Wings open preseason with 4-1 win in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Adam Almquist scored two
power-play goals in the second period and Tomas Tatar had a goal and
assist to lead the Detroit Red Wings past the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on
Monday night in a preseason game.
Paval Datsyuk also scored for Detroit, netting a second-period, unassisted goal.
Almquist scored at 6:10 and 11:50 with shots from the point to put the Red Wings ahead 3-1.
Brandon Sutter netted the lone Pittsburgh goal at 1:05 of the second, to get the Penguins even at 1.
Tatar opened the scoring when he took a
failed wraparound attempt and tucked the puck under the crossbar at
12:56 of the first.
Both starting goalies worked two
periods. Tomas Vokoun allowed four goals on 15 shots for the Penguins.
Detroit's Jimmy Howard made 13 saves.