{"id":549019,"date":"2026-04-09T21:43:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/549019\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T21:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T21:43:43","slug":"devils-game-79-vs-penguins-lines-notes-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/549019\/","title":{"rendered":"Devils Game 79 vs. Penguins; Lines, Notes &#038; How to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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. <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what to expect for what could be a high-scoring affair in Newark on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>What to Know vs. Penguins<\/p>\n<p>The Devils are 1-2 against Pittsburgh this season and have been outscored 9-3 in their three previous games<\/p>\n<p>Devils forward Cody Glass will enter Thursday\u2019s game on a two-game goal streak and has three goals in four April games<\/p>\n<p>Jake Allen is 1-1 against the Penguins this season with a .921 save% and 2.40 goals-against average<\/p>\n<p>Sidney Crosby has 99 points (42 goals, 57 assists) in 91 career games against the Devils<\/p>\n<p>Erik Karlsson has 29 points in his past 21 games, the most of any NHL defenseman in that span<\/p>\n<p>Penguins center Rickard Rakell has the NHL\u2019s longest active point streak (eight games) and has 13 points in that span<\/p>\n<p>2025-26 vs. Penguins<\/p>\n<p>11\/8\/25: SOW 2-1 Prudential Center<\/p>\n<p>1\/8\/26: L 4-1 PPG Paints Arena<\/p>\n<p>2\/26\/26: L 4-1 PPG Paints Arena<\/p>\n<p>4\/9\/26: 7:00 P.M. ET Prudential Center<\/p>\n<p>Devils vs. Penguins<\/p>\n<p>All-time Record: 131-113-17-6<\/p>\n<p>All-time Home Record: 70-49-13-3<\/p>\n<p>All-time Road Record: 61-64-4-3<\/p>\n<p>Projected Devils Lineup*<\/p>\n<p>Forwards<\/p>\n<p>Timo Meier \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyhockeynow.com\/tag\/nico-hischier\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nico Hischier<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Dawson Mercer<\/p>\n<p>Jesper Bratt \u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyhockeynow.com\/tag\/jack-hughes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Jack Hughes<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Connor Brown<\/p>\n<p>Lenni Hameenaho \u2013 Cody Glass \u2013 Nick Bjugstad<\/p>\n<p>Evgenii Dadonov \u2013 Marc McLaughlin \u2013 Brian Halonen<\/p>\n<p>Defensemen<\/p>\n<p>Jonas Siegenthaler \u2013 Dougie Hamilton<\/p>\n<p>Luke Hughes \u2013 Jonathan Kovacevic<\/p>\n<p>Brenden Dillon \u2013 Simon Nemec<\/p>\n<p>Goalies<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyhockeynow.com\/tag\/jacob-markstrom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Markstrom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jake Allen<\/p>\n<p>Projected Penguins Lineup*<\/p>\n<p>Forwards<\/p>\n<p>Egor Chinakov\u2013 Sidney Crosby \u2013 Bryan Rust<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Novak \u2013 Rickard Rakell \u2013 Evgeni Malkin<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Mantha \u2013 Ben Kindel \u2013 Justin Brazeau<\/p>\n<p>Elmer Soderblom \u2013 Connor Dewar \u2013 Noel Acciari<\/p>\n<p>Defensemen<\/p>\n<p>Parker Wotherspoon\u2013 Rasmus Ristolainen<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Girard \u2013 Kris Letang<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Shea \u2013 Connor Clifton<\/p>\n<p>Goalies<\/p>\n<p>Arturs Silovs<\/p>\n<p>Sergei Murashov<\/p>\n<p>How to Watch the Devils Game \u2014 (7:30 P.M. ET)<\/p>\n<p>Watch:\u00a0MSGN\/ESPN+<\/p>\n<p>Radio:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/nhl\/new-jersey-devils\/devils-game-66-kings-lines-notes-starting-goaltender-how-to-watch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DEVILS HOCKEY NET<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next Up<\/p>\n<p>Sat., April 11 at DET 5:00 P.M. ET<\/p>\n<p>Sun., April 12 vs OTT 7:00 P.M. ET<\/p>\n<p>Tue., April 14 at BOS 7:00 P.M. ET<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774746866_983_Pat-PickensBio.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-70 photo\" height=\"70\" width=\"70\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"low\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\tPat  Pickens  is  an  award-winning  sports  writer  and  author  who  has  covered  the  NHL  since  2013.  He  has  covered  &#8230; More about <a class=\"more-bio\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/author\/pat-pickens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pat Pickens<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New Jersey Devils (40-35-3, 83 points) will try to stop the Pittsburgh Penguins (40-22-16) from clinching a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5109],"tags":[201,5,576,151,5185,5184,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-549019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-jersey-devils","8":"tag-devils","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-new-jersey","11":"tag-new-jersey-devils","12":"tag-newjersey","13":"tag-newjerseydevils","14":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116376935904966400","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}