Penguins 5–1 Red Wings — Final Score & Stats (Apr 8, 2023)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Sidney Crosby

2 G, 1 A

4 shots · 19:13 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Evgeni Malkin

1 G

3 shots · 16:24 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Alex Nylander

1 G

2 shots · 11:33 TOI

Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Alex Nylander Go-ahead 1st · 09:25

Assists: Mikael Granlund, Jeff Carter · beat Ville Husso

1–0

🐧 Sidney Crosby 1st · 19:57

Unassisted · beat Ville Husso

2–0

2nd period

🐧 Danton Heinen 2nd · 11:16

Assists: Sidney Crosby · beat Ville Husso

3–0

🐙 Pius Suter 2nd · 11:58

Assists: Andrew Copp, Lucas Raymond · beat Tristan Jarry

3–1

3rd period

🐧 Sidney Crosby PP 3rd · 03:01

Assists: Kris Letang, Jake Guentzel · beat Ville Husso

4–1

🐧 Evgeni Malkin 3rd · 13:00

Assists: Jason Zucker · beat Ville Husso

5–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐧Penguins

L1 Guentzel · Crosby · Rust 19:13

L2 Malkin · Granlund · Poehling 16:20

L3 Zucker · Carter · Rakell 14:21

L4 Nylander · Heinen · Archibald 11:33

D1 Letang · Petry 23:23

D2 Dumoulin · Joseph 19:32

D3 Friedman · Rutta 15:01

🐙Red Wings

L1 Perron · Larkin · Copp 18:54

L2 Raymond · Kubalik · Suter 16:05

L3 Veleno · Berggren · Chiasson 13:01

L4 Erne · Czarnik · Luff 10:36

D1 Seider · Walman 22:31

D2 Maatta · Chiarot 19:24

D3 Edvinsson · Hagg 16:00

Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT DET🐙

28 Shots on goal 20

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3

8 Hits 20

17 Blocked shots 16

4 Takeaways 5

2 Giveaways 3

6 Penalty minutes 8

PIT shooting 17.9% (5/28) DET shooting 5.0% (1/20)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Tristan Jarry

19/20

.950 SV% · 1 GA · 59:29 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Ville Husso

23/28

.821 SV% · 5 GA · 59:42 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located

PIT DET

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 7-0 (100% win rate, 7 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 3-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)

After 2nd — 3–1

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 8-0-4 (67% win rate, 12 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-11 (8% win rate, 12 games)

Last meetings

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Red Wings lead the season series 2–1

Mar 282023 🐧PIT @ 🐙DET 4–7 Dec 282022 🐙DET @ 🐧PIT 5–4 OT Apr 232022 🐧PIT @ 🐙DET 7–2 Mar 272022 🐙DET @ 🐧PIT 2–11 Jan 282022 🐙DET @ 🐧PIT 3–2 SO

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Who won Penguins vs Red Wings on April 8, 2023?

Penguins won 5–1. The final score was Penguins 5, Red Wings 1.

Who scored for Penguins?

Sidney Crosby (2), Alex Nylander, Danton Heinen, Evgeni Malkin.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Pius Suter.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tristan Jarry made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Ville Husso made 23 saves on 28 shots (.821 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?

Red Wings lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐧 Penguins

BeforeApr 6 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 1–4 AfterApr 11 🪶CHI @ 🐧PIT 5–2

🐙 Red Wings

BeforeApr 6 ⚔️BUF @ 🐙DET 7–6 AfterApr 10 ⭐DAL @ 🐙DET 6–1

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