Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings

· National Hockey League

Pittsburgh Penguins

1-1-0

Final
6 - 3

Detroit Red Wings

0-1-0

Beauvillier, Blomqvist help Penguins rebound from opening loss with 6-3 victory over Red Wings

Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, each with two assists, figured in four of the six goals as the Penguins rebounded from season-opening 6-0 home loss to the New York Rangers on Wednesday night.

Marcus Pettersson, Erik Karlsson, Kevin Hayes and Drew O’Connor also scored for Pittsburgh.

Alex DeBrincat scored twice for the Red Wings in their opener. Vladimir Tarasenko added a goal.

Takeaways Penguins: With his two assists, Crosby has eight multi-point games in his last 11 against the Red Wings. In 22 career games against Detroit, the Pittsburgh captain has accounted for 18 goals and 28 assists. Pittsburgh is 10-2-2 in the last 14 games against the Red Wings and 5-2 in the last seven at Detroit.

Red Wings: Goaltender Ville Husso was pulled at 5:28 of the second period after allowing four goals on 14 shots. He failed to finish his final two starts of the 2023-24 season due to lower-body injuries. Husso’s last 60-minute game came Dec. 14 in a 2-1 loss to Carolina. Red Wings defenseman Jeff Petry left the game in the second period due to an upper-body injury.

Key moment Tied 1-1 entering the second period, the Penguins scored three goals in a span of 2:28 early in the second period to take control.

Key stat The defense improvements the Red Wings were promising weren’t on exhibit in their opener. Last season, they gave up four or more goals in 39 of 82 games.

Up next Penguins: At Toronto on Saturday night.

Red Wings: Host Nashville on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

PIT leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 3:46	Alex DeBrincat Goal (1) Slap Shot, assists: Lucas Raymond (1), Dylan Larkin (1)
Goal	1st Period 15:02	Anthony Beauvillier Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Sidney Crosby (1), Jesse Puljujarvi (1)
Goal	2nd Period 2:55	Anthony Beauvillier Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Marcus Pettersson (1), Sidney Crosby (2)
Goal	2nd Period 3:53	Drew O'Connor Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Evgeni Malkin (1), Erik Karlsson (1)
Goal	2nd Period 5:28	Marcus Pettersson Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	2nd Period 12:32	Vladimir Tarasenko Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Moritz Seider (1), Alex DeBrincat (1)
Goal	3rd Period 1:42	Erik Karlsson Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Kris Letang (1), Evgeni Malkin (2)
Goal	3rd Period 8:13	Alex DeBrincat Goal (2) Slap Shot, assists: Erik Gustafsson (1), Lucas Raymond (2)
Goal	3rd Period 12:21	Kevin Hayes Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Cody Glass (1)

Statistics

PIT		DET
16	Blocked Shots	12
20	Hits	19
4	Takeaways	7
28	Shots	32
1	Power Play Goals	1
2	Power Play Opportunities	5
50.0	Power Play Percentage	20.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
37	Faceoffs Won	32
53.6	Faceoff Win Percent	46.4
13	Giveaways	14
5	Total Penalties	2
10	Penalty Minutes	4