Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings

Joe Louis Arena, Detroit Regular Season Final

Final score

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–3 on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at home.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings
Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 50-21-11
at Detroit Red Wings 6 33-36-13

Goals by period

Goals by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 2 0 3
Detroit Red Wings 0 3 3 6

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 10 13 8 31
Detroit Red Wings 12 11 11 34

Three stars

  1. A. Athanasiou, Detroit Red Wings (1 goal)
  2. M. Green, Detroit Red Wings (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. T. Vanek, Detroit Red Wings (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:27 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang (4) Sidney Crosby (20) Even strength PIT 1, DET 0
2nd 03:51 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin (18) Carl Hagelin (12) Even strength PIT 2, DET 0
2nd 09:01 Detroit Red Wings Gustav Nyquist (6) Xavier Ouellet (5), Nick Jensen (4) Even strength PIT 2, DET 1
2nd 13:28 Detroit Red Wings Thomas Vanek (11) Justin Abdelkader (5) Even strength PIT 2, DET 2
2nd 17:56 Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Cullen (8) Unassisted Power play PIT 3, DET 2
2nd 19:06 Detroit Red Wings Frans Nielsen (9) Mike Green (12), Thomas Vanek (18) Even strength PIT 3, DET 3
3rd 01:46 Detroit Red Wings Andreas Athanasiou (9) Unassisted Even strength PIT 3, DET 4
3rd 11:51 Detroit Red Wings Mike Green (8) Anthony Mantha (10), Gustav Nyquist (16) Power play PIT 3, DET 5
3rd 13:14 Detroit Red Wings Henrik Zetterberg (9) Gustav Nyquist (17), Anthony Mantha (11) Even strength PIT 3, DET 6

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

Team stats

Team stats, Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings
Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Detroit Red Wings
Shots on goal 31 34
Power play 1 of 4 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 10 10
Hits 20 15
Blocked shots 15 11
Giveaways 9 13
Takeaways 0 3
Faceoffs won 26/58 (44.8%) 32/58 (55.2%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 7 M. Cullen C 1 0 1 -2 2 2 1 0 1 70% 11:09
Number 13 N. Bonino C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 35.7% 16:30
Number 14 C. Kunitz L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 12:32
Number 17 B. Rust R 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 0 0 13:43
Number 23 S. Wilson C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 3 0 0 09:28
Number 34 T. Kuhnhackl R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 1 0 08:38
Number 43 C. Sheary L 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 18:43
Number 62 C. Hagelin L 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 0 0 15:01
Number 71 E. Malkin C 1 0 1 -1 2 2 1 0 0 28.6% 17:59
Number 72 P. Hornqvist R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 0 0 14:22
Number 81 P. Kessel R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 0 0 17:50
Number 87 S. Crosby C 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 50% 20:34
Number 3 O. Maatta D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 20:11
Number 4 J. Schultz D 0 0 0 -4 0 3 0 2 0 25:30
Number 5 D. Warsofsky D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 1 0 17:37
Number 6 T. Daley D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 25:37
Number 28 I. Cole D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 3 0 23:07
Number 58 K. Letang D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 02:06
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 29 M. Fleury 34 28 6 .824 59:38 Loss

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 J. Abdelkader L 0 1 1 +1 4 3 5 0 0 100% 13:53
Number 14 G. Nyquist R 1 2 3 +1 2 3 0 0 0 16:04
Number 15 R. Sheahan C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 55.6% 14:40
Number 20 D. Miller L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 12:20
Number 21 T. Tatar L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 11:27
Number 39 A. Mantha R 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 33.3% 15:44
Number 40 H. Zetterberg C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 1 0 57.1% 18:33
Number 41 L. Glendening C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 50% 13:48
Number 51 F. Nielsen C 1 0 1 +2 0 2 1 0 0 57.1% 16:09
Number 62 T. Vanek L 1 1 2 +2 0 2 0 0 0 15:15
Number 71 D. Larkin C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:32
Number 72 A. Athanasiou C 1 0 1 +2 0 2 0 0 0 14:49
Number 3 N. Jensen D 0 1 1 +3 0 3 2 1 0 15:23
Number 25 M. Green D 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 22:29
Number 52 J. Ericsson D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 19:42
Number 53 A. Marchenko D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:35
Number 61 X. Ouellet D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 0 3 0 18:50
Number 65 D. DeKeyser D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 21:11
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 31 J. Coreau 31 28 3 .903 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 01:03 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin Cross checking 2
1st 01:03 Detroit Red Wings Justin Abdelkader Cross checking 2
1st 09:39 Pittsburgh Penguins Conor Sheary Holding the stick 2
2nd 00:42 Detroit Red Wings Gustav Nyquist Hooking 2
2nd 04:24 Detroit Red Wings Jonathan Ericsson Interference 2
2nd 10:38 Detroit Red Wings Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
2nd 16:56 Detroit Red Wings Justin Abdelkader Slashing 2
3rd 09:27 Pittsburgh Penguins David Warsofsky Slashing 2
3rd 09:53 Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Cullen Hooking 2
3rd 18:13 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby Roughing 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Detroit Red Wings head coach
Jeff Blashill
Referees
Frederick L'Ecuyer, Brad Meier
Linesmen
Mark Shewchyk, Kory Nagy
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Eric Fehr, Steve Oleksy
Detroit Red Wings scratches
Steve Ott, Tomas Jurco, Ryan Sproul

2016-2017 season series

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Sources and further reading

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