Pittsburgh Penguins vs Detroit Red Wings
Preseason · Thursday, October 7, 2021 · Little Caesars Arena
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Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 on Thursday, October 7, 2021 at Little Caesars Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Penguins 37–24.
Goals came from Pius Suter, Filip Hronek, Drew O'Connor, Dominik Simon, Joseph Veleno and Tyler Bertuzzi.
Thomas Greiss made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Casey DeSmith stopped 33 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Pius Suter (2)Joseph Veleno (2), Taro Hirose (3)0–117:22 DET
2nd period
Filip Hronek (1)Sam Gagner (1), Marc Staal (1)0–206:06 DET
Drew O'Connor (3)Valtteri Puustinen (2), Mike Matheson (1)1–210:20 PIT ·
3rd period
Dominik Simon (2)Unassisted2–204:02 PIT
Joseph Veleno (2)Gustav Lindstrom (1), Moritz Seider (2)2–315:28 DET
Tyler Bertuzzi (1)Unassisted2–419:31 DET ·
Team stats
PITDET
2437
40%60%
1/20/4
106
2014
1114
520
76
Penalties
- 15:20 into the first period
Nathan Legare · hooking2 min - 19:39 into the first periodJuuso Riikola · tripping2 min
- 0:45 into the second periodChad Ruhwedel · hooking2 min
- 2:03 into the second period
Thomas Greiss · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min - 9:43 into the second periodLuke Witkowski · holding the stick2 min
- 11:47 into the third periodNathan Legare · roughing2 min
- 11:47 into the third periodMoritz Seider · roughing2 min
- 16:52 into the third periodBrian Boyle · interference2 min
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Drew O'ConnorL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 18:23 |
| 49Dominik SimonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 16:44 |
| 76Valtteri PuustinenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 14:32 |
| 5Mike MathesonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 24:57 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 17:32 |
| 18Sam LaffertyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:37 |
| 20Kasper BjorkqvistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:48 |
| 22Sam PoulinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:34 |
| 34Nathan LegareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:05 |
| 36Filip HallanderC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:09 |
| 45Jonathan GrudenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:10 |
| 57Anthony AngelloC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:49 |
| 67Radim ZohornaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:44 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:37 |
| 4Taylor FedunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:55 |
| 50Juuso RiikolaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:45 |
| 73Pierre-Olivier JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:51 |
| 79Niclas AlmariD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | L | 36 | 3 | .917 |
| 70Louis DomingueG | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 90Joseph VelenoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 15:57 |
| 24Pius SuterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:59 |
| 25Taro HiroseL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 59Tyler BertuzziL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:04 |
| 89Sam GagnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:39 |
| 17Filip HronekD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:55 |
| 18Marc StaalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 28Gustav LindstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:53 |
| 53Moritz SeiderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 21:18 |
| 20Luke WitkowskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:46 |
| 22Mitchell StephensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 11:33 |
| 23Lucas RaymondL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 26Riley BarberR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 16:16 |
| 37Carter RowneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 46Chase PearsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 10:53 |
| 52Jonatan BerggrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:05 |
| 21Dan RenoufD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:32 |
| 54Bobby RyanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:23 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Thomas GreissG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
| 31Calvin PickardG | 0 | 0 | .000 |