New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Saturday, February 18, 2023 · PPG Paints Arena

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5–2

Final

SOG 43–31

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Saturday, February 18, 2023 at PPG Paints Arena. The Devils outshot the Penguins 43-31.

Evgeni Malkin scored twice and Nico Hischier scored twice. Dawson Mercer, Dougie Hamilton and Jesper Bratt also scored.

Vitek Vanecek made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Dustin Tokarski stopped 38 of 42.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	1	2	2	5	43
PIT	1	0	1	2	31

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Evgeni Malkin (20)Rickard Rakell (18), Kris Letang (18)0–103:33 PIT · PPG
Dawson Mercer (13)Nico Hischier (27), Tomas Tatar (19)1–104:53 NJD

2nd period

Dougie Hamilton (16)Nico Hischier (28), Jack Hughes (33)2–103:47 NJD · PPG
Nico Hischier (22)Yegor Sharangovich (13)3–108:25 NJD · SHG

3rd period

Jesper Bratt (22)Jack Hughes (34), Yegor Sharangovich (14)4–108:39 NJD
Evgeni Malkin (21)Jeff Petry (15)4–214:43 PIT
Nico Hischier (23)Dawson Mercer (19)5–217:56 NJD · EN

Team stats

NJDPIT

43Shots on goal31

48%Faceoff %52%

1/3Power play1/5

10Penalty minutes6

21Hits29

20Blocked shots10

7Giveaways16

11Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 03:05John Marino · tripping2 min
1st 08:58Brendan Smith · interference2 min
1st 11:43Ryan Graves · slashing2 min
1st 13:08Jeff Carter · high sticking2 min
2nd 03:37Marcus Pettersson · interference2 min
2nd 08:08Ryan Graves · interference2 min
2nd 12:14Jeff Carter · tripping2 min
3rd 03:02Kevin Bahl · high sticking2 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

13Nico HischierC	2	2	4	+3	5	0	3	0	52	18:41
17Yegor SharangovichC	0	2	2	+2	3	2	0	0	–	15:23
86Jack HughesC	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	33	17:30
91Dawson MercerC	1	1	2	+2	8	1	1	0	100	19:56
63Jesper BrattL	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	16:09
90Tomas TatarL	0	1	1	+2	3	2	0	0	100	16:48
7Dougie HamiltonD	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	17:41
18Ondrej PalatL	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	–	16:50
20Michael McLeodC	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	57	07:54
44Miles WoodL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	04:48
49Fabian ZetterlundL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100	14:04
56Erik HaulaL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	33	20:29
70Jesper BoqvistC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	06:04
2Brendan SmithD	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	–	18:58
6John MarinoD	0	0	0	+3	1	0	2	2	–	24:28
28Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	+1	3	2	1	0	–	18:29
33Ryan GravesD	0	0	0	+2	4	2	7	4	–	23:51
88Kevin BahlD	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	–	13:29

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Mackenzie BlackwoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Vitek VanecekG	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

71Evgeni MalkinC	2	0	2	-1	2	0	0	0	83	17:05
67Rickard RakellR	0	1	1	-3	5	1	1	0	–	22:24
26Jeff PetryD	0	1	1	+1	5	3	1	0	–	22:05
58Kris LetangD	0	1	1	-2	2	1	0	0	–	24:39
10Drew O'ConnorL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:10
15Josh ArchibaldR	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	11:28
16Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	+1	1	4	0	0	–	13:39
17Bryan RustR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	14:06
23Brock McGinnL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	11:53
42Kasperi KapanenR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	13:15
53Teddy BluegerC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	54	13:59
59Jake GuentzelL	0	0	0	-3	3	2	2	0	–	21:41
77Jeff CarterC	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	4	58	13:17
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	0	0	-3	5	1	1	0	45	22:06
2Chad RuhwedelD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	–	13:35
8Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	17:32
28Marcus PetterssonD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	2	–	19:12
73Pierre-Olivier JosephD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	–	14:23

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Casey DeSmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Dustin TokarskiG	L	42	38	4	.905	59:21