{"id":462100,"date":"2025-02-04T08:46:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T13:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=462100"},"modified":"2025-02-04T08:46:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T13:46:06","slug":"nhl-predictions-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/02\/04\/nhl-predictions-12\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Predictions: February 4 Pittsburgh Penguins vs New Jersey Devils"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pittsburgh Penguins come home to face the New Jersey Devils. Welcome back to NHL Predictions here at Last Word on Hockey<\/em>! Each day, we provide in-depth analysis, insights, and predictions for all the NHL\u2019s games. In tonight\u2019s matchup, the Penguins aim to build on back-to-back wins, while the Devils are looking to build momentum off of a mediocre last 10 games.<\/p>\n

NHL Predictions<\/strong><\/h2>\n

New Jersey Devils vs. Pittsburgh Penguins<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Head-to-Head:<\/strong>\u00a0Devils 1-0 Penguins<\/h4>\n

Time:<\/strong>\u00a07:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)<\/p>\n

TV:<\/strong>\u00a0SportsNet Pittsburgh; MSGSN2; ESPN+<\/p>\n

The Penguins and Devils face off for the second time this season in PPG Paints Arena. In their first encounter on December 21, 2024, the Devils secured a 3-0 victory over the Penguins.<\/p>\n

The Penguins Story<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Following a couple of wins in a row, the Penguins are sitting on a 22-24-8 record. This places them tied with the Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> for second-last in the East. Although Pittsburgh has had a bad stretch recently, their last couple of games have been good efforts from the team. Sidney Crosby<\/a> continues to lead the team in points with 57 in 54 games. Behind him, Rickard Rakell<\/a> has stayed hot, scoring 45 points in 53 games.<\/p>\n

On defence, the Penguins are without Marcus Pettersson<\/a> following his trade<\/a> to the Vancouver Canucks<\/a>. With Pettersson missing from the left side, the Penguins already thin defence has gotten thinner. Rookie defenceman Owen Pickering<\/a> will be an important player to watch as he\u2019s likely to receive more minutes in Pettersson\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n

The Devils Story<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Devils are 29-19-6 this season, sitting third in the Metropolitan Division. While the team has had a solid season so far, their recent stretch of games has left much to be desired. With a 4-4-2 record, New Jersey needs to build momentum with Metro Division teams like Columbus<\/a> and the New York Islanders<\/a> hot on their trail. They are also looking to catch the Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> who sit just ahead of them in the division. Jack Hughes<\/a> leads the team with 61 points in 54 games. Jesper Bratt<\/a> has been an incredible accessory to the superstar, scoring 59 points in 54 games on his wing.<\/p>\n

On defence, Dougie Hamilton<\/a> leads in scoring with 35 points in 54 games. Young defenceman Luke Hughes<\/a> has scored 21 points in 45 games. The highlight of the New Jersey defence is their goaltender, Jacob Markstrom<\/a>. He is 36-21-9, with a .912 save percentage. With Markstrom in net, the Penguins would be hard-pressed to find scoring in this game. However, Markstrom is out with an injury so Jake Allen<\/a> most likely gets the start.<\/p>\n

Prediction<\/strong><\/h3>\n

New Jersey needs to turn things around fast. With an important game against a division rival, expect the Devils to come out strong and take this game.<\/p>\n

Prediction: Devils win 6-2<\/em><\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: Ed Mulholland-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Prop Bet for the Night<\/strong><\/h3>\n

FanDuel has the total goals over seven with +190 odds.\u00a0 A high-powered Devils offence faces off against an anemic Penguins defence that\u2019s just lost Marcus Pettersson<\/a>, the stage is set for New Jersey to score a ton in this game.<\/p>\n

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The Pittsburgh Penguins come home to face the New Jersey Devils. Welcome back to NHL Predictions here at Last Word on Hockey! Each day, we provide in-depth analysis, insights, and predictions for all the NHL\u2019s games. In tonight\u2019s matchup, the Penguins aim to build on back-to-back wins, while the Devils are looking to build momentum […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5231,"featured_media":462106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4524,4547,13,4548,12],"tags":[3503,157,6079,6123,724,140],"class_list":["post-462100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl-predictions","category-hockey","category-devils","category-nhl","category-penguins","tag-jack-hughes","tag-jacob-markstrom","tag-new-jersey-devils-predictions","tag-pittsburgh-penguins-predictions","tag-rickard-rakell","tag-sidney-crosby"],"modified_by":"Alec Roberson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5231"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462100"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":462109,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462100\/revisions\/462109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}