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| 28th May, 2008 - 10:56 pm |  Andrew Perna/RealGM - The Pittsburgh Penguins recorded their first win of the Stanley Cup Finals on Wednesday night with a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings.
Sidney Crosby scored a goal at the 17:25 mark of the first period, and followed that up with another score early in the second to put the Penguins up 2-0 in Game Three.
Johan Franzen answered with a goal of his own at the 14:48 mark in the second, giving the Red Wings hope heading into the final twenty minutes of action.
Adam Hall added an insurance goal for Pittsburgh seven minutes into the third period.
Detroit kept things interesting, as Mikael Samuelsson found the net on a wrist shot at the 13:37 mark. The Red Wings recorded several shots on goal in the ensuing minutes, but Marc Andre-Fleury kept them out of the net.
The Red Wings attempted 34 goals on shot, against just 24 shots for the Penguins.
Only sixteen penalty minutes were handed out, ten for Pittsburgh and just six for Detroit.
Game Four will be Saturday night in Pittsburgh as the Penguins look to even up the series. [READ] |
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