National Hockey League
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Jersey 4,
Pittsburgh 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 30, 2022
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Peter MacDougall, Garrett Rank
Linesmen: Trent Knorr, James Tobias
Attendance: 18387
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Peter MacDougall, Garrett Rank
Linesmen: Trent Knorr, James Tobias
Attendance: 18387
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| New Jersey | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Scoring/Penalty Summary
| 1st Period |
| Scoring |
|
14:26 -
Penguins Evgeni Malkin
(EV) Unassisted
|
| Penalties |
|
1:26 -
Devils Nikita Okhotiuk
(2)
Hooking 3:29 - Penguins Kasperi Kapanen (2) Hooking 17:13 - Devils Miles Wood (2) Roughing 18:27 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (2) Slashing |
| 2nd Period |
| Scoring |
|
6:18 -
Devils Jack Hughes
(PP) Assists:
Dougie Hamilton
, Jesper Bratt
12:30 - Penguins Jeff Carter (EV) Assists: Pierre-Olivier Joseph , Rickard Rakell 17:37 - Devils Dougie Hamilton (EV) Assists: Dawson Mercer , Jonas Siegenthaler 19:22 - Devils Nico Hischier (SH) Assists: Michael McLeod , Brendan Smith |
| Penalties |
|
3:21 -
Devils Bench
(2)
Delay of game 5:44 - Penguins Teddy Blueger (2) Tripping 6:18 - Penguins Bench (2) Abuse of Officials 10:12 - Devils Kevin Bahl (2) Holding 12:30 - Devils Bench (2) Delay of game 18:02 - Devils Yegor Sharangovich (2) High sticking 19:47 - Penguins Jeff Carter (2) Interference |
| 3rd Period |
| Scoring |
|
19:55 -
Devils Jack Hughes
(EV) (EN) Assists:
Erik Haula
, Dawson Mercer
|
| Penalties |
|
0:26 -
Penguins Brian Dumoulin
(2)
High sticking 1:54 - Devils Nico Hischier (2) Goaltender interference 9:02 - Devils Erik Haula (4) High Sticking - Double Minor |
New Jersey Devils
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Mackenzie Blackwood | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Vitek Vanecek | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | 35:53 | 7:40 | 16:27 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Brendan Smith | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 23:56 | 15:31 | 0:00 | 8:25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Dougie Hamilton | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | E | 0 | 6 | 23 | 18:20 | 12:09 | 6:11 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Alexander Holtz | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5:47 | 3:28 | 2:19 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Nico Hischier | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | E | 2 | 1 | 30 | 23:13 | 9:52 | 6:30 | 6:51 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 15 | 9 | 62 |
| Yegor Sharangovich | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 15:54 | 9:45 | 0:42 | 5:27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Michael McLeod | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10:37 | 4:38 | 0:00 | 5:59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 50 |
| Damon Severson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 30:41 | 16:36 | 1:57 | 12:08 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Miles Wood | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9:22 | 7:46 | 1:36 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Fabian Zetterlund | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6:18 | 5:05 | 1:13 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | - | 100 |
| Erik Haula | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 19:20 | 13:49 | 1:07 | 4:24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 47 |
| Jesper Bratt | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 1 | 20 | 14:47 | 8:58 | 5:49 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Jesper Boqvist | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 18 | 11:11 | 7:22 | 0:16 | 3:33 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 50 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | 1 | 28 | 26:53 | 16:15 | 0:11 | 10:27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Nikita Okhotiuk | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5:56 | 5:32 | 0:00 | 0:24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Jack Hughes | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 20:22 | 13:51 | 6:16 | 0:15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 75 |
| Kevin Bahl | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7:09 | 5:35 | 0:00 | 1:34 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Tomas Tatar | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 16 | 12:53 | 8:40 | 4:13 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dawson Mercer | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 19:21 | 13:00 | 0:00 | 6:21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Casey DeSmith | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Tristan Jarry | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58:43 | 34:36 | 16:27 | 7:40 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Brian Dumoulin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 1 | 20 | 13:31 | 9:33 | 0:07 | 3:51 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Jason Zucker | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12:45 | 9:00 | 3:45 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Bryan Rust | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 19:48 | 11:22 | 5:55 | 2:31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 50 |
| Brock McGinn | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 2 | 20 | 11:38 | 6:43 | 0:04 | 4:51 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Ty Smith | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 22:14 | 11:04 | 11:10 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Ryan Poehling | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7:46 | 5:21 | 0:04 | 2:21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| Marcus Pettersson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 25 | 18:30 | 15:42 | 0:27 | 2:21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Kasperi Kapanen | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8:43 | 4:57 | 3:46 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Danton Heinen | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5:24 | 5:24 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jan Rutta | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 17:28 | 12:03 | 0:04 | 5:21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Mark Friedman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12:44 | 10:05 | 0:00 | 2:39 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Teddy Blueger | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11:53 | 7:33 | 0:04 | 4:16 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 8 | 7 | 53 |
| Jake Guentzel | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 25:48 | 13:11 | 12:37 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Rickard Rakell | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 23:21 | 13:01 | 10:20 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Evgeni Malkin | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 22:01 | 9:33 | 12:28 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 3 | 6 | 33 |
| Pierre-Olivier Joseph | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 17:08 | 11:51 | 5:17 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Jeff Carter | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 14:36 | 9:53 | 3:35 | 1:08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 57 |
| Sidney Crosby | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 25:25 | 12:53 | 12:32 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | - | 10 | 12 | 45 |
Goaltending
| New Jersey | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Vitek Vanecek W (33-11-4) | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 0 | 60:00 |
| Pittsburgh | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Tristan Jarry L (24-13-7) | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 0 | 58:43 |