Pittsburgh Penguins vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Saturday, January 3, 2026 · Little Caesars Arena
ABC · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-1 on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at Little Caesars Arena. The Penguins outshot the Red Wings 31-12.
Goals came from Bryan Rust, Egor Chinakhov, Alex DeBrincat, Rickard Rakell and Connor Dewar.
Stuart Skinner made 11 saves on 12 shots for the win; John Gibson stopped 27 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Bryan Rust (16)Sidney Crosby (21), Parker Wotherspoon (12)Edvinsson 1:19 into shift1–003:44 PIT
Egor Chinakhov (4)Ben Kindel (8), Parker Wotherspoon (13)2–017:30 PIT
2nd period
Alex DeBrincat (22)Unassisted2–115:06 DET
3rd period
Rickard Rakell (5)Sidney Crosby (22), Brett Kulak (4)3–119:00 PIT · EN
Connor Dewar (7)Blake Lizotte (5), Kris Letang (18)4–119:28 PIT · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
1–0 · 1st 3:44 · Rust. DET stayed on through an icing. Edvinsson was 1:19 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 PIT
1st 3:44 · Rust
Long shift: Edvinsson 1:19
2–0 PIT
1st 17:30 · Chinakhov
Edvinsson 0:50
2–1 DET
2nd 15:06 · DeBrincat
Kindel 0:42
3–1 PIT
3rd 19:00 · EN · Rakell
Seider 1:39
4–1 PIT
3rd 19:28 · EN · Dewar
Copp 0:42
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 07:45
Brett Kulak · holding2 min - 1st 08:47
Moritz Seider · high sticking2 min - 2nd 16:41Tommy Novak · hooking2 min
- 3rd 00:34Simon Edvinsson · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 28Parker WotherspoonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 18:56 |
| 19Connor DewarC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:40 |
| 46Blake LizotteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:12 |
| 59Egor ChinakhovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:26 |
| 67Rickard RakellR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 19:02 |
| 81Ben KindelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:36 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:26 |
| 77Brett KulakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 2Rutger McGroartyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:25 |
| 16Justin BrazeauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:00 |
| 18Tommy NovakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:07 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:43 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:02 |
| 3Jack St. IvanyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:38 |
| 5Ryan SheaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:29 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:59 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Arturs SilovsG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 74Stuart SkinnerG | W | 12 | 11 | 1 | .917 | 60:00 |
Detroit Red Wings
| 93Alex DeBrincatR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:45 |
| 18Andrew CoppC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:52 |
| 21James van RiemsdykL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:22 |
| 22Mason AppletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:54 |
| 23Lucas RaymondL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:34 |
| 27Michael RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:32 |
| 29Nate DanielsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:52 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:01 |
| 58Emmitt FinnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 15:05 |
| 71Dylan LarkinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 88Patrick KaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 92Marco KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:06 |
| 8Ben ChiarotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:35 |
| 20Albert JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 25Jacob Bernard-DockerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:48 |
| 44Axel Sandin-PellikkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:03 |
| 53Moritz SeiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 26:59 |
| 77Simon EdvinssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36John GibsonG | L | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 58:16 |
| 39Cam TalbotG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |