New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Friday, December 30, 2022 · PPG Paints Arena
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Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 on Friday, December 30, 2022 at PPG Paints Arena. The Devils outshot the Penguins 28–27.
Jack Hughes scored twice. Evgeni Malkin, Jeff Carter, Dougie Hamilton and Nico Hischier also scored.
Vitek Vanecek made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Tristan Jarry stopped 24 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Evgeni Malkin (12)Unassisted0–114:26 PIT
2nd period
Jack Hughes (19)Dougie Hamilton (22), Jesper Bratt (22)1–106:18 NJD · 
Jeff Carter (6)Pierre-Olivier Joseph (9), Rickard Rakell (10)1–212:30 PIT
Dougie Hamilton (8)Dawson Mercer (11), Jonas Siegenthaler (12)2–217:37 NJD
Nico Hischier (15)Michael McLeod (12), Brendan Smith (4)3–219:22 NJD ·
3rd period
- Jack Hughes (20)Erik Haula (13), Dawson Mercer (12)4–219:55 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDPIT
2827
55%45%
1/60/9
1812
2534
1812
37
710
Penalties
- 1:26 into the first period
Nikita Okhotiuk · hooking2 min - 3:29 into the first period
Kasperi Kapanen · hooking2 min - 17:13 into the first periodMiles Wood · roughing2 min
- 18:27 into the first periodSidney Crosby · slashing2 min
- 3:21 into the second periodBench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
- 5:44 into the second periodTeddy Blueger · tripping2 min
- 6:18 into the second periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 10:12 into the second periodKevin Bahl · holding2 min
- 12:30 into the second periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 18:02 into the second periodYegor Sharangovich · high sticking2 min
- 19:47 into the second periodJeff Carter · interference2 min
- 0:26 into the third periodBrian Dumoulin · high sticking2 min
- 1:54 into the third periodNico Hischier · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 9:02 into the third periodErik Haula · high sticking double minor4 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 86Jack HughesC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 20:22 |
| 91Dawson MercerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 19:21 |
| 7Dougie HamiltonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 18:20 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:13 |
| 20Michael McLeodC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:37 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:20 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:47 |
| 2Brendan SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:56 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26:53 |
| 10Alexander HoltzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:47 |
| 17Yegor SharangovichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:54 |
| 44Miles WoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 09:22 |
| 49Fabian ZetterlundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:18 |
| 70Jesper BoqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:11 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:53 |
| 28Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 30:41 |
| 82Nikita OkhotiukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:56 |
| 88Kevin BahlD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mackenzie BlackwoodG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 67Rickard RakellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 23:21 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 22:01 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:36 |
| 73Pierre-Olivier JosephD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 17:08 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:45 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:48 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:38 |
| 25Ryan PoehlingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:46 |
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:43 |
| 43Danton HeinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:24 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:53 |
| 59Jake GuentzelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 25:48 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 25:25 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:31 |
| 24Ty SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 22:14 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:30 |
| 44Jan RuttaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:28 |
| 52Mark FriedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:44 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tristan JarryG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |