Pittsburgh Penguins vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Thursday, December 31, 2015 · Joe Louis Arena
SN · FS-D · ROOT
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Thursday, December 31, 2015 at Joe Louis Arena. The Penguins outshot the Red Wings 37-35.
Kris Letang scored twice. Justin Abdelkader, Brendan Smith, Patric Hornqvist, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin also scored.
Jeff Zatkoff made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Petr Mrazek stopped 32 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Justin Abdelkader (12)Dylan Larkin (12), Niklas Kronwall (14)0–106:47 DET
Brendan Smith (3)Gustav Nyquist (10), Alexey Marchenko (4)0–212:15 DET
2nd period
Patric Hornqvist (7)Evgeni Malkin (15), Kris Letang (16)1–200:45 PIT · PPG
Kris Letang (2)Evgeni Malkin (16), Patric Hornqvist (7)2–211:44 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Sidney Crosby (9)David Perron (11)3–207:48 PIT
Evgeni Malkin (18)Phil Kessel (10), Patric Hornqvist (8)4–208:22 PIT- Kris Letang (3)Nick Bonino (6)5–218:20 PIT · EN
Team stats
PITDET
37Shots on goal35
51%Faceoff %49%
2/3Power play0/3
12Penalty minutes12
22Hits15
17Blocked shots7
3Giveaways8
8Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 10:15
Kris Letang · cross checking2 min - 1st 10:15
Luke Glendening · slashing2 min - 2nd 00:15Danny DeKeyser · hooking2 min
- 2nd 02:35Kris Letang · slashing2 min
- 2nd 08:28Kris Letang · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 11:14Danny DeKeyser · interference2 min
- 2nd 18:17Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 19:55Luke Glendening · roughing2 min
- 2nd 19:55David Perron · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 05:13Phil Kessel · slashing2 min
- 3rd 16:33Chris Kunitz · roughing2 min
- 3rd 16:33Justin Abdelkader · roughing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 16:44 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 12:18 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 25:55 |
| 13Nick BoninoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:42 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:47 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:52 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:34 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 11Kevin PorterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:55 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:52 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:08 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:55 |
| 61Sergei PlotnikovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:23 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 21:48 |
| 6Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:22 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:27 |
| 12Ben LovejoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:19 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Matt MurrayG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 37Jeff ZatkoffG | W | 35 | 33 | 2 | .943 | 60:00 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 8Justin AbdelkaderL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:00 |
| 71Dylan LarkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:14 |
| 2Brendan SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:54 |
| 47Alexey MarchenkoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:51 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 24:19 |
| 13Pavel DatsyukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:59 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:05 |
| 17Brad RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:38 |
| 21Tomas TatarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:25 |
| 26Tomas JurcoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:09 |
| 40Henrik ZetterbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:18 |
| 41Luke GlendeningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:19 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 17:14 |
| 83Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:23 |
| 25Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:53 |
| 52Jonathan EricssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:21 |
| 65Danny DeKeyserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Petr MrazekG | L | 36 | 32 | 4 | .889 | 57:23 |
| 35Jimmy HowardG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |