Penguins at Devils 4/11/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 04/10/2021 at 10:28 PM ET

The Pittsburgh Penguins look for their third consecutive victory on Sunday when visiting the New Jersey Devils. Pittsburgh is 26-13-2 with 54 points following a 6-4 victory over the Devils in the first of two consecutive meetings with New Jersey.  Bryan Rust scored a pair of goals for Pittsburgh, while Sidney Crosby scored one goal and added two assists helping lead the Penguins to the win.

Jake Guentzel is leading Pittsburgh in goals scored with 17, while Sidney Crosby is the leader in assists with 31 and points with 47. In goal, Tristan Jarry is 16-8-2 with a goals-against average of 2.88 and a safe percentage of .906. Pittsburgh is scoring an average of 3.37 goals per game and allowing an average of 2.83 goals per game. Pittsburgh's power play is scoring 22.3% of the time and the penalty-kill unit has been successful 76.4% of the time.

New Jersey looks to bounce back from a loss when hosting Pittsburgh on Sunday. New Jersey is 14-19-6 with 34 points following its loss to the Penguins on Friday. New Jersey is seventh in the East division eight points behind its closest competitor Philadelphia and 22 points behind leaders Washington and the New York Islanders.

Miles Wood is the leading goal scorer for New Jersey with 13, while Jesper Bratt is the leader in assists with 19 and Pavel Zacha is the leader in points with 25. In goal, Mackenzie Blackwood is 9-11-3 with a goals-against average of 3.02 and save percentage of .905. New Jersey is scoring an average of 2.59 goals per game and allowing an average of 3.15 goals per game. New Jersey's power play is scoring 14.2% of the time and the penalty-kill unit has been successful 71.7% of the time.

Pittsburgh will pick up its second consecutive victory over New Jersey on Sunday, but the play here is UNDER. Pittsburgh is allowing an average of only 2.83 goals per game and New Jersey scores an average of only 2.59 goals per game. The total has cashed UNDER in five of the last six meetings between these two and in nine of New Jersey's last 13 overall. Final Score Prediction, Pittsburgh Penguins win but our best play is UNDER 3-1.

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