Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Thursday, April 9, 2026 · Prudential Center
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Thursday, April 9, 2026 at Prudential Center. The Penguins outshot the Devils 30-21.
Goals came from Bryan Rust, Paul Cotter, Tommy Novak, Egor Chinakhov, Jack Hughes, Evgeni Malkin and Erik Karlsson.
Stuart Skinner made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Jake Allen stopped 25 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Rust (29)Egor Chinakhov (20), Kris Letang (31)1–004:53 PIT
2nd period
Paul Cotter (9)Dougie Hamilton (24), Brian Halonen (1)Wotherspoon 1:19 into shift1–109:51 NJD
Tommy Novak (16)Evgeni Malkin (42), Erik Karlsson (51)2–111:43 PIT
Egor Chinakhov (21)Ryan Shea (26), Sidney Crosby (44)3–111:52 PIT
Jack Hughes (26)Jonas Siegenthaler (15), Connor Brown (24)3–215:07 NJD
3rd period
Evgeni Malkin (19)Sidney Crosby (45), Egor Chinakhov (21)4–206:50 PIT
Erik Karlsson (15)Parker Wotherspoon (27), Noel Acciari (12)5–217:00 PIT · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–1 · 2nd 9:51 · Cotter. Wotherspoon was 1:19 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 PIT
1st 4:53 · Rust
Meier 0:35
1–1 NJD
2nd 9:51 · Cotter
Long shift: Wotherspoon 1:19
2–1 PIT
2nd 11:43 · Novak
Hughes 0:52
3–1 PIT
2nd 11:52 · Chinakhov
Hamilton 0:09
3–2 NJD
2nd 15:07 · Hughes
Karlsson 0:51
4–2 PIT
3rd 6:50 · Malkin
Bjugstad 0:57
5–2 PIT
3rd 17:00 · EN · Karlsson
Hughes 0:56
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
- 1st 05:55
Anthony Mantha · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 3rd 09:02
Simon Nemec · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 59Egor ChinakhovR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 14:23 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 17:13 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 14:43 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22:30 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:21 |
| 18Tommy NovakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:21 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:51 |
| 5Ryan SheaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:00 |
| 28Parker WotherspoonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:40 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:15 |
| 16Justin BrazeauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:19 |
| 25Elmer SoderblomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:32 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 67Rickard RakellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 8 | 18:06 |
| 81Ben KindelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:47 |
| 85Avery HayesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:13 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:50 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 16:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Arturs SilovsG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 74Stuart SkinnerG | W | 21 | 19 | 2 | .905 | 60:00 |
New Jersey Devils
| 16Connor BrownR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:09 |
| 47Paul CotterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:49 |
| 48Brian HalonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:54 |
| 86Jack HughesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 20:49 |
| 7Dougie HamiltonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:04 |
| 71Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:04 |
| 12Cody GlassC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:33 |
| 13Nico HischierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 18:06 |
| 21Marc McLaughlinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:41 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 17:00 |
| 29Lenni HameenahoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:59 |
| 63Jesper BrattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:41 |
| 72Nick BjugstadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:06 |
| 91Dawson MercerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:21 |
| 5Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:24 |
| 8Johnathan KovacevicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:24 |
| 17Simon NemecD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:01 |
| 44Dennis CholowskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34Jake AllenG | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 59:15 |