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2019-20 regular season

Penguins at Red Wings

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

Penguins beat Red Wings 5–3 at Little Caesars Arena on December 7, 2019.

PIT – DET
28–28
Shots on goal
1/2–2/3
Power play
20–22
Hits
14–5
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Evgeni Malkin
1 G, 2 A
4 shots · 19:29 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Jake Guentzel
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 19:36 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
John Marino
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 20:09 TOI

Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Jake Guentzel Go-ahead 1st · 05:37
Assists: Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin · beat Jonathan Bernier
1–0
🐧 Chad Ruhwedel 1st · 17:24
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Jake Guentzel · beat Jonathan Bernier
2–0
2nd period
🐙 Robby Fabbri PP 2nd · 06:02
Assists: Tyler Bertuzzi, Dylan Larkin · beat Matt Murray
2–1
🐧 Evgeni Malkin 2nd · 10:42
Assists: Jake Guentzel, Chad Ruhwedel · beat Jonathan Bernier
3–1
3rd period
🐧 Dominik Kahun 3rd · 01:38
Assists: John Marino, Marcus Pettersson · beat Jonathan Bernier
4–1
🐙 Filip Hronek 3rd · 13:00
Assists: Darren Helm · beat Matt Murray
4–2
🐙 Dylan Larkin PP 3rd · 16:56
Assists: Robby Fabbri, Dennis Cholowski · beat Matt Murray
4–3
🐧 John Marino PP Empty net 3rd · 19:51
Assists: Kris Letang, Brandon Tanev
5–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Guentzel · Malkin · Rust 19:36
L2 Tanev · Blueger · Aston-Reese 16:55
L3 McCann · Simon · Kahun 14:17
L4 Galchenyuk · Lafferty · Noesen 7:33
D1 Letang · Schultz 23:26
D2 Johnson · Marino 20:31
D3 Ruhwedel · Pettersson 16:06
🐙Red Wings
L1 Bertuzzi · Larkin · Fabbri 21:11
L2 Filppula · Glendening · Athanasiou 16:37
L3 Nielsen · Helm · Zadina 14:48
L4 Erne · Perlini · Ehn 6:58
D1 Hronek · Nemeth 24:11
D2 Cholowski · Green 20:34
D3 Biega · McIlrath 13:32

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT DET🐙
28 Shots on goal 28
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 2/3
20 Hits 22
14 Blocked shots 5
2 Takeaways 4
9 Giveaways 12
6 Penalty minutes 4
PIT shooting 17.9% (5/28) DET shooting 10.7% (3/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Matt Murray
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 59:50 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Jonathan Bernier
19/23
.826 SV% · 4 GA · 49:22 TOI
Eric Comrie Shutout
4/4
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 08:13 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Jake Guentzel · 1st 05:37 · 1–0 Chad Ruhwedel · 1st 17:24 · 2–0 Robby Fabbri · 2nd 06:02 · 2–1 Evgeni Malkin · 2nd 10:42 · 3–1 Dominik Kahun · 3rd 01:38 · 4–1 Filip Hronek · 3rd 13:00 · 4–2 Dylan Larkin · 3rd 16:56 · 4–3 John Marino · 3rd 19:51 · 5–3
PIT DET
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 1-0-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-2-1 (25% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 3–1
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Red Wings
Red Wings — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-6-1 (0% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Apr 42019 🐙DET @ 🐧PIT 1–4 Apr 22019 🐧PIT @ 🐙DET 1–4 Dec 272018 🐙DET @ 🐧PIT 2–5 Mar 272018 🐧PIT @ 🐙DET 2–5 Jan 132018 🐙DET @ 🐧PIT 1–4
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PIT vs DET, answered

Who won Penguins vs Red Wings on December 7, 2019?

Penguins won 5–3. The final score was Penguins 5, Red Wings 3.

Who scored for Penguins?

Chad Ruhwedel, Dominik Kahun, Evgeni Malkin, Jake Guentzel, John Marino.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Dylan Larkin, Filip Hronek, Robby Fabbri.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Matt Murray made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Jonathan Bernier made 19 saves on 23 shots (.826 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?

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐧 Penguins
BeforeDec 6 🌵ARI @ 🐧PIT 0–2 AfterDec 10 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT 4–1
🐙 Red Wings
BeforeDec 2 🏝️NYI @ 🐙DET 4–1 AfterDec 10 🐙DET @ ✈️WPG 1–5
Also on December 7
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