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Thursday, January 8, 2026
7:00 PM ET
PPG Paints Arena (MSGSN)
NJD
New Jersey Devils
1 – 4
Final
Pittsburgh Penguins
 PIT
48% xGF%
52% xGF%
NJD was expected to score 3.13 goals PIT was expected to score 3.41 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG NJD PIT Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State New Jersey Devils Pittsburgh Penguins
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 3:26 0.79 1 11:19 0.99 1
Even Strength 45:15 2.34 0 45:15 2.42 3
Penalty Kill 11:19 0.00 0 3:26 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 34:37 2.64 2
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 18:44 0.38 1
Tied 6:39 0.41 0 6:39 0.39 1
Down 1 18:44 1.22 0 0:00 0.00 0
Down 2+ 34:37 1.50 1 0:00 0.00 0
  • ► Erik Karlsson scores at 6:39 in the 1st period 0.03 xG (0-1)
  • ► Connor Dewar scores at 5:23 in the 2nd period 0.12 xG (0-2)
  • ► Evgeni Malkin scores at 19:07 in the 2nd period 0.11 xG (0-3)
  • ► Luke Hughes scores at 2:55 in the 3rd period 0.05 xG (1-3)
  • ► Blake Lizotte scores at 13:26 in the 3rd period 0.16 xG (1-4)
  • ► Watch the full game recap here
PIT PIT xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
PIT Rickard Rakell (R) 0.89 0 2 2 21 19:11 4 +2 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Jack Hughes (C) 0.55 0 1 1 20 17:14 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Cody Glass (C) 0.50 0 0 0 18 13:32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Evgeni Malkin (C) 0.46 1 0 1 19 18:19 4 0 2 1 0 0 0
NJD Timo Meier (R) 0.37 0 0 0 20 16:25 4 -1 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Ben Kindel (C) 0.36 0 0 0 19 17:42 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Dawson Mercer (C) 0.35 0 0 0 23 17:37 3 -2 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Nico Hischier (C) 0.33 0 0 0 23 20:47 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Egor Chinakhov (R) 0.27 0 0 0 19 15:02 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Noel Acciari (C) 0.26 0 1 1 20 13:36 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Justin Brazeau (R) 0.23 0 0 0 18 12:47 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Arseny Gritsyuk (R) 0.21 0 0 0 21 14:44 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Jesper Bratt (L) 0.20 0 0 0 22 18:16 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Blake Lizotte (C) 0.16 1 0 1 19 12:40 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Connor Dewar (C) 0.13 1 1 2 17 11:43 1 +2 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Bryan Rust (R) 0.13 0 0 0 23 19:29 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Connor Brown (R) 0.13 0 0 0 21 16:21 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
NJD Paul Cotter (L) 0.09 0 0 0 17 13:22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Tommy Novak (C) 0.05 0 0 0 16 10:57 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Anthony Mantha (R) 0.03 0 0 0 17 11:33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Sidney Crosby (C) 0.01 0 2 2 20 17:33 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Ondrej Palat (L) 0.00 0 0 0 13 09:13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Stefan Noesen (R) 0.00 0 0 0 15 08:16 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Luke Glendening (C) 0.00 0 0 0 17 10:47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
PIT Ryan Shea (D) 0.17 0 0 0 17 14:56 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Brett Kulak (D) 0.14 0 0 0 22 20:42 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Luke Hughes (D) 0.13 1 0 1 26 20:15 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0
NJD Simon Nemec (D) 0.12 0 0 0 23 17:49 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Erik Karlsson (D) 0.08 1 1 2 21 22:56 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Brett Pesce (D) 0.06 0 0 0 24 17:20 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Kris Letang (D) 0.06 0 1 1 22 22:54 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Brenden Dillon (D) 0.04 0 0 0 23 18:26 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Dougie Hamilton (D) 0.02 0 1 1 26 20:52 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Jonas Siegenthaler (D) 0.01 0 0 0 24 22:56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Parker Wotherspoon (D) 0.00 0 0 0 20 20:04 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Jack St. Ivany (D) 0.00 0 0 0 18 14:33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
PIT Stuart Skinner (G) +7.33% 0.966 2.1 1 28 60:00 29 W 0
NJD Jake Allen (G) -2.03% 0.862 -0.6 4 25 59:57 29 L 0