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Thursday, April 9, 2026
7:00 PM ET
Prudential Center (MSGSN)
PIT
Pittsburgh Penguins
5 – 2
Final
New Jersey Devils
 NJD
54% xGF%
46% xGF%
PIT was expected to score 2.69 goals NJD was expected to score 2.30 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 2 Cumulative xG PIT NJD Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Pittsburgh Penguins New Jersey Devils
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 2:00 0.11 0 2:45 0.12 0
Even Strength 55:15 2.58 4 55:15 2.17 2
Penalty Kill 2:45 0.00 0 2:00 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 16:25 0.37 0 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 36:50 2.10 2 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 6:45 0.23 2 6:45 0.72 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 36:50 1.20 1
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 16:25 0.38 1
  • ► Bryan Rust scores at 4:53 in the 1st period 0.05 xG (1-0)
  • ► Paul Cotter scores at 9:51 in the 2nd period 0.24 xG (1-1)
  • ► Tommy Novak scores at 11:43 in the 2nd period 0.11 xG (2-1)
  • ► Egor Chinakhov scores at 11:52 in the 2nd period 0.11 xG (3-1)
  • ► Jack Hughes scores at 15:07 in the 2nd period 0.03 xG (3-2)
  • ► Evgeni Malkin scores at 6:50 in the 3rd period 0.04 xG (4-2)
  • ► Erik Karlsson scores at 17:00 in the 3rd period (5-2)
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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) 0.92 0 0 0 20 18:06 8 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Jack Hughes (C) 0.61 1 0 1 22 20:49 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Evgeni Malkin (C) 0.46 1 1 2 19 17:13 2 +3 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Timo Meier (R) 0.35 0 0 0 20 17:00 3 -3 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Egor Chinakhov (R) 0.31 1 2 3 19 14:23 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Sidney Crosby (C) 0.27 0 2 2 20 14:43 4 +2 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Paul Cotter (L) 0.24 1 0 1 13 10:49 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Tommy Novak (C) 0.24 1 0 1 18 16:21 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Nick Bjugstad (C) 0.22 0 0 0 16 14:06 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Connor Brown (R) 0.22 0 1 1 22 18:09 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Bryan Rust (R) 0.17 1 0 1 21 16:21 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Lenni Hameenaho (R) 0.17 0 0 0 17 13:59 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Marc McLaughlin (C) 0.09 0 0 0 11 09:41 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Noel Acciari (C) 0.07 0 1 1 17 14:51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Anthony Mantha (R) 0.07 0 0 0 17 16:02 1 -1 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Avery Hayes (R) 0.06 0 0 0 13 11:13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Cody Glass (C) 0.05 0 0 0 18 14:33 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Ben Kindel (C) 0.02 0 0 0 18 14:47 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Justin Brazeau (R) 0.00 0 0 0 17 14:19 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Nico Hischier (C) 0.00 0 0 0 22 18:06 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Elmer Soderblom (L) 0.00 0 0 0 14 11:32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Brian Halonen (L) 0.00 0 1 1 11 08:54 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Jesper Bratt (L) 0.00 0 0 0 21 17:41 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Dawson Mercer (C) 0.00 0 0 0 20 17:21 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
NJD Jonas Siegenthaler (D) 0.12 0 1 1 20 16:04 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Johnathan Kovacevic (D) 0.11 0 0 0 18 19:24 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Simon Nemec (D) 0.04 0 0 0 22 23:01 1 -2 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Ryan Shea (D) 0.04 0 1 1 17 18:00 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Dougie Hamilton (D) 0.04 0 1 1 22 20:04 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Dennis Cholowski (D) 0.03 0 0 0 16 17:40 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Samuel Girard (D) 0.02 0 0 0 18 18:50 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Connor Clifton (D) 0.01 0 0 0 16 16:54 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Parker Wotherspoon (D) 0.01 0 1 1 23 21:40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Erik Karlsson (D) 0.01 1 1 2 23 22:30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Kris Letang (D) 0.01 0 1 1 19 20:15 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NJD Brenden Dillon (D) 0.00 0 0 0 21 21:24 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
PIT Stuart Skinner (G) +1.42% 0.905 0.3 2 19 60:00 21 W 0
NJD Jake Allen (G) -4.52% 0.862 -1.3 4 25 59:15 29 L 0