Visitor: Pittsburgh Penguins

Home: Detroit Red Wings

Date: June 2, 2008

Stanley Cup Finals Game 5

Scoring:

Team 1 2 3 OT 2OT 3OT Final

PIT 2 0 1 0 0 1 4

DET 0 1 2 0 0 0 3

Visitor playmakers:

Marian Hossa, Adam Hall, Maxime Talbot, Petr Sykora

Home playmakers:

Darren Helm, Pavel Datsyuk, Brian Rafalski

Network: NBC (KSHB Kansas City)

Announcers: Mike Emrick, Eddie Olczyk

Pregame: Yes

Intermissions: Yes

Postgame: No

Commercials: No

Grade: A

Notes: The Penguins blow a 2-0 first period lead, only to tie the game with 35 seconds left to force overtime. Almost an hour later, Petr Sykora slapped in the game-winning goal and the Stanley Cup went back into the crate. Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury was amazing, stopping 55 of 58 shots while the rest of his team paid a physical price. Sergei Gonchar crashed headfirst into the boards and missed half the game before coming back to play during the final, game-ending power-play, Ryan Malone took a puck to the face, and Brooks Orpik had to take intravenous fluids to fight dehydration. The arena was rocking after the Red Wings scored the go-ahead goal and it looked as if the Cup would be awarded, but the feisty Penguins fought back and brought another game back to their home ice.

Running time: 3:47 (3 discs)