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Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 2

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
DET	1	1	1	3
PIT	0	1	1	2

Final

8:00 PM ET, June 4, 2008

Mellon Arena

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

THREE STARS

H. Zetterberg
Red Wings (LW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

B. Rafalski
Red Wings (D )

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

E. Malkin
Penguins (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

Game Information
Arena: Mellon Arena Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Referees: Brad Watson, Marc Joannette Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Jean Morin
Attendance: 17,132 (101.0% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Detroit

Pittsburgh

Total Shots
	30
	22

PIM
	12
	8

Hits
	28
	37

Giveaways
	2
	14

Takeaways
	1
	3

Faceoffs Won
	35
	23

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
5:03		Brian Rafalski (4) (Power Play) Assists: Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk	Detroit 1-0
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
4:17		Darryl Sydor: 2 Minutes for Interference of Kirk Maltby
8:28		Dallas Drake: 2 Minutes for Charging Ryan Whitney
8:55		Kris Draper: 2 Minutes for Roughing Sergei Gonchar
11:15		Adam Hall: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Nicklas Lidstrom

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
8:07		Valtteri Filppula (5) Assists: Mikael Samuelsson, Niklas Kronwall	Detroit 2-0
15:26		Evgeni Malkin (10) (Power Play) Assists: Sidney Crosby, Marian Hossa	Detroit 2-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
2:06		Andreas Lilja: 2 Minutes for Slashing Ryan Malone
14:22		Pavel Datsyuk: 2 Minutes for Interference of Jordan Staal
16:13		Gary Roberts: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Brad Stuart
17:58		Johan Franzen: 2 Minutes for Roughing Brooks Orpik
17:58		Brooks Orpik: 2 Minutes for Roughing Johan Franzen

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
7:36		Henrik Zetterberg (13) Assists: Pavel Datsyuk, Niklas Kronwall	Detroit 3-1
18:33		Marian Hossa (12) (Power Play) Assists: Sergei Gonchar, Evgeni Malkin	Detroit 3-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
18:13		Jiri Hudler: 2 Minutes for Hooking Evgeni Malkin

Player Summary

Detroit Red Wings												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
D. Cleary RW	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	29	17:08	1:30	1:52	13:46	2	2	50.0
P. Datsyuk C	0	2	1	2	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	28	21:58	3:16	2:00	16:42	1	1	50.0
D. Drake LW	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	17	9:34	0:00	0:58	8:36	0	0	00.0
K. Draper C	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	27	16:31	0:00	2:25	14:06	15	3	83.3
V. Filppula C	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	17:10	0:15	0:37	16:18	7	8	46.7
J. Franzen C	0	0	2	4	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	27	15:05	1:15	0:00	13:50	0	0	00.0
D. Helm C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2:35	0:00	0:00	2:35	1	2	33.3
T. Holmstrom LW	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	20	15:21	3:16	0:00	12:05	0	0	00.0
J. Hudler LW	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	16	9:41	1:21	0:00	8:20	0	0	00.0
N. Kronwall D	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	28	19:22	1:33	2:48	15:01	0	0	00.0
B. Lebda D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	22	13:02	0:00	0:00	13:02	0	0	00.0
N. Lidstrom D	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	28:10	3:13	3:36	21:21	0	0	00.0
A. Lilja D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	27	14:07	0:00	2:14	11:53	0	0	00.0
K. Maltby LW	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	16	8:29	0:00	0:06	8:23	0	0	00.0
B. Rafalski D	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	25:50	3:29	0:30	21:51	0	0	00.0
M. Samuelsson RW	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	29	16:29	1:11	0:00	15:18	0	0	00.0
B. Stuart D	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	29	18:34	0:15	2:34	15:45	0	0	00.0
H. Zetterberg LW	1	1	1	6	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	30	23:30	3:16	2:11	18:03	9	7	56.3
Detroit Red Wings Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
D Mccarty									Healthy
C Chelios									Leg Injury
A Downey									Healthy
T Kopecky									Torn Acl
M Hartigan									Healthy
D Meech									Healthy
J Howard									Healthy
K Quincey									Healthy
J Ericsson									Healthy
J Kindl									Healthy
M Ritola									Healthy
J Abdelkader									Healthy

Pittsburgh Penguins												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
S. Crosby C	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	26	21:21	4:05	0:09	17:07	9	16	36.0
P. Dupuis LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	23	14:59	0:00	2:12	12:47	0	0	00.0
H. Gill D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	20	14:59	0:00	2:23	12:36	0	0	00.0
S. Gonchar D	0	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	28	27:20	6:10	1:32	19:38	0	0	00.0
A. Hall RW	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	19	13:34	0:00	1:31	12:03	3	4	42.9
M. Hossa RW	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	26	23:21	5:16	0:57	17:08	0	0	00.0
T. Kennedy C	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3:21	0:00	0:00	3:21	0	0	00.0
E. Malkin C	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	25	19:37	5:00	0:00	14:37	3	3	50.0
R. Malone LW	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	24	19:14	3:34	1:05	14:35	0	2	00.0
B. Orpik D	0	0	-2	1	0	3	1	2	11	0	2	24	18:58	0:00	2:23	16:35	0	0	00.0
G. Roberts LW	0	0	-1	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	11	7:14	0:48	0:00	6:26	0	0	00.0
J. Ruutu LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	4:30	0:00	0:00	4:30	0	1	00.0
R. Scuderi D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	21	15:13	0:00	2:23	12:50	0	0	00.0
J. Staal C	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	28	20:14	1:35	0:51	17:48	4	6	40.0
D. Sydor D	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	3	0	1	20	16:11	0:07	0:00	16:04	0	0	00.0
P. Sykora RW	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	22	16:19	0:59	0:00	15:20	0	0	00.0
M. Talbot C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	24	17:16	0:00	2:47	14:29	4	3	57.1
R. Whitney D	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	25	23:13	2:31	0:28	20:14	0	0	00.0
Pittsburgh Penguins Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
G Laraque									Healthy
K Beech									Healthy
D Sabourin									Healthy
J Taffe									Healthy
K Letang									Healthy

Goaltending Summary

Detroit Red Wings Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
C. Osgood	22	2	20	.909	60:00	0

Pittsburgh Penguins Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
M. Fleury	30	3	27	.9	58:20	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Detroit	9	9	12	30
Pittsburgh	8	8	6	22

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Detroit	1 of 0
Pittsburgh	2 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

Playoff Series

Detroit won 4-2

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NHL Scores

Wednesday, June 4th

Detroit	3	Final
Pittsburgh	2

ESPN NHL

Detroit 3, Pittsburgh 2

Final

Playoff Series

NHL Scores

Wednesday, June 4th