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)