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Red Wings Fall 11-2 Against Pittsburgh - Game Recap

Pittsburgh got 3 goals from Evgeni Malkin en route to a 11-2 victory over Detroit on Sunday at PPG Paints Arena.

Pittsburgh was favored by -317 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.0.

Evgeni Malkin(3), Danton Heinen, Kasperi Kapanen, Sidney Crosby, Brian Boyle, Bryan Rust, Rickard Rakell, Jeff Carter, and Teddy Blueger each scored for the Penguins in the victory. Kapanen opened the scoring for Pittsburgh.

Tristan Jarry stopped 33 of 35 Detroit shots in the victory.

Dylan Larkin, and Jakub Vrana scored for the Red Wings, finding the net behind Tristan Jarry.

Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 15 of 22 shots for the Red Wings, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Pittsburgh scored 3 times on 6 chances on the power play, while Detroit went 1-for-5 with the man advantage.

Pittsburgh outshot Detroit 35-35 in the game.

Pittsburgh heads into a battle against the Rangers. Detroit, meanwhile, will have their next action against New York.