New Jersey Devils vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 8, 2026

FinalThursday, Jan 8, 2026· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	0	0	1	1		NJD	11	6	12	29
PIT	1	2	1	4		PIT	7	17	5	29

: NJD 57PIT 67
: NJD 2.27PIT 3.50
PP goals: NJD 1PIT 1
Hits: NJD 25PIT 10
Blocks: NJD 19PIT 16
PIM: NJD 6PIT 4
: NJD 56%PIT 44%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 4–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 4–1 at home. Erik Karlsson (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Rakell) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:17 together.

Points
Connor Dewar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:43.Dewar
Points
Erik Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:56.Karlsson
Points
Rickard Rakell had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:11.Rakell
Points
Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:33.Crosby
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rust and Rakell) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:17 together.Malkin Crosby Karlsson Rust Rakell
New line
New look for NJD: Brown–Glass–Cotter skated 11:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (24.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brown Glass Cotter
New line
New look for PIT: Malkin–Chinakhov–Kindel skated 12:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Chinakhov Kindel
Usage
Jack Hughes (NJD) played 17:14, −4:09 down on his 21:23 season average over 60 games.Hughes

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← NJD attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · PIT 67 · NJD 57

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT pressure
NJD pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NJD 28% of the game, PIT 43%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

PIT

NJD

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

PIT skaters (rows) against NJD skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the PIT side.

Matchup matrix

PIT xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NJD	PIT
	58	66
	2.09	2.55
	2.01	2.38
	16	14
	5	2
	34	29
	+0.025	−0.025
	28%	43%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

New Jersey Devils

L1Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
12:3768% CF
L2Brown – Glass – Cotter
11:3524% CF
L3Meier – Gritsyuk – Mercer
10:5265% CF
L4Palat – Noesen – Glendening
6:3027% CF
D1Hamilton – Siegenthaler
14:0757% CF
D2Dillon – Nemec
10:4033% CF
D3Pesce – Hughes
9:2769% CF

PP1Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes – Hughes
1:34100% CF
PP2Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Mercer – Nemec
1:02100% CF
PK1FGlendening – Brown
1:29
PK2FHischier – Mercer
0:44
PK1DHamilton – Siegenthaler
1:29
PK2DDillon – Hughes
0:44

Current NJD line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Rakell
12:4650% CF
L2Malkin – Chinakhov – Kindel
12:0838% CF
L3Acciari – Dewar – Lizotte
9:1485% CF
L4Mantha – Novak – Brazeau
8:5470% CF
D1Letang – Kulak
19:0948% CF
D2Karlsson – Wotherspoon
17:1455% CF
D3Shea – St. Ivany
11:5652% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Rakell
3:17100% CF
PP2Letang – Mantha – Brazeau – Chinakhov – Kindel
1:00100% CF
PK1FRust – Acciari
1:11
PK2FRakell – Lizotte
0:42
PK1DShea – St. Ivany
1:32
PK2DKarlsson – Wotherspoon
1:21

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	1	1	0	20:47	—	—	71	72
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	0	0	18:16	—	—	58	59
Jack Hughes C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.31	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	74	79
Connor Brown R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	2	16:21	—	—	28	34
Cody Glass C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	2	2	0	13:32	—	—	29	36
Paul Cotter L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	2	2	0	13:22	—	—	24	30
Dawson Mercer C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.19	0	1	0	17:37	—	—	62	56
Timo Meier R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.29	1	2	2	16:25	—	—	66	74
Arseny Gritsyuk R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	69	63
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:47	—	—	20	6
Ondrej Palat L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	9:13	—	—	24	7
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:16	—	—	25	6
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	3	0	22:56	—	—	37	39
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.02	2	0	0	20:52	—	—	50	44
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	6	0	0	18:26	—	—	47	56
Simon Nemec D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	0	1	0	17:49	—	—	49	41
Luke Hughes D	D3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.11	2	2	0	20:15	—	—	67	73
Brett Pesce D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	0	2	2	17:20	—	—	35	28

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	3.50	59:57

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	0	2	0	19:29	—	—	46	63
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	2	2	+2	4	0.87	0	0	0	19:11	—	—	50	66
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.02	2	1	0	17:33	—	—	47	64
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.83	0	1	2	18:19	—	—	49	37
Ben Kindel C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	1	1	0	17:42	—	—	44	33
Egor Chinakhov R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	38	36
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	0	0	0	13:36	—	—	72	70
Blake Lizotte C	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.16	0	2	0	12:40	—	—	77	78
Connor Dewar C	L3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.20	0	0	2	11:43	—	—	75	75
Justin Brazeau R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	12:47	—	—	67	49
Anthony Mantha R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	11:33	—	—	62	92
Tommy Novak C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	10:57	—	—	63	59
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	1	1	0	22:54	—	—	56	67
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.07	0	2	0	20:42	—	—	43	41
Erik Karlsson D	D2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.10	0	0	0	22:56	—	—	55	63
Parker Wotherspoon D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	4	0	20:04	—	—	58	65
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	0	0	14:56	—	—	60	63
Jack St. Ivany D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:33	—	—	50	28

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Stuart Skinner(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.27	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Erik Karlsson (PIT) 1st 6:39 · assists Rickard Rakell, Sidney Crosby · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 69.2 mph shot · 2.3 s from entry to goal.

Erik Karlsson · 1st 6:39 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 69.2 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Connor Dewar · 2nd 5:23 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 74.8 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 19:07 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 71.5 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Type: one-timer

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Luke Hughes · 3rd 2:55 · NJD PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3
Shot: 67.2 mph
Distance: 47 ft
Type: one-timer

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Blake Lizotte · 3rd 13:26 · PIT

Play: deflection
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 14.7 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 7.8 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

New Jersey Devils vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 8, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

New Jersey Devils

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New Jersey Devils

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goal anatomy

Erik Karlsson · 1st 6:39 · PIT

Connor Dewar · 2nd 5:23 · PIT

Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 19:07 · PIT PP

Luke Hughes · 3rd 2:55 · NJD PP

Blake Lizotte · 3rd 13:26 · PIT