Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Tuesday, April 2, 2024 · Prudential Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 6-3 on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at Prudential Center. The Devils outshot the Penguins 26-21.
Sidney Crosby scored twice and Evgeni Malkin scored twice. Erik Karlsson, Timo Meier, Curtis Lazar, Jesper Bratt and Rickard Rakell also scored.
Alex Nedeljkovic made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 15 of 20.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Erik Karlsson (9)Unassisted1–007:54 PIT
Timo Meier (25)Luke Hughes (33), Nico Hischier (36)1–119:43 NJD · PPG
2nd period
Curtis Lazar (7)Tomas Nosek (3), John Marino (20)1–209:42 NJD
Jesper Bratt (25)Nico Hischier (37), John Marino (21)1–317:47 NJD
3rd period
Sidney Crosby (38)Evgeni Malkin (36), Bryan Rust (23)2–306:48 PIT · PPG
Evgeni Malkin (22)Jack St. Ivany (1), Michael Bunting (28)3–307:55 PIT
Rickard Rakell (13)Marcus Pettersson (24)4–316:16 PIT- Evgeni Malkin (23)Michael Bunting (29), Kris Letang (38)5–316:38 PIT
- Sidney Crosby (39)Bryan Rust (24)6–317:07 PIT · EN
Team stats
PITNJD
21Shots on goal26
52%Faceoff %48%
1/3Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes6
16Hits13
17Blocked shots18
4Giveaways8
3Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 19:21
Reilly Smith · holding2 min - 2nd 06:44Pierre-Olivier Joseph · slashing2 min
- 2nd 10:11
Timo Meier · interference2 min - 2nd 12:57Reilly Smith · interference2 min
- 3rd 03:38Kevin Bahl · interference2 min
- 3rd 06:22Jesper Bratt · slashing2 min
- 3rd 11:23Evgeni Malkin · boarding2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 2 | 16:44 |
| 8Michael BuntingL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 1 | 15:25 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:33 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 16:09 |
| 67Rickard RakellR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 3 | 16:19 |
| 3Jack St. IvanyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 23:10 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 22:33 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:54 |
| 10Drew O'ConnorL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 18Jesse PuljujarviR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:35 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:51 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:02 |
| 48Valtteri PuustinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:14 |
| 52Emil BemstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:45 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:29 |
| 5Ryan SheaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:55 |
| 73Pierre-Olivier JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Joel BlomqvistG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 39Alex NedeljkovicG | W | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 60:00 |
New Jersey Devils
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:38 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 20:15 |
| 42Curtis LazarC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:33 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:10 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:07 |
| 43Luke HughesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 20:38 |
| 10Alexander HoltzR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:28 |
| 11Chris TierneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:43 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:35 |
| 46Max WillmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:23 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 21:39 |
| 91Dawson MercerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:53 |
| 2Brendan SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:35 |
| 17Simon NemecD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:15 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:52 |
| 88Kevin BahlD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 17:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Kaapo KahkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Jake AllenG | L | 20 | 15 | 5 | .750 | 59:15 |