On Saturday afternoon, the New Jersey Devils saw their winning streak end at PPG Paints Arena.
New Jersey's third-period comeback fell short as the Pittsburgh Penguins handed them a 7-3 loss. Devils goaltender Jacob Markstrom made 16 saves on 22 shots for a .727 save percentage.
Devils' forward Cody Glass opened the scoring against the team that traded him a little over a week ago. It was the 25-year-old's fourth point in as many games with New Jersey.
After that, it was all Penguins as the Devils found themselves down 4-1, entering the third period as Connor Dewar, Danton Heinen, Rickard Rakell, and Philip Tomasino all scored.
New Jersey was awarded back-to-back four-minute power plays early in the third period and cashed in. Timo Meier scored his 19th of the season, and one minute later, Nico Hischier celebrated his team-leading 28th goal.
With 13:20 remaining in the game, the Devils were down by a goal but ultimately could not outperform their many mistakes.
"We just weren't good in the game," Devils head coach Sheldon Keefe said to NJD.TV. "We weren't good in execution with the puck. We made mistakes. We didn't play winning hockey here today."
"We stopped playing hockey for a bit," Hischier told NJD.TV. "We were not smart enough. We beat ourselves."
The Devils will conclude their two-game road trip on Monday night when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets for their final matchup of 2024-25.
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