Pittsburgh Penguins at New Jersey Devils

Sat, Mar 20, 2021 · Prudential Center · 2020–21 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

3 – 1

Final

New Jersey Devils

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 3–1 on Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at Prudential Center. Sidney Crosby led the way with 2 points. Casey DeSmith made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–25.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	0	2	1	3	29
NJD	1	0	0	1	25

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	07:19	NJD	EV	Kyle Palmieri (5) · snap	Sami Vatanen (3), Jesper Bratt (12)	0–1
2nd	04:59	PIT	EV	Zachary Aston-Reese (6) · snap	Sam Lafferty (2), Marcus Pettersson (2)	1–1
2nd	06:35	PIT	PP	Bryan Rust (11) · backhand	Jake Guentzel (16), Sidney Crosby (19)	2–1
3rd	14:25	PIT	EV	Jake Guentzel (13) · tip-in	Sidney Crosby (20)	3–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	07:44	NJD	Damon Severson	high sticking	2
1st	14:06	PIT	Anthony Angello	high sticking	2
2nd	05:14	NJD	Miles Wood	interference	2
2nd	07:35	PIT	Sam Lafferty	high sticking	2
3rd	07:17	PIT	Anthony Angello	holding	2
3rd	09:21	PIT	Brian Dumoulin	tripping	2
3rd	14:45	NJD	Dmitry Kulikov	interference	2
3rd	14:45	PIT	Sam Lafferty	high sticking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: PIT 2.27 · NJD 3.31 · xG% PIT 40.7

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	41.7	20:52	26
59	Jake Guentzel	C	1	1	2	0	0	4	0	0		17:50	24
17	Bryan Rust	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		18:34	25
12	Zachary Aston-Reese	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0		15:05	26
28	Marcus Pettersson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	0		12:57	17
18	Sam Lafferty	C	0	1	1	+1	4	0	1	1	87.5	12:38	18
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		24:38	27
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	1		22:14	28
4	Cody Ceci	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		20:31	23
6	John Marino	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		18:45	24
5	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	6	1	0		18:34	20
14	Mark Jankowski	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	54.5	14:57	26
19	Jared McCann	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	3	33.3	14:55	17
9	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	71.4	14:00	18
42	Kasperi Kapanen	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		13:20	16
7	Colton Sceviour	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		11:48	16
11	Frederick Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100.0	9:19	15
57	Anthony Angello	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0		9:03	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Casey DeSmith	W	25	24	1	.960	60:00

New Jersey Devils

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		18:11	23
45	Sami Vatanen	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		16:43	24
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		14:23	25
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		24:48	28
28	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0		22:02	25
86	Jack Hughes	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	23.1	19:41	25
70	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		17:49	24
37	Pavel Zacha	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	68.8	17:35	24
17	Yegor Sharangovich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		17:32	21
24	Ty Smith	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		17:22	20
11	Andreas Johnsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		16:51	19
19	Travis Zajac	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	47.4	15:39	26
97	Nikita Gusev	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15:30	17
22	Ryan Murray	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:29	19
44	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0		13:26	21
59	Janne Kuokkanen	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		13:08	17
23	Mikhail Maltsev	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	14.3	12:09	15
39	Nick Merkley	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0		10:59	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Scott Wedgewood	L	29	26	3	.897	57:22