Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–3 on Saturday, December 3, 2016 at home.

Final score, Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Detroit Red Wings 3 33-36-13
at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 50-21-11

Goals by period

Goals by period, Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Detroit Red Wings 1 2 0 3
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 1 4 5

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 9 10 12 31
Pittsburgh Penguins 11 14 11 36

Three stars

  1. P. Kessel, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals)
  2. J. Schultz, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)
  3. I. Cole, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 13:31 Detroit Red Wings Henrik Zetterberg (5) Anthony Mantha (3), Tomas Tatar (5) Even strength DET 1, PIT 0
2nd 08:00 Detroit Red Wings Frans Nielsen (6) Riley Sheahan (5), Danny DeKeyser (3) Even strength DET 2, PIT 0
2nd 11:00 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel (7) Evgeni Malkin (15), Carl Hagelin (6) Even strength DET 2, PIT 1
2nd 18:14 Detroit Red Wings Dylan Larkin (8) Thomas Vanek (7), Mike Green (10) Even strength DET 3, PIT 1
3rd 02:05 Pittsburgh Penguins Nick Bonino (3) Ian Cole (6), Bryan Rust (4) Even strength DET 3, PIT 2
3rd 06:28 Pittsburgh Penguins Justin Schultz (2) Ian Cole (7), Evgeni Malkin (16) Even strength DET 3, PIT 3
3rd 10:54 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel (8) Carl Hagelin (7), Kris Letang (12) Even strength DET 3, PIT 4
3rd 19:19 Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Cullen (5) Patric Hornqvist (11), Sidney Crosby (10) Even strength DET 3, PIT 5

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 31 36
Power play 0 of 2 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 4
Hits 27 26
Blocked shots 15 13
Giveaways 2 12
Takeaways 10 2
Faceoffs won 29/55 (52.7%) 26/55 (47.3%)

Box score

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 14 G. Nyquist R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 1 100% 17:04
Number 15 R. Sheahan C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 1 75% 11:36
Number 20 D. Miller L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 5 1 06:56
Number 21 T. Tatar L 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 17:16
Number 26 T. Jurco R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 13:44
Number 29 S. Ott C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 2 10:17
Number 39 A. Mantha R 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 19:35
Number 40 H. Zetterberg C 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 50% 19:52
Number 41 L. Glendening C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 4 42.9% 13:58
Number 51 F. Nielsen C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 0 60% 14:23
Number 62 T. Vanek L 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 0 17:03
Number 71 D. Larkin C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 42.9% 16:54
Number 25 M. Green D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 24:24
Number 48 R. Sproul D 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 1 15:07
Number 52 J. Ericsson D 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 16:49
Number 55 N. Kronwall D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 19:30
Number 61 X. Ouellet D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:20
Number 65 D. DeKeyser D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 1 23:48
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 31 J. Coreau 36 32 4 .889 58:24 Loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 7 M. Cullen C 1 0 1 +2 0 0 1 0 44.4% 10:42
Number 13 N. Bonino C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 40% 13:36
Number 14 C. Kunitz L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 0 15:57
Number 16 E. Fehr C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 10:00
Number 17 B. Rust R 0 1 1 +1 0 3 2 0 12:35
Number 23 S. Wilson C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 1 07:59
Number 43 C. Sheary L 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 0 18:29
Number 62 C. Hagelin L 0 2 2 +2 0 2 0 0 13:58
Number 71 E. Malkin C 0 2 2 +2 0 3 1 0 46.2% 19:24
Number 72 P. Hornqvist R 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 1 18:38
Number 81 P. Kessel R 2 0 2 +2 0 4 0 0 17:30
Number 87 S. Crosby C 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 57.1% 20:46
Number 3 O. Maatta D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 18:41
Number 4 J. Schultz D 1 0 1 +1 0 4 0 0 17:00
Number 6 T. Daley D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 2 20:37
Number 8 B. Dumoulin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 19:22
Number 28 I. Cole D 0 2 2 +3 2 2 2 2 17:02
Number 58 K. Letang D 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 3 24:12
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 29 M. Fleury 31 28 3 .903 59:32 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 16:03 Pittsburgh Penguins Conor Sheary Hooking 2
1st 19:47 Detroit Red Wings Henrik Zetterberg Hooking 2
2nd 05:53 Detroit Red Wings Jonathan Ericsson Interference 2
2nd 16:12 Pittsburgh Penguins Ian Cole High sticking 2

Game information

Detroit Red Wings head coach
Jeff Blashill
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Justin St. Pierre, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen
Scott Driscoll, Brian Mach
Detroit Red Wings scratches
Brian Lashoff, Tomas Nosek
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Tom Kuhnhackl, Steve Oleksy, Jake Guentzel

2016-2017 season series

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