Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins

CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–3 on Thursday, February 18, 2016 at home.

Final score, Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team Goals 2015-2016 record
Detroit Red Wings 3 41-30-11
at Pittsburgh Penguins 6 48-26-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Detroit Red Wings 1 1 1 3
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 2 2 6

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Detroit Red Wings 10 12 16 38
Pittsburgh Penguins 14 14 11 39

Three stars

  1. P. Kessel, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals)
  2. S. Wilson, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)
  3. M. Cullen, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 09:56 Pittsburgh Penguins Ben Lovejoy (3) Patric Hornqvist (20), Matt Cullen (11) Even strength DET 0, PIT 1
1st 13:40 Detroit Red Wings Tomas Jurco (4) Gustav Nyquist (18), Andreas Athanasiou (3) Even strength DET 1, PIT 1
1st 16:47 Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Cullen (7) Patric Hornqvist (21), Trevor Daley (13) Even strength DET 1, PIT 2
2nd 02:19 Detroit Red Wings Dylan Larkin (19) Luke Glendening (9), Kyle Quincey (6) Even strength DET 2, PIT 2
2nd 02:43 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel (17) Sidney Crosby (30), Chris Kunitz (16) Even strength DET 2, PIT 3
2nd 16:46 Pittsburgh Penguins Scott Wilson (1) Conor Sheary (2), Derrick Pouliot (3) Even strength DET 2, PIT 4
3rd 06:26 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel (18) Olli Maatta (10), Chris Kunitz (17) Even strength DET 2, PIT 5
3rd 11:13 Detroit Red Wings Henrik Zetterberg (12) Justin Abdelkader (18), Pavel Datsyuk (23) Even strength DET 3, PIT 5
3rd 19:12 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (25) Kris Letang (32) Even strength, Empty net DET 3, PIT 6

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 38 39
Power play 0 of 1 0 of 1
Penalty minutes 2 2
Hits 24 23
Blocked shots 10 11
Giveaways 2 6
Takeaways 0 5
Faceoffs won 28/56 (50%) 28/56 (50%)

Box score

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 J. Abdelkader L 0 1 1 -1 0 7 2 0 19:10
Number 13 P. Datsyuk C 0 1 1 -2 0 4 1 1 57.1% 16:20
Number 14 G. Nyquist R 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 13:00
Number 15 R. Sheahan C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 2 14:34
Number 17 B. Richards C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 50% 12:38
Number 21 T. Tatar L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 0 12:05
Number 26 T. Jurco R 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 11:36
Number 40 H. Zetterberg C 1 0 1 -2 0 6 0 0 40% 20:11
Number 41 L. Glendening C 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 60% 19:09
Number 43 D. Helm C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 50% 17:31
Number 71 D. Larkin C 1 0 1 -2 0 3 1 1 100% 13:59
Number 72 A. Athanasiou C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 36.4% 12:34
Number 2 B. Smith D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 2 21:49
Number 25 M. Green D 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 20:01
Number 27 K. Quincey D 0 1 1 -1 2 0 1 0 19:25
Number 47 A. Marchenko D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 18:56
Number 61 X. Ouellet D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 18:13
Number 65 D. DeKeyser D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 19:15
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 34 P. Mrazek 32 27 5 .844 46:26 Loss
Number 35 J. Howard 6 6 0 1.000 11:08

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 7 M. Cullen C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 0 1 53.8% 17:28
Number 11 K. Porter C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 55.6% 10:27
Number 14 C. Kunitz L 0 2 2 +2 0 2 2 1 16:42
Number 17 B. Rust R 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 13:38
Number 23 S. Wilson C 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 09:41
Number 34 T. Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:49
Number 40 O. Sundqvist C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 40% 13:47
Number 43 C. Sheary L 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 10:40
Number 62 C. Hagelin L 0 0 0 +1 0 2 2 1 17:42
Number 72 P. Hornqvist R 0 2 2 +2 0 4 2 0 50% 17:59
Number 81 P. Kessel R 2 0 2 +1 0 4 1 0 19:11
Number 87 S. Crosby C 1 1 2 +2 0 2 1 0 50% 18:52
Number 3 O. Maatta D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 0 22:37
Number 6 T. Daley D 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 17:46
Number 8 B. Dumoulin D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 3 1 19:35
Number 12 B. Lovejoy D 1 0 1 +2 0 3 2 1 16:52
Number 51 D. Pouliot D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 14:51
Number 58 K. Letang D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 3 1 26:23
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 29 M. Fleury 38 35 3 .921 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 18:44 Detroit Red Wings Kyle Quincey Roughing 2
3rd 16:37 Pittsburgh Penguins Bryan Rust Tripping 2

Game information

Detroit Red Wings head coach
Jeff Blashill
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Kelly Sutherland, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen
Brad Kovachik, Tim Nowak
Detroit Red Wings scratches
Jonathan Ericsson, Jakub Kindl, Teemu Pulkkinen
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Evgeni Malkin, Ian Cole, Sergei Plotnikov

2015-2016 season series

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Sources and further reading

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