Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey DevilsApr 11, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	1	2	4		PIT	10	5	10	25
NJD	2	0	0	2		NJD	13	4	11	28

: PIT 40NJD 64
: PIT 3.81NJD 3.01
PP goals: PIT 2NJD 0
Hits: PIT 19NJD 20
Blocks: PIT 13NJD 4
PIM: PIT 6NJD 8
: PIT 46%NJD 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 4–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 4–2 at NJD. Evgeni Malkin (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Rust, Rakell, Grzelcyk and Koivunen) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:58 together.

Points
Bryan Rust had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:18.Rust
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:07.Malkin
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:34.Crosby
Points
Matt Grzelcyk had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:51.Grzelcyk
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Crosby, Rust, Rakell, Grzelcyk and Koivunen) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:58 together.Crosby Rust Rakell Grzelcyk Koivunen
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New look for PIT: Malkin–Rakell–Heinen skated 9:01 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Rakell Heinen
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New look for NJD: Lazar–Bastian–Cotter skated 7:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lazar Bastian Cotter
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New look for NJD: Palat–Sprong–Glass skated 7:25 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Palat Sprong Glass

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

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

NJD
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 104 of 104 attempts · NJD 64 · PIT 40

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PIT 28% of the game, NJD 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

PIT

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	PIT	NJD
	31	56
	1.89	2.42
	1.71	2.30
	6	11
	2	0
	14	13
	−0.008	+0.009
	28%	42%

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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Koivunen
9:5812% CF
L2Malkin – Rakell – Heinen
9:0170% CF
L3Hayes – Dewar – Puustinen
6:5213% CF
L4Koppanen – Bemstrom – Ponomarev
6:2917% CF
D1Letang – Grzelcyk
11:5343% CF
D2Karlsson – Timmins
9:5739% CF
D3Graves – Shea
7:0130% CF

PP1Crosby – Rust – Rakell – Grzelcyk – Koivunen
3:58100% CF
PP2Malkin – Letang – Karlsson – Hayes – Puustinen
1:26100% CF
PK1FKoppanen – Dewar
2:31
PK2FRust – Ponomarev
1:26
PK1DLetang – Timmins
2:40
PK2DKarlsson – Shea
1:35

Current PIT line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Haula – Meier – Mercer
9:5158% CF
L2Noesen – Bratt – Hischier
8:3565% CF
L3Lazar – Bastian – Cotter
7:3967% CF
L4Palat – Sprong – Glass
7:2563% CF
D1Pesce – Hughes
14:3874% CF
D2Dumoulin – Kovacevic
11:4444% CF
D3Dillon – Casey
10:4473% CF

PP1Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Mercer – Hughes
4:41100% CF
PP2Palat – Noesen – Sprong – Glass – Casey
0:41
PK1FHischier – Mercer
2:21
PK2FHaula – Bratt
1:18
PK1DDillon – Kovacevic
2:46
PK2DDumoulin – Hughes
1:23

Current NJD 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.

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.60	0	1	0	21:34	—	—	15	8
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	1	2	0	1	0.68	0	1	0	19:18	—	—	11	4
Ville Koivunen R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	0	5	0	17:59	—	—	21	13
Rickard Rakell R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	1	1	0	18:06	—	—	67	81
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	1	1	2	+1	6	0.89	1	1	0	15:07	—	—	61	70
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:24	—	—	54	53
Connor Dewar C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:10	—	—	5	2
Kevin Hayes R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	2	12:17	—	—	31	68
Valtteri Puustinen R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.71	1	0	0	12:00	—	—	43	82
Joona Koppanen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:51	—	—	23	10
Vasily Ponomarev C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	10:31	—	—	25	31
Emil Bemstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	8:23	—	—	25	31
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.11	1	0	0	22:55	—	—	33	57
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	2	2	0	1	0.10	1	2	2	19:51	—	—	38	53
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	23:20	—	—	42	64
Conor Timmins D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	2	19:23	—	—	39	25
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:02	—	—	30	19
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:54	—	—	29	20

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	3.01	59:55

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.41	0	0	0	20:08	—	—	56	52
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	19:57	—	—	67	80
Erik Haula L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.19	1	0	0	14:46	—	—	75	89
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.31	0	0	0	22:11	—	—	65	73
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	0	0	0	20:34	—	—	68	83
Stefan Noesen R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.61	1	0	0	17:08	—	—	67	74
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	6	0	0	11:31	—	—	79	75
Curtis Lazar C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:17	—	—	57	22
Nathan Bastian R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:02	—	—	60	14
Cody Glass C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	0	1	2	13:20	—	—	64	61
Ondrej Palat L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.29	2	0	0	12:36	—	—	54	52
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:20	—	—	71	67
Luke Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.72	0	0	0	23:54	—	—	68	56
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	0	1	4	19:59	—	—	73	75
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	0	2	18:10	—	—	40	17
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:01	—	—	44	21
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	19:52	—	—	65	42
Seamus Casey D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	73	72

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	23	21	3	.913	3.13	58:06

Goal anatomy

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

Erik Haula (NJD) 1st 0:15 · assists Dawson Mercer, Brett Pesce · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 52.0 mph shot · 1.6 s from entry to goal.

Erik Haula · 1st 0:15 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.0 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 1.6 s

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Ondrej Palat · 1st 6:17 · NJD

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 49.0 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: deflection

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Evgeni Malkin · 1st 16:10 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 0.9 mph
Distance: 3 ft

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Valtteri Puustinen · 2nd 1:05 · PIT PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 5.8 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Sidney Crosby · 3rd 13:21 · PIT PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 20.2 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Bryan Rust · 3rd 18:24 · PIT EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 58.1 mph
Distance: 49 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 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.

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey DevilsApr 11, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

New Jersey Devils

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

New Jersey Devils

Goal anatomy

Erik Haula · 1st 0:15 · NJD

Ondrej Palat · 1st 6:17 · NJD

Evgeni Malkin · 1st 16:10 · PIT

Valtteri Puustinen · 2nd 1:05 · PIT PP

Sidney Crosby · 3rd 13:21 · PIT PP

Bryan Rust · 3rd 18:24 · PIT EN