Visitor:  Detroit Red Wings

Home:  Pittsburgh Penguins

Date:  May 28, 2008

Stanley Cup Finals Game 3

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          Final

DET                 0          1          1            2

PIT                  1          1          1            3

 

Visitor playmakers:

Johan Franzen, Mikael Samuelsson

 

Home playmakers:

Sidney Crosby, Adam Hall

 

Network:  NBC (KSHB Kansas City)

Announcers:  Mike Emrick, Eddie Olczyk

 

Pregame:  Yes

Intermissions:  Yes

Postgame:  Yes

Commercials:  Yes

 

Grade:  A

 

Notes:  The Penguins continue their home winning streak, as Crosby notches two goals and Hall adds a third. 

 

Detroit made it tough on the Pens early in the contest. Had it not been for the play of Marc-Andre Fleury (32 saves) – and some bad bounces – the Red Wings could have taken an early lead and silenced what was a phenomenal crowd in the Steel City. Early in the contest, the Wings held a 9-1 edge in shots on goal.

 

A furious third period stretch of more than six minutes without a whistle yields no goals for the Red Wings, and Pittsburgh holds on for the victory.

 

The win assured a fifth game in Detroit, but it also erased delusions some may have had that the Wings were going to play this entire Final without allowing a goal.

 

Running time:  2:58 (2 discs)