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National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 2
When: 6:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 31, 2015
Where: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan
Referees: Jean Hebert, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Scott Cherrey
Attendance: 20027
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 0235
Detroit 2002
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
6:47 - Red Wings Justin Abdelkader (EV) Assists: Dylan Larkin , Niklas Kronwall
12:15 - Red Wings Brendan Smith (EV) Assists: Gustav Nyquist , Alexey Marchenko
Penalties
10:15 - Red Wings Luke Glendening (2) Slashing
 10:15 - Penguins Kris Letang (2) Cross checking
2nd Period
Scoring
0:45 - Penguins Patric Hornqvist (PP) Assists: Evgeni Malkin , Kris Letang
11:44 - Penguins Kris Letang (PP) Assists: Evgeni Malkin , Patric Hornqvist
Penalties
0:15 - Red Wings Danny DeKeyser (2) Hooking
 2:35 - Penguins Kris Letang (2) Slashing
 8:28 - Penguins Kris Letang (2) Cross checking
 11:14 - Red Wings Danny DeKeyser (2) Interference
 18:17 - Red Wings Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 19:55 - Red Wings Luke Glendening (2) Roughing
 19:55 - Penguins David Perron (2) Cross checking
3rd Period
Scoring
7:48 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (EV) Assists: David Perron
8:22 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (EV) Assists: Phil Kessel , Patric Hornqvist
18:20 - Penguins Kris Letang (EV) (EN) Assists: Nick Bonino
Penalties
5:13 - Penguins Phil Kessel (2) Slashing
 16:33 - Red Wings Justin Abdelkader (2) Roughing
 16:33 - Penguins Chris Kunitz (2) Roughing
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Matthew Murray G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Zatkoff G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 50:59 3:01 6:00 0 0 - - - - -
Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 26 21:48 18:12 0:17 3:19 0 0 3 1 - - -
Trevor Daley D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 23 18:22 15:25 0:41 2:16 0 0 - 2 - - -
Matt Cullen C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 27 17:37 14:38 0:00 2:59 0 0 2 3 7 8 47
Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 31 23:27 19:44 0:41 3:02 0 0 2 - - - -
Kevin Porter C 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 15:55 12:23 0:00 3:32 0 0 1 2 - - -
Ben Lovejoy D 0 0 0 E 0 1 34 23:19 20:38 0:00 2:41 0 0 - 1 - - -
Nick Bonino C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 22 14:42 11:02 0:41 2:59 0 0 - 1 4 5 44
Chris Kunitz LW 0 0 0 +1 2 2 26 15:52 14:52 0:58 0:02 0 0 2 - - - -
Eric Fehr RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 13:08 10:42 0:00 2:26 0 0 - 1 1 2 33
Ian Cole D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 8 5:22 5:22 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Conor Sheary LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 13 9:55 9:55 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
David Perron LW 0 1 1 E 2 3 25 13:47 13:06 0:41 0:00 0 0 3 1 0 1 0
Kris Letang D 2 1 3 E 6 5 34 25:55 22:53 2:20 0:42 1 0 4 3 - - -
Sergei Plotnikov LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 10 8:23 8:23 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 1 2 3 +1 0 3 22 16:44 14:41 2:03 0:00 0 0 - - 3 4 43
Patric Hornqvist RW 1 2 3 +1 0 6 21 12:18 9:58 2:20 0:00 1 0 1 1 1 0 100
Phil Kessel RW 0 1 1 +1 2 2 23 15:52 13:49 2:03 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sidney Crosby C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 26 17:34 15:12 2:20 0:02 0 0 2 - 15 10 60
Detroit Red Wings
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Petr Mrazek G 0 0 0 0 0 57:23 48:22 6:00 3:01 0 0 - - - - -
Jimmy Howard G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brendan Smith D 1 0 1 E 0 2 20 15:54 15:26 0:00 0:28 0 0 1 - - - -
Justin Abdelkader LW 1 0 1 +1 2 1 25 18:41 14:53 3:48 0:00 0 0 5 - - - -
Pavel Datsyuk C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 21 19:59 16:57 3:02 0:00 0 0 1 1 4 6 40
Gustav Nyquist RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 22 17:00 13:38 3:22 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 23 15:05 11:52 2:22 0:51 0 0 - - 5 9 36
Brad Richards C 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 16:38 14:04 2:34 0:00 0 0 1 - 5 0 100
Tomas Tatar LW 0 0 0 +1 0 3 21 14:25 11:29 2:56 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Mike Green D 0 0 0 E 0 2 24 21:53 19:34 2:19 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tomas Jurco RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 5 4:09 4:09 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Henrik Zetterberg LW 0 0 0 E 0 4 23 18:18 14:44 3:34 0:00 0 0 - - 9 9 50
Luke Glendening C 0 0 0 E 4 1 19 13:19 11:07 0:02 2:10 0 0 - - 6 7 46
Darren Helm C 0 0 0 -3 0 2 23 17:14 15:38 0:02 1:34 0 0 2 - - - -
Alexey Marchenko D 0 1 1 E 0 4 16 12:51 12:21 0:00 0:30 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jonathan Ericsson D 0 0 0 E 0 0 26 18:21 16:16 0:02 2:03 0 0 1 2 - - -
Niklas Kronwall D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 27 24:19 18:54 3:27 1:58 0 0 - 1 - - -
Danny DeKeyser D 0 0 0 E 4 3 30 18:55 17:34 0:18 1:03 0 0 - 2 - - -
Dylan Larkin C 0 1 1 E 0 3 24 17:14 15:04 2:10 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Tomas Nosek C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17 11:23 9:54 0:02 1:27 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jeff Zatkoff W (3-4-1) 35 33 2 .943 0 60:00
Detroit
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Petr Mrazek L (11-8-3) 36 32 4 .889 0 57:23