New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, January 8, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at PPG Paints Arena.
Goals came from Erik Karlsson, Connor Dewar, Evgeni Malkin, Luke Hughes and Blake Lizotte.
Stuart Skinner made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 25 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Erik Karlsson (4)Rickard Rakell (10), Sidney Crosby (24)0–106:39 PIT
2nd period
Connor Dewar (8)Rickard Rakell (11), Kris Letang (19)0–205:23 PIT
Evgeni Malkin (9)Sidney Crosby (25), Erik Karlsson (29)Pesce 1:29 into shift0–319:07 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Luke Hughes (5)Dougie Hamilton (5), Jack Hughes (14)1–302:55 NJD · PPG
Blake Lizotte (5)Noel Acciari (6), Connor Dewar (8)1–413:26 PIT
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
0–3 · 2nd 19:07 · Malkin. Pesce was 1:29 into his shift when it went in.
0–1 PIT
1st 6:39 · Karlsson
Bratt 0:30
0–2 PIT
2nd 5:23 · Dewar
Mercer 0:33
0–3 PIT
2nd 19:07 · PP · Malkin
Long shift: Pesce 1:29
1–3 NJD
3rd 2:55 · PP · Hughes
Lizotte 0:40
1–4 PIT
3rd 13:26 · Lizotte
Mercer 0:41
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 2nd 03:16
Connor Dewar · high sticking2 min - 2nd 17:16
Timo Meier · slashing2 min - 2nd 17:38Connor Brown · tripping2 min
- 3rd 01:32Evgeni Malkin · slashing2 min
- 3rd 05:30Brett Pesce · tripping2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 86Jack HughesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:14 |
| 7Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 20:52 |
| 43Luke HughesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:15 |
| 11Stefan NoesenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:16 |
| 12Cody GlassC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:32 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:47 |
| 14Luke GlendeningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:47 |
| 16Connor BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:13 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 16:25 |
| 47Paul CotterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:22 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:16 |
| 81Arseny GritsyukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:44 |
| 91Dawson MercerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:37 |
| 5Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:26 |
| 17Simon NemecD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:49 |
| 22Brett PesceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:20 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Jake AllenG | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 59:57 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 19Connor DewarC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 11:43 |
| 67Rickard RakellR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 19:11 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:33 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 22:56 |
| 46Blake LizotteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:40 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:36 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:19 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:54 |
| 16Justin BrazeauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:47 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:29 |
| 18Tommy NovakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:57 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:33 |
| 59Egor ChinakhovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 81Ben KindelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:42 |
| 3Jack St. IvanyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 |
| 5Ryan SheaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:56 |
| 28Parker WotherspoonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:04 |
| 77Brett KulakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 20:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Arturs SilovsG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 74Stuart SkinnerG | W | 29 | 28 | 1 | .966 | 60:00 |