaho
  44. 11:00Noel Acciari shot blocked by Jack Hughes
  45. 11:04Giveaway by Connor Brown
  46. 11:43Thomas Novak Goal (16) Wrist Shot, assists: Evgeni Malkin (42), Erik Karlsson (51)
  47. 11:43Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  48. 11:52Egor Chinakhov Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan Shea (26), Sidney Crosby (44)
  49. 11:52Cody Glass faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  50. 12:13Off-side
  51. 12:13Marc McLaughlin faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  52. 12:32Brian Halonen shot blocked by Connor Clifton
  53. 12:34Puck in Netting
  54. 12:34Marc McLaughlin faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  55. 12:44Noel Acciari shot blocked by Simon Nemec
  56. 12:59Giveaway by Elmer Soderblom
  57. 13:32Icing
  58. 13:32Cody Glass faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  59. 13:57Rickard Rakell Tip-In Wide Right
  60. 14:24Giveaway by Erik Karlsson
  61. 14:35Jack Hughes Tip-In saved by Stuart Skinner
  62. 14:57Jack Hughes Wrist Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  63. 15:07Jack Hughes Goal (26) Wrist Shot, assists: Jonas Siegenthaler (15), Connor Brown (24)
  64. 15:07Nico Hischier faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  65. 16:51Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Johnathan Kovacevic
  66. 16:53Puck in Netting
  67. 16:53Thomas Novak faceoff won against Cody Glass
  68. 17:16Lenni Hameenaho Wrist Shot Wide Right
  69. 17:19Dougie Hamilton shot blocked by Kris Letang
  70. 18:21Icing
  71. 18:21Jack Hughes faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  72. 18:58Anthony Mantha shot blocked by Simon Nemec
  73. 19:00Puck in Netting
  74. 19:00Nico Hischier faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  75. 19:10Dougie Hamilton Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  76. 19:30Puck in Crowd
  77. 19:30Noel Acciari faceoff won against Jack Hughes
  78. 19:37Icing
  79. 19:37Nico Hischier faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  80. 19:48Giveaway by Noel Acciari
  81. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Nico Hischier faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  3. 0:25Icing
  4. 0:25Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  5. 0:43Dougie Hamilton shot blocked by Parker Wotherspoon
  6. 0:44Parker Wotherspoon hit Dougie Hamilton
  7. 0:46Timo Meier Snap Shot Failed Bank Attempt
  8. 1:03Dougie Hamilton shot blocked by Dawson Mercer
  9. 1:17Rickard Rakell Wrap-around saved by Jake Allen
  10. 1:42Connor Brown Wrist Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  11. 1:52Anthony Mantha Backhand Wide Left
  12. 2:00Giveaway by Simon Nemec
  13. 2:56Giveaway by Cody Glass
  14. 3:04Puck in Netting
  15. 3:04Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  16. 3:07Ryan Shea Wrist Shot Wide Left
  17. 3:22Giveaway by Bryan Rust
  18. 3:25Giveaway by Dennis Cholowski
  19. 3:57Giveaway by Dawson Mercer
  20. 4:10Icing
  21. 4:10Jack Hughes faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  22. 4:16Giveaway by Jesper Bratt
  23. 4:57Jonas Siegenthaler Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  24. 4:59Goalie Stopped
  25. 4:59Noel Acciari faceoff won against Marc McLaughlin
  26. 5:27Brian Halonen hit Samuel Girard
  27. 5:47Simon Nemec Wrist Shot Wide Left
  28. 6:08Giveaway by Nick Bjugstad
  29. 6:47Sidney Crosby Backhand Wide Right
  30. 6:48Sidney Crosby Snap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  31. 6:50Evgeni Malkin Goal (19) Tip-In, assists: Sidney Crosby (45), Egor Chinakhov (21)
  32. 6:50Nico Hischier faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  33. 8:04Giveaway by Jesper Bratt
  34. 8:14Takeaway by Anthony Mantha
  35. 8:19Simon Nemec hit Justin Brazeau
  36. 8:24Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Simon Nemec
  37. 8:47Takeaway by Elmer Soderblom
  38. 8:55Giveaway by Jesper Bratt
  39. 9:02Simon Nemec Tripping against Elmer Soderblom
  40. 9:02TV Timeout
  41. 9:02Nico Hischier faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  42. 9:34Bryan Rust Wrist Shot saved by Jake Allen
  43. 10:08Rickard Rakell shot blocked by Cody Glass
  44. 11:03Thomas Novak Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  45. 11:24Noel Acciari Backhand Wide Left
  46. 11:35Timo Meier hit Connor Clifton
  47. 11:55Timo Meier Snap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  48. 11:57Puck in Netting
  49. 11:57Cody Glass faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  50. 12:21Takeaway by Connor Clifton
  51. 12:27Sidney Crosby Slap Shot saved by Jake Allen
  52. 13:05Giveaway by Rickard Rakell
  53. 13:41Giveaway by Kris Letang
  54. 14:03Dennis Cholowski Slap Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  55. 15:19Avery Hayes hit Simon Nemec
  56. 15:32Simon Nemec shot blocked by Avery Hayes
  57. 16:15Jack Hughes shot blocked by Sidney Crosby
  58. 16:27Giveaway by Timo Meier
  59. 16:34Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot Wide Right
  60. 16:50Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot Wide Left
  61. 16:54Icing
  62. 16:54Noel Acciari faceoff won against Nico Hischier
  63. 17:00Erik Karlsson Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Parker Wotherspoon (27), Noel Acciari (12)
  64. 17:00Ben Kindel faceoff won against Cody Glass
  65. 17:02Takeaway by Lenni Hameenaho
  66. 17:50Anthony Mantha shot blocked by Simon Nemec
  67. 18:12Connor Clifton shot blocked by Marc McLaughlin
  68. 18:14Puck in Netting
  69. 18:14Marc McLaughlin faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  70. 18:23Puck in Netting
  71. 18:23Marc McLaughlin faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  72. 18:33Takeaway by Marc McLaughlin
  73. 18:46Johnathan Kovacevic hit Evgeni Malkin
  74. 19:00Giveaway by Dennis Cholowski
  75. 19:32Lenni Hameenaho Wrist Shot saved by Stuart Skinner
  76. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  77. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 4:53PIT 1, NJ 0Bryan Rust Goal (29) Snap Shot, assists: Egor Chinakhov (20), Kris Letang (31)

2nd

  1. 9:51PIT 1, NJ 1Paul Cotter Goal (9) Backhand, assists: Dougie Hamilton (24), Brian Halonen (1)
  2. 11:43PIT 2, NJ 1Thomas Novak Goal (16) Wrist Shot, assists: Evgeni Malkin (42), Erik Karlsson (51)
  3. 11:52PIT 3, NJ 1Egor Chinakhov Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan Shea (26), Sidney Crosby (44)
  4. 15:07PIT 3, NJ 2Jack Hughes Goal (26) Wrist Shot, assists: Jonas Siegenthaler (15), Connor Brown (24)

3rd

  1. 6:50PIT 4, NJ 2Evgeni Malkin Goal (19) Tip-In, assists: Sidney Crosby (45), Egor Chinakhov (21)
  2. 17:00PIT 5, NJ 2Erik Karlsson Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Parker Wotherspoon (27), Noel Acciari (12)

Game leaders

PenguinsPittsburgh

DevilsNew Jersey

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Bryan Rust RW101010016:210.02002010212913:541:121:15
Egor Chinakhov RW122000014:230.02000010192113:350:480:00
Evgeni Malkin C113000017:130.02001040191916:011:120:00
Tommy Novak C101000016:2175.03130000181615:320:490:00
Anthony Mantha RW00-1000216:020.01001111173115:140:480:00
Avery Hayes RW000031011:130.0100100013311:130:000:00
Ben Kindel C001000014:4757.11340000181713:110:490:47
Elmer Soderblom LW000021011:320.0000200114611:320:000:00
Justin Brazeau RW00-1000014:190.00000000171714:190:000:00
Noel Acciari C010000014:5163.60471011171213:370:001:14
Rickard Rakell RW001001018:0650.08443020202416:121:110:43
Sidney Crosby C022001014:4347.14980020202913:331:100:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Erik Karlsson D110000022:3020010000.0231520:221:110:57
Connor Clifton D002001016:5410000010.016216:070:000:47
Kris Letang D011001020:1500020100.019319:090:500:16
Parker Wotherspoon D010011021:4010010000.023320:420:000:58
Ryan Shea D012000018:0020000100.017617:140:000:46
Samuel Girard D001001018:5000000100.018318:330:000:17
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Stuart Skinner G21219.90560:0000190000

Video

1:19Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey Devils: Game HighlightsESPN video
0:51Tommy Novak lights the lamp0:52Yegor Chinakhov lights the lamp0:47Jack Hughes scores to pull Devils within one0:57Evgeni Malkin lights the lamp for Penguins
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