Detroit Red Wings vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Thursday, December 27, 2018 · PPG Paints Arena
ESPN+ · ATTSN-PT · FS-D
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Thursday, December 27, 2018 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Red Wings 40-29.
Phil Kessel scored twice and Derick Brassard scored twice. Dylan Larkin, Andreas Athanasiou and Patric Hornqvist also scored.
Matt Murray made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Jimmy Howard stopped 35 of 39.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Dylan Larkin (16)Gustav Nyquist (23), Justin Abdelkader (7)1–011:49 DET
2nd period
Phil Kessel (15)Sidney Crosby (26), Kris Letang (21)1–107:12 PIT · PPG
Derick Brassard (5)Phil Kessel (24), Tanner Pearson (4)1–208:26 PIT- Phil Kessel (16)Evgeni Malkin (27), Sidney Crosby (27)1–318:58 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Andreas Athanasiou (12)Michael Rasmussen (6), Luke Glendening (8)2–304:45 DET
Patric Hornqvist (13)Jack Johnson (8), Marcus Pettersson (7)2–405:55 PIT- Derick Brassard (6)Evgeni Malkin (28)2–517:35 PIT · EN
Team stats
DETPIT
29Shots on goal40
53%Faceoff %47%
0/1Power play2/3
6Penalty minutes2
24Hits30
14Blocked shots13
14Giveaways11
5Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 01:23
Juuso Riikola · hooking2 min - 2nd 06:08
Filip Hronek · holding the stick2 min - 2nd 18:15Trevor Daley · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:57Thomas Vanek · tripping2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 8Justin AbdelkaderL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:22 |
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:33 |
| 27Michael RasmussenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:32 |
| 41Luke GlendeningC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:46 |
| 71Dylan LarkinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 21:07 |
| 72Andreas AthanasiouC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:46 |
| 22Wade MeganC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:03 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:22 |
| 51Frans NielsenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:47 |
| 59Tyler BertuzziL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:15 |
| 61Jacob de la RoseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:24 |
| 70Christoffer EhnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:36 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 23:46 |
| 17Filip HronekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:19 |
| 21Dennis CholowskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:02 |
| 52Jonathan EricssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:53 |
| 55Niklas KronwallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:08 |
| 83Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:39 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Jimmy HowardG | L | 39 | 35 | 4 | .897 | 58:53 |
| 45Jonathan BernierG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 81Phil KesselC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 15:34 |
| 19Derick BrassardC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 13:43 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18:34 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20:04 |
| 14Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 14:27 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:47 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:55 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 24:51 |
| 73Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:26 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:52 |
| 12Dominik SimonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:00 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:35 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:52 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:23 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:09 |
| 50Juuso RiikolaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 60:00 |