• Who: Penguins (20-12-9) vs. Devils (22-19-2) • What: NHL regular season, Game 42 • When: 7:08 p.m. • Where: PPG Paints Arena • Goaltenders: Stuart Skinner (13-11-4, .888 SV%) vs. Jake Allen (11-9-1, .913 SV%) • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh • Stream: SNP360(local),ESPN+ (out-of-market) • Radio: Penguins Radio Network • Boxscore: NHL.com • Medianotes: Penguins | Devils
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final: Penguins, 4-1.
• GOAL: Allen turns the puck over along the board as Dewar put pressure on the Devils skater, puck bounced to Acciari, he passed it to Lizotte for the tip-in. Penguins, 4-1.
• TV timeout with 9:42 to play in the third period, Penguins are leading 27-23 in shots on goal.
• Late on his PP shift, Malkin dives face first in an attempt to whack the loose puck behind Allen during the scramble in front, somehow Allen stops it.
• Penguins to the PP as Acciari draws a tripping penalty from Pesce.
• GOAL: Luke Hughes' slap shot, at the blue line, blows by Skinner with traffic around the net for the PP goal. Penguins, 3-1.
• Devils get an early PP after Malkin is called for slashing Hamilton.
• Third period is underway.
• End second period: Penguins outshot the Devils, 17-5, that period.
• GOAL: Malkin's one-timer beats Allen on a feed from Crosby with 8 seconds left on the 2-man advantage. Karlsson with the second assist. Penguins, 3-0.
• Brown called for tripping for a 2-man advantage for 1:38.
• Meier slashes the stick of Shea for the Penguins' first PP.
• If Acciari would've scored there after that dangle, the arena would've blown its roof off.
• Next shift out for Malkin, he finds himself on a 2-on-1 with Novak, he kept the puck and fired wide.
• Malkin finds Shea, who pings a shot off the post.
• The Penguins step on the gas following the goal with three shots on goal and a couple blocked shots.
• GOAL: As the penalty expires, Rakell passes up to Dewar coming out of the box at the blue line. Dewar goes five-hole for the goal. Letang also picked up an assist. Penguins, 2-0.
• Rust blocks a shot on the PK, doesn't move around much but is able to get back to the bench.
• First penalty of the game goes to Dewar for high-sticking Pesce at 3:16.
• Letang takes a thundering check, he's leaning over on the bench.
• Second period underway.
• It was just one period with little time to gain familiarity as the Kindel line was outshot 6-3 and Novak's outshot 3-1.
• End first period: Devils controlled the last half of the period and go to the dressing room with a 11-7 shot advantage, including 21-16 in shot attempts.
• Wotherspoon lost the puck, Hischier goes into the corner and quickly passes to Bratt in front but Skinner bails out the Penguins again.
• Luke Hughes takes a little bump and drives into the net to knock it off its moorings.
• Penguins are getting a bit sloppy with the puck as Shea went to pass the puck back over to St Ivany while Kindel was circling back to go up the ice. Skinner comes up big stopping Brown's wrist shot.
• The Devils lead 8-7 in shots with 6:19 to play.
• It might not show on TV, the Penguins are getting a lot of easy lanes to move around without much coverage by the Devils.
• Skinner denies Bratt on a breakway as the puck got behind the Penguins defense. The locals have their 'Stuuu' ready.
• GOAL: Karlsson takes a feed from Rakell, skates to far right circle and fires an unscreened shot over Allen's shoulder at 6:39, assists to Rakell and Crosby. Penguins, 1-0.
• Letang with a nice feed from the blue line to Lizotte for the deflection chance that just misses.
• On cue, Lizotte line comes out and fires the puck on net to draw an offensive zone faceoff for Crosby.
• Faceoff: Penguins vs. Devils, 7:14 p.m., Crosby vs. Hischier
• Dan Muse's lines and pairings:
Rickard Rakell - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust Evgeni Malkin - Ben Kindel - Egor Chinakhov Anthony Mantha - Tommy Novak - Justin Brazeau Connor Dewar - Blake Lizotte - Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon - Erik Karlsson Brett Kulak - Kris Letang Ryan Shea - Jack St. Ivany
• Sheldon Keefe's projected lines and pairings for the Devils:
Jack Hughes – Nico Hischier – Jesper Bratt Timo Meier – Dawson Mercer – Arseny Gritsyuk Paul Cotter – Cody Glass – Connor Brown Ondrej Palat – Luke Glendening – Stefan Noesen
Jonas Siegenthaler – Dougie Hamilton Luke Hughes – Brett Pesce Brenden Dillon – Simon Nemec
THE ASYLUM
Final: Penguins 4, Devils 1
• Who: Penguins (20-12-9) vs. Devils (22-19-2)
• What: NHL regular season, Game 42
• When: 7:08 p.m.
• Where: PPG Paints Arena
• Goaltenders: Stuart Skinner (13-11-4, .888 SV%) vs. Jake Allen (11-9-1, .913 SV%)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Stream: SNP360 (local), ESPN+ (out-of-market)
• Radio: Penguins Radio Network
• Boxscore: NHL.com
• Media notes: Penguins | Devils
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final: Penguins, 4-1.
• GOAL: Allen turns the puck over along the board as Dewar put pressure on the Devils skater, puck bounced to Acciari, he passed it to Lizotte for the tip-in. Penguins, 4-1.
• TV timeout with 9:42 to play in the third period, Penguins are leading 27-23 in shots on goal.
• Late on his PP shift, Malkin dives face first in an attempt to whack the loose puck behind Allen during the scramble in front, somehow Allen stops it.
• Penguins to the PP as Acciari draws a tripping penalty from Pesce.
• GOAL: Luke Hughes' slap shot, at the blue line, blows by Skinner with traffic around the net for the PP goal. Penguins, 3-1.
• Devils get an early PP after Malkin is called for slashing Hamilton.
• Third period is underway.
• End second period: Penguins outshot the Devils, 17-5, that period.
• GOAL: Malkin's one-timer beats Allen on a feed from Crosby with 8 seconds left on the 2-man advantage. Karlsson with the second assist. Penguins, 3-0.
• Brown called for tripping for a 2-man advantage for 1:38.
• Meier slashes the stick of Shea for the Penguins' first PP.
• If Acciari would've scored there after that dangle, the arena would've blown its roof off.
• Next shift out for Malkin, he finds himself on a 2-on-1 with Novak, he kept the puck and fired wide.
• Malkin finds Shea, who pings a shot off the post.
• The Penguins step on the gas following the goal with three shots on goal and a couple blocked shots.
• GOAL: As the penalty expires, Rakell passes up to Dewar coming out of the box at the blue line. Dewar goes five-hole for the goal. Letang also picked up an assist. Penguins, 2-0.
• Rust blocks a shot on the PK, doesn't move around much but is able to get back to the bench.
• First penalty of the game goes to Dewar for high-sticking Pesce at 3:16.
• Letang takes a thundering check, he's leaning over on the bench.
• Second period underway.
• It was just one period with little time to gain familiarity as the Kindel line was outshot 6-3 and Novak's outshot 3-1.
• End first period: Devils controlled the last half of the period and go to the dressing room with a 11-7 shot advantage, including 21-16 in shot attempts.
• Wotherspoon lost the puck, Hischier goes into the corner and quickly passes to Bratt in front but Skinner bails out the Penguins again.
• Luke Hughes takes a little bump and drives into the net to knock it off its moorings.
• Penguins are getting a bit sloppy with the puck as Shea went to pass the puck back over to St Ivany while Kindel was circling back to go up the ice. Skinner comes up big stopping Brown's wrist shot.
• The Devils lead 8-7 in shots with 6:19 to play.
• It might not show on TV, the Penguins are getting a lot of easy lanes to move around without much coverage by the Devils.
• Skinner denies Bratt on a breakway as the puck got behind the Penguins defense. The locals have their 'Stuuu' ready.
• GOAL: Karlsson takes a feed from Rakell, skates to far right circle and fires an unscreened shot over Allen's shoulder at 6:39, assists to Rakell and Crosby. Penguins, 1-0.
• Letang with a nice feed from the blue line to Lizotte for the deflection chance that just misses.
• On cue, Lizotte line comes out and fires the puck on net to draw an offensive zone faceoff for Crosby.
• Faceoff: Penguins vs. Devils, 7:14 p.m., Crosby vs. Hischier
• Dan Muse's lines and pairings:
Rickard Rakell - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust
Evgeni Malkin - Ben Kindel - Egor Chinakhov
Anthony Mantha - Tommy Novak - Justin Brazeau
Connor Dewar - Blake Lizotte - Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon - Erik Karlsson
Brett Kulak - Kris Letang
Ryan Shea - Jack St. Ivany
• Sheldon Keefe's projected lines and pairings for the Devils:
Jack Hughes – Nico Hischier – Jesper Bratt
Timo Meier – Dawson Mercer – Arseny Gritsyuk
Paul Cotter – Cody Glass – Connor Brown
Ondrej Palat – Luke Glendening – Stefan Noesen
Jonas Siegenthaler – Dougie Hamilton
Luke Hughes – Brett Pesce
Brenden Dillon – Simon Nemec
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