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Pittsburgh Penguins at New Jersey Devils

Prudential Center, Newark Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 5–2 on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 on the road.

Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 50-21-11
at New Jersey Devils 2 28-40-14

Goals by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 2 2 5
New Jersey Devils 2 0 0 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 10 10 9 29
New Jersey Devils 8 6 9 23

Three stars

  1. S. Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 2 assists)
  2. E. Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. A. Henrique, New Jersey Devils (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 01:18 New Jersey Devils PA Parenteau (9) Taylor Hall (15) Even strength PIT 0, NJD 1
1st 06:43 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin (15) Sidney Crosby (15), Phil Kessel (24) Power play PIT 1, NJD 1
1st 08:23 New Jersey Devils Adam Henrique (9) Kyle Palmieri (13), Travis Zajac (16) Power play PIT 1, NJD 2
2nd 10:56 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (25) Conor Sheary (12) Even strength PIT 2, NJD 2
2nd 19:54 Pittsburgh Penguins Justin Schultz (7) Evgeni Malkin (26), Sidney Crosby (16) Even strength PIT 3, NJD 2
3rd 03:13 Pittsburgh Penguins Carl Hagelin (4) Chad Ruhwedel (1) Even strength PIT 4, NJD 2
3rd 18:42 Pittsburgh Penguins Bryan Rust (10) Nick Bonino (10), Carl Hagelin (9) Even strength, Empty net PIT 5, NJD 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Pittsburgh Penguins New Jersey Devils
Shots on goal 29 23
Power play 1 of 3 1 of 7
Penalty minutes 16 8
Hits 8 12
Blocked shots 6 9
Giveaways 3 4
Takeaways 1 4
Faceoffs won 24/67 (35.8%) 43/67 (64.2%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
7 M. Cullen C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 46.7% 13:44
13 N. Bonino C 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 1 0 33.3% 17:11
14 C. Kunitz L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 12:49
16 E. Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33.3% 14:03
17 B. Rust R 1 0 1 +2 2 3 0 0 0 13:39
23 S. Wilson C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 08:27
43 C. Sheary L 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 11:39
62 C. Hagelin L 1 1 2 +2 0 3 1 0 0 17:15
71 E. Malkin C 1 1 2 0 2 3 0 0 1 20% 16:19
72 P. Hornqvist R 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 0 0 11:51
81 P. Kessel R 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 14:58
87 S. Crosby C 1 2 3 +2 0 2 2 0 0 42.9% 16:48
2 C. Ruhwedel D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:50
4 J. Schultz D 1 0 1 +3 2 2 1 0 0 23:16
8 B. Dumoulin D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 0 1 0 22:07
28 I. Cole D 0 0 0 +1 4 0 0 2 0 23:24
51 D. Pouliot D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12:20
61 S. Oleksy D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16:59
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
29 M. Fleury 23 21 2 .913 60:00 Win

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters
Player
8 B. Bennett R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 13:20
9 T. Hall L 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:48
11 P. Parenteau R 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 17:49
13 M. Cammalleri L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 100% 20:19
14 A. Henrique C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 1 1 71.4% 19:04
19 T. Zajac C 0 1 1 -3 0 2 0 0 0 54.5% 20:11
21 K. Palmieri C 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 1 0 17:52
25 D. Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 100% 13:21
36 N. Lappin R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 09:02
37 P. Zacha C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 52.9% 17:00
38 V. Fiddler C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 83.3% 08:52
44 M. Wood L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0 0 12:09
2 J. Moore D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 0 15:02
6 A. Greene D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 2 0 23:41
7 J. Merrill D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 14:37
12 B. Lovejoy D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 0 15:00
22 K. Quincey D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 0 1 0 14:51
28 D. Severson D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 1 0 25:15
New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
35 C. Schneider 28 24 4 .857 59:00 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 05:55 New Jersey Devils Kyle Palmieri Cross checking 2
1st 08:02 Pittsburgh Penguins Marc-Andre Fleury Tripping 2
1st 14:31 Pittsburgh Penguins Patric Hornqvist Interference 2
1st 17:10 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Slashing 2
2nd 00:26 Pittsburgh Penguins Justin Schultz High sticking 2
2nd 13:43 New Jersey Devils Damon Severson Closing hand on puck 2
2nd 16:08 New Jersey Devils Kyle Quincey Roughing 2
2nd 19:06 Pittsburgh Penguins Scott Wilson Roughing 2
2nd 19:06 New Jersey Devils John Moore Roughing 2
3rd 05:21 Pittsburgh Penguins Bryan Rust Slashing 2
3rd 14:02 Pittsburgh Penguins Ian Cole High sticking double minor 4

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
New Jersey Devils head coach
John Hynes
Referees
Eric Furlatt, Trevor Hanson
Linesmen
Pierre Racicot, Kory Nagy
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Trevor Daley, Tom Kuhnhackl, Olli Maatta
New Jersey Devils scratches
Sergey Kalinin, Yohann Auvitu

2016-2017 season series

Matchup Status Details
New Jersey Devils 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final/SO Game page
New Jersey Devils 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 at New Jersey Devils 2 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 4 at Pittsburgh Penguins 6 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 7 at New Jersey Devils 4 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 27

Matchup Status Details
Washington Capitals 3 at New York Islanders 4 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 3 at New York Rangers 4 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 4 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Detroit Red Wings 3 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 3 at Nashville Predators 2 Final/OT Game page
Winnipeg Jets 3 at Chicago Blackhawks 1 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 6 at Colorado Avalanche 3 Final Game page
Dallas Stars 3 at Arizona Coyotes 2 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 3 at Anaheim Ducks 2 Final/OT Game page

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