🐧 Away Penguins 0-0 in series
0–4
Final
DET leads 4–2
🐙 Home Red Wings 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Penguins at Red Wings — Stanley Cup Finals Game 1

Red Wings, Stanley Cup Finals Game 1, beat Penguins 4–0 at Little Caesars Arena on May 24, 2008.

🗓 Sat, May 24, 2008 · 19:00 CDT 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2007-08 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Stanley Cup Finals — Best of 7

PIT vs DET · DET leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
0–4
Final · DET
Game 2
0–3
Final · DET
Game 3
2–3
Final · PIT
Game 4
2–1
Final · DET
Game 5
4–3
OT · PIT
Game 6
3–2
Final · DET

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Mikael Samuelsson
2 G
5 shots · 13:32 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Henrik Zetterberg
1 G
8 shots · 22:03 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Daniel Cleary
1 G
2 shots · 16:51 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
2nd period
🐙 Mikael Samuelsson Go-ahead 2nd · 13:01
Unassisted · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–1
3rd period
🐙 Mikael Samuelsson 3rd · 02:16
Unassisted · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–2
🐙 Daniel Cleary SH 3rd · 17:18
Assists: Brad Stuart · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–3
🐙 Henrik Zetterberg PP 3rd · 19:47
Assists: Tomas Holmstrom, Nicklas Lidstrom · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT DET🐙
19 Shots on goal 36
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
25 Hits 31
15 Blocked shots 8
3 Takeaways 8
10 Giveaways 9
12 Penalty minutes 10
PIT shooting 0.0% (0/19) DET shooting 11.1% (4/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
32/36
.889 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood Shutout
19/19
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 59-29-8 (61% win rate, 96 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 66-25-7 (67% win rate, 98 games)
After 2nd — 0–1
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 Staal · Crosby · Hossa 18:29
L2 Malone · Malkin · Dupuis 17:02
L3 Talbot · Sykora · Hall 13:08
L4 Ruutu · Kennedy · Laraque 8:31
D1 Gonchar · Orpik 24:44
D2 Whitney · Gill 17:45
D3 Letang · Scuderi 15:52
🐙Red Wings
L1 Holmstrom · Datsyuk · Zetterberg 22:03
L2 Filppula · Cleary · Hudler 16:51
L3 Draper · Samuelsson · Drake 13:32
L4 Maltby · Helm · McCarty 6:56
D1 Lidstrom · Rafalski 24:56
D2 Kronwall · Stuart 22:30
D3 Lilja · Lebda 11:32

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Oct 7, 2006
🐙DET @ 🐧PIT
2–0 · Red Wings won
Dec 12, 2005
🐧PIT @ 🐙DET
1–3 · Red Wings won
Oct 18, 2003
🐙DET @ 🐧PIT
3–4 · Penguins won
Mar 18, 2003
🐙DET @ 🐧PIT
5–1 · Red Wings won
Oct 25, 2002
🐧PIT @ 🐙DET
3–7 · Red Wings won

❓ PIT vs DET, answered

Who won Penguins vs Red Wings on May 24, 2008?

Red Wings won 4–0.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Red Wings?

The final score was Penguins 0, Red Wings 4.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Mikael Samuelsson (2), Daniel Cleary, Henrik Zetterberg.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 32 saves on 36 shots (.889 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 19 saves on 19 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Penguins vs Red Wings played?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐧Penguins
Previous game · May 18
🔔PHI @ 🐧PIT
0–6 · PIT won
Next game · May 26
🐧PIT @ 🐙DET
0–3 · DET won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · May 19
🐙DET @ ⭐DAL
4–1 · DET won
Next game · May 26
🐧PIT @ 🐙DET
0–3 · DET won
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