Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings

Thu, Dec 31, 2015 · Joe Louis Arena · 2015–16 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

5 – 2

Final

Detroit Red Wings

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 5–2 on Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at Joe Louis Arena. Kris Letang scored twice. Jeff Zatkoff made 33 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 37–35.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	0	2	3	5	37
DET	2	0	0	2	35

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:47	DET	EV	Justin Abdelkader (12) · wrist	Dylan Larkin (12), Niklas Kronwall (14)	0–1
1st	12:15	DET	EV	Brendan Smith (3) · wrist	Gustav Nyquist (10), Alexey Marchenko (4)	0–2
2nd	00:45	PIT	PP	Patric Hornqvist (7) · slap	Evgeni Malkin (15), Kris Letang (16)	1–2
2nd	11:44	PIT	PP	Kris Letang (2) · wrist	Evgeni Malkin (16), Patric Hornqvist (7)	2–2
3rd	07:48	PIT	EV	Sidney Crosby (9) · wrist	David Perron (11)	3–2
3rd	08:22	PIT	EV	Evgeni Malkin (18) · wrist	Phil Kessel (10), Patric Hornqvist (8)	4–2
3rd	18:20	PIT	SH EN	Kris Letang (3) · wrist	Nick Bonino (6)	5–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:15	PIT	Kris Letang	cross checking	2
1st	10:15	DET	Luke Glendening	slashing	2
2nd	00:15	DET	Danny DeKeyser	hooking	2
2nd	02:35	PIT	Kris Letang	slashing	2
2nd	08:28	PIT	Kris Letang	cross checking	2
2nd	11:14	DET	Danny DeKeyser	interference	2
2nd	18:17	DET	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	19:55	DET	Luke Glendening	roughing	2
2nd	19:55	PIT	David Perron	cross checking	2
3rd	05:13	PIT	Phil Kessel	slashing	2
3rd	16:33	PIT	Chris Kunitz	roughing	2
3rd	16:33	DET	Justin Abdelkader	roughing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: PIT 4.54 · DET 2.37 · xG% PIT 65.7

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
58	Kris Letang	D	2	1	3	0	6	5	4	3		25:55	34
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	1	2	3	+1	0	3	0	0	42.9	16:44	22
72	Patric Hornqvist	R	1	2	3	+1	0	6	1	1	100.0	12:18	21
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	2	0	60.0	17:34	26
81	Phil Kessel	R	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0		15:52	23
13	Nick Bonino	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	44.4	14:42	22
57	David Perron	L	0	1	1	0	2	3	3	1		13:47	25
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0		23:27	31
12	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		23:19	34
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	3	1		21:48	26
6	Trevor Daley	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2		18:22	23
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	3	46.7	17:37	27
11	Kevin Porter	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		15:55	19
14	Chris Kunitz	L	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	0		15:52	26
16	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	33.3	13:08	19
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		9:55	13
61	Sergei Plotnikov	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		8:23	10
28	Ian Cole	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		5:22	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
37	Jeff Zatkoff	W	35	33	2	.943	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Niklas Kronwall	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	1		24:19	27
8	Justin Abdelkader	L	1	0	1	+1	2	1	5	0		18:41	25
71	Dylan Larkin	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	0		17:14	24
14	Gustav Nyquist	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		17:00	22
2	Brendan Smith	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0		15:54	20
47	Alexey Marchenko	D	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	1		12:51	16
25	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		21:53	24
13	Pavel Datsyuk	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1	40.0	19:59	21
65	Danny DeKeyser	D	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	2		18:55	30
52	Jonathan Ericsson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		18:21	26
40	Henrik Zetterberg	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	50.0	18:18	23
43	Darren Helm	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2	2	0		17:14	23
17	Brad Richards	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	100.0	16:38	20
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	35.7	15:05	23
21	Tomas Tatar	L	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	0		14:25	21
41	Luke Glendening	C	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	46.2	13:19	19
83	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	100.0	11:23	17
26	Tomas Jurco	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4:09	5

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	Petr Mrazek	L	36	32	4	.889	57:23