🐧 Away Penguins 0-0 in series
1–3
Final
PIT leads 4–3
🐙 Home Red Wings 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 1001
DET 1113

Penguins at Red Wings — Stanley Cup Finals Game 1

Red Wings, Stanley Cup Finals Game 1, beat Penguins 3–1 at Little Caesars Arena on May 30, 2009.

🗓 Sat, May 30, 2009 · 19:00 CDT 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 2008-09 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Stanley Cup Finals — Best of 7

PIT vs DET · PIT leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
1–3
Final · DET
Game 2
1–3
Final · DET
Game 3
2–4
Final · PIT
Game 4
2–4
Final · PIT
Game 5
0–5
Final · DET
Game 6
1–2
Final · PIT
Game 7
2–1
Final · PIT

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Johan Franzen
1 G
2 shots · 17:10 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Justin Abdelkader
1 G
2 shots · 05:10 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Brad Stuart
1 G
1 shots · 22:26 TOI
4rd star 🐙 DET
Chris Osgood
31 saves
0.969 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐙 Brad Stuart Go-ahead 1st · 13:38
Unassisted · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
0–1
🐧 Ruslan Fedotenko Tying 1st · 18:37
Assists: Evgeni Malkin · beat Chris Osgood
1–1
2nd period
🐙 Johan Franzen Go-ahead 2nd · 19:02
Assists: Brian Rafalski, Henrik Zetterberg · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–2
3rd period
🐙 Justin Abdelkader 3rd · 02:46
Assists: Ville Leino · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT DET🐙
32 Shots on goal 30
39 Hits 43
14 Blocked shots 11
7 Takeaways 8
13 Giveaways 20
2 Penalty minutes 4
PIT shooting 3.1% (1/32) DET shooting 10.0% (3/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
27/30
.900 SV% · 3 GA · 58:02 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
31/32
.969 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 57-32-10 (58% win rate, 99 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 63-23-12 (64% win rate, 98 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
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 Malkin · Crosby · Staal 22:35
L2 Kunitz · Fedotenko · Guerin 16:50
L3 Cooke · Talbot · Kennedy 14:57
L4 Satan · Adams 9:16
D1 Gonchar · Letang 21:21
D2 Scuderi · Orpik 17:46
D3 Eaton · Gill 15:22
D4 Boucher 11:01
🐙Red Wings
L1 Zetterberg · Filppula · Hossa 19:42
L2 Helm · Cleary · Franzen 17:10
L3 Holmstrom · Samuelsson · Hudler 11:55
L4 Maltby · Leino · Abdelkader 8:14
D1 Lidstrom · Kronwall 23:39
D2 Stuart · Rafalski 22:12
D3 Ericsson · Lebda 13:47

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Feb 8, 2009
🐙DET @ 🐧PIT
3–0 · Red Wings won
Nov 11, 2008
🐧PIT @ 🐙DET
7–6 (OT) · Penguins won
Jun 4, 2008
🐙DET @ 🐧PIT
3–2 · Red Wings won
Jun 2, 2008
🐧PIT @ 🐙DET
4–3 (OT) · Penguins won
May 31, 2008
🐙DET @ 🐧PIT
2–1 · Red Wings won

❓ PIT vs DET, answered

Who won Penguins vs Red Wings on May 30, 2009?

Red Wings won 3–1.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Red Wings?

The final score was Penguins 1, Red Wings 3.

Who scored for Penguins?

Ruslan Fedotenko.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Brad Stuart, Johan Franzen, Justin Abdelkader.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 31 saves on 32 shots (.969 save percentage).

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 26
🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR
4–1 · PIT won
Next game · May 31
🐧PIT @ 🐙DET
1–3 · DET won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · May 27
🪶CHI @ 🐙DET
1–2 · DET won
Next game · May 31
🐧PIT @ 🐙DET
1–3 · DET won
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