On Sunday night, the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 at the United Center. They put together a strong 60 minute in order to secure the victory. It included holding onto a one goal third period lead and throwing one into the empty net.

On Tuesday night, the Blackhawks looked to sweep the home & home with the Penguins as they took their annual trip to the PPG Paints Arena. Unfortunately, things did not go Chicago’s way this time. 

Sidney Crosby, Erik Karlsson, Kris Letang, and Kevin Hayes were the goal scorers (Hayes had two) en route to a 5-0 victory. Tristan Jarry blanked the Blackhawks for his second shutout of the season. 

Spencer Knight has had some up and down moments in his Blackhawks tenure. This was more of a down as he allowed 5 goals on 27 shots, but the team didn’t do him any favors defensively. 

Early in the game, it looked like the Blackhawks were going to be able to outskate the Penguins for the second game in a row, but things got out of hand quickly. That happens with young teams like the Blackhawks. 

This is only the second time in 2024-25, if you can believe it, that the Blackhawks were shut out. They are not a winning team, but they haven't had much of a problem finding the net at least once per game. Jarry, who has had a trying year for Pittsburgh, found a way to shut the door in this one. 

Over their last four games, the Hawks faced all-time great superstars like Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon, Sidney Crosby, and Alexander Ovechkin. They didn't do a ton of winning throughout that stretch but the young guys were able to see first-hand how those guys play. 

Now, the East Coast road swing will continue with a game against the Boston Bruins on Thursday. Boston isn't a great team anymore but they will still present a solid challenge for this Blackhawks group trying to develop over the final four games. 

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On a night that could have ended in celebration and securing a playoff spot, the New Jersey Devils skated off the ice frustrated and on the losing end of a 7-2 score. The team remains one point shy of punching their ticket to the postseason. 

The Boston Bruins dominated New Jersey, earning two points after 60 minutes. Stefan Noesen and Timo Meier were New Jersey's lone goal scorers. Their goals were 19 seconds apart. 

The Bruins capitalized on a Jesper Bratt turnover at the Devils blue line at the 9:38 mark of the first period. David Pastrnak scored his 41st goal of the season to open the scoring. The 28-year-old has factored in 12 straight Bruins goals (six goals, six assists) dating to Apr. 1 for the most in Boston history.

Michael Callahan extended the Bruins lead to 2-0 in the final seconds of the opening frame. It was the 25-year-old's first career NHL goal. Pastrnak collected an assist and his second point of the night. 

Jakub Lauko gave the Bruins a 3-0 lead early in the second period. It was his fourth goal of the 2024-25 campaign. 

Noesen beat opposing goaltender Jeremy Swayman on a delayed penalty at the 13:51 mark of the middle frame. Daniel Sprong picked up his first point as a Devil, earning the primary assist. Nico Hischier extended his point streak to four games with his secondary assist.  

Seconds later, Meier scored his 25th goal of the season, bringing New Jersey within one. Erik Haula picked up the lone helper. It was the perfect example of good things happening when you get pucks on net. 

The Devils gave up a goal with 52.9 seconds remaining. Casey Mittelstadt fired the puck toward Markstrom near the Devils' blue line. The puck hit Seamus Casey's stick and deflected past New Jersey's goaltender. 

The Bruins held a 4-2 lead over the Devils going into the second intermission. 

Morgan Geekie's 30th goal of the season gave the Bruins a 5-2 lead. The Devils had an inexcusable defensive zone breakdown, leaving the 26-year-old alone in front of Markstrom. Two minutes later, Fraser Minten gave Boston a 6-2 lead. 

After Cole Koepke scored for a 7-2 score, Keefe replaced Markstrom with Jake Allen. The former faced 23 shots and made 16 saves. The latter saved both shots faced. 

The Devils will host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday at Prudential Center. 

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — David Pastrnak scored and added two assists to reach the 100-point mark and Jeremy Swayman made 20 saves as the Boston Bruins routed the New Jersey Devils 7-2 on Tuesday night.

Michael Callahan, Jakub Lauko, Casey Mittelstadt, Morgan Geekie, Fraser Minten and Cole Koepke also scored for the Bruins, who won for only the second time in their last 13 games.

Stefan Noesen and Timo Meier scored for New Jersey, which had its three-game winning streak snapped.

Pastrnak opened the scoring at 9:38 of the first, beating Devils netminder Jacob Markstrom for his team-leading 41st goal.

Callahan made it 2-0 with his first NHL goal at 19:24 of the first. Lauko increased the lead at 1:45 of the second.

Noesen broke through for the Devils at 13:51 with his 21st goal. Meier scored his 25th just 19 seconds later.

Geekie added his 30th at 4:58 of the third, followed by Minten’s third at 6:55 and Koepke’s 10th at 10:50.

The seven goals were the most scored by Boston in a game this season.

Markstrom allowed seven goals on 23 shots before he was replaced by Jake Allen midway through the third.

Takeaways

Devils: Still need one point to clinch a postseason spot for the second time in three seasons.

Bruins: Won on the road for the first time since March 8. Boston is 12-25-3 in away games this season.

Key moment

Mittelstadt’s goal with 53 seconds left in the second gave Boston a two-goal cushion heading into the third period. Boston would score three more times in the final period.

Key stat

By scoring Boston’s first goal and assisting on the second, the 28-year-old Pastrnak factored in 13 straight Bruins goals dating to April 1 with six goals and seven assists during the streak. He reached the 100-point mark for the third straight season.

Up next

Devils: Hosting Pittsburgh on Friday.

Bruins: Hosting Chicago on Thursday.

New York Islanders forward Simon Holmstrom has his first 20-goal season of his career.

The 23-year-old recorded his 19th and 20th goals of the season Tuesday night in Nashville.

His first goal opened the game's scoring when he received a slick feed from Ryan Pulock before beating Juuse Saros at 4:16 of the first period:

Simon says 1-0 #Islespic.twitter.com/3IexyFqRAs

— The Elmonters (@TheElmonters) April 9, 2025

With the game tied at 2-2 following the opening frame, Holmstrom beat Saros' blocker with a shot from above the crease at 4:36 of the second period:

Holmstrom a 20-goal scorer for the first time in his #NHL career.

3-2 #Islespic.twitter.com/jSGFYfRFDO

— The Elmonters (@TheElmonters) April 9, 2025

Holmstrom also extended his career high in points (42).

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It has been a season full of milestones for the Pittsburgh Penguins, and one of their future hall-of-famers racked up yet another.

With a second-period goal against the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday, Erik Karlsson became just the second Swedish-born defenseman in NHL history - the other being Detroit Red Wings all-time great Nicklas Lidstrom - to score 200 goals.

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He is also just the 24th defenseman overall to register 200, and he needs just four more goals to surpass Gary Suter for 23rd on the all-time list.

Karlsson has 11 goals and 53 points in 78 games for the Penguins this season, and his 870 career points are good enough for 15th all-time among blueliners.

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