🐧 Away Penguins 0-1 in series
1–3
Final
PIT leads 4–3
🐙 Home Red Wings 1-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 1001
DET 0213

Penguins at Red Wings — Stanley Cup Finals Game 2

Red Wings, Stanley Cup Finals Game 2, beat Penguins 3–1 at Little Caesars Arena on May 31, 2009.

🗓 Sun, May 31, 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
Marian Hossa
2 A
5 shots · 18:15 TOI
2nd star 🐙 DET
Tomas Holmstrom
2 A
1 shots · 12:38 TOI
3rd star 🐙 DET
Valtteri Filppula
1 G
1 shots · 18:19 TOI
4rd star 🐙 DET
Chris Osgood
31 saves
0.969 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Evgeni Malkin PP Go-ahead 1st · 16:50
Assists: Kris Letang, Bill Guerin · beat Chris Osgood
1–0
2nd period
🐙 Jonathan Ericsson Tying 2nd · 04:21
Assists: Jiri Hudler, Darren Helm · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–1
🐙 Valtteri Filppula Go-ahead 2nd · 10:29
Assists: Tomas Holmstrom, Marian Hossa · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–2
3rd period
🐙 Justin Abdelkader 3rd · 02:47
Assists: Tomas Holmstrom, Marian Hossa · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT DET🐙
32 Shots on goal 26
1/1 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
33 Hits 34
10 Blocked shots 10
10 Takeaways 12
12 Giveaways 21
21 Penalty minutes 7
PIT shooting 3.1% (1/32) DET shooting 11.5% (3/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Marc-Andre Fleury
23/26
.885 SV% · 3 GA · 58:48 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
31/32
.969 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Red Wings
Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.
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 19:36
L2 Fedotenko · Kunitz · Guerin 17:12
L3 Cooke · Talbot · Kennedy 13:59
L4 Dupuis · Satan · Adams 9:09
D1 Gonchar · Letang 22:38
D2 Eaton · Orpik 19:44
D3 Scuderi · Gill 17:29
🐙Red Wings
L1 Zetterberg · Filppula · Franzen 19:42
L2 Helm · Hossa · Cleary 17:32
L3 Holmstrom · Hudler · Samuelsson 12:38
L4 Leino · Maltby · Abdelkader 8:58
D1 Stuart · Lidstrom 24:02
D2 Kronwall · Rafalski 21:30
D3 Ericsson · Lebda 14:08

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
May 30, 2009
🐧PIT @ 🐙DET
1–3 · Red Wings won
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

❓ PIT vs DET, answered

Who won Penguins vs Red Wings on May 31, 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?

Evgeni Malkin.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Jonathan Ericsson, Justin Abdelkader, Valtteri Filppula.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 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 30
🐧PIT @ 🐙DET
1–3 · DET won
Next game · Jun 2
🐙DET @ 🐧PIT
2–4 · PIT won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · May 30
🐧PIT @ 🐙DET
1–3 · DET won
Next game · Jun 2
🐙DET @ 🐧PIT
2–4 · PIT won
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