Pittsburgh Penguins vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Tuesday, March 27, 2018 · Little Caesars Arena
NHLN-US · TVAS · ATTSN-PT · FS-D
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at Little Caesars Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Penguins 26-24.
Luke Glendening scored twice. Sidney Crosby, Niklas Kronwall, Frans Nielsen, Darren Helm and Kris Letang also scored.
Jimmy Howard made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Matt Murray stopped 21 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sidney Crosby (27)Jake Guentzel (26)1–000:38 PIT
Niklas Kronwall (4)Darren Helm (17), Dylan Larkin (43)1–116:43 DET
2nd period
Frans Nielsen (16)Martin Frk (13), Joe Hicketts (1)1–214:28 DET · PPG
Luke Glendening (10)Nick Jensen (14), Darren Helm (18)1–315:09 DET
3rd period
Darren Helm (10)Dylan Larkin (44), Joe Hicketts (2)1–406:21 DET
Kris Letang (7)Evgeni Malkin (51), Patric Hornqvist (18)2–416:44 PIT- Luke Glendening (11)Trevor Daley (7), Danny DeKeyser (6)2–518:32 DET · EN
Team stats
PITDET
24Shots on goal26
53%Faceoff %47%
0/2Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes4
18Hits15
9Blocked shots25
17Giveaways20
2Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 07:44
Bryan Rust · tripping2 min - 1st 10:46
Niklas Kronwall · slashing2 min - 2nd 12:39Jamie Oleksiak · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 01:06Trevor Daley · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:49 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:25 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:05 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 19:45 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 24:39 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:48 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:22 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:01 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:59 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:36 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:17 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 21:27 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:19 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 21:30 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:45 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | L | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 57:32 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 43Darren HelmC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 16:13 |
| 41Luke GlendeningC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 13:18 |
| 71Dylan LarkinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 19:24 |
| 2Joe HickettsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:40 |
| 42Martin FrkR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 10:22 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:53 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:07 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:48 |
| 65Danny DeKeyserD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 21:52 |
| 83Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:28 |
| 8Justin AbdelkaderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:52 |
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:38 |
| 40Henrik ZetterbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:02 |
| 59Tyler BertuzziL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 72Andreas AthanasiouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 11:38 |
| 77Evgeny SvechnikovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:42 |
| 52Jonathan EricssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jared CoreauG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Jimmy HowardG | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 59:35 |