National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 2
Thursday, December 27, 2018 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 27, 2018
Where: PPG PAINTS Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Dean Morton, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Libor Suchanek
Attendance: 18639
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Detroit 1012
Pittsburgh 0325
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
11:49 - Red Wings Dylan Larkin (EV) Assists: Gustav Nyquist , Justin Abdelkader
Penalties
1:23 - Penguins Juuso Riikola (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
7:12 - Penguins Phil Kessel (PP) Assists: Sidney Crosby , Kris Letang
8:26 - Penguins Derick Brassard (EV) Assists: Phil Kessel , Tanner Pearson
18:58 - Penguins Phil Kessel (PP) Assists: Evgeni Malkin , Sidney Crosby
Penalties
6:08 - Red Wings Filip Hronek (2) Holding the stick
 18:15 - Red Wings Trevor Daley (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
4:45 - Red Wings Andreas Athanasiou (EV) Assists: Michael Rasmussen , Luke Glendening
5:55 - Penguins Patric Hornqvist (EV) Assists: Jack Johnson , Marcus Pettersson
17:35 - Penguins Derick Brassard (EV) (EN) Assists: Evgeni Malkin
Penalties
9:57 - Red Wings Thomas Vanek (2) Tripping
Detroit Red Wings
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Jimmy Howard G 0 0 0 0 0 58:53
Jonathan Bernier G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 23:46
Justin Abdelkader LW 0 1 1 E 0 1 17:22
Gustav Nyquist RW 0 1 1 -1 0 1 19:33
Filip Hronek D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 16:19
Dennis Cholowski D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 15:02
Wade Megan C 0 0 0 E 0 2 7:03
Thomas Vanek LW 0 0 0 E 2 3 15:22
Michael Rasmussen C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 13:32
Luke Glendening RW 0 1 1 E 0 2 15:46
Frans Nielsen C 0 0 0 E 0 3 16:47
Jonathan Ericsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20:53
Niklas Kronwall D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 24:08
Tyler Bertuzzi LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 15:15
Jacob De La Rose LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 10:24
Christoffer Ehn C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 8:36
Dylan Larkin C 1 0 1 -1 0 5 21:07
Andreas Athanasiou LW 1 0 1 E 0 3 17:46
Trevor Daley D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 18:39
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Casey DeSmith G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Matt Murray G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17:27
Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 E 0 0 10:52
Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 21:09
Dominik Simon LW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 14:00
Tanner Pearson LW 0 1 1 +1 0 5 14:27
Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 E 0 1 9:35
Bryan Rust RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 16:52
Derick Brassard C 2 0 2 +2 0 2 13:43
Marcus Pettersson D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 16:55
Zach Aston-Reese LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 10:23
Juuso Riikola D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 19:32
Kris Letang D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 24:51
Jake Guentzel LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18:49
Evgeni Malkin C 0 2 2 E 0 5 18:34
Patric Hornqvist RW 1 0 1 E 0 3 17:47
Jack Johnson D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 17:26
Phil Kessel RW 2 1 3 +1 0 4 15:34
Sidney Crosby C 0 2 2 E 0 3 20:04
Goaltending
Detroit
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jimmy Howard L (10-9-4) 39 35 4 .897 0 58:53
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Matt Murray W (8-5-1) 29 27 2 .931 0 60:00