October 19 – Alex DeBrincat had two goals and an assist, Andrew Copp added two goals, and the host Detroit Red Wings defeated Pittsburgh 6-3 on Wednesday night.Detroit’s Ben Chiarot and David Perron also scored, and Ville Husso made 30 saves.
The Penguins’ Erik Karlsson recorded a goal and two assists. Evgeni Malkin and Bryan Rust also scored, and Tristan Jarry made 23 saves.
THE FIRST PERIOD WAS TIED 1-1.
Malkin’s goal came 53 seconds into the contest. He carried the puck into the Detroit zone and fed it to Reilly Smith. Malkin took a return backhanded pass from Smith and scored in front.
The Wings knotted the score when Austin Czarnik skated into Pittsburgh’s zone and found DeBrincat slipping past two defenders. DeBrincat tapped in the puck before Jarry could react.
DETROIT DOMINATED THE SECOND PERIOD AND EMERGED WITH A 4-1 ADVANTAGE.
Chiarot scored at 5:21 of the period. He flicked a shot off a Dylan Larkin feed from the left circle that beat Jarry on the glove side. Jeff Petry notched the other assist.
THREE THINGS WE LEARNT FROM PENGUINS VS DETROIT RED WINGS GAME
October 19 – Alex DeBrincat had two goals and an assist, Andrew Copp added two goals, and the host Detroit Red Wings defeated Pittsburgh 6-3 on Wednesday night.Detroit’s Ben Chiarot and David Perron also scored, and Ville Husso made 30 saves.
The Penguins’ Erik Karlsson recorded a goal and two assists. Evgeni Malkin and Bryan Rust also scored, and Tristan Jarry made 23 saves.
THE FIRST PERIOD WAS TIED 1-1.
Malkin’s goal came 53 seconds into the contest. He carried the puck into the Detroit zone and fed it to Reilly Smith. Malkin took a return backhanded pass from Smith and scored in front.
The Wings knotted the score when Austin Czarnik skated into Pittsburgh’s zone and found DeBrincat slipping past two defenders. DeBrincat tapped in the puck before Jarry could react.
DETROIT DOMINATED THE SECOND PERIOD AND EMERGED WITH A 4-1 ADVANTAGE.
Chiarot scored at 5:21 of the period. He flicked a shot off a Dylan Larkin feed from the left circle that beat Jarry on the glove side. Jeff Petry notched the other assist.
The Wings made it 3-1 when Copp, near the net, redirected Petry’s shot from the right point past Jarry. Michael Rasmussen had the second assist.
With Pittsburgh’s Jansen Harkins in the penalty box for tripping Daniel Sprong, the Wings lengthened their lead to three goals. Jarry stopped a Larkin shot, but Perron was positioned near the goal crease to bang in the rebound. DeBrincat had the second assist.
At 3:37 of the third period, Karlsson scored to trim Detroit’s advantage to 4-2. With a shot from the left circle, he beat Husso on the glove side. The assists came from Sidney Crosby and Ryan Graves.
Copp got a penalty shot at 7:17, but Jarry saved it with his pad.
With less than seven minutes remaining, Rust diverted a Karlsson shot to bring Pittsburgh within one goal.
Copp made up for his missing penalty shot with an empty-net goal with 1:32 remaining. With 1:11 remaining, DeBrincat added another.
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