New Jersey Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins

Sat, Feb 18, 2023 · PPG Paints Arena · 2022–23 Regular Season

New Jersey Devils

5 – 2

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

The New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 on Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at PPG Paints Arena. Evgeni Malkin scored twice; Nico Hischier scored twice. Vitek Vanecek made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 43–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NJD	1	2	2	5	43
PIT	1	0	1	2	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:33	PIT	PP	Evgeni Malkin (20) · wrist	Rickard Rakell (18), Kris Letang (18)	0–1
1st	04:53	NJD	EV	Dawson Mercer (13) · backhand	Nico Hischier (27), Tomas Tatar (19)	1–1
2nd	03:47	NJD	PP	Dougie Hamilton (16) · snap	Nico Hischier (28), Jack Hughes (33)	2–1
2nd	08:25	NJD	SH	Nico Hischier (22) · wrist	Yegor Sharangovich (13)	3–1
3rd	08:39	NJD	EV	Jesper Bratt (22) · wrist	Jack Hughes (34), Yegor Sharangovich (14)	4–1
3rd	14:43	PIT	EV	Evgeni Malkin (21) · snap	Jeff Petry (15)	4–2
3rd	17:56	NJD	SH EN	Nico Hischier (23) · wrist	Dawson Mercer (19)	5–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:05	NJD	John Marino	tripping	2
1st	08:58	NJD	Brendan Smith	interference	2
1st	11:43	NJD	Ryan Graves	slashing	2
1st	13:08	PIT	Jeff Carter	high sticking	2
2nd	03:37	PIT	Marcus Pettersson	interference	2
2nd	08:08	NJD	Ryan Graves	interference	2
2nd	12:14	PIT	Jeff Carter	tripping	2
3rd	03:02	NJD	Kevin Bahl	high sticking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NJD 5.00 · PIT 2.34 · xG% NJD 68.1

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
13	Nico Hischier	C	2	2	4	+3	0	5	0	3	52.4	18:41	30
91	Dawson Mercer	C	1	1	2	+2	0	8	1	1	100.0	19:56	30
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	33.3	17:30	21
17	Yegor Sharangovich	C	0	2	2	+2	0	3	2	0		15:23	23
7	Dougie Hamilton	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0		17:41	23
90	Tomas Tatar	L	0	1	1	+2	0	3	2	0	100.0	16:48	27
63	Jesper Bratt	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		16:09	21
6	John Marino	D	0	0	0	+3	2	1	0	2		24:28	28
33	Ryan Graves	D	0	0	0	+2	4	4	2	7		23:51	30
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	33.3	20:29	27
2	Brendan Smith	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4		18:58	24
28	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	1		18:29	25
18	Ondrej Palat	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		16:50	22
49	Fabian Zetterlund	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100.0	14:04	20
88	Kevin Bahl	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	0		13:29	22
20	Michael McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	57.1	7:54	14
70	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		6:04	11
44	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		4:48	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	2	0	2	-1	0	2	0	0	83.3	17:05	18
58	Kris Letang	D	0	1	1	-2	0	2	1	0		24:39	25
67	Rickard Rakell	R	0	1	1	-3	0	5	1	1		22:24	23
26	Jeff Petry	D	0	1	1	+1	0	5	3	1		22:05	27
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	-3	0	5	1	1	45.0	22:06	23
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	-3	0	3	2	2		21:41	23
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	1		19:12	24
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		17:32	24
73	Pierre-Olivier Joseph	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1		14:23	20
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		14:06	23
53	Teddy Blueger	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	53.8	13:59	20
16	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	0		13:39	18
2	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1		13:35	19
77	Jeff Carter	C	0	0	0	-1	4	0	4	0	58.3	13:17	21
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		13:15	18
23	Brock McGinn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		11:53	20
15	Josh Archibald	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		11:28	19
10	Drew O'Connor	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		10:10	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Dustin Tokarski	L	42	38	4	.905	59:21