• Who: Penguins (17-12-9) vs. Red Wings (24-14-3) • What: NHL regular season, Game 39 • When: 7:14 p.m. • Where: PPG Paints Arena • Goaltenders: Arturs Silovs (6-5-6, .888 SV%) vs. Cam Talbot (11-6-2, .898 SV%) • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh • Stream: SNP 360 (local), ESPN+ (out-of-market) • Radio: Penguins Radio Network • Boxscore: NHL.com • Medianotes: Penguins | Red Wings
► FOLLOW ALONG
• GOAL: Kris Letang in overtime. Penguins win. Penguins 4, Red Wings 3
• Overtime.
• Final minute.
• GOAL: And it's tied again. Alex Debrincat picks up a loose puck behind the net on the power play and puts it right in. Penguins 3, Red Wings 3
• Penguins to the PK with 3:46 left. Jack St. Ivany with a bad delay of game, puck over glass penalty.
• GOAL: Blake Lizotte takes a shot as he's falling that takes a bounce off a Red Wings defenseman and goes in. Penguins 3, Red Wings 2
• No goal. Still tied.
• Pause. Challenging for offside.
• GOAL: Lucas Raymond gives Detroit the lead with 7:12 left. Caught the puck on his stick in the slot and tapped it in. Red Wings 3, Penguins 2
• Now Blake Lizotte gets called for a trip with 12:52 left. He definitely had his stick wrapped around Lucas Raymond's shins and Raymond went down when they were battling for the puck but I don't know if it was necessarily a trip. But the stick positioning definitely didn't help.
• Nothing on the power play.
• Penguins get a power play with 15:59 left in the third. Lucas Raymond gets two for a high-stick of Noel Acciari.
• Third is underway.
• Boos for the officials as they come out for the third.
• Kris Letang is out here talking to the officials after the period ended.
• End of the second, it's tied 2-2. Shots are 20-16 Detroit.
• Shots are 18-12 Detroit with 3:25 left in this period.
• Back to full strength.
• Lucas Raymond gets called for holding the stick with 27 seconds left in the Detroit power play. So, brief 4-on-4 then a Penguins power play.
• Now Bryan Rust gets hit with unsportsmanlike conduct with 9:51 left and a "Ref you suck" chant breaks out. He had been giving it to the officials for awhile in this period.
• Penguins are a net minus-5 in penalties for vs. against, 22nd in the league. For context, Bruins are the worst at a minus-34 and Wild at the top as a plus-34.
• Penguins' 3.16 penalties drawn per 60 minutes is tied for 29th in the league with the Blues. Only the Devils and Rangers draw fewer. Mike Sullivan's Rangers are the only team to average under three, at 2.82/60.
• Now Tommy Novak gets hauled down.
• Yegor Chinakhov is hard to miss when he's out there. Fast, crazy shot.
• GOAL: Red Wings tie it 61 seconds into the second period. Andrew Copp. Bizarre goal. Dump in that looked like it was going to rim around the boards so Arturs Silovs went back to play it but it somehow hit the boards just right to pop out to the slot, so Copp had an empty net in front of him. Penguins 2, Red Wings 2
• Crowd is letting the officials hear it after a missed call on Detroit, Rickard Rakell got wrestled down to the ice.
• Second period is underway.
• Patrick Kane is back for Detroit.
• End of the first and it's Sidney Crosby 2, Red Wings 1. Shots are 9-6 Red Wings. Great start killed by penalties, some unearned, some very much earned.
• Penguins kill the second half of the double minor.
• GOAL: James vs. Riemsdyk scores with 33 seconds let in the first half of the double-minor. So, Red Wings still have two minutes left on their power play. Shot from a distance, Jack St. Ivany dropped to block it but it got around him. Penguins 2, Red Wings 1
• Oof. Now Tommy Novak gets a four-minute double-minor for high-sticking Patrick Kane with 3:41 left in the first. Kane is spitting up a lot of blood as he heads down the tunnel.
• Penguins kill that penalty, too. Softest call so far, for sure.
• Penguins are going right back on the PK with 7:13 left in the first. Parker Wotherspoon gets two for roughing.
• Penguins kill the penalty.
• Jersey sightings in the crowd before this PK: Pascal Dupuis, Mark Recchi, Alexei Kovalev, Ulf Samuelsson, Max Talbot, Andrew McCutchen.
• Penguins to the PK. Brett Kulak for holding with 10:17 left.
• Sidney Crosby has as many goals as the Red Wings have shots on goal so far.
• GOAL: Not even six minutes in and Sidney Crosby has two. Just skated in and shot that one from the slot. That was the happiest I've seen him after a goal in awhile, he was cracking up for some reason. Penguins 2, Red Wings 0
• GOAL: Sidney Crosby with his first goal since last year. Absurd laser of a shot on the power play from way above the left circle. Penguins 1, Red Wings 0
• Now the Penguins get a power play with 16:16 left. Nate Danielson gets two for holding.
• Noted veteran Ben Kindel is doing a lot of talking with Yegor Chinakhov as he's getting acclimated.
• Penguins kill the penalty. Red Wings didn't get a single shot. Sidney Crosby is a free man.
• Sidney Crosby takes a tripping penalty 20 seconds in. Penguins to the PK.
• Penguins' first game of the year is underway (I will be making lame jokes like this all night).
• Penguins hold a moment of cheers, not silence, for Lowell MacDonald after he passed:
TAYLOR HAASE / DKPS
• Red Wings' lines and pairings:
Emmett Finnie - Dylan Larkin - Lucas Raymond Alex DeBrincat - Andrew Copp - Patrick Kane Marco Kasper - Nate Danielson - James van Riemsdyk Michael Rasmussen - J.T. Compher - Mason Appleton
Simon Edvinsson - Mortiz Seider Ben Chiarot - Axel Sandin-Pellikka Albert Johansson - Jacob Bernard-Docker
• No surprises to the Penguins' lines and pairings. Same as this morning:
Rickard Rakell - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust Anthony Mantha - Tommy Novak - Justin Brazeau Yegor Chinakhov - Ben Kindel - Rutger McGroarty Connor Dewar - Blake Lizotte - Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon - Erik Karlsson Brett Kulak - Kris Letang Ryan Shea - Jack St. Ivany
THE ASYLUM
Final: Penguins 4, Red Wings 3, OT
• Who: Penguins (17-12-9) vs. Red Wings (24-14-3)
• What: NHL regular season, Game 39
• When: 7:14 p.m.
• Where: PPG Paints Arena
• Goaltenders: Arturs Silovs (6-5-6, .888 SV%) vs. Cam Talbot (11-6-2, .898 SV%)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Stream: SNP 360 (local), ESPN+ (out-of-market)
• Radio: Penguins Radio Network
• Boxscore: NHL.com
• Media notes: Penguins | Red Wings
► FOLLOW ALONG
• GOAL: Kris Letang in overtime. Penguins win. Penguins 4, Red Wings 3
• Overtime.
• Final minute.
• GOAL: And it's tied again. Alex Debrincat picks up a loose puck behind the net on the power play and puts it right in. Penguins 3, Red Wings 3
• Penguins to the PK with 3:46 left. Jack St. Ivany with a bad delay of game, puck over glass penalty.
• GOAL: Blake Lizotte takes a shot as he's falling that takes a bounce off a Red Wings defenseman and goes in. Penguins 3, Red Wings 2
• No goal. Still tied.
• Pause. Challenging for offside.
• GOAL: Lucas Raymond gives Detroit the lead with 7:12 left. Caught the puck on his stick in the slot and tapped it in. Red Wings 3, Penguins 2
• Now Blake Lizotte gets called for a trip with 12:52 left. He definitely had his stick wrapped around Lucas Raymond's shins and Raymond went down when they were battling for the puck but I don't know if it was necessarily a trip. But the stick positioning definitely didn't help.
• Nothing on the power play.
• Penguins get a power play with 15:59 left in the third. Lucas Raymond gets two for a high-stick of Noel Acciari.
• Third is underway.
• Boos for the officials as they come out for the third.
• Kris Letang is out here talking to the officials after the period ended.
• End of the second, it's tied 2-2. Shots are 20-16 Detroit.
• Shots are 18-12 Detroit with 3:25 left in this period.
• Back to full strength.
• Lucas Raymond gets called for holding the stick with 27 seconds left in the Detroit power play. So, brief 4-on-4 then a Penguins power play.
• Now Bryan Rust gets hit with unsportsmanlike conduct with 9:51 left and a "Ref you suck" chant breaks out. He had been giving it to the officials for awhile in this period.
• Penguins are a net minus-5 in penalties for vs. against, 22nd in the league. For context, Bruins are the worst at a minus-34 and Wild at the top as a plus-34.
• Penguins' 3.16 penalties drawn per 60 minutes is tied for 29th in the league with the Blues. Only the Devils and Rangers draw fewer. Mike Sullivan's Rangers are the only team to average under three, at 2.82/60.
• Now Tommy Novak gets hauled down.
• Yegor Chinakhov is hard to miss when he's out there. Fast, crazy shot.
• GOAL: Red Wings tie it 61 seconds into the second period. Andrew Copp. Bizarre goal. Dump in that looked like it was going to rim around the boards so Arturs Silovs went back to play it but it somehow hit the boards just right to pop out to the slot, so Copp had an empty net in front of him. Penguins 2, Red Wings 2
• Crowd is letting the officials hear it after a missed call on Detroit, Rickard Rakell got wrestled down to the ice.
• Second period is underway.
• Patrick Kane is back for Detroit.
• End of the first and it's Sidney Crosby 2, Red Wings 1. Shots are 9-6 Red Wings. Great start killed by penalties, some unearned, some very much earned.
• Penguins kill the second half of the double minor.
• GOAL: James vs. Riemsdyk scores with 33 seconds let in the first half of the double-minor. So, Red Wings still have two minutes left on their power play. Shot from a distance, Jack St. Ivany dropped to block it but it got around him. Penguins 2, Red Wings 1
• Oof. Now Tommy Novak gets a four-minute double-minor for high-sticking Patrick Kane with 3:41 left in the first. Kane is spitting up a lot of blood as he heads down the tunnel.
• Penguins kill that penalty, too. Softest call so far, for sure.
• Penguins are going right back on the PK with 7:13 left in the first. Parker Wotherspoon gets two for roughing.
• Penguins kill the penalty.
• Jersey sightings in the crowd before this PK: Pascal Dupuis, Mark Recchi, Alexei Kovalev, Ulf Samuelsson, Max Talbot, Andrew McCutchen.
• Penguins to the PK. Brett Kulak for holding with 10:17 left.
• Sidney Crosby has as many goals as the Red Wings have shots on goal so far.
• GOAL: Not even six minutes in and Sidney Crosby has two. Just skated in and shot that one from the slot. That was the happiest I've seen him after a goal in awhile, he was cracking up for some reason. Penguins 2, Red Wings 0
• GOAL: Sidney Crosby with his first goal since last year. Absurd laser of a shot on the power play from way above the left circle. Penguins 1, Red Wings 0
• Now the Penguins get a power play with 16:16 left. Nate Danielson gets two for holding.
• Noted veteran Ben Kindel is doing a lot of talking with Yegor Chinakhov as he's getting acclimated.
• Penguins kill the penalty. Red Wings didn't get a single shot. Sidney Crosby is a free man.
• Sidney Crosby takes a tripping penalty 20 seconds in. Penguins to the PK.
• Penguins' first game of the year is underway (I will be making lame jokes like this all night).
• Penguins hold a moment of cheers, not silence, for Lowell MacDonald after he passed:
TAYLOR HAASE / DKPS
• Red Wings' lines and pairings:
Emmett Finnie - Dylan Larkin - Lucas Raymond
Alex DeBrincat - Andrew Copp - Patrick Kane
Marco Kasper - Nate Danielson - James van Riemsdyk
Michael Rasmussen - J.T. Compher - Mason Appleton
Simon Edvinsson - Mortiz Seider
Ben Chiarot - Axel Sandin-Pellikka
Albert Johansson - Jacob Bernard-Docker
• No surprises to the Penguins' lines and pairings. Same as this morning:
Rickard Rakell - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust
Anthony Mantha - Tommy Novak - Justin Brazeau
Yegor Chinakhov - Ben Kindel - Rutger McGroarty
Connor Dewar - Blake Lizotte - Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon - Erik Karlsson
Brett Kulak - Kris Letang
Ryan Shea - Jack St. Ivany
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