🐧 Away Penguins 0-0 in series
1–3
Final
PIT leads 4–3
😈 Home Devils 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 1001
NJD 1113

Penguins at Devils — First Round Game 1

Devils, First Round Game 1, beat Penguins 3–1 at Prudential Center on April 22, 1999.

🗓 Thu, Apr 22, 1999 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Prudential Center, Newark 🏒 1998-99 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

PIT vs NJD · PIT leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
1–3
Final · NJD
Game 2
4–1
Final · PIT
Game 3
2–4
Final · PIT
Game 4
4–2
Final · NJD
Game 5
3–4
Final · NJD
Game 6
2–3
OT · PIT
Game 7
4–2
Final · PIT

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 😈 NJD
Petr Sykora
2 G
3 shots · 19:19 TOI · +2
2nd star 😈 NJD
Patrik Elias
2 A
3 shots · 17:29 TOI · +2
3rd star 😈 NJD
Jay Pandolfo
1 G
2 shots · 13:52 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Jan Hrdina Go-ahead 1st · 07:20
Assists: Jaromir Jagr, Jiri Slegr
1–0
😈 Petr Sykora Tying 1st · 07:35
Assists: Patrik Elias
1–1
2nd period
😈 Petr Sykora Go-ahead 2nd · 14:55
Assists: Sheldon Souray, Patrik Elias
1–2
3rd period
😈 Jay Pandolfo Empty net 3rd · 19:29
Assists: Scott Niedermayer
1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT NJD😈
25 Shots on goal 22
23 Hits 38
13 Blocked shots 9
19 Takeaways 25
1 Giveaways 2
10 Penalty minutes 10
PIT shooting 4.0% (1/25) NJD shooting 13.6% (3/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso
19/21
.905 SV% · 2 GA · 59:18 TOI
😈Devils
Martin Brodeur
24/25
.960 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 42-29-11 (51% win rate, 82 games)
Devils
Devils — tied after 1st: 50-23-9 (61% win rate, 82 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Devils
Devils: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Straka · Titov · Jagr 23:34
L2 Hrdina · Miller · Lang 17:18
L3 Brown · Morozov · Barnaby 13:52
L4 Sonnenberg · Wright · Kesa 1:22
D1 Hatcher · Werenka 22:46
D2 Moran · Slegr 18:32
D3 Andrusak · Dollas 17:31
😈Devils
L1 Arnott · Elias · Sykora 18:03
L2 Holik · Carpenter · Rolston 15:47
L3 Nemchinov · Pandolfo · Mckay 14:41
L4 Andreychuk · Morrison · Pederson 9:17
D1 Niedermayer · Stevens 24:39
D2 Odelein · Daneyko 20:11
D3 Dean · Souray 12:58

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 3, 1999
😈NJD @ 🐧PIT
4–2 · Devils won
Mar 25, 1999
🐧PIT @ 😈NJD
3–5 · Devils won
Mar 9, 1999
😈NJD @ 🐧PIT
3–2 · Devils won
Nov 13, 1998
🐧PIT @ 😈NJD
3–4 · Devils won
Oct 14, 1998
🐧PIT @ 😈NJD
3–1 · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs NJD, answered

Who won Penguins vs Devils on April 22, 1999?

Devils won 3–1.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Devils?

The final score was Penguins 1, Devils 3.

Who scored for Penguins?

Jan Hrdina.

Who scored for Devils?

Petr Sykora (2), Jay Pandolfo.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 save percentage).

How did the Devils goalie play?

Martin Brodeur made 24 saves on 25 shots (.960 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Devils played?

At Prudential Center in Newark, the Devils home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 18
🐧PIT @ 🗽NYR
2–1 · PIT won
Next game · Apr 24
🐧PIT @ 😈NJD
4–1 · PIT won
😈Devils
Previous game · Apr 17
😈NJD @ 🐯NSH
4–1 · NJD won
Next game · Apr 24
🐧PIT @ 😈NJD
4–1 · PIT won
Also on April 22, 1999
🔔PHI @ 🍁TOR
3–0 final
🐻BOS @ 🌪️CAR
2–0 final
🎵STL @ 🌵PHX
3–1 final
Penguins season page Devils season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule