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2005-06 regular season

Penguins at Red Wings

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0

Red Wings beat Penguins 3–1 at Little Caesars Arena on December 12, 2005.

PIT – DET
17–39
Shots on goal
0/5–2/8
Power play
16–16
Hits
15–18
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Henrik Zetterberg
2 G
6 shots · 20:36 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Nicklas Lidstrom
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 26:08 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Pavel Datsyuk
1 A
3 shots · 17:57 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐙 Henrik Zetterberg PP Go-ahead 1st · 10:44
Assists: Tomas Holmstrom, Nicklas Lidstrom · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–1
2nd period
🐙 Henrik Zetterberg SH 2nd · 16:10
Unassisted · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–2
3rd period
🐙 Nicklas Lidstrom PP 3rd · 06:29
Assists: Pavel Datsyuk, Brendan Shanahan · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–3
🐧 Mark Recchi 3rd · 19:31
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Ryan Malone · beat Chris Osgood
1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Malone · Crosby · Recchi 19:38
L2 Murley · Endicott · Christensen 14:07
L3 Surovy · Talbot · Boguniecki 12:22
L4 Pirjeta · Hussey · Vandenbussche 9:29
D1 Gonchar · Whitney 22:54
D2 Melichar · Tarnstrom 20:06
D3 Orpik · Odelein 17:10
🐙Red Wings
L1 Zetterberg · Draper · Datsyuk 18:51
L2 Shanahan · Williams · Samuelsson 17:00
L3 Holmstrom · Maltby · Cleary 13:38
L4 Franzen · Hudler · Mowers 9:44
D1 Lidstrom · Schneider 26:00
D2 Lilja · Chelios 18:09
D3 Lebda · Woolley 12:12

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT DET🐙
17 Shots on goal 39
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/8
16 Hits 16
15 Blocked shots 18
6 Takeaways 9
8 Giveaways 11
16 Penalty minutes 10
PIT shooting 5.9% (1/17) DET shooting 7.7% (3/39)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
36/39
.923 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
16/17
.941 SV% · 1 GA · 59:55 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-6-2 (0% win rate, 8 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-1 (89% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 0–2
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-2-3 (0% win rate, 5 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 6-0-1 (86% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Red Wings lead the season series 1–0
Oct 182003 🐙DET @ 🐧PIT 3–4 Mar 182003 🐙DET @ 🐧PIT 5–1 Oct 252002 🐧PIT @ 🐙DET 3–7 Mar 22002 🐙DET @ 🐧PIT 4–2 Dec 102000 🐧PIT @ 🐙DET 4–3
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Who won Penguins vs Red Wings on December 12, 2005?

Red Wings won 3–1. The final score was Penguins 1, Red Wings 3.

Who scored for Penguins?

Mark Recchi.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Henrik Zetterberg (2), Nicklas Lidstrom.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 36 saves on 39 shots (.923 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 16 saves on 17 shots (.941 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?

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 10 🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT 3–4 AfterDec 13 🐧PIT @ 🎵STL 0–3
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeDec 9 🐙DET @ 🦅WSH 4–3 AfterDec 13 🐙DET @ 🐦ATL 6–7
Also on December 12
🦆ANA 2–3 🍁TOR 🏛️OTT 6–2 🏔️COL
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