PIT @ NJD 5–2 · 2026-04-09

Team	1	2	3	SOG
PIT	1	2	2	30
NJD	0	2	0	21

Story

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Result PIT 5–2Call PIT 50% Market PIT 51%xG 4.63–1.82 · deserved PIT 89%Swing Novak +20 2nd 11:43Method

Goals and penalties with NJD win probability
Time	Event	NJD win before	NJD win after
1st 4:53	Goal PIT · B. Rust	50%	35%
1st 5:55	PIT penalty · A. Mantha · delaying game puck over glass · 2 min
2nd 9:51	Goal NJD · P. Cotter	30%	49%
2nd 11:43	Goal PIT · T. Novak	49%	29%
2nd 11:52	Goal PIT · E. Chinakhov	29%	14%
2nd 15:07	Goal NJD · J. Hughes	13%	28%
3rd 6:50	Goal PIT · E. Malkin	21%	7%
3rd 9:02	NJD penalty · S. Nemec · tripping · 2 min
3rd 17:00	Goal PIT · E. Karlsson (EN)	1%	1%

On ice · final horn

PIT5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
55N. AcciariC	0:52	14:51	17	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	7-4
25E. SoderblomL	0:35	11:32	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	–
85A. HayesR	0:55	11:13	13	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	–
5R. SheaD	2:10	18:00	17	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	–
28P. WotherspoonD	0:31	21:40	23	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	–
74S. SkinnerG		60:00	SA21GA2SV%.905xGA1.82GSAx−0.18

NJD5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
12C. GlassC	0:54	14:33	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5-5
72N. BjugstadC	0:35	14:06	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	–
29L. HameenahoR	0:48	13:59	17	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	–
8J. KovacevicD	2:00	19:24	18	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	3	–
44D. CholowskiD	1:59	17:40	16	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	–
34J. AllenG		59:15	SA29GA4SV%.862xGA3.09GSAx−0.91

Goals

1st
Bryan Rust(1)
E. Chinakhov (1), K. Letang (1)
xG 0.08snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 PIT1st 04:53+14.865%
2nd
Paul Cotter(1)
D. Hamilton (1), B. Halonen (1)
xG 0.14backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied2nd 09:51+19.649%
Tommy Novak(1)
E. Malkin (1), E. Karlsson (1)
xG 0.11wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–1 PIT2nd 11:43+20.271%
Egor Chinakhov(1)
R. Shea (1), S. Crosby (1)
xG 0.13wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–1 PIT2nd 11:52+15.086%
Jack Hughes(1)
J. Siegenthaler (1), C. Brown (1)
xG 0.03wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–2 PIT2nd 15:07+15.228%
3rd
Evgeni Malkin(1)
S. Crosby (2), E. Chinakhov (2)
xG 0.06tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
4–2 PIT3rd 06:50+14.893%
Erik Karlsson(1)EN
P. Wotherspoon (1), N. Acciari (1)
xG 0.50wristClip(opens nhl.com)
5–2 PIT3rd 17:00+0.299%

Shots

PIT4.63 xG45 unblocked · 18 blocked45 unblocked · 18 blocked

NJD1.82 xG32 unblocked · 10 blocked32 unblocked · 10 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

PITNJD5Goals24.63xG1.8230Shots2145Unblocked3263Attempts426High danger00/1Power play0/126Faceoffs217Hits1210Blocks184Takeaways515Giveaways192PIM2

Skaters

Player

Player
65E. KarlssonErik KarlssonD	22:30	1	1	2	2	5	0.52	+0.48	0	0	0	1	—	0	0
28P. WotherspoonParker WotherspoonD	21:40	0	1	1	1	1	0.02	−0.02	1	1	0	1	—	0	0
58K. LetangKris LetangD	20:15	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	−0.02	0	1	0	2	—	0	+1
49S. GirardSamuel GirardD	18:50	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	−0.03	0	1	0	0	—	0	+1
67R. RakellRickard RakellR	18:06	0	0	0	8	11	1.05	−1.05	0	1	0	3	50%	0	+1
5R. SheaRyan SheaD	18:00	0	1	1	2	4	0.11	−0.11	0	0	0	0	—	0	+2
71E. MalkinEvgeni MalkinC	17:13	1	1	2	2	7	1.03	−0.03	0	0	0	1	—	0	+3
75C. CliftonConnor CliftonD	16:54	0	0	0	1	3	0.02	−0.02	0	1	1	0	—	0	+2
17B. RustBryan RustR	16:21	1	0	1	2	3	0.20	+0.80	1	0	0	2	—	0	+1
18T. NovakTommy NovakC	16:21	1	0	1	3	3	0.25	+0.75	0	0	0	0	75%	0	+1
39A. ManthaAnthony ManthaR	16:02	0	0	0	1	5	0.07	−0.07	0	0	1	1	—	2	-1
55N. AcciariNoel AcciariC	14:51	0	1	1	0	4	0.02	−0.02	0	0	1	1	64%	0	0
81B. KindelBen KindelC	14:47	0	0	0	1	1	0.03	−0.03	0	0	0	0	57%	0	+1
87S. CrosbySidney CrosbyC	14:43	0	2	2	4	6	0.82	−0.82	0	1	0	0	47%	0	+2
59E. ChinakhovEgor ChinakhovR	14:23	1	2	3	2	6	0.38	+0.62	0	0	0	0	—	0	+2
16J. BrazeauJustin BrazeauR	14:19	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	0	—	0	-1
25E. SoderblomElmer SoderblomL	11:32	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	2	1	1	2	—	0	0
85A. HayesAvery HayesR	11:13	0	0	0	1	1	0.06	−0.06	3	1	0	1	—	0	0
PIT total		5	10	15	30	63	4.63	+0.37	7	8	4	15	55%	2

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Chinakhov+1.18

Malkin+1.15

Novak+0.69

Crosby+0.55

Rust+0.44

Rakell+0.05

Soderblom−0.07

Acciari−0.26

Hayes−0.27

Brazeau−0.35

Kindel−0.41

Mantha−0.65

Defence

Shea+0.35

Wotherspoon+0.16

Letang+0.09

Clifton+0.05

Girard−0.05

Karlsson−0.16

Goalie

Skinner−0.17

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Novak·Malkin·Rakell	13:01	17	19	8	70.4%	11	3	1	0	1.26	0.12	91.1%	+1.13	2	0	100%
Crosby·Rust·Chinakhov	11:23	18	15	12	55.6%	7	7	2	1	0.82	0.43	65.5%	+0.39	2	2	50%
Kindel·Brazeau·Mantha	11:03	15	8	8	50.0%	3	5	0	0	0.13	0.51	19.9%	−0.39	0	1	0%
Soderblom·Acciari·Hayes	9:55	13	3	7	30.0%	1	2	0	0	0.06	0.18	24.7%	−0.12	1	4	20%
Occasional · 5 groups
Acciari·Brazeau·Mantha	0:39	3	2	1	66.7%	0	1	0	1	0.02	0.14	11.5%	−0.12	0	0	—
Novak·Brazeau·Rakell	0:34	3	3	0	100.0%	2	0	0	0	0.46	0.00	100.0%	+0.46	0	0	—
Soderblom·Acciari·Rust	0:33	5	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Soderblom·Acciari·Brazeau	0:32	2	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.07	0.0%	−0.07	0	0	—
Novak·Malkin·Brazeau	0:30	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
PIT 5v5	55:15		58	41	58.6%	28	21	4	2	3.03	1.69	64.2%	+1.34

Goalies

Stuart Skinner

PIT · 60:00

Saves: 19/21
SV%: .905
xGA: 1.82
GSAx: −0.18

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	19/21	.905	1.69	−0.31
Power play	0/0	—	0.13	+0.13
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	0/0	—	0.00	0.00

Jake Allen

NJD · 59:15

Saves: 25/29
SV%: .862
xGA: 3.09
GSAx: −0.91

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	24/28	.857	3.03	−0.97
Power play	1/1	1.000	0.06	+0.06
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	2/2	1.000	0.66	+0.66

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Pittsburgh Penguins

Minutes

22:30Karlsson
21:40Wotherspoon
20:15Letang
18:50Girard
18:00Shea
16:54Clifton

18:06Rakell
17:13Malkin
16:21Rust
16:21Novak
16:02Mantha
14:51Acciari
14:47Kindel
14:43Crosby
14:23Chinakhov
14:19Brazeau
11:32Soderblom
11:13Hayes

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG sharePITNJD

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

LetangD0 O1
GirardD0 O1
CliftonD1 O1
SheaD1 O1
KarlssonD3 O2
WotherspoonD3 O1
RakellD0 O3
MalkinD0 O2
NovakD0 O1
CrosbyD2 O2
RustD3 O3
ChinakhovD2 O2
ManthaD1 O0
BrazeauD1 O0
KindelD1 O0
SoderblomD4 O1
HayesD4 O1
AcciariD5 O1

Shift starts · darker = later period