Pittsburgh Penguins 5, New Jersey Devils 2: final score and stats
Pittsburgh Penguins beat New Jersey Devils, Pittsburgh Penguins 5 to New Jersey Devils 2, on Thursday, April 9, 2026 at Prudential Center, Newark, NJ. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins.
NHLThursday, April 9, 2026
DateApr 9, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenuePrudential Center, Newark, NJ
TVESPN+
Attendance16,514
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| New Jersey Devils | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Pittsburgh PenguinsNew Jersey Devils
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
41-22-16Record40-36-3
7th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding2nd in Metropolitan Division
2-8Road record / home record8-2
LWLLLLast 5LWWWW
L1StreakL1
Team stats
Pittsburgh PenguinsNew Jersey Devils
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.
Pittsburgh 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 ReserveVille Koivunen RW · Lower Body - Not Specified
Day-To-DayNew Jersey Devils
Anthony Mantha RW · Neck
Injured ReserveSeamus Casey D · Knee
Injured ReserveJohnathan Kovacevic D · Undisclosed
Day-To-DayBox score
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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:51 | 0:00 | 1:14 | 13:37 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Brazeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:19 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Egor Chinakhov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:23 | 0:48 | 0:00 | 13:35 | 19 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sidney Crosby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:43 | 1:10 | 0:00 | 13:33 | 20 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 47.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avery Hayes | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:13 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Kindel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:47 | 0:49 | 0:47 | 13:11 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:13 | 1:12 | 0:00 | 16:01 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Mantha | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 16:02 | 0:48 | 0:00 | 15:14 | 17 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tommy Novak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:21 | 0:49 | 0:00 | 15:32 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickard Rakell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:06 | 1:11 | 0:43 | 16:12 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:21 | 1:12 | 1:15 | 13:54 | 21 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Soderblom | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11:32 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:32 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:54 | 0:00 | 0:47 | 16:07 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel Girard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:50 | 0:00 | 0:17 | 18:33 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:30 | 1:11 | 0:57 | 20:22 | 23 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Letang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:15 | 0:50 | 0:16 | 19:09 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Shea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:00 | 0:00 | 0:46 | 17:14 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:40 | 0:00 | 0:58 | 20:42 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Skinner | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .905 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:06 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesper Bratt | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:41 | 1:00 | 0:49 | 15:52 | 21 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:09 | 0:58 | 0:35 | 16:36 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Cotter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:49 | 0:10 | 0:00 | 10:39 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Glass | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:33 | 0:57 | 0:32 | 13:04 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Halonen | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8:54 | 0:01 | 0:00 | 8:53 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lenni Hameenaho | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 13:59 | 0:46 | 0:00 | 13:13 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Hischier | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 18:06 | 1:00 | 0:37 | 16:29 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 47.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hughes | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:49 | 1:02 | 0:48 | 18:59 | 22 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 18.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc McLaughlin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9:41 | 0:14 | 0:00 | 9:27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 83.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Timo Meier | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 17:00 | 0:52 | 0:00 | 16:08 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dawson Mercer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 17:21 | 0:49 | 0:38 | 15:54 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Cholowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 17:40 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 17:40 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Brenden Dillon | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 21:24 | 0:00 | 1:28 | 19:56 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dougie Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:04 | 1:00 | 0:33 | 18:31 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnathan Kovacevic | 3 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 19:24 | 0:12 | 1:29 | 17:43 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Nemec | 4 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 23:01 | 0:59 | 0:00 | 22:02 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:04 | 0:00 | 0:31 | 15:33 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Allen | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .862 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 59:15 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
PIT wins series 3-1
Apr 9, 2026PIT 5, NJ 2
Feb 26, 2026NJ 1, PIT 4
Jan 8, 2026NJ 1, PIT 4
Nov 8, 2025PIT 1, NJ 2
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils?
Pittsburgh Penguins won, 5-2, on Thursday, April 9, 2026.
What was the final score of Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils?
Pittsburgh Penguins 5, New Jersey Devils 2.
Who were the top performers?
Pittsburgh Penguins: Egor Chinakhov (1 goals). New Jersey Devils: Paul Cotter (1 goals).
Where is Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils played?
Prudential Center, Newark, NJ.
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