Devils 1 - 4 Penguins — Recap

Thu, Feb 26, 2026

12:00 AM

FinalRegular season

PPG Paints Arena

NJD

1–4

PIT

OW L L L L

L OW L L L L

OW W W L L OW L L L L

W OL L W W

W OL L W W W

W OL L W W W W W W OL

Retroactive prediction

Correct winner predicted

NJD 32%68% PIT

Probable score

2 - 4

Regulation win (home)

67%

OT / shootout probability

14%

Elo home / away

1506 / 1467

Likely goal scorers

1/6 correct

0.77 goal · 54%0

0.30 goal · 26%0

0.27 goal · 24%1

0.26 goal · 23%0

0.26 goal · 23%0

0.26 goal · 23%0

Likely goal scorers

1/6 correct

0.77 goal · 54%0

0.30 goal · 26%0

0.27 goal · 24%1

0.26 goal · 23%0

0.26 goal · 23%0

0.26 goal · 23%0

Likely assists

4/6 correct

0.28 assist · 24%2

0.27 assist · 23%1

0.23 assist · 21%0

0.19 assist · 17%0

0.17 assist · 16%1

0.17 assist · 16%1

Likely point getters

3/6 correct

0.77 point · 54%0

0.54 point · 41%2

0.46 point · 37%0

0.45 point · 36%1

0.42 point · 34%0

0.40 point · 33%1

Tonight's matchup

Jack Hughes

NJD · C · 61 GP

vs

Erik Karlsson

PIT · D · 75 GP

NJD	Stat	PIT
27	G	15
50	A	51
77	PTS	66
11.8%	S%	8.5%
21.3	TOI	23.6

NJD 5 – 4 PIT · goal diff (home) 0.11

Jan 8NJD1–4PIT2025-26 Nov 8PIT1–2NJDSO2025-26 Apr 11PIT4–2NJD2024-25 Mar 15NJD3–7PIT2024-25 Feb 4NJD3–2PITSO2024-25 Dec 21PIT0–3NJD2024-25 Apr 2PIT6–3NJD2023-24 Mar 19PIT2–5NJD2023-24

Result

Three stars

1

C. Clifton

D · PIT

1G · 0A · 1P

2

A. Silovs

G · PIT

0G · 0A · 0P

3

E. Chinakhov

R · PIT

1G · 0A · 1P

Scoring summary

1st period

18:51
PITT. Novak(12)PP
K. Letang (23), E. Malkin (32)
NJD 0–1 PIT

2nd period

04:56
NJDP. Cotter(6)TYING
D. Hamilton (15), J. Hughes (26)
NJD 1–1 PIT

3rd period

06:30
PITC. Clifton(2)
R. Shea (20), A. Mantha (23)
NJD 1–2 PIT
07:20
PITE. Chinakhov(12)
E. Malkin (33)
NJD 1–3 PIT
18:01
PITB. Lizotte(7)SHEN
NJD 1–4 PIT

Team comparison

NJD	Stat	PIT
30	Shots	37
—	Power play	1
26	Hits	15
11	Blocked shots	20
6	PIM	8

Actual result

Goal scorers(5)

Retroactive prediction

Likely goal scorers

Likely goal scorers

Likely assists

Likely point getters

Tonight's matchup

Result

Three stars

Scoring summary

Team comparison

Actual result

Goal scorers(5)

Goal scorers(5)

Assists(6)

Points(11)