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| 4th June, 2008 - 10:42 pm |  Andrew Perna/RealGM - The Detroit Red Wings won the 2008 Stanley Cup on Wednesday night with a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Brian Rafalski gave the Wings a 1-0 lead on a power-play wrist shot at the 5:03 mark of the first period, and Detroit never trailed.
Valtteri Filppula then found the net midway through the second period to give Detroit a 2-0 edge.
Evgeni Malkin netted his first goal of the Cup Finals at the 15:26 mark in that same period to give the Penguins some life heading into the final twenty minutes of play.
However, Henrik Zetterberg pushed the Wings' lead back to two goals with a snap shot seven minutes into the third period.
Pittsburgh looked like they had one more miraculous comeback in them, as Sergei Gonchar found the net with just 1:27 left in the game, but Pittsburgh ran out of both time and miracles at home Wednesday night.
Sidney Crosby almost scored with just seconds left on the clock, and Marian Hossa attempted a put-back as time expired, but Chris Osgood somehow kept both attempts out of the net.
Osgood finished the game with 20 saves while losing goalie Marc-Andre Fleury recorded 27 for the Penguins.
Michel Therrien pulled Fleury right after the final faceoff of the game but to no avail.
Zetterberg took home the Conn Smythe trophy after tallying both a goal and an assist in the series-clincher.
The victory was the eleventh Stanley Cup triumph for Detroit as they trail just Montreal and Toronto on the all-time title list.
The Red Wings took 30 shots to just 22 for the Penguins. Pittsburgh had a 37-28 edge in hits but gave the puck away fourteen times to Detroit. [READ] |
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