NHL: Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Detroit Red Wings 1 recap and analysis

With a very fast start the Pengs scored with less then 2 minutes played in the game and they did that thanks to a Great puck movement that brought Letang to shot then the puck rebounded on the let Hornqvist to score from the left part of the goal line Catching Mrazek by surprise. Pittsburgh went close to score again but Smith stopped their try with an hooking penalty who let the Pengs to have the 1st PP of the game where they had a good control of the puck but they didn't have important chances to score. After some minutes without scoring chances the Penguins scored again capitalizing a Kronwall's mistake behind the net with Hornqvist who stole the possession of the puck and put it in front of the net for Comeau who scored on a snap shot. For all the rest of the period Pittsburgh controlled the game and continued to have the only chances in the game. In the 2nd period the things didn't change and this time the hustling and the forechecking that let Perron to score from the goal crease. Few minutes later they completed the poker with a Great flying deflection from the circle by Spaling on a Scuderi's shot from the blue line. Detroit finally got a PP with 7 minutes left in the 2nd period and they used so Well the man advantage that let Weiss score their 1st goal of the game. The Pengs reacted gaining a PP with 4 minutes remaining in the period but this time the Red Wings penalty killers made a good job prevented any opponents chance to score. The 3rd period started with the Red Wings in the aggressive mode trying to comeback and on the 1st 10 minutes they dominated keeping an high pace and they got some good chances to score especially with Tatar 1 on 1 vs Fleury who continued his remarkable performance. Since that Detroit slew down a lil bit and Pittsburgh regain the control of the game and they did it til the end of the game.
Very well deserved win for the Penguins who attacked the game right from the beginning vs a Red Wings team who have never been able to react and to play their game, of course the early deficit to overcome didn't helped them at all, the battle of the goalies has been won hands down by an awesome Fleury who continued his very positive trend. Pittsburgh has been so complete in this game playing not only with the same great talent but also they shown very good forechecking and physicality.