Final/Fri Feb 27, 2026/PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh/2025-26 regular season

01/Line score

Goals by period, from play-by-play
Team1st2nd3rdT
0101
1034

02/Scoring summary

5 goals

1st

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsNJDPIT
18:51PITTommy Novak (12)Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin01

2nd

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsNJDPIT
04:56NJDPaul Cotter (6)Dougie Hamilton, Jack Hughes11

3rd

3 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsNJDPIT
06:30PITConnor Clifton (2)Ryan Shea, Anthony Mantha12
07:20PITYegor Chinakhov (12)Evgeni Malkin13
18:01PITBlake Lizotte (7)unassisted14

03/Team stats

Counted from the play-by-play
NJD
Away / Home
PIT
1
Goals
4
30
Shots on goal
37
21
Missed shots
12
11
Blocked shots
20
74
Shot attempts
62
26
Hits
15
33
Faceoffs won of 55
22
60.0%
Faceoff win %
40.0%
18
Giveaways
15
3
Takeaways
6
3
Penalties
5
6
Penalty minutes
10
5
Power plays
3

Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them. Shot attempts are shots on goal plus misses plus attempts that were blocked. A club's blocked shots are the blocks it made, credited to the blocker's club: a shot that deflects off one of the shooter's own teammates is credited to neither side, so this can run under the raw count of blocked shots in the game. Penalty minutes are the durations the feed publishes, plus the ten minute misconduct that automatically rides with a match penalty.

Power plays are opportunities, and they are derived rather than stored. The feed carries no strength on a goal and no end time on a penalty, so the penalty record is run forward to find the seconds a club really had a skater more than its opponent: coincidental penalties offset, a double minor counts twice, a misconduct costs no skater, and a call at the final horn counts for nothing. Power play time is not printed, it would rest on the same reconstruction with nothing published to check it against.


04/New Jersey Devils

Away · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Jack HughesC011-102007-1125:42
Dougie HamiltonD011-1044122:10
Paul CotterL101+1022010:05
Connor BrownR0000000022:02
Simon NemecD0000220020:09
Brett PesceD000-1000119:53
Jesper BrattL0000021019:43
Nico HischierC0000041014-818:00
Brenden DillonD0000013117:59
Jonas SiegenthalerD0000001317:05
Timo MeierR000004312-016:30
Dawson MercerC000-1011015:14
NHL 8480192000-1206213:15
Arseny GritsyukR000-2220112:58
NHL 8484177000-2030012:50
Cody GlassC000-203015-011:47
Nick BjugstadC000000305-311:06
Maxim TsyplakovR000000109:33
Skaters1236302611

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Jacob Markstrom36333.91758:34
Jake Allen

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


05/Pittsburgh Penguins

Home · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Evgeni MalkinC022+125002-117:38
Ryan SheaD011+1020020:19
Kris LetangD011-1220219:02
Connor CliftonD101+1227118:15
Blake LizotteC101+102113-614:31
Anthony ManthaR011+101020-113:54
Tommy NovakC101002013-613:39
Yegor ChinakhovR101+1030012:42
Erik KarlssonD000+1010221:41
Samuel GirardD0000010417:53
Parker WotherspoonD000+2001117:49
Bryan RustR000+1010116:47
Noel AcciariC000000116-816:17
Rickard RakellR000003003-716:06
Connor DewarC0000052115:49
Ben KindelC000+102005-413:07
Justin BrazeauR0000031213:00
NHL 8482993000-1222111:47
Skaters4598371520

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Arturs Silovs30291.96759:44
Stuart Skinner

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


06/Penalties

8 called
PerTimeTeamPlayerInfractionMinDrawn by
1st17:26NJDArseny GritsyukSlashing2Parker Wotherspoon
2nd01:24PITEvgeni MalkinHigh-sticking2Brett Pesce
2nd04:56PITDelay of game (failed coach’s challenge)2
2nd09:59PITNHL 8482993Slashing2Simon Nemec
2nd13:04NJDNHL 8480192High-sticking2NHL 8482993
2nd15:33PITKris LetangInterference2Jesper Bratt
2nd18:00NJDSimon NemecHolding the stick2Blake Lizotte
3rd16:11PITConnor CliftonDelay of game (puck over the glass)2

07/Game

Date
Fri Feb 27, 2026
Venue
PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh
Season
2025-26
Type
Regular season
Decision
Final
NHL game id
2025020922

Goals, assists, shots, hits, blocks and faceoffs are counted from the play-by-play for this game. Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them, so a club's skater shot total is the shot total the opposing goaltender faced. The skater line does not include a goaltender's own assists. Time on ice, penalty minutes and plus-minus come from the box score. Save percentage is saves over shots faced and excludes any empty-net goal, which the feed does not credit to a goaltender. 3 players are not in the player index and appear by NHL id rather than under an invented name.