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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | 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
Periods:
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1
Pittsburgh   Detroit
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Zetterberg, Henrik. 0:00  
Kunitz, Chris shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 0:14  
  0:35 Zetterberg, Henrik wins the face-off against Malkin, Evgeni.
Dumoulin, Brian shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 1:00  
Hornqvist, Patric wins the face-off against Sheahan, Riley. 1:34  
Sheary, Conor shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 1:41  
  2:02 Sheahan, Riley shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
Letang, Kris shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 2:48  
  3:27 Larkin, Dylan shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
Perron, David shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 3:44  
  4:18 Helm, Darren shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
  5:34 Smith, Brendan shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
  6:47
(0-1) 		Abdelkader, Justin scores. Assisted by Larkin, Dylan. Assisted by Kronwall, Niklas.
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Zetterberg, Henrik. 6:47  
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Glendening, Luke. 6:57  
Letang, Kris shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 7:04  
  7:41 Richards, Brad wins the face-off against Cullen, Matt.
  8:48 Sheahan, Riley shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
  8:48 Zetterberg, Henrik wins the face-off against Crosby, Sidney.
  10:03 Marchenko, Alexey shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
Letang, Kris penalty for Roughing - 2 mins. 10:15  
  10:15 Glendening, Luke penalty for Roughing - 2 mins.
  10:15 Datsyuk, Pavel wins the face-off against Malkin, Evgeni.
Kessel, Phil shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 10:53  
  10:56 Zetterberg, Henrik wins the face-off against Crosby, Sidney.
  12:14 Marchenko, Alexey shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
  12:15
(0-2) 		Smith, Brendan scores. Assisted by Marchenko, Alexey. Assisted by Tatar, Tomas.
  12:15 Glendening, Luke wins the face-off against Bonino, Nick.
  12:23 Glendening, Luke wins the face-off against Cullen, Matt.
Hornqvist, Patric shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 13:34  
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Zetterberg, Henrik. 14:13  
  15:39 Datsyuk, Pavel wins the face-off against Malkin, Evgeni.
Sheary, Conor shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 16:29  
Maatta, Olli shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 17:02  
Crosby, Sidney shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 18:04  
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Glendening, Luke. 19:49  
2
Pittsburgh   Detroit
  0:00 Zetterberg, Henrik wins the face-off against Crosby, Sidney.
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Zetterberg, Henrik. 0:05  
Lovejoy, Ben shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 0:14  
  0:15 DeKeyser, Danny penalty for Hooking - 2 mins.
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Glendening, Luke. 0:15  
Hornqvist, Patric scores a power play goal. Assisted by Malkin, Evgeni. Assisted by Letang, Kris. 0:45
(1-2) 		 
Cullen, Matt wins the face-off against Sheahan, Riley. 0:46  
  0:52 Sheahan, Riley wins the face-off against Cullen, Matt.
  1:38 Tatar, Tomas shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
Perron, David shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 2:01  
  2:32 Datsyuk, Pavel shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
Letang, Kris penalty for Slashing - 2 mins. 2:35  
Cullen, Matt wins the face-off against Datsyuk, Pavel. 2:35  
  4:21 Green, Mike shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
  4:33 Richards, Brad shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
  4:33 Glendening, Luke wins the face-off against Crosby, Sidney.
Malkin, Evgeni wins the face-off against Zetterberg, Henrik. 4:56  
Maatta, Olli shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 5:49  
  6:27 Marchenko, Alexey shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
  6:29 Tatar, Tomas shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
Letang, Kris penalty for Cross checking - 2 mins. 8:28  
Cullen, Matt wins the face-off against Datsyuk, Pavel. 8:28  
  9:04 Kronwall, Niklas shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
  9:21 Zetterberg, Henrik shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
Bonino, Nick wins the face-off against Sheahan, Riley. 9:26  
  10:23 Larkin, Dylan shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
  11:14 DeKeyser, Danny penalty for Interference - 2 mins.
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Glendening, Luke. 11:14  
Letang, Kris scores a power play goal. Assisted by Malkin, Evgeni. Assisted by Kessel, Phil. 11:44
(2-2) 		 
Bonino, Nick wins the face-off against Sheahan, Riley. 11:44  
  12:03 Sheahan, Riley wins the face-off against Cullen, Matt.
Bonino, Nick wins the face-off against Sheahan, Riley. 12:56  
  13:04 Helm, Darren shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
Hornqvist, Patric shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 13:33  
Hornqvist, Patric shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 13:34  
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Glendening, Luke. 13:34  
  13:42 Glendening, Luke wins the face-off against Crosby, Sidney.
  13:51 Glendening, Luke shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Datsyuk, Pavel. 13:51  
Crosby, Sidney shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 14:05  
Daley, Trevor shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 14:09  
Malkin, Evgeni wins the face-off against Zetterberg, Henrik. 14:09  
Kessel, Phil shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 15:04  
Malkin, Evgeni shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 15:06  
Fehr, Eric wins the face-off against Sheahan, Riley. 15:19  
  15:28 Nyquist, Gustav shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
Fehr, Eric wins the face-off against Sheahan, Riley. 15:28  
Daley, Trevor shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 16:27  
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Datsyuk, Pavel. 16:55  
Dumoulin, Brian shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 17:03  
  18:11 DeKeyser, Danny shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
  18:17 Detroit team penalty for Too many men on ice - 2 mins.
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Sheahan, Riley. 18:17  
Hornqvist, Patric shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 18:26  
Malkin, Evgeni shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 19:14  
  19:14 Glendening, Luke wins the face-off against Bonino, Nick.
Dumoulin, Brian shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 19:34  
  19:55 Glendening, Luke penalty for Roughing - 2 mins.
Perron, David penalty for Cross checking - 2 mins. 19:55  
  19:55 Sheahan, Riley wins the face-off against Crosby, Sidney.
Crosby, Sidney shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 19:59  
3
Pittsburgh   Detroit
  0:00 Sheahan, Riley wins the face-off against Crosby, Sidney.
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Sheahan, Riley. 0:11  
Hornqvist, Patric shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 0:45  
  0:53 Zetterberg, Henrik shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
  0:54 Richards, Brad wins the face-off against Cullen, Matt.
  1:16 Sheahan, Riley wins the face-off against Bonino, Nick.
  1:28 Sheahan, Riley shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
  2:17 Nosek, Tomas wins the face-off against Fehr, Eric.
Letang, Kris shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 3:55  
  3:56 Richards, Brad wins the face-off against Malkin, Evgeni.
Cullen, Matt shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 4:06  
Kessel, Phil penalty for Slashing - 2 mins. 5:13  
  5:13 Zetterberg, Henrik wins the face-off against Bonino, Nick.
  6:04 Datsyuk, Pavel wins the face-off against Cullen, Matt.
Crosby, Sidney scores. Assisted by Perron, David. 7:48
(3-2) 		 
Malkin, Evgeni wins the face-off against Glendening, Luke. 7:48  
Malkin, Evgeni scores. Assisted by Kessel, Phil. Assisted by Dumoulin, Brian. 8:22
(4-2) 		 
  8:22 Zetterberg, Henrik wins the face-off against Crosby, Sidney.
Fehr, Eric shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 10:15  
  10:42 Marchenko, Alexey shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
  10:50 Richards, Brad shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
  11:12 Larkin, Dylan shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
  11:15 Zetterberg, Henrik wins the face-off against Crosby, Sidney.
Perron, David shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 11:48  
  12:42 DeKeyser, Danny shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
  12:43 Richards, Brad wins the face-off against Crosby, Sidney.
Cullen, Matt wins the face-off against Zetterberg, Henrik. 13:55  
  14:16 Zetterberg, Henrik shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Glendening, Luke. 14:16  
Kunitz, Chris shoots. Saved by Mrazek, Petr. 14:27  
  15:31 Datsyuk, Pavel shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
  15:31 Zetterberg, Henrik wins the face-off against Cullen, Matt.
  15:34 Green, Mike shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
Cullen, Matt wins the face-off against Zetterberg, Henrik. 15:36  
  15:43 Zetterberg, Henrik wins the face-off against Cullen, Matt.
  15:50 Datsyuk, Pavel shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
Crosby, Sidney wins the face-off against Zetterberg, Henrik. 15:51  
Kunitz, Chris penalty for Roughing - 2 mins. 16:33  
  16:33 Abdelkader, Justin penalty for Roughing - 2 mins.
  16:33 Datsyuk, Pavel wins the face-off against Cullen, Matt.
  16:43 Zetterberg, Henrik shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
  17:19 Richards, Brad wins the face-off against Bonino, Nick.
  17:55 Tatar, Tomas shoots. Saved by Zatkoff, Jeff.
Cullen, Matt wins the face-off against Datsyuk, Pavel. 17:55  
Bonino, Nick wins the face-off against Datsyuk, Pavel. 18:16  
Letang, Kris scores on an empty net. Assisted by Bonino, Nick. 18:20
(5-2) 		 
  18:20 Glendening, Luke wins the face-off against Fehr, Eric.