🐧 Away Penguins 40-27-11 before this game
3–0
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 47-29-3 before this game
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Penguins at Red Wings

Penguins beat Red Wings 3–0 at Little Caesars Arena on April 11, 1999.

🗓 Sun, Apr 11, 1999 · 14:00 CDT 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Dan Kesa
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 19:10 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Alex Kovalev
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 20:54 TOI · +2
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Jan Hrdina
1 G
1 shots · 21:43 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🐧 Alex Kovalev Go-ahead 2nd · 15:02
Assists: Aleksey Morozov, Dan Kesa
1–0
3rd period
🐧 Jan Hrdina 3rd · 01:57
Assists: Kip Miller, Jaromir Jagr
2–0
🐧 Dan Kesa 3rd · 17:54
Assists: Greg Andrusak, Alex Kovalev
3–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT DET🐙
23 Shots on goal 20
20 Hits 23
18 Blocked shots 9
1 Takeaways 4
7 Giveaways 12
4 Penalty minutes 10
PIT shooting 13.0% (3/23) DET shooting 0.0% (0/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso Shutout
20/20
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
20/23
.870 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 40-27-11 (51% win rate, 78 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 47-29-3 (59% win rate, 79 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Red Wings
Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Hrdina · Jagr · Kovalev 21:43
L2 Miller · Brown · Kesa 19:37
L3 Bonin · Morozov · Barnaby 17:28
L4 Sonnenberg · Wright 2:27
D1 Hatcher · Slegr 22:04
D2 Werenka · Moran 19:34
D3 Dollas · Andrusak 15:58
D4 Butenschon 0:50
🐙Red Wings
L1 Fedorov · Yzerman · Dandenault 18:22
L2 Clark · Kozlov · Shanahan 15:55
L3 Larionov · Brown · Lapointe 15:28
L4 Holmstrom · Maltby · Draper 11:49
L5 Roest 8:57
D1 Lidstrom · Murphy 23:10
D2 Gill · Samuelsson 18:24
D3 Ward 15:39

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Feb 7, 1999
🐙DET @ 🐧PIT
1–2 · Penguins won
Jan 31, 1998
🐙DET @ 🐧PIT
2–4 · Penguins won
Nov 7, 1997
🐧PIT @ 🐙DET
1–1 (OT) · Penguins won
Feb 27, 1997
🐧PIT @ 🐙DET
1–4 · Red Wings won
Feb 8, 1997
🐙DET @ 🐧PIT
6–5 (OT) · Red Wings won

❓ PIT vs DET, answered

Who won Penguins vs Red Wings on April 11, 1999?

Penguins won 3–0.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Red Wings?

The final score was Penguins 3, Red Wings 0.

Who scored for Penguins?

Alex Kovalev, Dan Kesa, Jan Hrdina.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 20 saves on 20 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 20 saves on 23 shots (.870 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?

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
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Apr 8
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
1–3 · PHI won
Next game · Apr 15
🐧PIT @ 🐻BOS
2–4 · BOS won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Apr 9
🐙DET @ 🎵STL
1–1 · DET won
Next game · Apr 14
🐯NSH @ 🐙DET
2–4 · DET won
Also on April 11, 1999
🏔️COL @ 🎵STL
4–2 final
👑LAK @ ⭐DAL
2–6 final
🌵PHX @ 🦆ANA
0–3 final
Penguins season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule