Zone Glace
Thu, Apr 9, 2026
11:00 PM
FinalRegular season
Prudential Center

Retroactive prediction

Correct winner predicted
PIT 52%48% NJD
Probable score
4 - 4
Regulation win (home)
39%
OT / shootout probability
14%
Elo home / away
1486 / 1517
4 injured/absent player(s) excluded from predictions.

Likely goal scorers

2/6 correct
0.70 goal · 50%1
0.58 goal · 44%0
0.57 goal · 43%0
0.44 goal · 35%0
0.41 goal · 33%0
0.40 goal · 33%1

Tonight's matchup

Sidney Crosby

PIT · C · 68 GP

vs
Jack Hughes

NJD · C · 61 GP

PITStatNJD
29G27
45A50
74PTS77
18.1%S%11.8%
19.2TOI21.3

Result

Three stars

1
E. Chinakhov

R · PIT

1G · 2A · 3P

2
E. Malkin

C · PIT

1G · 1A · 2P

3
S. Crosby

C · PIT

0G · 2A · 2P

Scoring summary

1st period

  • 04:53

    E. Chinakhov (20), K. Letang (31)

    PIT 1–0 NJD

2nd period

  • 09:51
    NJDP. Cotter(9)TYING

    D. Hamilton (24), B. Halonen (1)

    PIT 1–1 NJD
  • 11:43

    E. Malkin (42), E. Karlsson (51)

    PIT 2–1 NJD
  • 11:52

    R. Shea (26), S. Crosby (44)

    PIT 3–1 NJD
  • 15:07

    J. Siegenthaler (15), C. Brown (24)

    PIT 3–2 NJD

3rd period

  • 06:50

    S. Crosby (45), E. Chinakhov (21)

    PIT 4–2 NJD
  • 17:00

    P. Wotherspoon (27), N. Acciari (12)

    PIT 5–2 NJD

Team comparison

PITStatNJD
30Shots21
7Hits12
8Blocked shots18
2PIM2