Detroit 6, Pittsburgh 2
| Detroit | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 6 |
| Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 |
First Period_1, Pittsburgh, McGinn 1 (Pettersson), 1:42. 2, Detroit, Kubalik 1 (Hronek, Rasmussen), 15:42 (pp).
Second Period_3, Detroit, Zadina 1 (Rasmussen), 0:23. 4, Detroit, Soderblom 1 (Czarnik, Berggren), 5:01. 5, Detroit, Kampfer 1 (Zadina), 6:55 (pp). 6, Pittsburgh, Rust 1 (Zucker), 13:16.
Third Period_7, Detroit, Spezia 1 (Maatta, Worrad), 2:34. 8, Detroit, Kubalik 2, 10:20 (sh).
Shots on Goal_Detroit 9-7-5_21. Pittsburgh 15-9-9_33.
Power-play opportunities_Detroit 2 of 2; Pittsburgh 0 of 9.
Goalies_Detroit, Brattstrom 1-0-0 (20 shots-19 saves), Detroit, Cossa 0-0-0 (13-12). Pittsburgh, Jarry 0-1-0 (14-10), Pittsburgh, DeSmith 0-0-0 (7-5).
A_13,020 (18,387). T_2:17.
Referees_Justin Kea, Peter MacDougall. Linesmen_Steve Barton, Mark Shewchyk.