New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Sunday, March 21, 2021 · PPG Paints Arena
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Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 in overtime on Sunday, March 21, 2021 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Devils 36-35.
Goals came from Sidney Crosby, Sami Vatanen and Jesper Bratt.
Mackenzie Blackwood made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Tristan Jarry stopped 33 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sidney Crosby (12)Jake Guentzel (17), Bryan Rust (12)0–103:37 PIT
2nd period
Sami Vatanen (2)Janne Kuokkanen (8), Travis Zajac (9)1–104:48 NJD
OT period
Jesper Bratt (2)Pavel Zacha (11), Ty Smith (13)2–102:50 NJD
Team stats
NJDPIT
35Shots on goal36
52%Faceoff %48%
0/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
24Hits26
9Blocked shots12
3Giveaways10
7Takeaways6
Penalties
- 2nd 01:28
Zachary Aston-Reese · slashing2 min - 2nd 06:28
P.K. Subban · interference2 min - 2nd 09:02Dmitry Kulikov · interference2 min
- 2nd 13:55Mike Matheson · holding2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:01 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:18 |
| 59Janne KuokkanenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:23 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 16:48 |
| 24Ty SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:37 |
| 45Sami VatanenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:23 |
| 11Andreas JohnssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:28 |
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 19:04 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:56 |
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:18 |
| 23Mikhail MaltsevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:40 |
| 39Nick MerkleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:55 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:17 |
| 22Ryan MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:45 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:49 |
| 70Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:47 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mackenzie BlackwoodG | W | 36 | 35 | 1 | .972 | 62:50 |
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:31 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:51 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 21:03 |
| 7Colton SceviourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 9Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 11Frederick GaudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:49 |
| 12Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:00 |
| 14Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:32 |
| 18Sam LaffertyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 19Jared McCannC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:23 |
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 15:23 |
| 57Anthony AngelloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:06 |
| 4Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 5Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 20:08 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:59 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:28 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:42 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | 25:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Tristan JarryG | O | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 62:48 |