Detroit Red Wings v Pittsburgh Penguins

Start date: Sat Jun 6, 2009
League: National Hockey League
Sport: Hockey

Detroit Red Wings 6-0 Pittsburgh Penguins

Cleary 13
Filppula 21
Kronwall 26
Kronwall 26
Rafalski 28
Zetterberg 35

Game summary

The game was played in National Hockey League on Saturday June 6.
Detroit Red Wings took the lead when Cleary scored the first goal after 13 minutes.
Datsyuk was credited with an assist.
Rafalski was also credited with an assist.
Filppula scored a goal for Detroit Red Wings, making it 2-0, in the 21st minute.
Hossa was credited with an assist.
Osgood was also credited with an assist.
Kronwall scored a goal for Detroit Red Wings, making it 2-0, in the 26th minute.
Franzén was credited with an assist.
Zetterberg was also credited with an assist.
Kronwall scored a goal for Detroit Red Wings, making it 3-0, in the 26th minute.
Franzén was credited with an assist.
Zetterberg was also credited with an assist.
Rafalski scored a goal for Detroit Red Wings, making it 4-0, in the 28th minute.
Datsyuk was credited with an assist.
Lidström was also credited with an assist.
Zetterberg scored a goal for Detroit Red Wings, making it 5-0, in the 35th minute.
Hudler was credited with an assist.
Samuelsson was also credited with an assist.
The game ended in a 6-0 victory for the home team Detroit Red Wings.

Team comparison

Average goals and home team advantage

The graphs and numbers here are based on the last 40 played games for Detroit Red Wings (15 wins, 4 draws and 21 losses) and the last 40 games for Pittsburgh Penguins (18 wins, 2 draws and 20 losses).

During that period, the average number of goals scored per game was 3.68 for Detroit Red Wings and 3.5 for Pittsburgh Penguins. The average for all teams combined within the National Hockey League was 3.06 goals scored per game. This means that Detroit Red Wings is better than its peers and Pittsburgh Penguins is better than its peers when it comes to scoring goals.

The home team, Detroit Red Wings, is weak as a home team, winning 50% of their home games. The away team, Pittsburgh Penguins, usually wins 45% of its away games which is good compared to the rest of the league.