Game

Devils at Penguins

Penguins 4, Devils 1 · first star Connor Clifton (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, February 26, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh · TV SN

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Devils	0	1	0	1	30
Penguins	1	0	3	4	37

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 4 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: NJD 30, PIT 37.

NJD in red PIT in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Devils 30 shots on goal (1 goal, 21 missed, 23 blocked) attacking left; Penguins 37 shots on goal (4 goals, 12 missed, 13 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	7	0	22	9	1	18
2nd	12	1	25	14	0	20
3rd	11	0	27	14	3	24
Total	30	1	74	37	4	62

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	22	1	25	2
Power play	7	0	7	1
Short-handed	1	0	5	1
Into an empty net	0	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Devils took 54.4% of the shot attempts, and 54.6% of the 97 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	45.0	50.0
2nd	44.4	48.6
3rd	47.1	48.6
Game	45.6	49.0

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

Scoring summary

1st period

18:51 Tommy Novak (12) PP Kris Letang (23), Evgeni Malkin (32) · tip-in 0–1

2nd period

04:56 Paul Cotter (6) Dougie Hamilton (15), Jack Hughes (26) · deflected 1–1

3rd period

06:30 Connor Clifton (2) Ryan Shea (20), Anthony Mantha (23) · slap 1–2
07:20 Egor Chinakhov (12) Evgeni Malkin (33) · wrist 1–3
18:01 Blake Lizotte (7) SH EN Unassisted · wrist 1–4

Three stars

Connor Clifton PIT · D #75 · 1 G, 0 A
Arturs Silovs PIT · G #37 · 0 GA, .967 SV%
Egor Chinakhov PIT · R #59 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	17:26	NJD	Arseny Gritsyuk	slashing	2	Parker Wotherspoon
2nd	01:24	PIT	Evgeni Malkin	high sticking	2	Brett Pesce
2nd	04:56	PIT	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2	—
2nd	09:59	PIT	Avery Hayes	slashing	2	Simon Nemec
2nd	13:04	NJD	Johnathan Kovacevic	high sticking	2	Avery Hayes
2nd	15:33	PIT	Kris Letang	interference	2	Jesper Bratt
2nd	18:00	NJD	Simon Nemec	holding the stick	2	Blake Lizotte
3rd	16:11	PIT	Connor Clifton	delaying game puck over glass	2	—

Boxscore

New Jersey Devils

Devils skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Paul Cotter #47	L	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	0.0	10:05
Jack Hughes #86	C	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	38.9	25:42
Dougie Hamilton #7	D	0	1	1	-1	4	4	1	0	0.0	22:10
Cody Glass #12	C	0	0	0	-2	3	0	1	0	100.0	11:47
Dawson Mercer #91	C	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	15:14
Nick Bjugstad #72	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	62.5	11:06
Nico Hischier #13	C	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	63.6	18:00
Jesper Bratt #63	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	19:43
Arseny Gritsyuk #81	R	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	2	0.0	12:58
Connor Brown #16	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	22:02
Lenni Hameenaho #29	R	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	0.0	12:50
Maxim Tsyplakov #42	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	09:33
Timo Meier #28	R	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	100.0	16:30
Brenden Dillon #5	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0.0	17:59
Brett Pesce #22	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0.0	19:53
Johnathan Kovacevic #8	D	0	0	0	-1	0	6	2	2	0.0	13:15
Jonas Siegenthaler #71	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	17:05
Simon Nemec #17	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.0	20:09

Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jacob Markstrom #25	L	36	33	3	.917	23/25	6/7	58:34

Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Evgeni Malkin #71	C	0	2	2	+1	5	0	0	2	66.7	17:38
Blake Lizotte #46	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0	33.3	14:31
Tommy Novak #18	C	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	33.3	13:39
Egor Chinakhov #59	R	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	0.0	12:42
Connor Clifton #75	D	1	0	1	+1	2	7	1	2	0.0	18:15
Anthony Mantha #39	R	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	0.0	13:54
Kris Letang #58	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	2	2	0.0	19:02
Ryan Shea #5	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	20:19
Ben Kindel #81	C	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	55.6	13:07
Connor Dewar #19	C	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	0	0.0	15:49
Noel Acciari #55	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	42.9	16:17
Avery Hayes #85	R	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	2	0.0	11:47
Bryan Rust #17	R	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	0.0	16:47
Justin Brazeau #16	R	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0.0	13:00
Rickard Rakell #67	R	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	30.0	16:06
Erik Karlsson #65	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	0.0	21:41
Parker Wotherspoon #28	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	0	0.0	17:49
Samuel Girard #49	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0.0	17:53

Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Arturs Silovs #37	W	30	29	1	.967	21/22	7/7	59:44

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.