New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, February 27, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena
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Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–2 on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at PPG Paints Arena.
Goals came from Sidney Crosby, Kyle Palmieri, Taylor Hall, Matt Hunwick and Stefan Noesen.
Keith Kinkaid made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Casey DeSmith stopped 35 of 38.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sidney Crosby (21)Brian Dumoulin (9), Jake Guentzel (17)0–108:17 PIT
Kyle Palmieri (17)Damon Severson (9), Taylor Hall (41)1–112:19 NJD
2nd period
Taylor Hall (27)Damon Severson (10), Travis Zajac (8)2–104:25 NJD · 
Matt Hunwick (4)Jake Guentzel (18)2–217:02 PIT
3rd period
Stefan Noesen (9)Andy Greene (8), Travis Zajac (9)3–205:01 NJD
Team stats
NJDPIT
3838
43%57%
1/10/2
64
3226
2013
312
612
Penalties
- 16:53 into the first period
Miles Wood · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 16:53 into the first period
Kris Letang · cross checking2 min - 19:38 into the first periodBen Lovejoy · hooking2 min
- 3:00 into the second periodKris Letang · slashing2 min
- 6:04 into the second periodBrian Boyle · holding2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Taylor HallL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:06 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:35 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 19:52 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:38 |
| 23Stefan NoesenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:32 |
| 6Andy GreeneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 24:48 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 08:52 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:34 |
| 18Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:52 |
| 20Blake ColemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:50 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 16:35 |
| 40Michael GrabnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:32 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:23 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:16 |
| 2John MooreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:01 |
| 8Will ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:11 |
| 12Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:09 |
| 45Sami VatanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 27:14 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Keith KinkaidG | W | 38 | 2 | .947 |
| 31Eddie LackG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 21:09 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:59 |
| 22Matt HunwickD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:10 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:47 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:53 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:58 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:31 |
| 37Carter RowneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:01 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:01 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 14:12 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 20:51 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:01 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:45 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:27 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:44 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:04 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 25:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | L | 38 | 3 | .921 |
| 35Tristan JarryG | 0 | 0 | – |