Devils Game 79 vs. Penguins; Lines, Notes & How to Watch
John Jones-Imagn Images The New Jersey Devils (40-35-3, 83 points) will try to stop the Pittsburgh Penguins (40-22-16) from clinching a Stanley Cup Playoff berth when the Metropolitan Division rivals square off at Prudential Center on Thursday. The Devils were eliminated from playoff contention with their 5-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday at the Rock. Still, New Jersey is 12-6-1 in its past 19 games.
The Penguins are 5-2 in their past seven games and are on fire, offensively. Pittsburgh has 36 goals in that span and has not scored fewer than three goals in any game. Here’s what to expect for what could be a high-scoring affair in Newark on Thursday.
What to Know vs. Penguins The Devils are 1-2 against Pittsburgh this season and have been outscored 9-3 in their three previous games Devils forward Cody Glass will enter Thursday’s game on a two-game goal streak and has three goals in four April games Jake Allen is 1-1 against the Penguins this season with a . 921 save% and 2.
40 goals-against average Sidney Crosby has 99 points (42 goals, 57 assists) in 91 career games against the Devils Erik Karlsson has 29 points in his past 21 games, the most of any NHL defenseman in that span Penguins center Rickard Rakell has the NHL’s longest active point streak (eight games) and has 13 points in that span 2025-26 vs. Penguins 11/8/25: SOW 2-1 Prudential Center 1/8/26: L 4-1 PPG Paints Arena 2/26/26: L 4-1 PPG Paints Arena 4/9/26: 7:00 P. M.
ET Prudential Center Devils vs. Penguins All-time Record: 131-113-17-6 All-time Home Record: 70-49-13-3 All-time Road Record: 61-64-4-3 Projected Devils Lineup* Forwards Timo Meier – Nico Hischier – Dawson Mercer Jesper Bratt – Jack Hughes – Connor Brown Lenni Hameenaho – Cody Glass – Nick Bjugstad Evgenii Dadonov – Marc McLaughlin – Brian Halonen Defensemen Jonas Siegenthaler – Dougie Hamilton Luke Hughes – Jonathan Kovacevic Brenden Dillon – Simon Nemec Goalies Jacob Markstrom Jake Allen Projected Penguins Lineup* Forwards Egor Chinakov– Sidney Crosby – Bryan Rust Tommy Novak – Rickard Rakell – Evgeni Malkin Anthony Mantha – Ben Kindel – Justin Brazeau Elmer Soderblom – Connor Dewar – Noel Acciari Defensemen Parker Wotherspoon– Rasmus Ristolainen Samuel Girard – Kris Letang Ryan Shea – Connor Clifton Goalies Arturs Silovs Sergei Murashov How to Watch the Devils Game — (7:30 P. M.