New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins — January 8, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the New Jersey Devils 4-1 on January 8, 2026. Expected goals were closely matched at 5-on-5 (PIT 8.49, NJD 8.70), making this a tightly contested game on both sides of the puck. The New Jersey Devils created 13 high-danger scoring chances compared to 9 from the Pittsburgh Penguins at 5-on-5. Cody Glass was the most dangerous skater with 2.11 individual expected goals on 2 shots at 5-on-5. Both teams finished with 29 shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as New Jersey Devils vs Pittsburgh Penguins progressed on Jan 8, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
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NJD1 - 4PIT

Jan 8, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
PIT	P1	16	21	43.2	10	15	40.0	7	11	38.9	8	17	32.0	2	5	28.6	2.46	4.00	38.1	1	0	100.0
	P2	33	10	76.7	24	8	75.0	17	6	73.9	24	8	75.0	5	1	83.3	4.72	1.79	72.5	2	0	100.0
	P3	18	26	40.9	13	18	41.9	5	12	29.4	14	16	46.7	6	9	40.0	4.83	4.94	49.4	1	1	50.0
	Total	67	57	54.0	47	41	53.4	29	29	50.0	46	41	52.9	13	15	46.4	12.01	10.73	52.8	4	1	80.0
NJD	P1	21	16	56.8	15	10	60.0	11	7	61.1	17	8	68.0	5	2	71.4	4.00	2.46	61.9	0	1	0.0
	P2	10	33	23.3	8	24	25.0	6	17	26.1	8	24	25.0	1	5	16.7	1.79	4.72	27.5	0	2	0.0
	P3	26	18	59.1	18	13	58.1	12	5	70.6	16	14	53.3	9	6	60.0	4.94	4.83	50.6	1	1	50.0
	Total	57	67	46.0	41	47	46.6	29	29	50.0	41	46	47.1	15	13	53.6	10.73	12.01	47.2	1	4	20.0

Win Probability

PIT Favored

NJD Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

PIT

NJD

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

NJD Attempts

PIT Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

NJD ShootPIT Shoot

Shot on Net

Shot Blocked

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (PIT) performed against every skater on the away team (NJD) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = PIT players, Columns = NJD players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the PIT player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

PIT ↓ / NJD →	Hischier	Mercer	Hughes	Glass	Glendening	Bratt	Cotter	Palat	Brown	Meier	Gritsyuk	Noesen	Siegenthaler	Hughes	Hamilton	Pesce	Nemec	Dillon
Crosby	50	56	28	100	100	32	100	50	100	38	25	100	100	33	88	53	33	80
Kindel	60	50	33	54	67	100	58	60	63	33	36	56	48	50	44	89	67	60
Malkin	89	58	50	54	80	83	58	78	53	31	42	71	50	73	33	91	69	68
Acciari	13	29	10	83	100	11	83	100	83	22	29	70	100	31	50	64	56	71
Lizotte	25	50	20	86	100	33	86	100	86	33	33	67	100	44	57	67	67	60
Novak	0	67	0	50	100	75	57	100	56	57	50	50	67	50	50	83	60	57
Dewar	20	50	50	83	100	25	100	100	100	29	50	100	100	57	100	73	50	67
Rust	39	56	23	100	100	27	100	50	100	23	18	100	87	30	70	55	31	80
Rakell	50	56	26	100	100	37	100	67	100	33	25	100	89	35	75	59	38	75
Chinakhov	100	47	100	45	60	100	50	50	53	31	42	43	43	50	44	86	64	57
Brazeau	50	86	0	50	100	83	57	100	73	67	50	50	85	50	77	86	50	63
Mantha	100	86	0	57	71	100	57	50	73	80	60	25	67	67	69	80	75	75
Karlsson	53	46	15	93	100	31	93	75	88	28	26	40	80	36	43	72	45	74
Letang	33	57	27	71	88	56	71	85	80	25	25	73	70	36	60	55	75	80
Wotherspoon	25	29	17	94	100	25	94	80	88	28	28	50	81	13	33	78	42	58
Kulak	29	33	25	38	80	38	38	80	38	25	22	73	40	33	47	38	71	50
Shea	20	58	33	58	75	50	70	71	67	44	56	50	73	45	67	89	50	64
St. Ivany	20	58	33	47	60	20	54	50	53	44	56	50	50	40	67	86	47	50