New Jersey Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins, 2026-02-26

NHL · Feb 26, 2026

New Jersey Devils28-29-2

1–4

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins30-15-12

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The Penguins beat the Devils 4–1 at PPG Paints Arena. C. Clifton took first star with 1 goal.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Devils	0	1	0	1	30
Penguins	1	0	3	4	37

★ Three Stars

1C. CliftonPIT · 1G 0A

2A. SilovsPIT

3E. ChinakhovPIT · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

18:51

Tommy Novak (Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin)PP

0-1

2nd Period

04:56

Paul Cotter (Dougie Hamilton, Jack Hughes)

1-1

3rd Period

06:30

Connor Clifton (Ryan Shea, Anthony Mantha)

1-2

07:20

Egor Chinakhov (Evgeni Malkin)

1-3

18:01

Blake LizotteSH EN

1-4

Boxscore

Devils1

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Paul CotterL	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0	10:05
Jack HughesC	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0	25:42
Dougie HamiltonD	0	1	1	-1	0	4	4	1	22:10
Nick BjugstadC	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	11:06
Jesper BrattL	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	19:43
Connor BrownR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22:02
Cody GlassC	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	1	11:47
Arseny GritsyukR	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	1	12:58
Nico HischierC	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	18:00
Timo MeierR	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	16:30
Dawson MercerC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	15:14
Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	17:59
Johnathan KovacevicD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	6	2	13:15
Brett PesceD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	19:53
Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	17:05
Maksim TsyplakovR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9:33
Simon NemecD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	20:09
Lenni HameenahoR	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	12:50

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jacob MarkstromStart	36	33	3	.917	58:34
Jake Allen	0	0	0	-	0:00

Penguins4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Evgeni MalkinC	0	2	2	+1	2	5	0	0	17:38
Egor ChinakhovR	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	12:42
Blake LizotteC	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	1	14:31
Tommy NovakC	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	13:39
Connor CliftonD	1	0	1	+1	2	2	7	1	18:15
Kris LetangD	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	2	19:02
Anthony ManthaR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2	13:54
Ryan SheaD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	20:19
Justin BrazeauR	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	13:00
Connor DewarC	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	15:49
Ben KindelC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	13:07
Rickard RakellR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	16:06
Bryan RustR	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	16:47
Samuel GirardD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	17:53
Erik KarlssonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	21:41
Parker WotherspoonD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	1	17:49
Noel AcciariC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16:17
Avery HayesR	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	1	11:47

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Arturs SilovsStart	30	29	1	.967	59:44
Stuart Skinner	0	0	0	-	0:00