Thu, Feb 26, 2026·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh
New Jersey Devils 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 4
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 68% of the time.
62%
25%
PIT winsNJD wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
PIT forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against NJD's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| Brown–Bratt–Hughes | Glass–Gritsyuk–Hameenaho | Meier–Hischier–Mercer | Bjugstad–Cotter–Tsyplakov | Cotter–Hughes–Tsyplakov | Hamilton–Siegenthaler | Dillon–Nemec | Pesce–Kovacevic | Pesce–Nemec | Dillon–Kovacevic | Hamilton–Nemec | Dillon–Hamilton | Dillon–Pesce | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malkin–Novak–Chinakhov | 2:060.20–0.00 | 0:540.00–0.13 | 1:420.16–0.21 | 3:060.60–0.09 | 3:200.72–0.00 | 0:500.00–0.13 | 2:540.08–0.21 | 0:340.16–0.00 | |||||
| Acciari–Dewar–Lizotte | 5:370.06–0.11 | 1:240.05–0.00 | 1:540.29–0.03 | 2:050.00–0.08 | 1:000.01–0.00 | 0:380.00–0.06 | 0:450.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Mantha–Brazeau–Kindel | 0:470.06–0.01 | 3:150.07–0.06 | 1:080.11–0.09 | 1:100.00–0.04 | 2:250.13–0.01 | 3:430.11–0.20 | 0:370.00–0.02 | ||||||
| Rust–Rakell–Hayes | 0:460.00–0.00 | 1:300.00–0.09 | 3:270.33–0.36 | 0:480.00–0.00 | 2:120.03–0.11 | 1:230.30–0.00 | 2:170.00–0.14 | 1:030.00–0.21 | |||||
| Clifton–Shea | 2:460.07–0.00 | 4:310.07–0.32 | 1:530.52–0.00 | 6:110.69–0.19 | 1:170.00–0.20 | 0:530.00–0.00 | 1:250.01–0.00 | 0:510.00–0.06 | |||||
| Letang–Girard | 2:210.03–0.01 | 0:480.00–0.00 | 5:310.56–0.46 | 1:110.00–0.00 | 0:390.00–0.03 | 1:290.03–0.02 | 3:020.40–0.21 | 4:560.09–0.15 | 0:540.00–0.21 | 0:440.00–0.00 | 0:580.00–0.03 | ||
| Karlsson–Wotherspoon | 6:020.43–0.11 | 1:240.29–0.02 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 2:180.00–0.04 | 3:280.22–0.39 | 4:310.29–0.07 | 2:240.20–0.08 | 1:170.00–0.02 | |||||
| Letang–Shea | 0:310.00–0.00 | 0:340.08–0.09 | |||||||||||
| Karlsson–Girard |
Every shift, one row per player.
PITNJDFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Jack HughesNJD | 23 | 25:42 | 1:07 | 2:27 | 7 | 0 |
 Dougie HamiltonNJD | 23 | 22:10 | 0:58 | 1:33 | 4 | 2 |
 Connor BrownNJD | 24 | 22:02 | 0:55 | 1:37 | 7 | 0 |
 Erik KarlssonPIT | 20 | 21:41 | 1:05 | 1:46 | 2 | 3 |
 Ryan SheaPIT | 18 | 20:19 | 1:08 | 2:03 | 2 | 3 |
 Simon NemecNJD | 20 | 20:09 | 1:00 | 1:54 | 6 | 0 |
 Brett PesceNJD | 21 | 19:53 | 0:57 | 1:45 | 3 | 3 |
 Jesper BrattNJD | 24 | 19:43 | 0:49 | 2:10 | 6 | 0 |
 Kris LetangPIT | 21 | 19:02 | 0:54 | 1:53 | 2 | 1 |
 Connor CliftonPIT | 20 | 18:15 | 0:55 | 1:38 | 2 | 4 |
 Nico HischierNJD | 19 | 18:00 | 0:57 | 2:23 | 4 | 6 |
 Brenden DillonNJD | 20 | 17:59 | 0:54 | 1:36 | 5 | 3 |
 Samuel GirardPIT | 18 | 17:53 | 1:00 | 1:40 | 1 | 2 |
 Parker WotherspoonPIT | 18 | 17:49 | 0:59 | 1:24 | 0 | 2 |
 Evgeni MalkinPIT | 20 | 17:38 | 0:53 | 2:16 | 4 | 1 |
 Jonas SiegenthalerNJD | 22 | 17:05 | 0:47 | 1:25 | 1 | 1 |
 Bryan RustPIT | 20 | 16:47 | 0:50 | 2:49 | 1 | 5 |
 Timo MeierNJD | 18 | 16:30 | 0:55 | 1:37 | 3 | 4 |
 Noel AcciariPIT | 23 | 16:17 | 0:42 | 1:16 | 0 | 10 |
 Rickard RakellPIT | 17 | 16:06 | 0:57 | 2:10 | 1 | 2 |
 Connor DewarPIT | 21 | 15:49 | 0:45 | 1:12 | 0 | 7 |
 Dawson MercerNJD | 19 | 15:14 | 0:48 | 1:20 | 1 | 7 |
 Blake LizottePIT | 20 | 14:31 | 0:44 | 1:32 | 0 | 4 |
 Anthony ManthaPIT | 14 | 13:54 | 1:00 | 1:36 | 6 | 1 |
 Tommy NovakPIT | 19 | 13:39 | 0:43 | 1:29 | 5 | 1 |
 Johnathan KovacevicNJD | 20 | 13:15 | 0:40 | 1:14 | 1 | 3 |
 Ben KindelPIT | 16 | 13:07 | 0:49 | 1:29 | 3 | 3 |
 Justin BrazeauPIT | 14 | 13:00 | 0:56 | 1:29 | 4 | 1 |
 Arseny GritsyukNJD | 17 | 12:58 | 0:46 | 1:14 | 3 | 1 |
 Lenni HameenahoNJD | 17 | 12:50 | 0:45 | 1:08 | 3 | 1 |
 Egor ChinakhovPIT | 18 | 12:42 | 0:42 | 1:07 | 6 | 0 |
 Avery HayesPIT | 18 | 11:47 | 0:39 | 1:10 | 0 | 2 |
 Cody GlassNJD | 18 | 11:47 | 0:39 | 1:05 | 2 | 1 |
 Nick BjugstadNJD | 14 | 11:06 | 0:48 | 1:25 | 1 | 0 |
 Paul CotterNJD | 12 | 10:05 | 0:50 | 1:21 | 1 | 0 |
 Maxim TsyplakovNJD | 13 | 9:33 | 0:44 | 1:27 | 1 | 0 |