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Thursday, February 26, 2026
7:00 PM ET
PPG Paints Arena (MSG)
NJD
New Jersey Devils
1 – 4
Final
Pittsburgh Penguins
 PIT
45% xGF%
55% xGF%
NJD was expected to score 3.36 goals PIT was expected to score 4.13 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 4 2 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 10:21 1.20 1 5:41 1.03 1
Even Strength 43:58 2.07 0 43:58 2.32 2
Penalty Kill 5:41 0.09 0 10:21 0.77 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 12:40 0.49 0
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 6:55 0.30 1
Tied 40:25 1.94 0 40:25 3.33 2
Down 1 6:55 0.48 1 0:00 0.00 0
Down 2+ 12:40 0.94 0 0:00 0.00 0
  • ► Tommy Novak scores at 18:51 in the 1st period 0.14 xG (0-1)
  • ► Paul Cotter scores at 4:56 in the 2nd period 0.23 xG (1-1)
  • ► Connor Clifton scores at 6:30 in the 3rd period 0.02 xG (1-2)
  • ► Egor Chinakhov scores at 7:20 in the 3rd period 0.13 xG (1-3)
  • ► Blake Lizotte scores at 18:01 in the 3rd period (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 Connor Dewar (C) 0.64 0 0 0 21 15:49 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Rickard Rakell (R) 0.61 0 0 0 17 16:06 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Nico Hischier (C) 0.56 0 0 0 19 18:00 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Evgeni Malkin (C) 0.54 0 2 2 20 17:38 4 +1 2 0 0 0 0
NJD Timo Meier (R) 0.53 0 0 0 18 16:30 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Cody Glass (C) 0.43 0 0 0 18 11:47 3 -2 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Lenni Hameenaho (R) 0.33 0 0 0 17 12:50 3 -2 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Justin Brazeau (R) 0.33 0 0 0 14 13:00 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Tommy Novak (C) 0.32 1 0 1 19 13:39 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
NJD Paul Cotter (L) 0.32 1 0 1 12 10:05 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Blake Lizotte (C) 0.31 1 0 1 20 14:31 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Egor Chinakhov (R) 0.30 1 0 1 18 12:42 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Avery Hayes (R) 0.29 0 0 0 18 11:47 2 -1 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Bryan Rust (R) 0.23 0 0 0 20 16:47 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Jesper Bratt (L) 0.18 0 0 0 24 19:43 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Arseny Gritsyuk (R) 0.16 0 0 0 17 12:58 2 -2 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Ben Kindel (C) 0.12 0 0 0 16 13:07 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Dawson Mercer (C) 0.09 0 0 0 19 15:14 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Nick Bjugstad (C) 0.08 0 0 0 14 11:06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Connor Brown (R) 0.07 0 0 0 24 22:02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Anthony Mantha (R) 0.06 0 1 1 14 13:54 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Jack Hughes (C) 0.04 0 1 1 23 25:42 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Noel Acciari (C) 0.00 0 0 0 23 16:17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Maxim Tsyplakov (R) 0.00 0 0 0 13 09:33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
NJD Simon Nemec (D) 0.19 0 0 0 20 20:09 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
NJD Jonas Siegenthaler (D) 0.15 0 0 0 23 17:07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Dougie Hamilton (D) 0.14 0 1 1 23 22:10 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Connor Clifton (D) 0.13 1 0 1 20 18:15 2 +1 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Ryan Shea (D) 0.13 0 1 1 18 20:19 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Erik Karlsson (D) 0.07 0 0 0 20 21:41 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Johnathan Kovacevic (D) 0.04 0 0 0 20 13:13 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Kris Letang (D) 0.04 0 1 1 21 19:02 2 -1 2 0 0 0 0
NJD Brenden Dillon (D) 0.04 0 0 0 20 17:59 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Samuel Girard (D) 0.02 0 0 0 18 17:53 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Brett Pesce (D) 0.02 0 0 0 21 19:53 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Parker Wotherspoon (D) 0.00 0 0 0 18 17:49 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
PIT Arturs Silovs (G) +8.14% 0.966 2.4 1 28 59:44 29 W 0
NJD Jacob Markstrom (G) +3.32% 0.912 1.1 3 31 58:34 34 L 0