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- Red Wings
- Published: Jan. 01, 2026, 9:56 p.m.
The Detroit Red Wings doubly came backmost to necktie Pittsburgh connected Thursday but couldn’t complete nan comeback. Kris Letang scored 58 seconds into overtime to assistance nan Penguins to a 4-3 triumph astatine PPG Paints Arena.
The Red Wings (24-14-4, 52 points) earned a constituent to move 1 constituent up of Carolina for nan apical spot successful nan Eastern Conference. The Hurricanes person 2 games successful hand, however.
Letang, successful his 1,200th game, blasted successful a one-timer past Cam Talbot connected a walk from Sidney Crosby, who scored nan Penguins’ first 2 goals.
James van Riemsdyk, Andrew Copp and Alex DeBrincat scored for Detroit, which is 11-3-3 successful its past 17.
The teams wrap up their home-and-home group Saturday astatine Little Caesars Arena (noon, ABC).
The Penguins took a 3-2 lead erstwhile Blake Lizotte’s changeable banked successful disconnected Simon Edvinsson pinch 4:09 remaining successful nan 3rd period.
But a hold of crippled punishment connected Jack St. Ivany for flipping nan puck complete nan solid proved costly. DeBrincat tied it connected nan powerfulness play pinch 2:58 remaining. He corralled a rebound disconnected nan backmost boards and quickly tucked it successful past goaltender Artus Silvos. It was his 21st goal, tying Dylan Larkin for nan squad lead.
The Red Wings trim Pittsburgh’s lead to 2-1 connected van Riemsdyk’s power-play extremity pinch 2:14 remaining successful nan first period. He scored his 10th of nan play by tipping successful a blast by Marco Kasper.
The Red Wings sewage a break that resulted successful Copp’s tying extremity astatine 1:01 of nan 2nd period. Ben Chiarot’s dump-in took a unusual bounce disconnected a stanchion while Silvos went down nan nett anticipating that’s wherever nan puck would be. It alternatively rolled into nan slot area and Copp fired it into nan unfastened nett for his 5th goal.
Crosby scored doubly successful a span of 1:38 early successful nan first play to put nan Penguins up 2-0. He blasted successful a changeable connected nan powerfulness play astatine 4:08 and fired successful a wrister from nan slot astatine 5:46 for his 23rd goal.
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