Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils

Regular season · Tuesday, March 19, 2024 · Prudential Center

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Final

SOG 38–38

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at Prudential Center.

Dawson Mercer scored twice and Timo Meier scored twice. Marcus Pettersson, Alexander Holtz and Bryan Rust also scored.

Jake Allen made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Tristan Jarry stopped 33 of 38.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	0	1	1	2	38
NJD	1	1	3	5	38

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Dawson Mercer (18)Tomas Nosek (1), Ondrej Palat (18)0–105:35 NJD

2nd period

Marcus Pettersson (4)Michael Bunting (25), Rickard Rakell (19)1–107:16 PIT
Timo Meier (20)Luke Hughes (26), Jesper Bratt (44)1–214:20 NJD · PPG

3rd period

Alexander Holtz (15)Jack Hughes (43), Luke Hughes (27)1–308:58 NJD
Dawson Mercer (19)Tomas Nosek (2), Ondrej Palat (19)1–409:14 NJD
Timo Meier (21)Jesper Bratt (45), Jack Hughes (44)1–516:53 NJD · PPG
Bryan Rust (21)Sidney Crosby (36)2–517:15 PIT

Team stats

PITNJD

38Shots on goal38

51%Faceoff %49%

0/2Power play2/3

6Penalty minutes4

13Hits11

17Blocked shots18

4Giveaways9

14Takeaways7

Penalties

2nd 08:34Kevin Bahl · tripping2 min
2nd 13:30Evgeni Malkin · hooking2 min
3rd 00:51Drew O'Connor · tripping2 min
3rd 12:48Luke Hughes · interference2 min
3rd 15:12Valtteri Puustinen · slashing2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

8Michael BuntingL	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	–	15:51
17Bryan RustR	1	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	–	22:02
67Rickard RakellR	0	1	1	0	3	2	2	0	–	13:42
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	0	44	21:31
28Marcus PetterssonD	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	–	24:24
10Drew O'ConnorL	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	–	19:07
19Reilly SmithR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	16:10
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	45	16:16
44Jonathan GrudenC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	06:41
48Valtteri PuustinenR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	–	14:18
52Emil BemstromC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	07:43
55Noel AcciariC	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	73	12:03
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	50	16:01
7John LudvigD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:54
27Ryan GravesD	0	0	0	-2	0	3	4	0	–	19:44
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	23:48
65Erik KarlssonD	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	–	25:08
73Pierre-Olivier JosephD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	11:04

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Tristan JarryG	L	38	33	5	.868	58:02
39Alex NedeljkovicG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

18Ondrej PalatL	0	2	2	+1	3	2	3	0	–	14:49
28Timo MeierR	2	0	2	-1	8	1	0	0	–	20:39
63Jesper BrattL	0	2	2	0	5	1	0	0	–	19:32
86Jack HughesC	0	2	2	+1	4	0	0	0	–	19:15
91Dawson MercerC	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	–	15:53
92Tomas NosekL	0	2	2	+1	1	0	4	0	57	15:05
43Luke HughesD	0	2	2	+3	2	0	1	2	–	18:12
10Alexander HoltzR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	50	13:37
11Chris TierneyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	07:04
13Nico HischierC	0	0	0	-1	5	0	1	0	57	21:39
42Curtis LazarC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	08:05
46Max WillmanC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	05:38
56Erik HaulaL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	55	18:25
2Brendan SmithD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	4	0	–	27:00
17Simon NemecD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	–	20:11
57Nick DeSimoneD	0	0	0	+3	0	1	2	0	–	14:29
82Santeri HatakkaD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	14:42
88Kevin BahlD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	–	21:45

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Kaapo KahkonenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
34Jake AllenG	W	38	36	2	.947	60:00