Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Saturday, March 20, 2021 · Prudential Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 3-1 on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at Prudential Center. The Penguins outshot the Devils 29-25.
Goals came from Kyle Palmieri, Zachary Aston-Reese, Bryan Rust and Jake Guentzel.
Casey DeSmith made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Scott Wedgewood stopped 26 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Kyle Palmieri (5)Sami Vatanen (3), Jesper Bratt (12)0–107:19 NJD
2nd period
Zachary Aston-Reese (6)Sam Lafferty (2), Marcus Pettersson (2)1–104:59 PIT
Bryan Rust (11)Jake Guentzel (16), Sidney Crosby (19)2–106:35 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Jake Guentzel (13)Sidney Crosby (20)3–114:25 PIT
Team stats
PITNJD
29Shots on goal25
57%Faceoff %43%
1/2Power play0/4
10Penalty minutes6
6Hits4
10Blocked shots1
6Giveaways22
10Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 07:44
Damon Severson · high sticking2 min - 1st 14:06
Anthony Angello · high sticking2 min - 2nd 05:14Miles Wood · interference2 min
- 2nd 07:35Sam Lafferty · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 07:17Anthony Angello · holding2 min
- 3rd 09:21Brian Dumoulin · tripping2 min
- 3rd 14:45Dmitry Kulikov · interference2 min
- 3rd 14:45Sam Lafferty · high sticking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:50 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20:52 |
| 12Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:05 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:34 |
| 18Sam LaffertyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:38 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 12:57 |
| 7Colton SceviourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:48 |
| 9Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:00 |
| 11Frederick GaudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:19 |
| 14Mark JankowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:57 |
| 19Jared McCannC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:55 |
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:20 |
| 57Anthony AngelloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:03 |
| 4Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:31 |
| 5Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 18:34 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:45 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:14 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 24:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | W | 25 | 24 | 1 | .960 | 60:00 |
| 35Tristan JarryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New Jersey Devils
| 21Kyle PalmieriC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:11 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:23 |
| 45Sami VatanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:43 |
| 11Andreas JohnssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:51 |
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:32 |
| 19Travis ZajacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:39 |
| 23Mikhail MaltsevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:09 |
| 37Pavel ZachaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:35 |
| 39Nick MerkleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10:59 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 59Janne KuokkanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:08 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:41 |
| 97Nikita GusevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:30 |
| 22Ryan MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:29 |
| 24Ty SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:22 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:02 |
| 70Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:49 |
| 76P.K. SubbanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Scott WedgewoodG | L | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 57:22 |
| 47Aaron DellG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |