New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Friday, December 23, 2016 · PPG Paints Arena
TVAS · MSG+ 2 · ROOT
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Friday, December 23, 2016 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Devils 39-24.
Goals came from Sidney Crosby, Eric Fehr, Kyle Palmieri, Chad Ruhwedel and Patric Hornqvist.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Cory Schneider stopped 35 of 39.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sidney Crosby (24)Justin Schultz (15), Phil Kessel (23)0–111:00 PIT · PPG
2nd period
Eric Fehr (4)Unassisted0–204:13 PIT
Kyle Palmieri (6)John Moore (8), Taylor Hall (14)1–213:24 NJD
Chad Ruhwedel (1)Chris Kunitz (13), Evgeni Malkin (24)1–319:21 PIT
3rd period
Patric Hornqvist (8)Evgeni Malkin (25)1–412:05 PIT
Team stats
NJDPIT
24Shots on goal39
48%Faceoff %52%
0/2Power play1/2
9Penalty minutes9
37Hits24
18Blocked shots12
4Giveaways6
8Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 09:36
Adam Henrique · hooking2 min - 2nd 07:03
Bryan Rust · interference2 min - 2nd 08:23Ian Cole · tripping2 min
- 2nd 09:11PA Parenteau · interference2 min
- 2nd 17:53Miles Wood · fighting5 min
- 2nd 17:53Steve Oleksy · fighting5 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Taylor HallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:00 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:09 |
| 2John MooreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:03 |
| 8Beau BennettR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:45 |
| 11PA ParenteauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 15:13 |
| 13Michael CammalleriL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 18:47 |
| 14Adam HenriqueC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:57 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 20Luke GazdicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:58 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:41 |
| 38Vernon FiddlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:51 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:01 |
| 51Sergey KalininC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:34 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:24 |
| 7Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:05 |
| 12Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:49 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:24 |
| 39Seth HelgesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Keith KinkaidG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Cory SchneiderG | L | 39 | 35 | 4 | .897 | 59:49 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:53 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:17 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 10:09 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:05 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:07 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 7 | 19:09 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 24:50 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:51 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 23Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 08:11 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:37 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 17:19 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:42 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:29 |
| 61Steve OleksyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 60:00 |
| 30Matt MurrayG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |