March 21, Penguins @ Detroit

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March 21, 2011
Penguins @ Detroit

1st Period
15:14 1-0 Pascal Dupuis (12) (Chris Conner (7), Jordan Staal (14)
19:17 2-0 Chris Kunitz (22) (Pascal Dupuis (19), Kris Letang (39)

2nd Period
10:51 3-0 SHG- Pascal Dupuis (13) (Jordan Staal (15), Ben Lovejoy (11)
13:16 4-0 Tyler Kennedy (17) (Chris Kunitz (22), Craig Adams (9)
17:41 4-1 Henrik Zetterberg (21) (D. Cleary (18), B. Stuart (14)

3rd Period
01:57 4-2 Valtteri Filppula (16) (B. Stuart (15), T. Holmström (17)
08:06 4-3 PPG- Danny Cleary (24) (N. Kronwall (24), N. Lidström (42)
10:27 4-4 PPG- Mike Modano (3) (V. Filppula (20), N. Lidström (43)

OT:
(Nothing)

Shootout:
Todd Bertuzzi....SAVE BY JOHNSON!
Alexei Kovalev...Save by MacDonald.
Mike Modano...SAVE BY JOHNSON!
Kris Letang...Missed.
Danny Cleary...SAVE BY JOHNSON!
James Neal...SCORES!!!


Final Score: Penguins 5-4 Red Wings after SO
Shots on Goal: Penguins 25-41 Red Wings.

Brent Johnson 37-41 saves
Joey MacDonald 10-10 saves
Jimmy Howard 11-15 saves

Nikman's Three Stars of the Game
1. Brent Johnson
2. Pascal Dupuis
3. James Neal

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WIN!
We sweep the Wings! 2-0
Game of the Year Candidate.
Brent Johnson IZ THA MAN!
James Neal with the Winner!
Pascal Dupuis with a 3 point night (2G,1A)
Wings were nearly fried for good.

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Third Period Meltdown... AGAIN.
Comeback by Detroit.