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Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings

Little Caesars Arena, Detroit Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–3 on Saturday, December 7, 2019 on the road.

Team Goals 2019-2020 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 40-23-6
at Detroit Red Wings 3 17-49-5

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 12 9 7 28
Detroit Red Wings 7 13 8 28

Three stars

  1. E. Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 2 assists)
  2. J. Guentzel, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. D. Larkin, Detroit Red Wings (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:37 Pittsburgh Penguins Jake Guentzel (16) Kris Letang (10), Evgeni Malkin (17) Even strength PIT 1, DET 0
1st 17:24 Pittsburgh Penguins Chad Ruhwedel (1) Evgeni Malkin (18), Jake Guentzel (14) Even strength PIT 2, DET 0
2nd 06:02 Detroit Red Wings Robby Fabbri (7) Tyler Bertuzzi (15), Dylan Larkin (12) Power play PIT 2, DET 1
2nd 10:42 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin (8) Jake Guentzel (15), Chad Ruhwedel (2) Even strength PIT 3, DET 1
3rd 01:38 Pittsburgh Penguins Dominik Kahun (8) John Marino (10), Marcus Pettersson (9) Even strength PIT 4, DET 1
3rd 13:00 Detroit Red Wings Filip Hronek (6) Darren Helm (3) Even strength PIT 4, DET 2
3rd 16:56 Detroit Red Wings Dylan Larkin (8) Robby Fabbri (6), Dennis Cholowski (6) Power play PIT 4, DET 3
3rd 19:51 Pittsburgh Penguins John Marino (3) Kris Letang (11), Brandon Tanev (10) Power play, Empty net PIT 5, DET 3

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

Team stats

Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Detroit Red Wings
Shots on goal 28 28
Power play 1 of 2 2 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 4
Hits 20 22
Blocked shots 14 5
Giveaways 9 12
Takeaways 2 4
Faceoffs won 31/62 (50%) 31/62 (50%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
12 D. Simon C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 100% 14:26
13 B. Tanev L 0 1 1 +1 0 0 3 0 0 16:43
14 S. Noesen R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 50% 07:25
17 B. Rust R 0 0 0 +2 2 2 0 3 0 19:36
18 A. Galchenyuk C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 08:41
19 J. McCann L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 1 0 55.6% 13:58
24 D. Kahun C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 1 0 14:17
37 S. Lafferty C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 16.7% 07:33
46 Z. Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 16:55
53 T. Blueger C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 50% 17:05
59 J. Guentzel C 1 2 3 +2 0 2 0 0 0 100% 19:36
71 E. Malkin C 1 2 3 +2 0 4 0 2 0 58.3% 19:29
2 C. Ruhwedel D 1 1 2 +1 0 2 3 0 0 16:58
3 J. Johnson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 20:53
4 J. Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 23:13
6 J. Marino D 1 1 2 +2 0 2 1 0 1 20:09
28 M. Pettersson D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 1 0 0 15:13
58 K. Letang D 0 2 2 +1 2 1 1 2 0 23:40
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
30 M. Murray 28 25 3 .893 59:50 Win

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player
11 F. Zadina R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 13:59
14 R. Fabbri C 1 1 2 -1 0 3 2 0 1 20:48
29 B. Perlini L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:45
41 L. Glendening C 0 0 0 +1 0 4 3 1 0 66.7% 16:37
43 D. Helm C 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 14:48
51 V. Filppula C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 0 0 46.2% 18:27
59 T. Bertuzzi L 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 2 0 22:49
70 C. Ehn C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 28.6% 06:58
71 D. Larkin C 1 1 2 -1 0 4 2 0 1 55.6% 21:11
72 A. Athanasiou C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 0 0 15:18
73 A. Erne L 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 0 09:30
81 F. Nielsen C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 0 0 53.8% 15:02
3 A. Biega D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 0 0 14:20
17 F. Hronek D 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 24:34
20 D. McIlrath D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 12:45
21 D. Cholowski D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 0 0 21:10
22 P. Nemeth D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 0 0 23:48
25 M. Green D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 19:59
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie
34 E. Comrie 4 4 0 1.000 08:13
45 J. Bernier 23 19 4 .826 49:22 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
2nd 05:14 Pittsburgh Penguins Alex Galchenyuk Tripping 2
2nd 11:42 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang Cross checking 2
2nd 19:34 Detroit Red Wings Patrik Nemeth Hooking 2
3rd 15:24 Pittsburgh Penguins Bryan Rust High sticking 2
3rd 18:14 Detroit Red Wings Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Detroit Red Wings head coach
Jeff Blashill
Referees
Francois St-Laurent, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen
James Tobias, Jesse Marquis
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Joseph Blandisi, Juuso Riikola
Detroit Red Wings scratches
Jonathan Ericsson, Madison Bowey

2019-2020 season series

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 at Detroit Red Wings 3 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Detroit Red Wings 1 Final/OT Game page
Detroit Red Wings 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Dec 7

Matchup Status Details
Ottawa Senators 3 at Philadelphia Flyers 4 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 5 at Vancouver Canucks 6 Final/OT Game page
Colorado Avalanche 4 at Boston Bruins 1 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 7 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 at Florida Panthers 4 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 6 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 at St. Louis Blues 2 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 4 at Nashville Predators 6 Final Game page
New York Islanders 1 at Dallas Stars 3 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 3 at Calgary Flames 4 Final Game page

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