Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey DevilsNov 8, 2025

Final / SOSaturday, Nov 8, 2025· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	0	1	0	0	0	1		PIT	12	11	7	4	34
NJD	1	0	0	0	1	2		NJD	6	9	8	1	24

: PIT 69NJD 50
: PIT 2.30NJD 2.51
PP goals: PIT 0NJD 0
Hits: PIT 19NJD 22
Blocks: PIT 14NJD 22
PIM: PIT 9NJD 7
: PIT 42%NJD 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New Jersey Devils edge Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 (SO)

New Jersey Devils beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 in a shootout at home. Ryan Graves (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for PIT: Hayes–Koppanen–Koivunen skated 6:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for PIT: Hayes–Koppanen–Koivunen skated 6:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayes Koppanen Koivunen
Usage
Simon Nemec (NJD) played 26:37, +7:03 up on his 19:34 season average over 67 games.Nemec
Usage
Luke Hughes (NJD) played 29:39, +6:44 up on his 22:55 season average over 67 games.Hughes
Luck
NJD scored 1 goal on 2.51 expected goals (50 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Ben Kindel (PIT) played 19:53, +4:53 up on his 15:00 season average over 76 games.Kindel
Usage
Brenden Dillon (NJD) played 21:38, +3:41 up on his 17:57 season average over 81 games.Dillon
Usage
Paul Cotter (NJD) played 13:43, +3:05 up on his 10:38 season average over 78 games.Cotter
PP1
NJD's PP1 (Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Hughes and Hughes) went scoreless in 3:11 of 5v4 time with 2 attempts.Meier Bratt Hischier Hughes 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

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

NJD
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · NJD 50 · PIT 69

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 34%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

NJD 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	PIT	NJD
	68	47
	2.21	2.41
	2.09	2.37
	10	5
	2	5
	16	19
	−0.039	+0.039
	28%	34%

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 – Kindel
11:1369% CF
L2Malkin – Mantha – Novak
10:1914% CF
L3Heinen – Dewar – Lizotte
8:2778% CF
L4Hayes – Koppanen – Koivunen
6:1550% CF
D1Karlsson – Wotherspoon
18:0972% CF
D2Letang – Shea
14:4352% CF
D3Clifton – Graves
14:1548% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Kindel
2:00100% CF
PK1FDewar – Lizotte
2:13
PK2FRust – Koppanen
1:30
PK1DLetang – Shea
1:52
PK2DKarlsson – Wotherspoon
1:03

Current PIT line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Meier – Hischier – Mercer
11:3529% CF
L2Palat – Glass – Gritsyuk
10:5052% CF
L3Noesen – Bratt – Hughes
9:5967% CF
L4Glendening – Lammikko – Cotter
8:0717% CF
D1Dillon – Hughes
17:4040% CF
D2Siegenthaler – Nemec
17:3638% CF
D3White – Cholowski
7:4560% CF

PP1Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes – Hughes
3:1167% CF
PP2Palat – Noesen – Gritsyuk – Mercer – Nemec
0:26
PK1FHischier – Mercer
1:03
PK2FGlendening – Bratt
0:33
PK1DDillon – Hughes
1:24
PK2DSiegenthaler – Nemec
0:33

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

19:12
NJDArseny Gritsyuksnap0.27 xG
PIT: Malkin, Letang, Mantha, Shea, KoppanenNJD: Lammikko, Siegenthaler, Cotter, Gritsyuk, Nemec
PIT 0 – 1 NJD

2nd period

12:33
PITRyan Graves (Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby)slap0.02 xG
PIT: Crosby, Rust, Clifton, Graves, ManthaNJD: Palat, Cholowski, Glass, Gritsyuk, Hughes
PIT 1 – 1 NJD

Decided in the shootout: PIT 1 – 2 NJD.

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
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.16	0	1	0	20:13	—	—	71	43
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.11	0	0	0	19:55	—	—	72	44
Ben Kindel C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	2	1	0	19:53	—	—	71	37
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	0	2	19:53	—	—	36	26
Tommy Novak C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	15:01	—	—	20	19
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	3	1	5	14:12	—	—	26	21
Connor Dewar C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.57	0	1	0	15:34	—	—	77	82
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	71	80
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	12:07	—	—	71	80
Ville Koivunen R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	12:14	—	—	63	57
Joona Koppanen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:36	—	—	46	14
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	11:10	—	—	58	64
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	1	2	24:58	—	—	73	69
Parker Wotherspoon D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	22:05	—	—	69	71
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.01	2	1	0	21:55	—	—	56	30
Ryan Shea D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	1	2	0	20:25	—	—	51	32
Ryan Graves D	D3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.11	0	2	0	17:09	—	—	57	59
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	6	1	0	17:06	—	—	50	55

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arturs Silovs(start)	O	24	23	1	.958	2.51	65:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	6	0.41	2	0	0	20:36	—	—	33	36
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	20:18	—	—	23	30
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	20:01	—	—	22	19
Arseny Gritsyuk R	L2	1	1	0	1	0.35	0	0	0	16:06	—	—	56	76
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	0	-1	1	0.16	4	4	0	13:40	—	—	52	79
Cody Glass C	L2	0	0	-1	3	0.47	0	1	0	13:19	—	—	54	70
Jack Hughes C	L3	0	0	0	5	0.58	0	0	0	22:52	—	—	60	58
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	65	57
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0	2	0.22	2	0	2	12:04	—	—	67	61
Paul Cotter L	L4	0	0	+1	0	0.00	7	0	0	13:43	—	—	25	35
Juho Lammikko C	L4	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	3	0	11:39	—	—	30	44
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	9:47	—	—	17	42
Luke Hughes D	D1	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	1	0	29:39	—	—	36	61
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	5	5	21:38	—	—	44	74
Simon Nemec D	D2	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	1	0	26:37	—	—	39	51
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D2	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	20:26	—	—	41	50
Dennis Cholowski D	D3	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:15	—	—	41	15
Colton White D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	9:55	—	—	53	31

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	2.30	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Ryan Graves (PIT) 2nd 12:33 · assists Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby · Point shot · 48.5 mph shot.

Ryan Graves · 2nd 12:33 · PIT

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2
Shot: 48.5 mph
Distance: 63 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Arseny Gritsyuk · 1st 19:12 · NJD

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 32.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.