Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings

Little Caesars Arena, Detroit Regular Season Final

Final score

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at home.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings
Team Goals 2018-2019 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 44-26-12
at Detroit Red Wings 4 32-40-10

Goals by period

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

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 14 9 16 39
Detroit Red Wings 6 11 9 26

Three stars

  1. T. Bertuzzi, Detroit Red Wings (2 goals, 1 assist)
  2. J. Howard, Detroit Red Wings (goaltender)
  3. D. Larkin, Detroit Red Wings (3 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 10:20 Detroit Red Wings Tyler Bertuzzi (20) Andreas Athanasiou (23), Dylan Larkin (39) Power play PIT 0, DET 1
1st 19:38 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel (25) Sidney Crosby (62), Jake Guentzel (35) Even strength PIT 1, DET 1
2nd 10:26 Detroit Red Wings Tyler Bertuzzi (21) Darren Helm (10), Dylan Larkin (40) Even strength PIT 1, DET 2
3rd 11:24 Detroit Red Wings Anthony Mantha (23) Dylan Larkin (41), Filip Hronek (16) Even strength PIT 1, DET 3
3rd 18:06 Detroit Red Wings Anthony Mantha (24) Tyler Bertuzzi (26), Niklas Kronwall (24) Even strength, Empty net PIT 1, DET 4

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 39 26
Power play 0 of 2 1 of 1
Penalty minutes 2 4
Hits 19 14
Blocked shots 10 18
Giveaways 11 16
Takeaways 4 9
Faceoffs won 35/54 (64.8%) 19/54 (35.2%)

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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 66.7% 13:21
Number 10 G. Wilson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 09:02
Number 12 D. Simon C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 15:21
Number 17 B. Rust R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 16:07
Number 19 J. McCann L 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 28.6% 16:38
Number 27 N. Bjugstad C 0 0 0 -1 0 6 3 1 0 66.7% 19:37
Number 47 A. Johnson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 06:34
Number 53 T. Blueger C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 66.7% 09:28
Number 59 J. Guentzel C 0 1 1 -2 0 5 1 1 0 22:05
Number 72 P. Hornqvist R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 2 0 0 100% 16:43
Number 81 P. Kessel R 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 17:57
Number 87 S. Crosby C 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 0 0 73.7% 20:46
Number 3 O. Maatta D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:22
Number 4 J. Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 23:05
Number 5 Z. Trotman D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 15:16
Number 28 M. Pettersson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 0 21:59
Number 44 E. Gudbranson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 1 0 18:36
Number 73 J. Johnson D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 1 1 0 18:34
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 30 M. Murray 25 22 3 .880 59:07 Loss

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 23 D. Turgeon C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 50% 13:39
Number 28 L. Witkowski D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 10:12
Number 39 A. Mantha R 2 0 2 +1 0 6 1 1 0 33.3% 18:17
Number 42 M. Frk R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12:51
Number 43 D. Helm C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 25% 15:07
Number 53 T. Hirose L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 14:32
Number 54 M. Puempel L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11:31
Number 56 R. Kuffner L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:20
Number 59 T. Bertuzzi L 2 1 3 +2 0 5 0 0 1 19:26
Number 70 C. Ehn C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 46.2% 17:54
Number 71 D. Larkin C 0 3 3 +2 2 1 1 2 0 31.3% 20:20
Number 72 A. Athanasiou C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 28.6% 19:22
Number 2 J. Hicketts D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 6 0 23:15
Number 17 F. Hronek D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 0 18:51
Number 20 D. McIlrath D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 12:47
Number 55 N. Kronwall D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 2 0 17:39
Number 74 M. Bowey D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 1 0 18:09
Number 84 J. Chelios D 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 18:48
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 35 J. Howard 39 38 1 .974 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 01:50 Detroit Red Wings Dylan McIlrath Delaying game puck over glass 2
1st 09:58 Pittsburgh Penguins Teddy Blueger Hooking 2
2nd 05:04 Detroit Red Wings Dylan Larkin Tripping 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Detroit Red Wings head coach
Jeff Blashill
Referees
Ghislain Hebert, Marc Joannette
Linesmen
Andrew Smith, Greg Devorski
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Brian Dumoulin, Chad Ruhwedel, Zachary Aston-Reese
Detroit Red Wings scratches
Trevor Daley, Frans Nielsen, Jonathan Ericsson, Thomas Vanek, Justin Abdelkader, Jonathan Bernier, Luke Glendening, Danny DeKeyser, Jacob de la Rose, Michael Rasmussen

2018-2019 season series

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