Game

Devils at Penguins

Penguins 4, Devils 1 · first star Evgeni Malkin (1 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

New Jersey Devils 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4

Devils NJD

1 FINAL 4

Penguins PIT

Thursday, January 8, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Devils	0	0	1	1	29
Penguins	1	2	1	4	29

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Devils attack left, Penguins attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: NJD 29, PIT 29.

NJD in red PIT in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Devils 29 shots on goal (1 goal, 12 missed, 16 blocked) attacking left; Penguins 29 shots on goal (4 goals, 18 missed, 20 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	NJD SOG	NJD G	NJD ATT	PIT SOG	PIT G	PIT ATT
1st	11	0	21	7	1	16
2nd	6	0	10	17	2	33
3rd	12	1	26	5	1	18
Total	29	1	57	29	4	67

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	NJD SOG	NJD G	PIT SOG	PIT G
Even strength	23	0	23	3
Power play	6	1	6	1
Short-handed	0	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Penguins took 54.0% of the shot attempts, and 53.4% of the 103 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Penguins and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Devils hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Devils at Penguins
Period	PIT CF%	PIT FF%
1st	43.2	40.0
2nd	76.7	75.0
3rd	40.9	41.9
Game	54.0	53.4

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

06:39 Erik Karlsson (4) Rickard Rakell (10), Sidney Crosby (24) · wrist 0–1

2nd period

05:23 Connor Dewar (8) Rickard Rakell (11), Kris Letang (19) · wrist 0–2
19:07 Evgeni Malkin (9) PP Sidney Crosby (25), Erik Karlsson (29) · slap 0–3

3rd period

02:55 Luke Hughes (5) PP Dougie Hamilton (5), Jack Hughes (14) · slap 1–3
13:26 Blake Lizotte (5) Noel Acciari (6), Connor Dewar (8) · tip-in 1–4

Three stars

Evgeni Malkin PIT · C #71 · 1 G, 0 A
Connor Dewar PIT · C #19 · 1 G, 1 A
Stuart Skinner PIT · G #74 · 0 GA, .966 SV%

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
2nd	03:16	PIT	Connor Dewar	high sticking	2	Brett Pesce
2nd	17:16	NJD	Timo Meier	slashing	2	Ryan Shea
2nd	17:38	NJD	Connor Brown	tripping	2	Evgeni Malkin
3rd	01:32	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	slashing	2	Dougie Hamilton
3rd	05:30	NJD	Brett Pesce	tripping	2	Noel Acciari

Boxscore

New Jersey Devils

Devils skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Luke Hughes #43	D	1	0	1	-1	1	2	2	0	0.0	20:15
Jack Hughes #86	C	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	0.0	17:14
Dougie Hamilton #7	D	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	0	0.0	20:52
Cody Glass #12	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	62.5	13:32
Dawson Mercer #91	C	0	0	0	-2	3	0	1	0	22.2	17:37
Luke Glendening #14	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	12.5	10:47
Nico Hischier #13	C	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	75.0	20:47
Jesper Bratt #63	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	18:16
Ondrej Palat #18	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0.0	09:13
Paul Cotter #47	L	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0.0	13:22
Arseny Gritsyuk #81	R	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0.0	14:44
Connor Brown #16	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	100.0	16:21
Stefan Noesen #11	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	100.0	08:16
Timo Meier #28	R	0	0	0	-1	4	1	2	2	100.0	16:25
Brenden Dillon #5	D	0	0	0	-1	1	6	0	0	0.0	18:26
Brett Pesce #22	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	2	0.0	17:20
Jonas Siegenthaler #71	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.0	22:56
Simon Nemec #17	D	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0.0	17:49

Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jake Allen #34	L	29	25	4	.862	20/23	5/6	59:57

Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Connor Dewar #19	C	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	2	0.0	11:43
Erik Karlsson #65	D	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	22:56
Sidney Crosby #87	C	0	2	2	+1	1	2	1	0	40.9	17:33
Rickard Rakell #67	R	0	2	2	+2	4	0	0	0	0.0	19:11
Blake Lizotte #46	C	1	0	1	+2	1	0	2	0	80.0	12:40
Evgeni Malkin #71	C	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	2	0.0	18:19
Noel Acciari #55	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	20.0	13:36
Kris Letang #58	D	0	1	1	+2	1	1	1	0	0.0	22:54
Ben Kindel #81	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	61.5	17:42
Tommy Novak #18	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	30.0	10:57
Anthony Mantha #39	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	50.0	11:33
Bryan Rust #17	R	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0	0.0	19:29
Egor Chinakhov #59	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	15:02
Justin Brazeau #16	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	12:47
Brett Kulak #77	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	2	0	0.0	20:42
Jack St. Ivany #3	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	14:33
Parker Wotherspoon #28	D	0	0	0	+1	0	5	4	0	0.0	20:04
Ryan Shea #5	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	14:56

Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Stuart Skinner #74	W	29	28	1	.966	23/23	5/6	60:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.