New Jersey Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins

Fri, Dec 30, 2022 · PPG Paints Arena · 2022–23 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

4 – 2

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 on Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at PPG Paints Arena. Jack Hughes scored twice. Vitek Vanecek made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	0	3	1	4	28
PIT	1	1	0	2	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	14:26	PIT	EV	Evgeni Malkin (12) · snap	Unassisted	0–1
2nd	06:18	NJD	PP	Jack Hughes (19) · snap	Dougie Hamilton (22), Jesper Bratt (22)	1–1
2nd	12:30	PIT	EV	Jeff Carter (6) · tip-in	Pierre-Olivier Joseph (9), Rickard Rakell (10)	1–2
2nd	17:37	NJD	EV	Dougie Hamilton (8) · wrist	Dawson Mercer (11), Jonas Siegenthaler (12)	2–2
2nd	19:22	NJD	SH	Nico Hischier (15) · wrist	Michael McLeod (12), Brendan Smith (4)	3–2
3rd	19:55	NJD	SH EN	Jack Hughes (20) · wrist	Erik Haula (13), Dawson Mercer (12)	4–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:26	NJD	Nikita Okhotiuk	hooking	2
1st	03:29	PIT	Kasperi Kapanen	hooking	2
1st	17:13	NJD	Miles Wood	roughing	2
1st	18:27	PIT	Sidney Crosby	slashing	2
2nd	03:21	NJD	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2
2nd	05:44	PIT	Teddy Blueger	tripping	2
2nd	06:18	PIT	Bench	abuse of officials	2
2nd	10:12	NJD	Kevin Bahl	holding	2
2nd	12:30	NJD	Bench	delaying game bench	2
2nd	18:02	NJD	Yegor Sharangovich	high sticking	2
2nd	19:47	PIT	Jeff Carter	interference	2
3rd	00:26	PIT	Brian Dumoulin	high sticking	2
3rd	01:54	NJD	Nico Hischier	interference goalkeeper	2
3rd	09:02	NJD	Erik Haula	high sticking double minor	4

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: NJD 3.36 · PIT 3.68 · xG% NJD 47.7

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
86	Jack Hughes	C	2	0	2	+1	0	6	1	0	75.0	20:22	23
91	Dawson Mercer	C	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	1		19:21	26
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	1	1	2	0	0	6	1	1		18:20	23
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	3		26:53	28
2	Brendan Smith	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	4		23:56	28
13	Nico Hischier	C	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	62.5	23:13	30
56	Erik Haula	L	0	1	1	-1	4	2	1	1	46.7	19:20	25
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1		14:47	20
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	3	50.0	10:37	22
28	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1		30:41	29
17	Yegor Sharangovich	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1		15:54	22
90	Tomas Tatar	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		12:53	16
70	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	50.0	11:11	18
44	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0		9:22	12
88	Kevin Bahl	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0		7:09	10
49	Fabian Zetterlund	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	100.0	6:18	9
82	Nikita Okhotiuk	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0		5:56	12
10	Alexander Holtz	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		5:47	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	27	25	2	.926	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
67	Rickard Rakell	R	0	1	1	-1	0	5	2	1		23:21	23
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	2	0	33.3	22:01	20
73	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	0		17:08	23
77	Jeff Carter	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0	57.1	14:36	22
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		25:48	21
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	4	0	45.5	25:25	22
24	Ty Smith	D	0	0	0	+1	0	4	4	0		22:14	21
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	50.0	19:48	24
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3		18:30	25
44	Jan Rutta	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2		17:28	18
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1		13:31	20
16	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		12:45	18
52	Mark Friedman	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0		12:44	18
53	Teddy Blueger	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	53.3	11:53	21
23	Brock McGinn	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		11:38	20
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0		8:43	16
25	Ryan Poehling	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	25.0	7:46	14
43	Danton Heinen	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		5:24	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Tristan Jarry	L	27	24	3	.889	58:43