The Pittsburgh Penguins stayed alive in the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals on Monday night with a triple-overtime victory over the Detroit Red Wings. The Penguins raced out to a 2-0 lead in the first period with goals by Marian Hossa and Adam Hall within the first fifteen minutes of the game, but the Wings stayed poised and mounted a comeback. Darren Helm found the net at the 2:54 mark of the second period on a snap shot, and Chris Osgood kept Pittsburgh out of the net in the second twenty minutes. Pavel Datsyuk tied the game up with a power-play goal at the 6:43 mark in the third period, and Brian Rafalski gave Detroit the lead less than three minutes later on a snap shot assisted by both Johan Frazen and Henrik Zetterberg. It appeared as though the Wings had the game wrapped up, but Maxime Talbot scored an improbable goal on a wrist shot with just 34 seconds left on the clock to knot the game at 3-3. The Penguins had pulled goalie Marc-Andre Fleury on the sequence. Through regulation Fleury had 31 saves, against just 14 for Osgood. Showcasing just how aggressive and effective the Wings were on offense. With the Detroit crowd still stunned by Pittsburgh's goal, the teams headed into overtime. Over the first seven minutes of the first extra period, the Red Wings attempted five shots against none for the Penguins. Soon after Pittsburgh controlled the puck, but came out short on a series of good attempts at the net. Fleury and Osgood then traded save after save as the clock ticked down on the overtime period, with neither budging as the team's stayed stuck at 3-3 after an extra twenty minutes of hockey. Detroit attempted eleven shots in the first overtime, against two for Pittsburgh. Daniel Cleary was called for goaltender interference at the 3:41 mark of the second overtime, but the Penguins were unable to capitalize as Osgood made a pair of good stops. Through the 10:00 mark of the second overtime, Detroit held a 53-24 edge in shots on goal. With just 2:16 left in double-overtime, Pittsburgh's Petr Sykora was called for hooking giving Detroit a chance to win the Cup at the end of the fifth period. Fleury and the Pens defense somehow kept the Wings out of the net, as one-hundred minutes of hockey couldn't decide the fifth game of the Finals. At the 10:39 mark of the third overtime, Pittsburgh received a huge boost when Detroit's Jiri Hudler received a four-minute penalty for high-sticking. A little more than thirty seconds later, Sykora won the game on a slap shot. Sergei Gonchar, who missed time earlier in the game, returned in the sixth period to help Pittsburgh record the win (he assisted on the game-winning goal along with Evgeni Malkin). Fleury finished the game with 55 saves. Game Six will be Wednesday night in Pittsburgh as the Red Wings look to avoid a Game Seven showdown later on this week.