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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 7–2 on Saturday, April 23, 2022 on the road.

Team Goals 2021-2022 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 7 46-25-11
at Detroit Red Wings 2 32-40-10

Goals by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 3 2 7
Detroit Red Wings 1 1 0 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 7 16 15 38
Detroit Red Wings 9 12 4 25

Three stars

  1. K. Letang, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 2 assists)
  2. S. Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. R. Rakell, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 13:44 Pittsburgh Penguins Chad Ruhwedel (4) Teddy Blueger (17), Brock McGinn (9) Even strength PIT 1, DET 0
1st 15:18 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby (30) Rickard Rakell (21), Kris Letang (57) Even strength PIT 2, DET 0
1st 16:36 Detroit Red Wings Jakub Vrana (13) Tyler Bertuzzi (30), Moritz Seider (43) Power play PIT 2, DET 1
2nd 00:17 Detroit Red Wings Michael Rasmussen (13) Danny DeKeyser (10), Thomas Greiss (1) Even strength PIT 2, DET 2
2nd 07:44 Pittsburgh Penguins Rickard Rakell (20) Mike Matheson (19) Even strength PIT 3, DET 2
2nd 11:37 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang (9) Brian Dumoulin (15) Even strength PIT 4, DET 2
2nd 16:23 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin (18) Jake Guentzel (42), Sidney Crosby (53) Power play PIT 5, DET 2
3rd 05:38 Pittsburgh Penguins Danton Heinen (18) Kris Letang (58), Jeff Carter (25) Even strength PIT 6, DET 2
3rd 19:34 Pittsburgh Penguins Evgeni Malkin (19) Jason Zucker (9), Chad Ruhwedel (9) Even strength PIT 7, DET 2

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

Team stats

Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Detroit Red Wings
Shots on goal 38 25
Power play 1 of 1 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 6 2
Hits 17 26
Blocked shots 11 9
Giveaways 5 7
Takeaways 2 13
Faceoffs won 34/54 (63%) 20/54 (37%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
9 E. Rodrigues C 0 0 0 +1 0 4 0 0 0 66.7% 10:39
16 J. Zucker L 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 1 0 14:31
17 B. Rust R 0 0 0 +2 0 1 2 0 0 15:52
23 B. McGinn L 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 2 0 100% 11:41
42 K. Kapanen R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 0 12:00
43 D. Heinen L 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 1 0 12:34
53 T. Blueger C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 1 0 62.5% 12:30
59 J. Guentzel C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 20:07
67 R. Rakell R 1 1 2 +1 0 3 4 0 0 18:57
71 E. Malkin C 2 0 2 +2 0 6 1 1 1 58.3% 16:22
77 J. Carter C 0 1 1 +1 2 1 0 0 0 83.3% 15:17
87 S. Crosby C 1 1 2 +1 0 3 0 0 0 50% 17:13
2 C. Ruhwedel D 1 1 2 +3 0 1 1 2 0 18:03
5 M. Matheson D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 1 1 0 19:50
6 J. Marino D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:46
8 B. Dumoulin D 0 1 1 +3 4 2 1 0 0 21:31
28 M. Pettersson D 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 0 18:45
58 K. Letang D 1 2 3 +2 0 4 3 0 0 22:41
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1 C. DeSmith 25 23 2 .920 60:00 Win

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player
15 J. Vrana L 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 0 1 15:11
22 M. Stephens C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 0 0 37.5% 10:27
23 L. Raymond L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 1 0 50% 17:52
24 P. Suter C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 25% 14:54
25 T. Hirose L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 09:46
26 R. Barber R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 09:02
27 M. Rasmussen C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 4 0 0 57.1% 17:22
59 T. Bertuzzi L 0 1 1 -2 0 2 2 0 0 20:27
70 O. Sundqvist C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33.3% 15:52
73 A. Erne L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 50% 15:37
89 S. Gagner C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 0 0 15:55
90 J. Veleno C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 1 0 30.8% 18:10
8 J. Walman D 0 0 0 -3 0 3 5 1 0 16:07
17 F. Hronek D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0 0 22:52
18 M. Staal D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 1 0 17:44
53 M. Seider D 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 21:51
65 D. DeKeyser D 0 1 1 +1 2 1 1 1 0 22:07
82 J. Oesterle D 0 0 0 -4 0 1 1 1 0 18:22
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie
29 T. Greiss 23 18 5 .783 40:00 Loss
39 A. Nedeljkovic 15 13 2 .867 19:44

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 15:55 Pittsburgh Penguins Jeff Carter Tripping 2
2nd 15:45 Detroit Red Wings Danny DeKeyser Hooking 2
3rd 08:50 Pittsburgh Penguins Brian Dumoulin High sticking 2
3rd 20:00 Pittsburgh Penguins Brian Dumoulin Tripping 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Detroit Red Wings head coach
Jeff Blashill
Referees
Francois St-Laurent, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen
Andrew Smith, Devin Berg
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Brian Boyle, Tristan Jarry, Mark Friedman
Detroit Red Wings scratches
Calvin Pickard, Magnus Hellberg, Dylan Larkin, Olli Juolevi, Givani Smith, Gustav Lindstrom, Filip Zadina

2021-2022 season series

Matchup Status Details
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Final/SO Game page
Detroit Red Wings 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 11 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 7 at Detroit Red Wings 2 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Apr 23

Matchup Status Details
New York Islanders 3 at Buffalo Sabres 5 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 3 at New Jersey Devils 2 Final/OT Game page
New York Rangers 1 at Boston Bruins 3 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Ottawa Senators 6 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 6 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 2 at Florida Panthers 3 Final/OT Game page
Seattle Kraken 2 at Dallas Stars 3 Final Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 1 at San Jose Sharks 4 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 3 at Calgary Flames 6 Final Game page
St. Louis Blues 5 at Arizona Coyotes 4 Final/OT Game page
Anaheim Ducks 2 at Los Angeles Kings 4 Final Game page

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