Pittsburgh Penguins Notes:
LAST 2 GAMES
Oct. 14: Pittsburgh 5, Calgary 2 – PPG Paints Arena
PIT Goals: Rust (2), Smith, Guentzel, Malkin
Multiple Points: Guentzel (1G-2A), Rust (2G), Malkin (1G-1A),
Smith (1G-1A), Letang (2A)
Goalie: Nedeljkovic (34 saves, 36 shots)
Key Stats: Jake Guentzel extended his season-opening point streak to three games (1G-5A) as Pittsburgh won at home.
PP: 0-3
PK: 2-3
Oct. 13: Pittsburgh 4, Washington 0 – Capital One Arena
PIT Goals: Crosby (2), Malkin, Smith
Multiple Points: Malkin (1G-3A), Crosby (2G), Guentzel (2A)
Goalie: Jarry (19 saves, 19 shots)
Key Stats: Sidney Crosby’s two goals gives him tallies in each of Pittsburgh’s first two games.
PP: 2-3
PK: 3-3
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Oct. 17 D Jack Rathbone and F Karel Plasek acquired from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for D Mark Friedman and F Ty Glover.
Pittsburgh’s All-Time Record vs. Red Wings: 77-68-21
In Pittsburgh: 55-22-6
In Detroit: 22-46-15
OT Record vs. Red Wings: 6-4-8
Shootout Record vs. Red Wings: 3-1
2022-23 Results: Pittsburgh went 1-1-1.
Penguins All-Time Point Leaders vs. RED WINGS:
Mario Lemieux: 27 GP, 58 PTS (21G-37A)
Jean Pronovost: 53 GP, 55 PTS (22G-33A)
Syl Apps: 35 GP, 39 PTS (12G-27A)
TONIGHT’S GAME
- The Penguins hit the road for the first of two-straight away games as they head to Detroit to take on the Red Wings (TV: TNT; Radio: 105.9 The X).
- Pittsburgh enters tonight’s game with points in nine of its last 10 contests against Detroit (7-1-2).
- The Penguins have won four of their last five games here at Little Caesars Arena (4-1-0).
- Pittsburgh has points in three-straight road games (2-0-1) dating back to last season.
QUICK HITS
1) Only Seth Jones (+6) Johnathan Kovacevic (+6), Cale Makar (+6) and Brady Skjei (+6) have a better plus/minus than Reilly Smith’s plus-5.
2) Rickard Rakell has 19 points (7G-12A) in 18 career games against the Red Wings. He has points in five of his last seven games versus them (3G-7A).
3) Goaltender Tristan Jarry is 3-0-0 with a 1.34 goals-against average and a .953 save percentage in three career starts versus Detroit.
4) Sidney Crosby has 38 points (16G-22A) in 32 career games against the Detroit Red Wings. He has multiple points in five of his last seven outings against them (5G-7A).
5) Kris Letang has 27 points (7G-20A) in 30 career contests versus Detroit. Only Mark Giordano (9) has more goals against them among active blueliners and his 0.90 points-per-game average against the Red Wings trails only teammate Erik Karlsson (1.00), Victor Hedman (0.93) and Rasmus Dahlin (0.93) among active defensemen.
TEAM NOTES
ALL-TIME LEADERS
(AMONG ACTIVE PLAYERS)
GOALS
- Alex Ovechkin……………822
- Sidney Crosby…………553
- Steven Stamkos………..517
- Evgeni Malkin………….473
- Joe Pavelski……………..450
ASSISTS - Sidney Crosby………….953
- Evgeni Malkin………….762
- Nicklas Backstrom…….761
- Anze Kopitar………………750
- Claude Giroux……………676
POINTS - Sidney Crosby……….1,506
- Alex Ovechkin………..1,485
- Evgeni Malkin……….1,235
- Anze Kopitar……………1,145
- Steven Stamkos…….1,060
POINTS PER GAME
- Connor McDavid……….1.49
- Sidney Crosby…………1.26
- Leon Draisaitl…………….1.17
- Evgeni Malkin………….1.16
- Kirill Kaprizov…………….1.15
OVERTIME GOALS
- Alex Ovechkin…………….25*
- Sidney Crosby……………20
- Brad Marchand…………….17
T-4. Jeff Carter……………..16
T-4. Brent Burns………………16
OVERTIME POINTS
- Sidney Crosby…………..43*
T-2. Evgeni Malkin…………38
T-2. Alex Ovechkin………….38 - Johnny Gaudreau………..35
T-5. Erik Karlsson………….33
T-5. Kris Letang…………….33
*1st in NHL History
QUICK START
On Monday, Evgeni Malkin was named the NHL’s Third Star of the Week for his efforts in Pittsburgh’s first three games of the season. Malkin opened the season with six points (2G-4A) in his first three games, and is currently tied with teammate Jake Guentzel (1G-5A) for second place in league scoring. Since the beginning Sidney Crosby/Malkin Era post-2005 lockout, Malkin and Guentzel’s six points are tied for the third-most points by any Penguin in their first three games of a season:
Most Points on PIT Through First Three Games, Since 2005-06
Season Player GP G A PTS
2014 Sidney Crosby 3 4 3 7
2011 Sidney Crosby 3 2 5 7
2023 Evgeni Malkin 3 2 4 6
2023 Jake Guentzel 3 1 5 6
2005 Ryan Whitney 3 0 6 6
Detroit Red Wings Notes:
LAST GAME
RED WINGS 4 at COLUMBUS 0 (10/16/23)
1ST PERIOD: DET Gostisbehere (Veleno, Määttä) 8:51-EV
2ND PERIOD: DET Rasmussen (Compher) 7:45-EV; DET Larkin (DeBrincat, Seider) 11:11-PP; DET Copp (Raymond, Walman) 12:07-PP
3RD PERIOD: No scoring
SHOTS: DET 28 (5-13-10) / CBJ 23 (9-4-10)
GOALIES: DET Reimer (W, 23-23) / CBJ Martin (L, 24-28)
PP: DET 2-5 / CBJ 0-4
MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since)
Robby Fabbri – undisclosed (2 / Oct. 12)
Total Man Games Lost: 2
2022-23 Man Games Lost: 318
2021-22 Man Games Lost: 372
2020-21 Man Games Lost: 204
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
10/15 – Recalled forward Austin Czarnik from Grand Rapids … Assigned forward Zach Aston-Reese to Grand Rapids
10/14 – Recalled forward Zach Aston-Reese from Grand Rapids
TONIGHT’S GAME
DETROIT RED WINGS (2-1-0) vs. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (2-1-0)
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 / 7:30 P.M. ET / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: TNT / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
TONIGHT: 167th all-time meeting, 84th in Detroit … First of three games this season, only game at Little Caesars Arena
ALL-TIME vs. PIT: 73-72-16-5 / HOME: 49-19-12-3 / LAST 10: 3-6-1 / IN 2022-23: 2-1-0 / THIS SEASON: 0-0-0
LAST TIME OUT
Oct. 16 at Columbus – 4-0 W
Detroit earned a 4-0 win at Columbus to improve to 2-1-0 overall and 1-1-0 on the road … James Reimer stopped all 23 shots he faced in his Red Wings debut … It marked Reimer’s 29th career NHL shutout … Reimer became the third goaltender in Red Wings history to record a shutout in his team debut, joining Ville Husso (Oct. 14, 2022 vs. Montreal) and Dave Gatherum (Oct. 11, 1953 vs. Toronto) … Reimer (35 years, 215 days) is the fourth-oldest goaltender on record to post a shutout in a team debut, trailing only Jacques Plante (44 years, 46 days with Boston on March 4, 1973), Dwayne Roloson (41 years, 84 days with Tampa Bay on Jan. 4, 2011) and Ed Belfour (37 years, 172 days with Toronto on Oct. 10, 2002) … Reimer has recorded a shutout with five different NHL franchises, trailing only Sean Burke (7), Lorne Chabot (6), Roloson (6) and Jaroslav Halák (6) … Shayne Gostisbehere opened the scoring with his first goal in a Detroit uniform … The Red Wings have scored first in all three games to begin the 2023-24 season … Gostisbehere (1-2-3 in 3 GP) became the sixth defenseman in franchise history with a three-game point streak to start his tenure, joining Kent Douglas (5 GP in 1967-68), Olli Määttä (4 GP in 2022-23), Steve Duchesne (4 GP in 1999-00), Paul Coffey (3 GP in 1992-93) and Pat Egan (3 GP in 1943-44) … Michael Rasmussen gave Detroit a 2-0 lead with his first goal of the season … Rasmussen has 13 points (4-9-13) in 20 games dating back to Jan. 16 at Colorado … Dylan Larkin and Andrew Copp scored power play goals 56 seconds apart to give the Red Wings a 4-0 cushion … Larkin extended his point streak to three-straight games (1-2-3 in 3 GP) to begin the 2023-24 season … Larkin has tallied 25 points (11-14-25) in 24 games since signing his eight-year contract extension on March 1 … Larkin paced the Red Wings in power play goals (16) and power play points (31) in 2022-23 … Copp has registered two points (1-1-2) in his last two games … J.T. Compher assisted on Rasmussen’s goal to extend his point streak to three-consecutive games (1-3-4 in 3 GP) … Compher (89-109-198 in 426 GP) is two points shy of 200 for his NHL career … Alex DeBrincat assisted on Larkin’s power play goal to extend his point streak to three-straight games (3-2-5 in 3 GP) … DeBrincat (3-2-5 in 3 GP) is the second Red Wings player in the past 30 years to begin his tenure with as many points through his first three games with the club, joining Thomas Vanek (2-3-5 in 2016- 17) … Moritz Seider also assisted on Larkin’s power play goal, giving him three points (1-2-3) in his last two games … Joe Veleno and Määttä both assisted on Gostisbehere’s goal … Veleno finished 11-for-12 (91.7%) at the faceoff circle … In total, the Red Wings were 37-for-55 (67.3%) on the draw … Lucas Raymond picked up an assist on Copp’s power play goal, giving him two points (1-1-2) in his last two outings … Jake Walman tallied an assist on Copp’s power play goal, giving him two assists in three games to begin the 2023-24 campaign … Klim Kostin recorded his first fighting major in a Detroit uniform and sixth of his NHL career … Austin Czarnik made his season debut with the Red Wings, logging 9:36 of ice time … Czarnik recorded three points (2-1-3) in two games with the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins prior to being recalled to Detroit … The Red Wings finished 2-for-5 on the power play, marking the second time the club has scored multiple power play goals in a game this season … Detroit also finished a perfect 4-for-4 on the penalty kill … In all, Detroit is 4-for-10 (40.0%) on the power play to begin the 2023-24 season … In terms of power play percentage, the Red Wings are tied with Toronto (40.0%) for the NHL lead … The Red Wings outshot the Blue Jackets by a 28-23 margin … Detroit has outshot its opponent in all three games to begin the 2023-24 season.
