PITTSBURGH PENGUINS NOTES:
LAST 2 GAMES
Apr. 6: Pittsburgh 4, Minnesota 1 – PPG Paints Arena
PIT Goals: Letang, Rakell (PP), Zucker, Carter
Multiple Points: Letang (1G-1A), Rakell (1G-1A), Dumoulin (2A), Guentzel (2A)
Goalie: Jarry (27 saves, 28 shots)
Key Stats: Jake Guentzel hit the 70-point plateau for the third time in his career.
PP: 1-4
PK: 4-5
Apr. 4: New Jersey 5, Pittsburgh 1 – PPG Paints Arena
PIT Goals: Rust
Multiple Points: None
Goalie: Jarry (31 saves, 36 shots)
Key Stats: Bryan Rust hit the 20-goal plateau for the fourth-straight season.
PP: 0-4
PK: 3-4
INJURIES
Position Player Status Consecutive Games Missed Total Games Missed
F Nick Bonino Kidney 15 15
D Dmitry Kulikov Lower-Body 13 13
D Marcus Pettersson Undisclosed 10 12
2022-23 Total Regular-Season Man-Games Lost: 206
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Date Transaction
Apr. 6 F Alex Nylander re-assigned to WBS (AHL).
Apr. 6 F Alex Nylander recalled from WBS (AHL).
Apr. 5 G Joel Blomqvist signed to a three-year entry-level contract.
Apr. 2 F Alex Nylander re-assigned to WBS (AHL).
Pittsburgh’s All-Time Record vs. Red Wings: 76-68-21
In Pittsburgh: 55-22-6
In Detroit: 21-46-15
OT Record vs. Red Wings: 6-4-8
Shootout Record vs. Red Wings: 3-1
2022-23 Results: Pittsburgh is 0-1-1.
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 as they head to Detroit to take on the Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena (TV: ABC; Radio: 105.9 The X).
- Pittsburgh enters tonight’s game with points in eight of its last nine contests against Detroit (6-1-2).
- The Penguins have won three of their last four games here at Little Caesars Arena (3-1-0).
- Following today’s game, Pittsburgh will only play one more road game – Apr. 13 at Columbus.
DETROIT RED WINGS NOTES:
LAST GAME
RED WINGS 6 vs. BUFFALO 7 SO (4/6/23)
1ST PERIOD: BUF Thompson (Cozens, Power) 4:35-EV; DET Czarnik (Berggren, Walman) 10:38-EV; DET Larkin (Raymond, Seider) 15:05-PP; BUF Jokiharju (Tuch, Mittelstadt) 17:10-EV; BUF Cozens (Krebs, Power) 19:08-PP
2ND PERIOD: BUF Girgensons (Okposo, Power) 1:33-EV; DET Chiasson (Larkin, Raymond) 16:04-PP; DET Edvinsson (unassisted) 16:52-EV
3RD PERIOD: BUF Greenway (Mittelstadt, Jokiharju) 3:20-EV; BUF Cozens (Thompson, Dahlin) 4:32-EV; DET Berggren (Luff) 8:02- EV; DET Perron (Seider, Raymond) 19:00-EV
OT: No scoring
SO: BUF Thompson (save), DET Raymond (goal); BUF Quinn (goal), DET Perron (save); BUF Tuch (goal), DET Larkin (save)
SHOTS: DET 32 (8-14-8-2) / BUF 36 (16-7-10-3)
GOALIES: DET Husso (SOL, 30-36) / BUF Levi (W, 26-32)
PP: DET 2-3 / BUF 1-3
MAN GAMES LOST (games missed / out since)
Robby Fabbri – lower body (49 / March 8)
Filip Zadina – lower body (44 / March 24)
Michael Rasmussen – lower body (22 / Feb. 25)
Marco Kasper – lower body (2 / April 3)
Total Man Games Lost: 298
Individual Man Games Lost: Jakub Vrána (33), Matt Luff (32), Tyler Bertuzzi (31), Robert Hägg (15), Gustav Lindström (14), Elmer Söderblom (13), Ville Husso (9), Lucas Raymond (8), Oskar Sundqvist (7), Ben Chiarot (6), Olli Määttä (4), Jake Walman (3), Adam Erne (2), Jordan Oesterle (2), Alex Chiasson (1), Dylan Larkin (1)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
3/30 (POSTGAME) – Recalled forward Marco Kasper from Rögle BK (SHL)
TODAY’S GAME
RED WINGS vs. PENGUINS / 1:00 P.M. EDT / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: ESPN+, ABC / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
TODAY: 166th all-time meeting, 83rd in Detroit … Third of three games this season, second of two at Little Caesars Arena
ALL-TIME vs. PIT: 73-71-16-5 / HOME: 49-18-12-3 / LAST 10: 4-5-1 / IN 2021-22: 1-2-0 / THIS SEASON: 2-0-0
DET top scorers vs. PIT: Dylan Larkin (8-9-17 in 19 GP), David Perron (6-9-15 in 19 GP), Andrew Copp (3-5-8 in 15 GP), Robby Fabbri (2-2-4 in 8 GP), Dominik Kubalík (2-1-3 in 5 GP), Joe Veleno (1-2-3 in 5 GP), Lucas Raymond (0-3-3 in 5 GP), Moritz Seider (0-3-3 in 5 GP), Jonatan Berggren (2-0-2 in 2 GP), Filip Zadina (2-0-2 in 4 GP)
PIT top scorers vs. DET: Evgeni Malkin (16-24-40 in 26 GP), Sidney Crosby (14-21-35 in 31 GP), Kris Letang (7-19-26 in 29 GP), Rickard Rakell (7-12-19 in 17 GP), Jeff Carter (10-9-19 in 27 GP), Jake Guentzel (5-7-12 in 13 GP), Jason Zucker (7-4-11 in 16 GP), Bryan Rust (2-7-9 in 16 GP), Chad Ruhwedel (2-4-6 in 10 GP), Josh Archibald (2-1-3 in 4 GP), Drew O’Connor (1-1-2 in 2 GP)
UPCOMING GAMES (ALL TIMES EDT)
Monday, April 10: RED WINGS vs. STARS / 7:00 p.m. / LITTLE CAESARS ARENA / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Tuesday, April 11: RED WINGS at HURRICANES / 7:00 p.m. / PNC Arena / TV: BSD EXTRA / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
Thursday, April 13: RED WINGS at LIGHTNING / 7:00 p.m. / Amalie Arena / TV: BSD / RADIO: WXYT 97.1 FM
LAST TIME OUT
April 6 vs. Buffalo – 7-6 SOL
Detroit fell 7-6 in a shootout against Buffalo to move to 35-33-10 overall and 19-15-5 inside Little Caesars Arena … The Red Wings are 4-1-1 in their last six games, recording 28 goals in that span … Detroit is 12-8-10 in one-goal games this season, and 27-9-20 since the beginning of the 2021-22 campaign … David Perron scored the game-tying goal with 59.8 seconds left in regulation … Perron has notched 10 points (7-3-10) in his last six games … Perron ranks second among Red Wings skaters in goals (23), points (54), power play points (22) and shots (186) through 78 games … Detroit has scored 10 goals at 6-on-5 this season, which is the most of any NHL team … Lucas Raymond finished with three assists for his 10th multi-point game and third three-point performance of the season … Raymond extended his point streak to three-consecutive games (1-4-5 in 3 GP) … Raymond picked up his 100th career NHL point with an assist on Alex Chiasson’s power play goal … Raymond (21 years, nine days) became the third-youngest player in franchise history to reach 100 career points with Detroit, following Steve Yzerman (19 years, 174 days on Oct. 30, 1984) and Gordie Howe (20 years, 350 days on March 16, 1949) … Dylan Larkin tallied a power play goal and an assist for his 17th multi-point game of the campaign … Larkin’s goal was his 32nd of the season, matching his career high which was set in 2018-19 … Larkin has registered 10 points (6-4-10) in his last six games, and 21 points (10-11-21) in 18 contests since he signed an eight-year contract extension on March 1 … Larkin extended his team lead in goals (32), assists (46), points (78), power play goals (16), power play points (31) and shots (236) through 77 games … Larkin became the first Red Wings skater to score 16 power play goals in a single season since Henrik Zetterberg did so in 2007-08 … Larkin also became the first Detroit skater to record more than 30 power play points in a single season since Nicklas Lidström (39) in 2010-11 … Jonatan Berggren logged a goal and an assist for his second career multi-point game … Berggren extended his point streak to three-straight games (2-2-4 in 3 GP) … Moritz Seider, who celebrated his 22nd birthday, had two assists for his ninth multi-point game of the campaign … Seider has collected seven assists in his last six games … Austin Czarnik put Detroit on the board with his third goal of the season … Chiasson scored on the power play for his sixth goal of the season … Seven of Chiasson’s nine points this season have come on the power play … The Red Wings are 7-for-14 (50.0%) on the man advantage since March 28 vs. Pittsburgh … Detroit is 11-1-1 this season when netting multiple power play goals … Simon Edvinsson made it a 4-4 contest with his second goal of the season … Chiasson and Edvinsson’s goals were scored 48 seconds apart.
