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Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–2 on Thursday, December 27, 2018 at home.

Team Goals 2018-2019 record
Detroit Red Wings 2 32-40-10
at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 44-26-12

Goals by period

Team Total
Detroit Red Wings 1 0 1 2
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 3 2 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Detroit Red Wings 14 7 8 29
Pittsburgh Penguins 10 14 16 40

Three stars

  1. P. Kessel, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals, 1 assist)
  2. D. Brassard, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals)
  3. S. Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 11:49 Detroit Red Wings Dylan Larkin (16) Gustav Nyquist (23), Justin Abdelkader (7) Even strength DET 1, PIT 0
2nd 07:12 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel (15) Sidney Crosby (26), Kris Letang (21) Power play DET 1, PIT 1
2nd 08:26 Pittsburgh Penguins Derick Brassard (5) Phil Kessel (24), Tanner Pearson (4) Even strength DET 1, PIT 2
2nd 18:58 Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel (16) Evgeni Malkin (27), Sidney Crosby (27) Power play DET 1, PIT 3
3rd 04:45 Detroit Red Wings Andreas Athanasiou (12) Michael Rasmussen (6), Luke Glendening (8) Even strength DET 2, PIT 3
3rd 05:55 Pittsburgh Penguins Patric Hornqvist (13) Jack Johnson (8), Marcus Pettersson (7) Even strength DET 2, PIT 4
3rd 17:35 Pittsburgh Penguins Derick Brassard (6) Evgeni Malkin (28) Even strength, Empty net DET 2, PIT 5

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

Team stats

Stat Detroit Red Wings Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 29 40
Power play 0 of 1 2 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 2
Hits 24 30
Blocked shots 14 13
Giveaways 14 11
Takeaways 5 7
Faceoffs won 35/66 (53%) 31/66 (47%)

Box score

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player
8 J. Abdelkader L 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 17:22
14 G. Nyquist R 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 0 0 19:33
22 W. Megan C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 07:03
26 T. Vanek L 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 15:22
27 M. Rasmussen C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 1 0 13:32
41 L. Glendening C 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 1 0 60% 15:46
51 F. Nielsen C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 63.6% 16:47
59 T. Bertuzzi L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 0 15:15
61 J. de la Rose L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 1 0 62.5% 10:24
70 C. Ehn C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 0 0 100% 08:36
71 D. Larkin C 1 0 1 -1 0 5 2 1 0 52% 21:07
72 A. Athanasiou C 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 17:46
3 N. Jensen D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 0 0 0 23:46
17 F. Hronek D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 1 0 16:19
21 D. Cholowski D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 0 15:02
52 J. Ericsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 2 0 20:53
55 N. Kronwall D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 2 0 24:08
83 T. Daley D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 2 0 18:39
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie
35 J. Howard 39 35 4 .897 58:53 Loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
7 M. Cullen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25% 10:52
12 D. Simon C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 0 14:00
14 T. Pearson L 0 1 1 +1 0 5 3 0 0 50% 14:27
15 R. Sheahan C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:35
17 B. Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 16:52
19 D. Brassard C 2 0 2 +2 0 2 5 0 0 40% 13:43
46 Z. Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 10:23
59 J. Guentzel C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:49
71 E. Malkin C 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 33.3% 18:34
72 P. Hornqvist R 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 17:47
81 P. Kessel R 2 1 3 +1 0 4 0 0 2 15:34
87 S. Crosby C 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 63.3% 20:04
3 O. Maatta D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 4 0 17:27
8 B. Dumoulin D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 6 1 0 21:09
28 M. Pettersson D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 3 1 0 16:55
50 J. Riikola D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 4 1 0 19:32
58 K. Letang D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 3 0 24:51
73 J. Johnson D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 0 17:26
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
30 M. Murray 29 27 2 .931 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 01:23 Pittsburgh Penguins Juuso Riikola Hooking 2
2nd 06:08 Detroit Red Wings Filip Hronek Holding the stick 2
2nd 18:15 Detroit Red Wings Trevor Daley Tripping 2
3rd 09:57 Detroit Red Wings Thomas Vanek Tripping 2

Game information

Detroit Red Wings head coach
Jeff Blashill
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Justin St. Pierre, Dean Morton
Linesmen
Libor Suchanek, Scott Driscoll
Detroit Red Wings scratches
Luke Witkowski, Martin Frk
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Derek Grant, Jamie Oleksiak, Chad Ruhwedel

2018-2019 season series

Matchup Status Details
Detroit Red Wings 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Detroit Red Wings 4 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 27

Matchup Status Details
New Jersey Devils 5 at Boston Bruins 2 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 at New York Rangers 3 Final/OT Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 1 at Washington Capitals 3 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 6 Final/OT Game page
Buffalo Sabres 1 at St. Louis Blues 4 Final Game page
Dallas Stars 2 at Nashville Predators 0 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 4 at Winnipeg Jets 1 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 2 at Chicago Blackhawks 5 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 4 at Edmonton Oilers 2 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 1 at Vegas Golden Knights 2 Final Game page
Arizona Coyotes 1 at Los Angeles Kings 2 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 2 at San Jose Sharks 4 Final Game page

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