The New Jersey Devils (40-35-3, 83 points) will try to prevent the Pittsburgh Penguins (40-22-16) from making the Stanley Cup playoffs when the Metropolitan Division rivals face off at the Prudential Center on Thursday.
The Devils fell out of playoff contention with a 5-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers at the Rock on Tuesday. Still, New Jersey is 12-6-1 in their last 19 games.
The Penguins are 5-2 in their last seven games and have been dominant on offense. Pittsburgh has 36 goals in that span and has never scored fewer than three goals in any game.
Here's what could turn out to 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 gone 9-3 in their last three games.
- Devils forward Cody Glass will enter Thursday's game on a two-game goal streak and has three goals heading into the April 4 game
- Jake Allen is 1-1 with a .921 save% and 2.40 goals against average against the Penguins this season.
- Sidney Crosby has 99 points (42 goals, 57 assists) in 91 career games against the Devils
- Erik Karlsson has 29 points in his last 21 games, the most of any NHL defenseman over 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 PM 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*
Ahead
Timo Meyer - Nico Hischier - Dawson Mercer
Jasper Bratt - Jack Hughes - Connor Brown
Lenny Haminaho - Cody Glass - Nick Bjugstad
Evgeny Dadonov - Mark McLaughlin - Brian Halonen
defenseman
Jonas Seigenthaler - Dougie Hamilton
Luke Hughes - Jonathan Kovacevic
Brendan Dillon - Simon Nemec
goalkeeper
jacob markstrom
jake allen
Projected Penguins Lineup*
Ahead
Igor Chinakov-Sidney Crosby-Bryan Rust
Tommy Novak - Ricard Raquel - Evgeni Malkin
Anthony Mantha - Ben Kindel - Justin Brazeau
Elmer Soderblom - Connor Dewar - Noel Acciari
defenseman
Parker Wotherspoon - Rasmus Ristolainen
Samuel Girard - Kris Letang
Ryan Shea - Connor Clifton
goalkeeper
artur silov
sergei murashov
How to watch the Devils game - (7:30 p.m. ET)
Watch: MSGN/ESPN+
radio: devils hockey net
next up
Saturday, April 11, 5:00 pm ET
Sunday, April 12 vs. OTT, 7:00 PM ET
Tuesday, April 14, BOS 7:00 PM ET
