Detroit Red Wings vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Playoffs · Saturday, May 31, 2008 · Mellon Arena
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Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at Mellon Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Penguins 30–23.
Goals came from Marian Hossa, Nicklas Lidstrom and Jiri Hudler.
Chris Osgood made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 28 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Marian Hossa (10)Sergei Gonchar (11), Sidney Crosby (18)0–102:51 PIT · 
Nicklas Lidstrom (3)Brian Rafalski (9), Pavel Datsyuk (11)1–107:06 DET
3rd period
Jiri Hudler (5)Darren Helm (2), Brad Stuart (6)2–102:26 DET
Team stats
DETPIT
3023
41%59%
0/31/6
1610
3533
1021
511
67
Penalties
- 2:11 into the first period
Dallas Drake · roughing2 min - 5:04 into the first period
Pascal Dupuis · cross checking2 min - 9:03 into the first periodBrian Rafalski · roughing2 min
- 14:28 into the first periodKris Draper · holding2 min
- 16:59 into the first periodBrett Lebda · cross checking2 min
- 16:59 into the first periodMax Talbot · diving2 min
- 17:55 into the first periodJohan Franzen · elbowing2 min
- 17:55 into the first periodBrooks Orpik · roughing2 min
- 3:44 into the second periodJordan Staal · interference2 min
- 16:04 into the second periodBrian Rafalski · holding2 min
- 4:08 into the third periodMarc-Andre Fleury · delaying game2 min
- 9:36 into the third periodKirk Maltby · hooking2 min
- 10:10 into the third periodAndreas Lilja · interference2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 13Pavel DatsyukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:01 |
| 26Jiri HudlerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 09:22 |
| 43Darren HelmL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 06:13 |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 28:23 |
| 23Brad StuartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:02 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:35 |
| 11Daniel ClearyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:26 |
| 17Dallas DrakeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:01 |
| 18Kirk MaltbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:45 |
| 25Darren McCartyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 05:43 |
| 33Kris DraperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:55 |
| 37Mikael SamuelssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:22 |
| 40Henrik ZetterbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:12 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:19 |
| 93Johan FranzenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:18 |
| 3Andreas LiljaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:06 |
| 22Brett LebdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:21 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 25:16 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris OsgoodG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |
| 39Dominik HasekG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 18Marian HossaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24:01 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:39 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 26:16 |
| 9Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:51 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:47 |
| 11Jordan StaalC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:15 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:51 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:27 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:24 |
| 28Adam HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:28 |
| 37Jarkko RuutuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:41 |
| 48Tyler KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:25 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23:24 |
| 2Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:02 |
| 4Rob ScuderiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:01 |
| 5Darryl SydorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:53 |
| 19Ryan WhitneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:58 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:39 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | L | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 35Ty ConklinG | 0 | 0 | – |