Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins

Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 7:00 PM ET CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh Preseason Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 3–2 on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at home.

Final score, Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	Goals	2011-2012 record
Detroit Red Wings	2	48-28-6
at Pittsburgh Penguins	3	51-25-6

Scoring summary

Every goal, Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	11:40	Pittsburgh Penguins	Chris Kunitz (1)	Evgeni Malkin (1)	Even strength	DET 0, PIT 1
1st	13:54	Detroit Red Wings	Niklas Kronwall (1)	Pavel Datsyuk (1), Brad Stuart (1)	Even strength	DET 1, PIT 1
2nd	10:58	Pittsburgh Penguins	Evgeni Malkin (1)	Carl Sneep (1), Paul Martin (1)	Even strength	DET 1, PIT 2
2nd	13:25	Pittsburgh Penguins	Matt Niskanen (1)	Joe Morrow (1), Arron Asham (1)	Power play	DET 1, PIT 3
3rd	02:48	Detroit Red Wings	Jiri Hudler (1)	Garnet Exelby (1), Pavel Datsyuk (2)	Even strength	DET 2, PIT 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins
Stat	Detroit Red Wings	Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal	32	26
Power play	0 of 4	1 of 3
Penalty minutes	9	8
Hits	25	23
Blocked shots	14	18
Giveaways	3	4
Takeaways	2	1
Faceoffs won	34/61 (55.7%)	27/61 (44.3%)

Box score

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 D. Cleary	R	0	0	0	0	5	5	2	0		18:10
Number 15 F. Brunnstrom	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		13:50
Number 17 P. Eaves	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1		16:09
Number 20 D. Miller	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0		13:43
Number 21 T. Tatar	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		10:48
Number 24 P. Datsyuk	C	0	2	2	+1	0	3	0	1	66.7%	21:18
Number 26 J. Hudler	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		14:22
Number 39 J. Mursak	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		11:40
Number 41 C. Conner	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	28.6%	13:21
Number 42 R. Johnson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	63.6%	12:34
Number 48 C. Emmerton	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	33.3%	12:57
Number 96 T. Holmstrom	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		13:51
Number 2 B. Smith	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		19:49
Number 3 G. Exelby	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	6		16:00
Number 22 M. Commodore	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		14:36
Number 23 B. Stuart	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2		25:17
Number 32 L. Pyett	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		18:32
Number 55 N. Kronwall	D	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	1		25:42

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice
Number 31 J. MacDonald	6	0	1.000	18:51
Number 35 J. Howard	20	3	.850	40:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 P. Dupuis	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	40%	17:49
Number 12 R. Park	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	2	0	28.6%	12:50
Number 14 C. Kunitz	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	0	0		19:06
Number 18 J. Neal	L	0	0	0	+1	2	4	4	1	0		18:30
Number 23 R. Craig	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	62.5%	11:17
Number 38 C. McDonald	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0		13:42
Number 45 A. Asham	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	100%	12:44
Number 46 J. Vitale	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	62.5%	15:51
Number 56 P. Thompson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		09:43
Number 57 B. Gibbons	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		08:45
Number 67 G. Walker	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	50%	10:31
Number 71 E. Malkin	C	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	0	0	28.6%	20:51
Number 2 M. Niskanen	D	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	3	1		21:02
Number 7 P. Martin	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	0		21:14
Number 55 P. Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		15:22
Number 58 K. Letang	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	1	0		25:28
Number 59 C. Sneep	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	0		16:10
Number 70 J. Morrow	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	3	0		21:05

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice
Number 29 M. Fleury	16	1	.938	40:00
Number 39 B. Thiessen	16	1	.938	20:00

Penalties

Penalties, Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	05:19	Pittsburgh Penguins	Geoff Walker	Boarding	2
2nd	11:55	Detroit Red Wings	Cory Emmerton	Tripping	2
2nd	17:14	Detroit Red Wings	Jan Mursak	Holding	2
3rd	00:32	Pittsburgh Penguins	Carl Sneep	High sticking	2
3rd	10:32	Detroit Red Wings	Daniel Cleary	Boarding (major)	5
3rd	14:44	Pittsburgh Penguins	James Neal	Tripping	2
3rd	16:38	Pittsburgh Penguins	Paul Martin	Cross checking	2

Game information

Detroit Red Wings head coach: Mike Babcock
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Dan Bylsma
Referees: Paul Devorski, Gord Dwyer
Linesmen: Dan Schachte, Brad Kovachik
Detroit Red Wings scratches: Nicklas Lidstrom, Todd Bertuzzi, Pavel Agarkov, Doug Janik, Andrei Maximenko, Henrik Zetterberg, Alexander Seluyanov, Evgeni Bumagin, Ty Conklin, Valtteri Filppula, Ian White, Jonathan Ericsson, Chris Minard, Greg Amadio, Jamie Johnson, Johan Franzen, Gennady Stolyarov, Jakub Kindl, Justin Abdelkader, Darren Helm, Nick Oslund, Bryan Rufenach, Joakim Andersson, Sebastien Piche, Tom McCollum, Max Nicastro, Gustav Nyquist, Julien Cayer, Francis Pare, Brian Lashoff, Travis Ehrhardt, Brent Raedeke, Jordan Pearce, Landon Ferraro, Gleason Fournier, Andrej Nestrasil, Mitch Callahan, Nick Jensen, Adam Almquist, Willie Coetzee, Calle Jarnkrok, Riley Sheahan, Teemu Pulkkinen, Louis-Marc Aubry, Brooks Macek, Petr Mrazek, Ben Marshall, Trevor Parkes, Adam Estoclet, Alexey Marchenko, Philippe Hudon, Mattias Backman, Richard Nedomlel, Marek Tvrdon, Alan Quine, Tomas Jurco, Xavier Ouellet, Ryan Sproul, Ramis Sadikov
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Steve Sullivan, Mikhail Kazakevich, Brent Johnson, Craig Adams, Matt Cooke, Vladimir Malenkykh, Brooks Orpik, Deryk Engelland, Jason Williams, Zbynek Michalek, Sergei Anshakov, Joey Mormina, Alexandre Picard, Patrick Ehelechner, Evgeni Isakov, Steve MacIntyre, Boris Valabik, Nick Johnson, Tyler Kennedy, Sidney Crosby, Tim Crowder, Scott Munroe, Jordan Staal, Brian Strait, Mark Letestu, Ben Lovejoy, Alex Grant, Casey Pierro-Zabotel, Eric Tangradi, Mattias Modig, Dustin Jeffrey, Robert Bortuzzo, Keven Veilleux, Bryan Lerg, Alexander Pechurskiy, Patrick Killeen, Nicholas D'Agostino, Zach Sill, Simon Despres, Ben Hanowski, Nick Petersen, Alex Velischek, Beau Bennett, Bryan Rust, Tom Kuhnhackl, Kenny Agostino, Joe Rogalski, Reid McNeill, Ben Street, Brandon DeFazio, Scott Wilson, Josh Archibald, Dominik Uher, Scott Harrington, Jessey Astles, Stefan Fournier, Maxime Lagace, Daniil Tarasov, Ian Watters

2011-2012 season series

Every Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins game in the 2011-2012 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Detroit Red Wings 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins, Wed, Sep 21, 2011
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Detroit Red Wings 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings, Sun, Oct 2, 2011

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Matchup	Status	Details
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Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Philadelphia Flyers 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Philadelphia Flyers, Wed, Sep 21, 2011
St. Louis Blues 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3	Final Preseason	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Tampa Bay Lightning, Wed, Sep 21, 2011
Boston Bruins 1 at Ottawa Senators 2	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Boston Bruins at Ottawa Senators, Wed, Sep 21, 2011
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Montreal Canadiens 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens, Wed, Sep 21, 2011
San Jose Sharks 6 at Anaheim Ducks 1	Final Preseason	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Anaheim Ducks, Wed, Sep 21, 2011
Los Angeles Kings 3 at Phoenix Coyotes 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Phoenix Coyotes, Wed, Sep 21, 2011
Phoenix Coyotes 2 at Los Angeles Kings 1	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Phoenix Coyotes at Los Angeles Kings, Wed, Sep 21, 2011