New Jersey Devils 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 4: final score and stats
Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils, New Jersey Devils 1 to Pittsburgh Penguins 4, on Thursday, February 26, 2026 at PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils.
NHLThursday, February 26, 2026
DateFeb 26, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenuePPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
TVESPN+
Attendance18,288
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey Devils | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
New Jersey DevilsPittsburgh Penguins
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
28-29-2Record30-15-12
2nd in Metropolitan DivisionStanding6th in Metropolitan Division
5-4Road record / home record4-4
LWWWWLast 5WLWLL
L1StreakW1
Team stats
New Jersey DevilsPittsburgh Penguins
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
New Jersey Devils
Anthony Mantha RW · Neck
Injured ReserveSeamus Casey D · Knee
Injured ReserveJohnathan Kovacevic D · Undisclosed
Day-To-DayPittsburgh Penguins
Elmer Soderblom LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBryan Rust RW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveTrevor van Riemsdyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveRyan Graves D · Knee
Injured ReserveBox score
New Jersey Devils Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Bjugstad | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:06 | 0:13 | 1:28 | 9:25 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesper Bratt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:43 | 5:02 | 1:01 | 13:40 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:02 | 6:08 | 2:07 | 13:47 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Cotter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10:05 | 0:10 | 0:00 | 9:55 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Glass | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 11:47 | 0:34 | 1:33 | 9:40 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arseny Gritsyuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 12:58 | 2:43 | 0:00 | 10:15 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Lenni Hameenaho | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 12:50 | 2:20 | 0:00 | 10:30 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hischier | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:00 | 7:02 | 2:18 | 8:40 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 63.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 25:42 | 7:49 | 0:00 | 17:53 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 38.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Timo Meier | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16:30 | 4:49 | 0:00 | 11:41 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dawson Mercer | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:14 | 3:46 | 2:20 | 9:08 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxim Tsyplakov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:33 | 0:10 | 0:00 | 9:23 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey Devils Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenden Dillon | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17:59 | 0:10 | 3:25 | 14:24 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dougie Hamilton | 1 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 22:10 | 5:07 | 0:32 | 16:31 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnathan Kovacevic | 2 | 6 | 0 | -1 | 13:15 | 0:10 | 1:21 | 11:44 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Simon Nemec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:09 | 4:45 | 0:00 | 15:24 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Brett Pesce | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:53 | 0:07 | 3:24 | 16:22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:05 | 0:00 | 2:11 | 14:54 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New Jersey Devils Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Markstrom | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 33 | .917 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 58:34 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Acciari | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:17 | 0:00 | 5:37 | 10:40 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Brazeau | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:00 | 1:22 | 0:00 | 11:38 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Egor Chinakhov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:42 | 1:47 | 0:00 | 10:55 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Dewar | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:49 | 0:00 | 5:57 | 9:52 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avery Hayes | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 11:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:47 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ben Kindel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:07 | 1:00 | 0:26 | 11:41 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Lizotte | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14:31 | 0:00 | 5:06 | 9:25 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:38 | 4:25 | 0:00 | 13:13 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Anthony Mantha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:54 | 4:01 | 0:00 | 9:53 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Novak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:39 | 1:38 | 0:00 | 12:01 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickard Rakell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:06 | 3:47 | 0:00 | 12:19 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:47 | 3:40 | 2:53 | 10:14 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Clifton | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18:15 | 0:00 | 4:18 | 13:57 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Samuel Girard | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:53 | 0:00 | 2:22 | 15:31 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Karlsson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21:41 | 3:37 | 3:38 | 14:26 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Letang | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:02 | 1:48 | 0:50 | 16:24 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan Shea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:19 | 0:00 | 4:51 | 15:28 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17:49 | 0:00 | 4:02 | 13:47 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arturs Silovs | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .967 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 59:44 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Apr 9, 2026PIT 5, NJ 2
Feb 26, 2026NJ 1, PIT 4
Jan 8, 2026NJ 1, PIT 4
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Frequently asked questions
Who won New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Pittsburgh Penguins won, 4-1, on Thursday, February 26, 2026.
What was the final score of New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
New Jersey Devils 1, Pittsburgh Penguins 4.
Who were the top performers?
New Jersey Devils: Paul Cotter (1 goals). Pittsburgh Penguins: Connor Clifton (1 goals).
Where is New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins played?
PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA.
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