Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New Jersey DevilsApr 9, 2026

FinalThursday, Apr 9, 2026· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PIT	1	2	2	5		PIT	15	8	7	30
NJD	0	2	0	2		NJD	10	6	5	21

: PIT 63NJD 42
: PIT 3.83NJD 2.10
PP goals: PIT 0NJD 0
Hits: PIT 7NJD 12
Blocks: PIT 8NJD 18
PIM: PIT 2NJD 2
: PIT 55%NJD 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 5–2

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 5–2 at NJD. Egor Chinakhov (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for PIT: Acciari–Soderblom–Hayes skated 9:55 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Egor Chinakhov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 14:23.Chinakhov
Points
Erik Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:30.Karlsson
Points
Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:13.Malkin
Points
Sidney Crosby had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:43.Crosby
New line
New look for PIT: Acciari–Soderblom–Hayes skated 9:55 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Acciari Soderblom Hayes
Usage
Sidney Crosby (PIT) played 14:43, −4:35 down on his 19:18 season average over 67 games.Crosby
Usage
Bryan Rust (PIT) played 16:21, −3:39 down on his 20:00 season average over 71 games.Rust
Usage
Jonas Siegenthaler (NJD) played 16:04, −3:27 down on his 19:31 season average over 81 games.Siegenthaler

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 105 of 105 attempts · NJD 42 · PIT 63

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 46% of the game, NJD 25%.

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
	70	49
	3.06	2.32
	2.68	2.26
	14	12
	5	7
	25	24
	+0.030	−0.030
	46%	25%

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

L1Malkin – Rakell – Novak
13:0170% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Chinakhov
11:2356% CF
L3Mantha – Brazeau – Kindel
11:0350% CF
L4Acciari – Soderblom – Hayes
9:5530% CF
D1Karlsson – Wotherspoon
17:2152% CF
D2Letang – Girard
17:0350% CF
D3Clifton – Shea
13:4364% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Rakell
1:10100% CF
PP2Letang – Mantha – Novak – Chinakhov – Kindel
0:48
PK1FRust – Acciari
1:12
PK2FRakell – Kindel
0:43
PK1DKarlsson – Wotherspoon
0:55
PK2DClifton – Shea
0:44

Current PIT line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Brown – Bratt – Hughes
13:3039% CF
L2Meier – Hischier – Mercer
13:1856% CF
L3Bjugstad – Glass – Hameenaho
11:0133% CF
L4Cotter – McLaughlin – Halonen
7:3945% CF
D1Dillon – Nemec
19:1440% CF
D2Cholowski – Kovacevic
16:3124% CF
D3Hamilton – Siegenthaler
14:4563% CF

PP1Brown – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes – Nemec
0:58100% CF
PP2Hamilton – Meier – Glass – Mercer – Hameenaho
0:44
PK1FBratt – Hughes
0:48
PK2FHischier – Mercer
0:37
PK1DDillon – Kovacevic
1:25
PK2DHamilton – Siegenthaler
0:31

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
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	0	0	+1	8	0.81	0	1	0	18:06	—	—	73	88
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	1	1	2	+3	2	0.92	0	0	0	17:13	—	—	73	87
Tommy Novak C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.30	0	0	0	16:21	—	—	75	96
Bryan Rust R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	1	0	0	16:21	—	—	57	51
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	2	2	+2	4	0.71	0	1	0	14:43	—	—	61	62
Egor Chinakhov R	L2	1	2	3	+2	2	0.29	0	0	0	14:23	—	—	61	59
Anthony Mantha R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	2	16:02	—	—	52	19
Ben Kindel C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:47	—	—	47	22
Justin Brazeau R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	57	37
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	14:51	—	—	41	13
Elmer Soderblom L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:32	—	—	27	16
Avery Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	1	0	11:13	—	—	23	16
Erik Karlsson D	D1	1	1	2	0	2	0.39	0	0	0	22:30	—	—	58	33
Parker Wotherspoon D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	21:40	—	—	55	36
Kris Letang D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	1	0	20:15	—	—	55	58
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	0	1	0	18:50	—	—	51	51
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.05	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	65	72
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:54	—	—	67	74

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Stuart Skinner(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	2.10	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	1	0	1	-1	5	0.42	0	3	0	20:49	—	—	43	44
Connor Brown R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.31	0	1	0	18:09	—	—	39	47
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:41	—	—	36	37
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:06	—	—	50	48
Dawson Mercer C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:21	—	—	48	47
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.41	1	1	0	17:00	—	—	48	53
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	0	1	0	14:33	—	—	35	31
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	0	1	0	14:06	—	—	35	31
Lenni Hameenaho R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	0	0	0	13:59	—	—	36	25
Paul Cotter L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.26	1	0	0	10:49	—	—	50	63
Marc McLaughlin C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	1	0	9:41	—	—	42	57
Brian Halonen L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:54	—	—	54	57
Simon Nemec D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	4	2	23:01	—	—	39	38
Brenden Dillon D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	21:24	—	—	41	40
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	3	3	0	19:24	—	—	30	28
Dennis Cholowski D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	2	0	17:40	—	—	22	22
Dougie Hamilton D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.01	0	0	0	20:04	—	—	61	61
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	0	1	0	16:04	—	—	60	64

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	2.61	59:15

Goal anatomy

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

Bryan Rust (PIT) 1st 4:53 · assists Egor Chinakhov, Kris Letang · Forecheck turnover · 44.9 mph shot.

Bryan Rust · 1st 4:53 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 44.9 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Type: one-timer

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Paul Cotter · 2nd 9:51 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 13.8 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Tommy Novak · 2nd 11:43 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.6 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Egor Chinakhov · 2nd 11:52 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.3 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Jack Hughes · 2nd 15:07 · NJD

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2
Shot: 48.5 mph
Distance: 41 ft

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Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 6:50 · PIT

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 5.6 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Erik Karlsson · 3rd 17:00 · PIT EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 13.4 mph
Distance: 24 ft

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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 9, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

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

Bryan Rust · 1st 4:53 · PIT

Paul Cotter · 2nd 9:51 · NJD

Tommy Novak · 2nd 11:43 · PIT

Egor Chinakhov · 2nd 11:52 · PIT

Jack Hughes · 2nd 15:07 · NJD

Evgeni Malkin · 3rd 6:50 · PIT

Erik Karlsson · 3rd 17:00 · PIT EN