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New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Thursday, February 26, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena

New Jersey DevilsNew JerseyDevilsAway

1–4

Final

SOG 30–37

Pittsburgh PenguinsPittsburghPenguinsHome

SN · SN-PIT · MSG

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Thursday, February 26, 2026 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Devils 37-30.

Goals came from Tommy Novak, Paul Cotter, Connor Clifton, Egor Chinakhov and Blake Lizotte.

Arturs Silovs made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jacob Markstrom stopped 33 of 36.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
New Jersey DevilsNJD010130
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT103437

Three stars

  1. ★1st starConnor CliftonPIT · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starArturs SilovsPIT · .967 SV%
  3. ★3rd starEgor ChinakhovPIT · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:25

1–1 · 2nd 4:56 · Cotter. PIT stayed on through an icing. Girard was 1:25 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNJD on icePIT on ice

0–1 PIT

1st 18:51 · PP · Novak

Brown 0:29

1–1 NJD

2nd 4:56 · Cotter

Long shift: Girard 1:25

1–2 PIT

3rd 6:30 · Clifton

Long shift: Hamilton 1:05

1–3 PIT

3rd 7:20 · Chinakhov

Brown 0:50

1–4 PIT

3rd 18:01 · EN · Lizotte

Hughes 1:53

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

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

NJDPIT
30Shots on goal37
60%Faceoff %40%
0/5Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes10
26Hits15
11Blocked shots20
18Giveaways15
3Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 1st 17:26Arseny Gritsyuk · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 01:24Evgeni Malkin · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 04:56Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  • 2nd 09:59Avery Hayes · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 13:04Johnathan Kovacevic · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 15:33Kris Letang · interference2 min
  • 2nd 18:00Simon Nemec · holding the stick2 min
  • 3rd 16:11Connor Clifton · delaying game puck over glass2 min

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