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2010-11 regular season

Penguins at Red Wings

🗓 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–0

Penguins beat Red Wings 5–4 in a shootout at Little Caesars Arena on March 21, 2011.

PIT – DET
25–41
Shots on goal
0/3–2/4
Power play
37–29
Hits
11–12
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Pascal Dupuis
2 G, 1 A
5 shots · 17:58 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Chris Kunitz
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 18:32 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Brent Johnson
37 saves
0.902 SV% · 4 GA

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Pascal Dupuis Go-ahead 1st · 15:14
Assists: Chris Conner, Jordan Staal · beat Jimmy Howard
1–0
🐧 Chris Kunitz 1st · 19:17
Assists: Pascal Dupuis, Kris Letang · beat Jimmy Howard
2–0
2nd period
🐧 Pascal Dupuis SH 2nd · 10:51
Assists: Jordan Staal, Ben Lovejoy · beat Jimmy Howard
3–0
🐧 Tyler Kennedy 2nd · 13:16
Assists: Chris Kunitz, Craig Adams · beat Jimmy Howard
4–0
🐙 Henrik Zetterberg 2nd · 17:41
Assists: Daniel Cleary, Brad Stuart · beat Brent Johnson
4–1
3rd period
🐙 Valtteri Filppula 3rd · 01:57
Assists: Brad Stuart, Tomas Holmstrom · beat Brent Johnson
4–2
🐙 Daniel Cleary PP 3rd · 08:06
Assists: Niklas Kronwall, Nicklas Lidstrom · beat Brent Johnson
4–3
🐙 Mike Modano PP Tying 3rd · 10:27
Assists: Valtteri Filppula, Nicklas Lidstrom · beat Brent Johnson
4–4
Shootout
🐧 James Neal Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted · beat Joey MacDonald
5–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Kunitz · Staal · Kennedy 18:59
L2 Talbot · Dupuis · Kovalev 17:18
L3 Neal · Jeffrey · Conner 15:35
L4 Rupp · Adams · Asham 10:26
D1 Martin · Letang 29:18
D2 Michalek · Niskanen 23:02
D3 Lovejoy · Engelland 11:52
🐙Red Wings
L1 Zetterberg · Cleary · Bertuzzi 21:45
L2 Holmstrom · Filppula · Helm 17:32
L3 Miller · Modano · Eaves 15:18
L4 Abdelkader · Draper 12:14
D1 Kronwall · Lidstrom 24:44
D2 Stuart · Ericsson 21:42
D3 Rafalski · Kindl 15:28
D4 Salei 6:28

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT DET🐙
25 Shots on goal 41
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4
37 Hits 29
11 Blocked shots 12
8 Takeaways 10
5 Giveaways 13
8 Penalty minutes 6
PIT shooting 20.0% (5/25) DET shooting 9.8% (4/41)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Brent Johnson
37/41
.902 SV% · 4 GA · 65:00 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Joey MacDonald Shutout
10/10
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 31:44 TOI
Jimmy Howard
11/15
.733 SV% · 4 GA · 33:11 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 9 goals located
Pascal Dupuis · 1st 15:14 · 1–0 Chris Kunitz · 1st 19:17 · 2–0 Pascal Dupuis · 2nd 10:51 · 3–0 Tyler Kennedy · 2nd 13:16 · 4–0 Henrik Zetterberg · 2nd 17:41 · 4–1 Valtteri Filppula · 3rd 01:57 · 4–2 Daniel Cleary · 3rd 08:06 · 4–3 Mike Modano · 3rd 10:27 · 4–4
PIT DET
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-5-1 (14% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 4–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 2–0
Jan 182011 🐙DET @ 🐧PIT 1–4 Mar 222010 🐧PIT @ 🐙DET 1–3 Jan 312010 🐙DET @ 🐧PIT 1–2 SO Jun 122009 🐧PIT @ 🐙DET 2–1 Jun 92009 🐙DET @ 🐧PIT 1–2
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PIT vs DET, answered

Who won Penguins vs Red Wings on March 21, 2011?

Penguins won 5–4 in a shootout. The final score was Penguins 5, Red Wings 4.

Who scored for Penguins?

Pascal Dupuis (2), Chris Kunitz, Tyler Kennedy.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Daniel Cleary, Henrik Zetterberg, Mike Modano, Valtteri Filppula.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 37 saves on 41 shots (.902 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Joey MacDonald made 10 saves on 10 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.

What is the Penguins vs Red Wings season series?

Penguins lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 20 🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT 5–2 AfterMar 24 🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI 2–1
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeMar 19 🐙DET @ 🐯NSH 1–3 AfterMar 23 🐋VAN @ 🐙DET 2–1
Also on March 21
🔥CGY 1–2 👑LAK
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