Overview
- Sidney Crosby scored twice and added an assist to extend his point streak to five games, staking Pittsburgh to a 2-0 lead inside six minutes.
- Erik Karlsson recorded two assists to reach 900 career points, becoming the 14th defenseman and second active blueliner to hit the mark.
- Detroit rallied twice with goals from James van Riemsdyk, Andrew Copp and a late power-play equalizer by Alex DeBrincat after an earlier Red Wings goal was erased on an offside challenge.
- Arturs Silovs made 24 saves for Pittsburgh and Cam Talbot stopped 27 shots for Detroit as the Penguins notched their third straight win and fourth in five.
- Kris Letang’s goal was his 13th career overtime marker, tying Scott Niedermayer for second-most by a defenseman, and he reached 1,200 games all with Pittsburgh; Yegor Chinakhov debuted for the Penguins after a trade from Columbus.