Devils Not Super Against the Penguins

New Jersey Devils (17-27-5 39pts) vs

Pittsburgh Penguins (30-11-8 68pts)

Game Recap:

The New Jersey Devils look to be super on Super Bowl Sunday as they face off on the ice against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Period one was very quiet and remained scoreless until the second period where Jack Hughes got the Devils on the board by scoring his thirteenth goal of the season as he fired a wrist shot from the left circle and in. However the Penguins responded a little later on thanks to a Mike Matheson laser of a shot from the point to tie the game. The score would be tied 1-1 after the second period.

Bryan Rust gave the Penguins an early third period lead as he tipped in a shot from Kris Letang to make it 2-1 in favor of Pittsburgh. After a couple minutes, Nico Hischier tied the game for the Devils for his thirteenth of the year firing the puck off the post and in. Unfortunately for New Jersey, Bryan Boyle have the Pens the lead and Jake Guentzel added an empty net goal to seal the victory for them by a final score of 4-2. Next time we see the Devils, they will host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday evening.

Lineups

New Jersey Devils

Jack Hughes sitting in the 1-C spot during #NJDevils. Hischier moves to wing, but that will likely interchange through the game.

Three centers on the top line.

🔸Other than Jack in and Bratt out, we’re status quo for the lineup
🥅 Gillies pic.twitter.com/LHuEw6evZj

— Amanda Stein (@amandacstein) February 13, 2022

Pittsburgh Penguins

Guess who's back?

Malkin has returned to the lineup for this matinee matchup! pic.twitter.com/pJwdFjWoJ2

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) February 13, 2022

Game Highlights

First Period

*No goals scored

Second Period

THE ALL-STAR HATH RETURNED. pic.twitter.com/t2d3FNsorG

— New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) February 13, 2022

Enjoy this absolute b l a s t from Mike Matheson 🚨 pic.twitter.com/Egt2UpYO1o

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) February 13, 2022

Third Period

What a perfect deflection by Rust! pic.twitter.com/FSzILKhLK2

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) February 13, 2022

We love our pucks like our souls: Bouncing pic.twitter.com/I9wDj9jM7h

— New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) February 13, 2022

Boyle went to the net and good things happened 😊 pic.twitter.com/estA4ylEBG

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) February 13, 2022

Thanks to Jake Guentzel's empty-net goal, everyone gets 1/2 off Jake's Shakes at @MShakeFactory tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/bEBJGzX1D9

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) February 13, 2022

Final Stats

Next Up: New Jersey Devils vs Tampa Bay Lightning, Tuesday 2/15/22 @ 7pm EST