🚨 TIMO MEIER SNIPES IT HOME! 🔴⚪🔵 With 2:30 left in the third, Meier rips a wrist shot top shelf for his 15th of the season—unassisted! That's the dagger, folks! New Jersey Devils: 1 Buffalo Sabres: 2 #NJDevils

Let's go, Pens! The Devils are in town and we're ready to drop the puck at PPG Paints Arena. Time to show Jersey what black and gold hockey looks like. 🏒 #NJDevils

Going to disable the new text engine until I can resimulate enough games to get this right. Was hoping this would be nice to launch out of the Olympic break, but alas.

Kris Letang puts Pittsburgh on the board with 1:11 left in the first. 0-1 Penguins. The veteran defenseman's fourth of the season finds the back of the net. New Jersey Devils: 0 Pittsburgh Penguins: 1 #NJDevils

End of 1st Period NJD 0 — PIT 1 SOG: NJD 6, PIT 8 Leaders (through 1): TOI: 08:39 (J. Hughes) SOG: 2 (A. Gritsyuk +1) • Hits: 3 (T. Meier +1) Blocks: 2 (J. Kovacevic) • Takeaways: 1 (T. Meier +1) #NJDevils

End of 2nd Period NJD 1 — PIT 1 SOG: NJD 17, PIT 21 Leaders (through 2): TOI: 17:27 (J. Hughes) SOG: 3 (N. Hischier) • Hits: 3 (T. Meier +2) Blocks: 2 (J. Kovacevic) • Takeaways: 1 (N. Hischier +2) #NJDevils

Connor Clifton puts the Penguins ahead with his second of the season 😞 The Devils trail 2-1 with 13:32 left in the third. New Jersey Devils: 1 Pittsburgh Penguins: 2 #NJDevils

Chinakhov extends the lead with his 12th of the season. Pittsburgh's now up 3-1 with 12:40 left in the third. The puck found the back of the net off Chinakhov's stick. New Jersey Devils: 1 Pittsburgh Penguins: 3 #NJDevils

Lizotte snipes the empty netter with 1:59 left. That's 7 on the year for him. Wrist shot into the barn seals it for Pittsburgh. New Jersey Devils: 1 Pittsburgh Penguins: 4 #NJDevils

😞 Penguins score 3 in 3rd, defeat Devils in 1st game without Crosby. Updated season overview & last 10 game stats after the New Jersey Devils lose to the Pittsburgh Penguins by a score of 1 to 4. Game Recap: nhl.com/video/njd-at-p… #NJDevils