PITTSBURGH -- Jared Coreau gave himself an early confidence booster but his teammates couldn’t stay on top of the defending Stanley Cup champions.
The Detroit Red Wings lost, 5-3 Saturday at PPG Paints Arena to the Pittsburgh Penguins, undone by a porous third period that ended a five-game points streak.
Henrik Zetterberg and Frans Nielsen made it 2-0 and Dylan Larkin, 3-1, after a goal from Phil Kessel, who used his second goal of the game to give the Penguins a lead midway through a third period that saw the Wings swarmed in their own zone. Matt Cullen was credited with an empty net goal with 41 seconds to play in regulation.