Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings

Thursday, October 7, 2021, 7:30 PM ET Little Caesars Arena, Detroit Preseason Final

Final score

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 on Thursday, October 7, 2021 at home.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings
Team	Goals	2021-2022 record
Pittsburgh Penguins	2	46-25-11
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	0	1	1	2
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	6	11	7	24
Detroit Red Wings	13	17	7	37

Three stars

J. Veleno, Detroit Red Wings (1 goal, 1 assist)
F. Hronek, Detroit Red Wings (1 goal)
D. Simon, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	17:22	Detroit Red Wings	Pius Suter (2)	Joseph Veleno (2), Taro Hirose (3)	Even strength	PIT 0, DET 1
2nd	06:06	Detroit Red Wings	Filip Hronek (1)	Sam Gagner (1), Marc Staal (1)	Even strength	PIT 0, DET 2
2nd	10:20	Pittsburgh Penguins	Drew O'Connor (3)	Valtteri Puustinen (2), Mike Matheson (1)	Power play	PIT 1, DET 2
3rd	04:02	Pittsburgh Penguins	Dominik Simon (2)	Unassisted	Even strength	PIT 2, DET 2
3rd	15:28	Detroit Red Wings	Joseph Veleno (2)	Gustav Lindstrom (1), Moritz Seider (2)	Even strength	PIT 2, DET 3
3rd	19:31	Detroit Red Wings	Tyler Bertuzzi (1)	Unassisted	Even strength, Empty net	PIT 2, 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	24	37
Power play	1 of 2	0 of 4
Penalty minutes	10	6
Hits	20	14
Blocked shots	11	14
Giveaways	5	20
Takeaways	7	6
Faceoffs won	21/53 (39.6%)	32/53 (60.4%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 10 D. O'Connor	L	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	2	1	50%	18:23
Number 11 B. Boyle	C	0	0	0	-3	2	0	2	1	0	41.7%	17:32
Number 18 S. Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50%	16:37
Number 20 K. Bjorkqvist	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0		16:48
Number 22 S. Poulin	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		11:34
Number 34 N. Legare	R	0	0	0	-1	4	3	2	0	0		12:05
Number 36 F. Hallander	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		09:09
Number 45 J. Gruden	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37.5%	13:10
Number 49 D. Simon	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	2	0	0		16:44
Number 57 A. Angello	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	1	0		12:49
Number 67 R. Zohorna	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0	33.3%	13:44
Number 76 V. Puustinen	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0		14:32
Number 2 C. Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0		22:37
Number 4 T. Fedun	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	3	0		17:55
Number 5 M. Matheson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	1	0		24:57
Number 50 J. Riikola	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0		16:45
Number 73 P. Joseph	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0		18:51
Number 79 N. Almari	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		16:12

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 C. DeSmith	36	33	3	.917	59:36	Loss

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 20 L. Witkowski	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1		16:46
Number 22 M. Stephens	C	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	60%	11:33
Number 23 L. Raymond	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		16:21
Number 24 P. Suter	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	53.3%	15:59
Number 25 T. Hirose	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		15:46
Number 26 R. Barber	R	0	0	0	+1	0	5	0	1	100%	16:16
Number 37 C. Rowney	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	33.3%	15:27
Number 46 C. Pearson	C	0	0	0	+1	0	4	1	0	100%	10:53
Number 52 J. Berggren	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		12:05
Number 59 T. Bertuzzi	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	3		17:04
Number 89 S. Gagner	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	66.7%	15:39
Number 90 J. Veleno	C	1	1	2	+1	0	6	2	1	87.5%	15:57
Number 17 F. Hronek	D	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	1		20:55
Number 18 M. Staal	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		17:16
Number 21 D. Renouf	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		18:32
Number 28 G. Lindstrom	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2		20:53
Number 53 M. Seider	D	0	1	1	+2	2	5	2	2		21:18
Number 54 B. Ryan	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		16:23

Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 29 T. Greiss	24	22	2	.917	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	15:20	Pittsburgh Penguins	Nathan Legare	Hooking	2
1st	19:39	Pittsburgh Penguins	Juuso Riikola	Tripping	2
2nd	00:45	Pittsburgh Penguins	Chad Ruhwedel	Hooking	2
2nd	02:03	Detroit Red Wings	Thomas Greiss	Delaying game illegal play by goalie	2
2nd	09:43	Detroit Red Wings	Luke Witkowski	Holding the stick	2
3rd	11:47	Pittsburgh Penguins	Nathan Legare	Roughing	2
3rd	11:47	Detroit Red Wings	Moritz Seider	Roughing	2
3rd	16:52	Pittsburgh Penguins	Brian Boyle	Interference	2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Mike Sullivan
Detroit Red Wings head coach: Jeff Blashill
Referees: Eric Furlatt, Brandon Blandina
Linesmen: Andrew Smith, James Tobias
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Mikhail Kazakevich, Vladimir Malenkykh, Sergei Anshakov, Jeff Carter, Patrick Ehelechner, Evgeni Isakov, Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang, Alexander Pechurskiy, Brian Dumoulin, Jason Zucker, Michael Chaput, Bryan Rust, Teddy Blueger, Brock McGinn, Ryan Segalla, Jake Guentzel, Tristan Jarry, Kasperi Kapanen, Marcus Pettersson, Mark Friedman, Danton Heinen, John Marino, Evan Rodrigues, Joseph Masonius, Zachary Aston-Reese, Clayton Phillips, William Reilly, Jan Drozg, Alex D'Orio, Jordy Bellerive, Justin Almeida, Liam Gorman, Judd Caulfield, Santeri Airola, Filip Lindberg, Cam Lee, Chase Yoder, Josh Maniscalco, Joel Blomqvist, Lukas Svejkovsky, Raivis Ansons, Calle Clang, Tristan Broz, Isaac Belliveau, Ryan McCleary, Kirill Tankov, Daniel Laatsch
Detroit Red Wings scratches: Brian Lashoff, Nick Leddy, Ryan Murphy, Vladislav Namestnikov, Danny DeKeyser, Adam Erne, Jordan Oesterle, Jakub Vrana, Dylan Larkin, Robby Fabbri, Alex Nedeljkovic, Alexander Kadeykin, Joren Van Pottelberghe, Kyle Criscuolo, Givani Smith, Troy Stecher, Filip Larsson, Michael Rasmussen, John Adams, Kaden Fulcher, Filip Zadina, Jared McIsaac, Seth Barton, Victor Brattstrom, Jesper Eliasson, Ryan O'Reilly, Otto Kivenmaki, Robert Mastrosimone, Antti Tuomisto, Albin Grewe, Albert Johansson, Ethan Phillips, Gustav Berglund, Kirill Tyutyayev, Elmer Soderblom, Cooper Moore, Carter Gylander, Cross Hanas, Sam Stange, Donovan Sebrango, Jan Bednar, Theodor Niederbach, Eemil Viro, William Wallinder, Alex Cotton, Wyatt Newpower, Adam Brubacher, Kyle Aucoin, Chase Bradley, Kienan Draper, Sebastian Cossa, Redmond Savage, Oscar Plandowski, Simon Edvinsson, Liam Dower Nilsson, Shai Buium, Carter Mazur, Pasquale Zito

2021-2022 season series

Every Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings game in the 2021-2022 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Detroit Red Wings 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Pittsburgh Penguins, Sun, Oct 3, 2021
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Detroit Red Wings 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings, Thu, Oct 7, 2021

Other NHL games on Oct 7

Other NHL games on Thursday, October 7, 2021
Matchup	Status	Details
Ottawa Senators 5 at Montreal Canadiens 4	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Ottawa Senators at Montreal Canadiens, Thu, Oct 7, 2021
New York Islanders at New Jersey Devils	Cancelled Preseason	Game page: New York Islanders at New Jersey Devils, Thu, Oct 7, 2021
Florida Panthers 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 6	Final Preseason	Game page: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Thu, Oct 7, 2021
Chicago Blackhawks 2 at Minnesota Wild 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Minnesota Wild, Thu, Oct 7, 2021
Colorado Avalanche 1 at Dallas Stars 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars, Thu, Oct 7, 2021
Vancouver Canucks 2 at Edmonton Oilers 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Edmonton Oilers, Thu, Oct 7, 2021
Arizona Coyotes 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Arizona Coyotes at Vegas Golden Knights, Thu, Oct 7, 2021