🐙 Away Red Wings 35-13-5 before this game

2–4

Final

🐧 Home Penguins 33-14-6 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
DET	0	0	0	2
PIT	0	0	0	4

Red Wings at Penguins

Penguins beat Red Wings 4–2 at PPG Paints Arena on January 31, 1998.

🗓 Sat, Jan 31, 1998 · 14:00 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Fredrik Olausson

2 G

2 shots · 21:13 TOI · +1

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Stu Barnes

2 A

3 shots · 21:12 TOI · +1

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Martin Straka

2 A

14:38 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐙DET PIT🐧

53 Shots on goal 21

0/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

12 Hits 19

6 Blocked shots 19

7 Takeaways 9

9 Giveaways 9

12 Penalty minutes 18

DET shooting 3.8% (2/53) PIT shooting 19.0% (4/21)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐙Red Wings

Chris Osgood

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:44 TOI

🐧Penguins

Tom Barrasso

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 35-13-5 (66% win rate, 53 games)

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 1st: 33-14-6 (62% win rate, 53 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 35-13-5 (66% win rate, 53 games)

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 2nd: 33-14-6 (62% win rate, 53 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐙Red Wings

L1 Shanahan · Larionov · Lapointe 17:28

L2 Gilchrist · Kozlov · Holmstrom 15:07

L3 Maltby · Brown · Knuble 13:32

L4 Draper · Dandenault · Kocur 11:14

D1 Lidstrom · Murphy 25:08

D2 Eriksson · Fetisov 17:27

D3 Ward · Rouse 14:16

🐧Penguins

L1 Francis · Barnes · Jagr 21:59

L2 Lang · Straka · Olczyk 14:38

L3 Hicks · Brown · Morozov 10:43

L4 Johansson · Wright 7:25

D1 Hatcher · Olausson 22:54

D2 Werenka · Slegr 19:52

D3 Tamer · Kasparaitis 15:31

D4 Moran 11:52

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

Nov 7, 1997

🐧PIT @ 🐙DET

1–1 (OT) · Penguins won

6–5 (OT) · Red Wings won

❓ DET vs PIT, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Penguins on January 31, 1998?

Penguins won 4–2.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Penguins?

The final score was Red Wings 2, Penguins 4.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 2–0 after 2 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

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Jan 28

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Jan 29

Also on January 31, 1998

Red Wings season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule