🐧 Away Penguins 29-37-0 before this game
2–6
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 29-36-0 before this game
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Penguins at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Penguins 6–2 at Little Caesars Arena on March 9, 1980.

🗓 Sun, Mar 9, 1980 · 18:00 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1979-80 🔁 Season series tied 2–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Dale McCourt
2 G, 1 A
6 shots · +2
2nd star 🐙 DET
Mike Foligno
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · +1
3rd star 🐙 DET
Peter Mahovlich
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT DET🐙
28 Shots on goal 40
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
22 Penalty minutes 14
PIT shooting 7.1% (2/28) DET shooting 15.0% (6/40)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Nick Ricci
0/6
.000 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Rogie Vachon
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 29-37 (44% win rate, 66 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 29-36 (45% win rate, 65 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 29-37 (44% win rate, 66 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 29-36 (45% win rate, 65 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 2–2 Full head-to-head →
Feb 20, 1980
🐙DET @ 🐧PIT
5–7 · Penguins won
Jan 31, 1980
🐧PIT @ 🐙DET
3–4 · Red Wings won
Dec 26, 1979
🐙DET @ 🐧PIT
4–6 · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs DET, answered

Who won Penguins vs Red Wings on March 9, 1980?

Red Wings won 6–2.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Red Wings?

The final score was Penguins 2, Red Wings 6.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Nick Ricci made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Rogie Vachon made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Red Wings season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Mar 8
🛢️EDM @ 🐧PIT
4–5 · PIT won
Next game · Mar 11
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
4–3 · PHI won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Mar 8
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
2–2 · DET won
Next game · Mar 12
🐳HFD @ 🐙DET
4–4 · HFD won
Also on March 9, 1980
🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH
1–3 final
🔥AFM @ ✈️WIN
5–2 final
🐋VAN @ ⛰️CLR
4–4 final
🛢️EDM @ 🔔PHI
3–5 final
🐳HFD @ 🐻BOS
1–1 final
🎵STL @ ⚔️BUF
4–9 final
🌌MNS @ 🗽NYR
2–4 final
🍁TOR @ ⚜️QUE
4–5 final
Penguins season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule