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2009 Stanley Cup Finals

January 01, 1970

The 2009 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2008–09 season, and the culmination of the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the Eastern Conference champion Pittsburgh Penguins and the Western Conference champion Detroit Red Wings. It was Detroit's 24th appearance in the Finals and Pittsburgh's fourth appearance in the Finals. This was a rematch of the previous year's Stanley Cup Finals where Detroit had defeated Pittsburgh in six games. This time, Pittsburgh defeated Detroit in seven games to win their third Stanley Cup in franchise history. Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin would win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the 2009 playoffs, becoming the first Russian-born player to win the trophy. Until 2021, this was the last time the finals were played entirely in the Eastern Time Zone.

2009 Stanley Cup Finals
1234567 Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 1144022 4
Detroit Red Wings 3322511 3
Location(s)Pittsburgh: Mellon Arena (3, 4, 6)
Detroit: Joe Louis Arena (1, 2, 5, 7)
CoachesPittsburgh: Dan Bylsma
Detroit: Mike Babcock
CaptainsPittsburgh: Sidney Crosby
Detroit: Nicklas Lidstrom
National anthemsPittsburgh: Jeff Jimerson
Detroit: Karen Newman
RefereesPaul Devorski (1, 3, 5, 7)
Dennis LaRue (1, 3, 5)
Bill McCreary (2, 4, 6, 7)
Marc Joannette (2, 4, 6)
DatesMay 30 – June 12, 2009
MVPEvgeni Malkin (Penguins)
Series-winning goalMaxime Talbot (10:07, second, G7)
Hall of FamersRed Wings:
Chris Chelios (2013; did not play)
Marian Hossa (2020)
Nicklas Lidstrom (2015)
NetworksCanada:
(English): CBC
(French): RDS
United States:
(English): NBC (1–2, 5–7), Versus (3–4)
Announcers(CBC) Jim Hughson and Craig Simpson
(RDS) Pierre Houde and Benoit Brunet
(NBC/Versus) Mike Emrick and Eddie Olczyk
(NHL International) Dave Strader and Joe Micheletti
A graph comparing the teams' points throughout the regular season.

Road to Finals edit

Detroit Red Wings edit

Main article: 2008–09 Detroit Red Wings season

Entering the 2008–09 season as the Stanley Cup Champions, the Detroit Red Wings signed head coach Mike Babcock to three-year contract extension.[1] Marian Hossa signed with the Red Wings after turning down a $49 million offer from the Penguins, whom he played for throughout the 2007–08 playoffs.[2] The Red Wings also signed Ty Conklin, who had played for the Penguins throughout the 2007–08 season.[3]

The Red Wings won the Central Division title with 112 points before defeating the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–0, rival Anaheim Ducks 4–3, and then-division rival Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the sixth time in the past 14 seasons.

Pittsburgh Penguins edit

Main article: 2008–09 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The Pittsburgh Penguins were the reigning Eastern Conference Champions. After playing 57 games of the 2008–09 season, the Pittsburgh Penguins had a record of 27–25–5 and were five points out of playoff position.[4] The organization fired head coach Michel Therrien and replaced him with Dan Bylsma, head coach of the organization's American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre.[5] Under Bylsma, the team went 18–3–4, including 10–1–2 in March, losing one home game.[6] Before the trade deadline, the Penguins acquired Chris Kunitz and Bill Guerin from the Anaheim Ducks and the New York Islanders respectively.[7][8]

The Penguins qualified for the playoffs for their third consecutive season. They did not repeat as champions of the Atlantic Division, but earned the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with 99 points. They began the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs on April 15 against their cross-state rival Philadelphia Flyers. They beat the Flyers 4–2, Washington Capitals 4–3, and Carolina Hurricanes 4–0 to earn a second-straight berth in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Game summaries edit

Number in parentheses represents the player's total in goals or assists to that point of the entire four rounds of the playoffs

Game one edit

May 30 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Joe Louis Arena Recap


The Red Wings took game one, 3–1, as three different Detroit players scored goals off of unusual bounces.[9] The first period featured back and forth action, with each team having a variety of chances. Detroit scored the first goal of the game at 13:38 into the first period when Brad Stuart's shot missed wide left, bounced off the end boards, and then deflected off the back of Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury's leg into the net. The Penguins tied the game at 18:37 when Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood mishandled a shot by Evgeni Malkin, allowing Ruslan Fedotenko to score. Malkin gained the initial opportunity after forcing defenceman Stuart into a turnover. The Penguins dominated the early portion of the second period, but Osgood kept the game even, including when he bailed his team out by stopping Malkin on a breakaway. The Red Wings bounced back and went ahead at 19:02 of the period after Brian Rafalski's shot rebounded off the end boards to Johan Franzen, who banked a shot off Fleury and into the net. Detroit's third goal of the game came at 2:46 of the third period when, after a save by Fleury on Ville Leino, the puck bounced high into the air and was swatted by Detroit rookie Justin Abdelkader from midair to his stick. Abdelkader then went around Pittsburgh's Jordan Staal (who had lost sight of the puck) and shot it above Fleury. Only three total penalties were called in the game, two on Detroit and one on Pittsburgh, but neither team could take advantage on their respective power plays as Osgood stopped 31 out of 32 shots while Fleury stopped 27 out of 30.[10][11]

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st DET Brad Stuart (2) Unassisted 13:38 1–0 DET
PIT Ruslan Fedotenko (7) Evgeni Malkin (17) 18:37 1–1
2nd DET Johan Franzen (11) Brian Rafalski (7), Henrik Zetterberg (10) 19:02 2–1 DET
3rd DET Justin Abdelkader (1) Ville Leino (1) 2:46 3–1 DET
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st None
2nd DET Brett Lebda Slashing 4:38 2:00
DET Mikael Samuelsson Holding 7:05 2:00
PIT Craig Adams Hooking 13:44 2:00
3rd None
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 Total
PIT 7 13 12 32
DET 11 11 8 30

Game two edit

May 31 Detroit Red Wings 3–1 Pittsburgh Penguins Joe Louis Arena Recap


Game two was another 3–1 victory for Detroit. Pittsburgh started out the game strong, setting up numerous chances from behind the net that were stopped by Chris Osgood. The Penguins then struck first at 16:50 of the opening period. After the Red Wings' Niklas Kronwall was sent to the penalty box for cross checking, Evgeni Malkin fired from the slot, and a scramble in front of the net ensued after Osgood gave up a rebound. The puck eventually came to Malkin for a second crack, and the shot was inadvertently deflected by Brad Stuart into his own net. Detroit took over in the second period, dominating in shots and benefiting from some luck, such as when Bill Guerin's wrist shot hit the inside of the post but stayed out of the net. Jonathan Ericsson tied the game at 4:21 of the second period, moments after the Penguins were forced to ice the puck after a long shift. Pittsburgh promptly lost the ensuing faceoff in their zone, allowing Ericsson to score from the point. Then at 10:29, the Red Wings went ahead after Valtteri Filppula was able to backhand a shot from a difficult angle into the net. Filppula scored after Fleury had stopped both Tomas Holmstrom and Marian Hossa, but could not hold the rebounds.

At 1:39 of the third period, Sidney Crosby peeled out of the corner and fired a shot that bounced off the post and rolled along the Detroit goal line. The play was reviewed by video replay, but the ruling on the ice was upheld as a no goal. Then at 2:47, Justin Abdelkader gave the Red Wings their third goal of the game, as he moved in slowly against the Pittsburgh defence and blasted a shot that caught Marc-Andre Fleury off guard as it landed in the net. Tensions flared up near the end of the game at 19:41 of the third period. Maxime Talbot was called for slashing, which eventually led to a fight between Malkin and Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg. Malkin received an instigator penalty and a misconduct penalty, but was not suspended by the league for the incident, despite Rule 47.22 (now Rule 46.21) of the NHL rulebook automatically imposing the suspension.[12]

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st PIT Evgeni Malkin (13) – pp Kris Letang (7), Bill Guerin (8) 16:50 1–0 PIT
2nd DET Jonathan Ericsson (3) Jiri Hudler (6), Darren Helm (1) 4:21 1–1
DET Valtteri Filppula (2) Tomas Holmstrom (4) and Marian Hossa (7) 10:29 2–1 DET
3rd DET Justin Abdelkader (2) Tomas Holmstrom (5) and Marian Hossa (8) 2:47 3–1 DET
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st DET Niklas Kronwall Cross Checking 16:08 2:00
2nd PIT Evgeni Malkin Interference 8:15 2:00
3rd PIT Maxime Talbot Slashing 19:41 2:00
PIT Evgeni Malkin Fighting 19:41 5:00
DET Henrik Zetterberg Fighting 19:41 5:00
PIT Evgeni Malkin Instigator 19:41 2:00
PIT Evgeni Malkin Misconduct 19:41 10:00
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 Total
PIT 12 9 12 33
DET 7 16 3 26

Game three edit

June 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 Detroit Red Wings Mellon Arena Recap


The Penguins won game three, 4–2, cutting their deficit in the series in half. Pittsburgh got off to a strong offensive start and scored first at 4:48 of the opening period when Evgeni Malkin set up Maxime Talbot, who fired a one-timed snapshot. Detroit answered less than two minutes later with a Henrik Zetterberg goal at 6:19 in the period. Zetterberg scored on a rebound after Ville Leino's wrap-around attempt was stopped by Marc-Andre Fleury. After Pittsburgh's Brooks Orpik was called for interference, Johan Franzen responding by scoring a goal at 11:33 with under ten seconds left in the penalty. Franzen's score was a one-timer that resulted after Zetterberg fed him a pass around the goal crease. While Detroit dominated the middle of the first period, at one point firing nine straight shots, the Penguins caught a break when the officials missed a penalty for too many men when Pittsburgh had inadvertently created their own powerplay, and played with six men for nearly 30 seconds.[13] Pittsburgh then used a late holding call on Daniel Cleary to set up a game-tying power play goal. Defenceman Kris Letang fanned on a one-time attempt as he took a pass from Malkin, but regained control of the puck and fired a wrist shot into the net.

The score remained unchanged through the second period, although Detroit had numerous scoring chances. The Penguins' Fleury stopped 16 Detroit shots in the frame, and caught a break as Mikael Samuelsson hit the post on a breakaway. The Penguins came out with strong defence in the third period, and the Detroit offence sputtered, at one point going over ten minutes without a shot. Midway through the third period, the Penguins earned a power play opportunity after Jonathan Ericsson was called for interference. At 10:29, Sergei Gonchar drilled a slapshot from near the blue line, which sailed through traffic and beat a screened Chris Osgood to give the Penguins the lead. Detroit could not mount a late surge with the extra attacker on the ice, and Talbot added an empty net goal at 19:03 for his second of the game to seal the victory.

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st PIT Maxime Talbot (5) Evgeni Malkin (18), Kris Letang (8) 4:48 1–0 PIT
DET Henrik Zetterberg (10) Ville Leino (2), Johan Franzen (10) 6:19 1–1
DET Johan Franzen (12) – pp Henrik Zetterberg (11), Niklas Kronwall (7) 11:33 2–1 DET
PIT Kris Letang (4) – pp Evgeni Malkin (19), Sergei Gonchar (11) 15:57 2–2
2nd None
3rd PIT Sergei Gonchar (3) – pp Evgeni Malkin (20), Sidney Crosby (15) 10:29 3–2 PIT
PIT Maxime Talbot (6) – en Ruslan Fedotenko (6) 19:03 4–2 PIT
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st PIT Brooks Orpik Interference 9:42 2:00
DET Daniel Cleary Holding 14:46 2:00
DET Johan Franzen Tripping 18:02 2:00
2nd PIT Miroslav Satan Holding 15:35 2:00
3rd DET Jonathan Ericsson Interference 9:46 2:00
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 T
DET 12 14 3 29
PIT 7 4 10 21

Game four edit

June 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 Detroit Red Wings Mellon Arena Recap


The Penguins picked up a 4–2 win in game four, equalling their performance from the previous meeting. Detroit found themselves at an early disadvantage, as a tripping call on Niklas Kronwall gave Pittsburgh a power play just over a minute into the game. Evgeni Malkin scored with the man advantage at 2:39 to give the Penguins an early lead. The goal occurred after Chris Osgood stopped a Jordan Staal shot, then Kris Letang fired a rebound wide that was picked up by Malkin and deposited behind the outstretched goaltender. Detroit ended the first period on a relentless assault, but Marc-Andre Fleury held the fort in goal for Pittsburgh, including a sequence in which he stopped four Detroit shots seconds apart. On that shift, Fleury cancelled a Darren Helm wrap around attempt, stood up to stop Mikael Samuelsson's rebound one-timer, then stopped Daniel Cleary on two more rebound tries. With 19 shots in the period, Detroit would eventually score at 18:19, after Helm forced Rob Scuderi into a turnover on a clearing attempt, then fired a wrist shot into the goal.

Detroit took the lead early in the second period, after Henrik Zetterberg passed from behind the net to Brad Stuart at the point. Stuart's slap shot at 0:46 beat a screened Fleury, but provided one of the few sparks for Detroit in a nightmarish period. After Brooks Orpik was called for tripping, it was the Penguins who picked up great scoring opportunities during the Detroit power play. First, Osgood stopped Malkin on a breakaway. However, he was not able to keep Staal from scoring shorthanded. At 8:35, Staal lit the lamp after dragging the puck around Brian Rafalski by using his long reach. Just under two minutes later, Sidney Crosby finally scored his first goal of the series. Malkin stripped Brad Stuart, who had just mishandled a pass, and started a two-on-one with Crosby, who took the pass at 10:34 and shoved it into the net. At 14:12 in the period, Tyler Kennedy scored to extend the Pittsburgh lead. The play began when Kennedy beat Henrik Zetterberg to the puck on the forecheck. Chris Kunitz then took the puck and fed a pass to Crosby, who one-touched it to Kennedy for the goal, as Osgood was caught moving side-to-side. The third period featured several good chances by each team, but neither team was able to score and the game ended with a tied series.

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st PIT Evgeni Malkin (14) – pp Kris Letang (9), Jordan Staal (5) 2:39 1–0 PIT
DET Darren Helm (4) Unassisted 18:19 1–1
2nd DET Brad Stuart (3) Henrik Zetterberg (12), Brian Rafalski (8) 0:46 2–1 DET
PIT Jordan Staal (3) – sh Maxime Talbot (4), Mark Eaton (3) 8:35 2–2
PIT Sidney Crosby (15) Evgeni Malkin (21) 10:34 3–2 PIT
PIT Tyler Kennedy (4) Sidney Crosby (16), Chris Kunitz (12) 14:12 4–2 PIT
3rd None
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st DET Niklas Kronwall Tripping 1:12 2:00
PIT Mark Eaton Cross-checking 11:09 2:00
DET Jonathan Ericsson High-sticking 16:27 2:00
PIT Bill Guerin High-sticking 16:37 2:00
2nd PIT Evgeni Malkin Hooking 5:44 2:00
PIT Brooks Orpik Tripping 7:43 2:00
3rd DET Niklas Kronwall Hooking 8:27 2:00
DET Daniel Cleary Roughing 20:00 2:00
PIT Brooks Orpik Roughing 20:00 2:00
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 T
DET 19 9 11 39
PIT 11 11 9 31

Game five edit

June 6 Detroit Red Wings 5–0 Pittsburgh Penguins Joe Louis Arena Recap
 
Fleury is screened by Franzen during Game 5

Detroit gained a huge boost in game five, as star two-way player Pavel Datsyuk played for the first time in the series after returning from a foot injury. The Penguins were the team that began the match with energy, dominating the first five minutes, and producing a variety of chances from the Evgeni Malkin–Ruslan Fedotenko–Maxime Talbot line. However, the Red Wings rallied around a rejuvenated Datsyuk to take over the game midway through the period. Datsuyk's skating allowed Detroit to score at 13:32 of the period, as he fed a pass to Daniel Cleary during a three-on-three transition play. Cleary used Penguins' defenceman Brooks Orpik as a screen as he shot the puck past goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury. The Penguins began to unravel in the second period, committing five minor penalties in the frame. This undisciplined hockey allowed Detroit to score three power play goals and one marker that occurred seconds after a penalty had expired.

At 1:44 of the second, the Red Wings scored their second goal. On the final seconds of a power play, Fleury made a sprawling save on Datsuyk, the puck was cleared, and the penalty expired. However, as the Penguins attempted to make a line change, goaltender Chris Osgood fed a long pass for Detroit to Marian Hossa, who slipped a pass into the slot, enabling a streaking Valtteri Filppula to score on the backhand. Three straight penalty calls on Pittsburgh would then lead to Red Wing scores. A slashing minor on Sergei Gonchar eventually allowed a high wrist shot by Niklas Kronwall at 8:35 to find the back of the net. Kronwall scored after pinching into the corner and playing in a forward position. He then took a pass from Johan Franzen and patiently waited for Fleury to go down before lifting the puck. An elbowing penalty on Evgeni Malkin led to a Brian Rafalski goal at 11:34, which saw the defenceman take a pass from Datsyuk and score on a wrist shot from the right circle. A Chris Kunitz roughing penalty set up Henrik Zetterberg. At 15:40, Zetterberg took a shot-pass from Jiri Hudler and peeled to the front of the net to deposit the puck over Fleury's glove. After giving up the fifth goal, Fleury was replaced by Mathieu Garon, and the Penguins committed two more penalties in the second to give Detroit a two-man advantage on which they did not convert. The third period was mostly uneventful and the score remained 5–0 until the end of the game.

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st DET Daniel Cleary (9) Pavel Datsyuk (7), Brian Rafalski (9) 13:32 1–0 DET
2nd DET Valtteri Filppula (3) Marian Hossa (9), Chris Osgood (1) 1:44 2–0 DET
DET Niklas Kronwall (2) – pp Johan Franzen (11), Henrik Zetterberg (13) 8:35 3–0 DET
DET Brian Rafalski (3) – pp Pavel Datsyuk (8), Nicklas Lidstrom (10) 11:34 4–0 DET
DET Henrik Zetterberg (11) – pp Jiri Hudler (7), Mikael Samuelsson (5) 15:40 5–0 DET
3rd None
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st DET Niklas Kronwall Tripping 7:16 2:00
PIT Chris Kunitz Goaltender Interference 19:39 2:00
2nd PIT Sergei Gonchar Slashing 5:53 2:00
PIT Evgeni Malkin Elbowing 6:48 2:00
PIT Chris Kunitz Roughing 13:50 2:00
PIT Sidney Crosby Slashing 17:37 2:00
PIT Maxime Talbot Slashing 17:57 2:00
3rd DET Marian Hossa Roughing 1:53 2:00
PIT Evgeni Malkin Hooking 7:14 2:00
PIT Pascal Dupuis High-sticking 15:50 2:00
PIT Craig Adams Misconduct 15:50 10:00
PIT Evgeni Malkin Cross Checking 18:08 2:00
PIT Matt Cooke Misconduct 18:08 10:00
DET Brett Lebda Misconduct 18:08 10:00
PIT Maxime Talbot Misconduct 18:08 10:00
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 Total
PIT 10 6 6 22
DET 8 15 6 29

Game six edit

June 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 Detroit Red Wings Mellon Arena Recap
 
Osgood makes a save in Game 6

The Penguins defeated the Red Wings in game six, 2–1, to force a seventh and deciding game of the finals. The first period featured strong defensive play by both teams. Pittsburgh goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury made a big early save as he stopped a one-timer by Henrik Zetterberg, who had just received a pass from Pavel Datsyuk on a two-on-one rush. Detroit's Chris Osgood equalled Fleury's early brilliance, as he stopped Sidney Crosby on two separate power plays, first by stuffing his attempt to jam home a puck in the crease, then by denying him on a rush through the slot in transition. After a scoreless first period, Jordan Staal scored Pittsburgh's first goal at 0:51 in the second. Tyler Kennedy chipped a puck away from Valtteri Filppula in the Detroit zone, then passed the puck to Staal to start a two-on-one break. Osgood stopped Staal's first shot by tipping it with his glove, before the rebound was deposited into the net.

Pittsburgh dominated the second period, but did not score again in the frame. They also caught a break as Zetterberg's forehand shot from the slot hit the post and was then held by Fleury as it ricochet off his back. Kennedy gave the Penguins their second goal at 5:35 of the third after gaining the puck by cycling behind Detroit's net with Maxime Talbot. Two Red Wing defenders went to Talbot, which gave Kennedy a clear lane to walk in front of the net and lift a shot high over Osgood. Kris Draper cut the Pittsburgh lead at 8:01, beating Marc-Andre Fleury on a wrist shot. The goal came after Jonathan Ericsson's slapshot was kicked aside and Draper was able to take the rebound and glide into scoring position. The Red Wings found their stride late in the game, but were thwarted on two late scoring chances. With 1:42 remaining, Daniel Cleary raced into the Penguins zone on a breakaway, but his shot was turned aside by Fleury. In the final thirty seconds, an unlikely hero stepped up for the Penguins. After Fleury stopped Datsyuk's shot, the puck came to the goal mouth, where Johan Franzen was ready to pounce. However, with Fleury out of position, Pittsburgh defenceman Rob Scuderi stepped in front of the loose puck and blocked three Franzen shots with his skates to preserve a win. This was the last ever Stanley Cup Finals game played at Mellon Arena.

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st None
2nd PIT Jordan Staal (4) Tyler Kennedy (4) Rob Scuderi (3) 0:51 1–0 PIT
3rd PIT Tyler Kennedy (5) Maxime Talbot (5), Ruslan Fedotenko (7) 5:35 2–0 PIT
DET Kris Draper (1) Jonathan Ericsson (4), Nicklas Lidstrom (11) 8:01 2–1 PIT
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st DET Henrik Zetterberg Goaltender interference 3:35 2:00
DET Valtteri Filppula Tripping 13:29 2:00
2nd None
3rd PIT Evgeni Malkin Cross-checking 9:18 2:00
PIT Bill Guerin High-sticking 12:40 2:00
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 Total
DET 3 9 14 26
PIT 12 12 7 31

Game seven edit

June 12 Detroit Red Wings 1–2 Pittsburgh Penguins Joe Louis Arena Recap
External videos
  Game 7 Full replay (NHL International's feed) on the NHL's official YouTube channel

For the first time, the Pittsburgh Penguins played a seventh game in the Stanley Cup Finals, while the Red Wings made their seventh appearance in the deciding game. Detroit had previously gone 3–3 in game sevens. Their last Stanley Cup Finals game seven was in 1964 against the Toronto Maple Leafs, where they lost by the score of 4–0 in Maple Leaf Gardens.[14] Entering the contest, Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock joined Mike Keenan as the only men to coach Game 7's of the Stanley Cup Finals with two different teams, having been with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim when they lost to the New Jersey Devils in 2003 (the home team won all seven games of the series).[15] Over the whole series, the Red Wings outscored the Penguins 17–14.

The opening half of the first period featured tentative play by both teams but with Pittsburgh outperforming Detroit offensively in the frame. However, the Red Wings got the best scoring chance, as Kirk Maltby gained possession of a bouncing puck after a faceoff in the Penguins' zone. Maltby's shot was then stopped by the glove of goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury from point blank range. At 1:13 in the second period, Pittsburgh struck first, as Maxime Talbot scored following a turnover. The goal resulted after Brad Stuart attempted to clear the zone following a dump-in by Brooks Orpik into Detroit territory. Evgeni Malkin used his skates to block Stuart's pass, and the puck found its way to Talbot, who patiently waited to find a shooting lane behind goaltender Chris Osgood. Both teams gained chances through the middle of the period, with each goalie coming up strong. On one sequence, Brian Rafalski made a quick pass to Darren Helm in the left circle, where he was stopped by Fleury. As Rafalski set up for a rebound shot, he lost the puck to Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke, who was then stuffed on a breakaway attempt. Soon afterward, Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was crunched into the boards by Johan Franzen and sustained a knee injury. He would be healthy enough to play only one shift for the remainder of the game.

 
Malkin, during the Penguins' victory parade, became the first Russian player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy.

Talbot struck again at 10:07 in the period, as he curled the puck to fake a pass during a two-on-one break, then lifted it over Osgood's shoulder. The play began with Chris Kunitz splitting the Detroit defence with a pass in his own zone, allowing Talbot and Tyler Kennedy to move in on an odd man rush. The Penguins attempted to play conservatively in the third period and registered only one shot in the frame. At the same time, Detroit was able to sustain pressure on several occasions during the period. At 13:53, the Red Wings got on the board, as Jonathan Ericsson drilled a one-timed slapshot behind Fleury from near the blue line, after receiving a pass from Niklas Lidstrom. Then, at 17:45, Detroit came within inches of pulling into a tie. However, Niklas Kronwall's wristshot from the right circle ricocheted off of Jordan Staal, hit the crossbar, then bounced away from any Red Wing skaters. Detroit gained one last chance on the final shift of the game. After stopping an initial Henrik Zetterberg shot from the right faceoff circle, the rebound came loose to Nicklas Lidstrom at the left faceoff circle, forcing Fleury to make a diving stop with two seconds remaining to preserve the win and the championship.[16][17] Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy after the game as the Most Valuable Player of the 2009 playoffs, becoming the first Russian-born player to win the trophy.

The Penguins became the first team since the 1971 Montreal Canadiens to win game seven of the Finals on the road. They were also the first road team to win game seven of a championship round, in any major league sport, since the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Baltimore Orioles 4–1 at Memorial Stadium to win the 1979 World Series.[18][19] For the Red Wings, it was the first time that they lost in the Finals since 1995, when they were swept by the Devils. It was also the first time that the visiting team has won the Cup at Joe Louis Arena in the venue's 30-year history, and the Penguins became the first visiting team to win the Cup in Detroit since the Montreal Canadiens did so in 1966 at the now-demolished Olympia Stadium. They were also the first team to win the Stanley Cup without finishing first in a division during the regular season since the Devils in 2000. This was the last ever Stanley Cup Finals game played at Joe Louis Arena.

Scoring summary
Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st None
2nd PIT Maxime Talbot (7) Evgeni Malkin (20) 01:13 1–0 PIT
PIT Maxime Talbot (8) Chris Kunitz (13), Rob Scuderi (4) 10:07 2–0 PIT
3rd DET Jonathan Ericsson (4) Nicklas Lidstrom (12), Jiri Hudler (8) 13:53 2–1 PIT
Penalty summary
Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st DET Brad Stuart Slashing 11:24 2:00
2nd PIT Jordan Staal Hooking 01:59 2:00
DET Tomas Holmstrom Holding 01:59 2:00
PIT Hal Gill Holding 06:16 2:00
3rd PIT Mark Eaton Tripping 02:36 2:00
Shots by period
Team 1 2 3 Total
PIT 10 7 1 18
DET 6 11 8 25

Officials edit

The following officials worked the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals:[20] (Bold-face indicates worked Game 7)

Television coverage edit

In Canada, all games of the Finals were broadcast in English on the CBC and in French on the cable network RDS. CBC had a new broadcast team calling the Finals with Jim Hughson as play-by-play announcer, and Craig Simpson as colour commentator.

In the United States, this was the first time since 1999 that game one of the Cup Finals aired on over-the-air television instead of on cable: NBC broadcast the first two and final three games of the series, while Versus broadcast games three and four.[21] The first two games of the series were played on consecutive nights due to NBC's scheduling, specifically to avoid putting a contest on the network during the debut week of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on June 1–5.[22][23] This was also done to help promote the game and keep the hockey viewership growing.[24] Games four and six ended up going head-to-head with games one and three of the 2009 NBA Finals, respectively.[25]

Game seven was the last major sporting event on analogue television in the United States, with the DTV transition finishing less than an hour-and-a-half after the game ended and just one hour after NBC coverage ended. NBC affiliates WDIV-TV in Detroit and WPXI in Pittsburgh – who months before the Stanley Cup playoffs began electing to keep their own respective analogue signals on until June 12, well past the original February 17 deadline – both remained on the air for game seven before cutting their analogue signals at 11:59 EDT.

Ratings edit

In the United States, with an average of eight million viewers, game seven was the most-watched NHL game in the United States since game six of the 1973 Stanley Cup Finals.[26]

In Canada, game seven drew an average of 3.529 million viewers to the CBC. However, it averaged 2.154 million viewers for the seven-game rematch, down 7% from the 2008 Finals.[26]

Records edit

The Red Wings attempted to become the first team to successfully defend a championship since they did it in 1998. The Red Wings were also the first defending Stanley Cup champions to reach the Finals since 2001, when the 2000 champions New Jersey Devils lost to the Colorado Avalanche.

The Penguins became the first team since the Edmonton Oilers in 1984 to win the Stanley Cup after having lost in the Finals the year before; it was also the first instance of a Stanley Cup Finals rematch since then. They were the first team in major professional sports to win a game seven of the championship round on the road since the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. They also became the third team to win a game seven in the Stanley Cup Finals as the visitor, the first since the Montreal Canadiens in 1971 (the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1945 being the other).

Seeded fourth in the Eastern Conference, the Penguins became the lowest-seeded team to win the Cup since the fourth-seeded New Jersey Devils in 2000, and tied for eighth overall in the NHL, they became (along with the 1991 Penguins and 1995 Devils), the only teams in the post-1967 expansion era to finish outside the top six overall and win the Cup. The last team to win a Stanley Cup with fewer than 100 points in the season was the 1997 Detroit Red Wings, with 94.

 
Crosby (right) and Fleury (left) with the Stanley Cup during the Penguins' victory parade. Pittsburgh became the first city to win a Super Bowl and Stanley Cup in the same year.

The Penguins' Cup victory, coupled with that of the Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII four months earlier, gave the city of Pittsburgh the distinction of being the only city to win a Super Bowl and the Stanley Cup in the same year. However, Detroit holds the distinction of being the first city to have NFL champions and NHL champions in the same city in the same year, 1952. Detroit sports fans also previously experienced a similar event in 1935 when the Tigers and Lions both won championships, and the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup in the 1935–36 season, a span of only 6 months and 4 days. The "City of Champions" gained multiple titles in the same year for the second time and first time in 30 years (the Pirates won the 1979 World Series in between the Steelers' victories in Super Bowl XIII in January 1979 and Super Bowl XIV in January 1980). It also gives the state of Pennsylvania three champions in the four major professional sports in a span of nine months, with the Philadelphia Phillies winning the World Series the previous October.

This was the second consecutive year that two American-based NHL teams competed for the championship, and the first time that two teams met in the Stanley Cup Finals in consecutive seasons since the Edmonton Oilers and the New York Islanders did so in 1983 and 1984.

The first two games were played at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit on consecutive weekend nights—May 30 and 31—the first time that Finals games have been played on consecutive days since 1955.[27]

Detroit's loss gave Mike Babcock the unfortunate distinction of being the first coach in NHL history to lose game seven of a Stanley Cup Finals with two different teams.[15] Mike Keenan, the other to coach in two Finals game sevens with two different teams, had avoided the distinction by winning the second Finals game seven he coached. He was with the Philadelphia Flyers in 1987 when they lost to the Edmonton Oilers, and was with the New York Rangers when they won the Cup in 1994.

This was the last Stanley Cup Finals played at both Mellon Arena and Joe Louis Arena, which was closed after the following season and the 2016–17 season, respectively. The Penguins moved to the Consol Energy Center for the 2010–11 season, and the Red Wings moved to Little Caesars Arena for the 2017–18 season. This was also the last Stanley Cup Finals that was ever played entirely in one time zone, as the Eastern Conference now consists of all of the league's teams that are based in the Eastern Time Zone, while the Western Conference consists entirely of the NHL's teams that are based outside of it.

Team rosters edit

Detroit Red Wings edit

 
Nicklas Lidström captained the Red Wings to the second-straight Finals appearance and sixth appearance in fourteen years

Roster on June 12, 2009.

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
8   Justin Abdelkader C L 22 2005 Muskegon, Michigan
24   Chris Chelios D R 47 1999 Chicago, Illinois
11   Daniel Cleary RW L 30 2005 Carbonear, Newfoundland and Labrador
29   Ty Conklin G L 33 2008 Phoenix, Arizona
13   Pavel Datsyuk (A) C L 30 1998 Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union
44   Aaron Downey RW R 34 2007 Honeywood, Ontario
33   Kris Draper (A) C L 38 1993 Toronto, Ontario
52   Jonathan Ericsson D L 25 2002 Karlskrona, Sweden
51   Valtteri Filppula C L 25 2002 Vantaa, Finland
93   Johan Franzen LW L 29 2004 Vetlanda, Sweden
43   Darren Helm C L 22 2005 St. Andrews, Manitoba
96   Tomas Holmstrom RW L 36 1994 Piteå, Sweden
81   Marian Hossa RW L 30 2008 Stará Ľubovňa, Czechoslovakia
35   Jimmy Howard G L 25 2003 Ogdensburg, New York
26   Jiri Hudler LW L 25 2002 Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
46   Jakub Kindl D L 22 2005 Šumperk, Czechoslovakia
82   Tomas Kopecky LW L 27 2000 Ilava, Czechoslovakia
55   Niklas Kronwall D L 28 2000 Stockholm, Sweden
22   Brett Lebda D L 27 2004 Buffalo Grove, Illinois
21   Ville Leino LW L 25 2008 Savonlinna, Finland
5   Nicklas Lidstrom (C) D L 39 1989 Krylbo, Sweden
3   Andreas Lilja D L 33 2005 Helsingborg, Sweden
18   Kirk Maltby RW R 36 1996 Guelph, Ontario
14   Derek Meech D L 25 2002 Winnipeg, Manitoba
30   Chris Osgood G L 36 2005 Peace River, Alberta
28   Brian Rafalski D R 35 2007 Dearborn, Michigan
37   Mikael Samuelsson RW R 32 2005 Mariefred, Sweden
23   Brad Stuart D L 29 2008 Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
40   Henrik Zetterberg (A) C L 28 1999 Njurunda, Sweden

Pittsburgh Penguins edit

 
Sidney Crosby captained the Penguins to their first Stanley Cup championship since 1992

Roster on June 12, 2009.

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
27   Craig Adams RW R 32 2009 Seria, Brunei
43   Philippe Boucher D R 36 2008 Saint-Apollinaire, Quebec
24   Matt Cooke LW L 30 2008 Belleville, Ontario
87   Sidney Crosby (C) C L 21 2005 Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
9   Pascal Dupuis LW L 30 2008 Laval, Quebec
7   Mark Eaton D L 32 2006 Wilmington, Delaware
26   Ruslan Fedotenko LW L 30 2008 Kyiv, Soviet Union
29   Marc-Andre Fleury G L 24 2003 Sorel, Quebec
32   Mathieu Garon G R 31 2009 Chandler, Quebec
2   Hal Gill D L 34 2008 Concord, Massachusetts
28   Eric Godard RW R 29 2008 Vernon, British Columbia
3   Alex Goligoski D L 23 2004 Grand Rapids, Minnesota
55   Sergei Gonchar (A) D L 35 2005 Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union
13   Bill Guerin RW R 38 2009 Worcester, Massachusetts
48   Tyler Kennedy C R 22 2004 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
14   Chris Kunitz LW L 29 2009 Regina, Saskatchewan
58   Kris Letang D R 22 2005 Montreal, Quebec
71   Evgeni Malkin (A) C L 22 2004 Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union
18   Chris Minard C L 27 2007 Owen Sound, Ontario
44   Brooks Orpik D L 28 2001 San Francisco, California
81   Miroslav Satan RW L 34 2008 Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia
4   Rob Scuderi D L 30 1998 Syosset, New York
11   Jordan Staal C L 20 2006 Thunder Bay, Ontario
17   Petr Sykora RW L 32 2007 Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
25   Maxime Talbot C L 25 2002 LeMoyne, Quebec
15   Michael Zigomanis C R 28 2008 Toronto, Ontario

Stanley Cup engraving edit

The 2009 Stanley Cup was presented to Penguins captain Sidney Crosby by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman following the Penguins 2–1 win over the Red Wings in game seven.

The following Penguins players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup

2008–09 Pittsburgh Penguins

Players

  Centres

1-played both wing & centre.

Coaching and administrative staff

  • Mario Lemieux (chairman/owner/alternate governor)#, Ron Burkle (owner/alt. governor), Bill Kassling (director)
  • Tony Liberati (director/alt. governor), Tom Grealish (director), Ken Sawyer (chief executive officer/governor)
  • David Morehouse (president/alt. governor), Ray Shero (vice-president/general manager/alt. governor), Chuck Fletcher (assistant general manager), Eddie Johnston[b] (sr. advisor, hockey operations)
  • Jason Botterill (director of hockey administration), Dan Bylsma (head coach), Mike Yeo (assistant coach), Tom Fitzgerald (assistant coach),
  • Gilles Meloche[c] (goaltending coach), Mike Kadar (strength & conditioning coach), Travis Ramsay (video coach), Chris Stewart (athletic therapist)
  • Scott Adams (assistant athletic therapist), Mark Mortland (physical therapist), Dana Heinze (equipment manager)
  • Paul DeFazio (assistant equipment manager), Danny Kroll (assistant equipment manager), Frank Buonomo (Sr. Director of Team Operations & Communications)
  • Tom McMillian (vice-president, communications), Jay Heinbuck (director of amateur scouting), Dan MacKinnon (director of pro scouting)

Stanley Cup engraving

 
  • a Mike Zigomanis played in only 22 games due to injuries, and missed the whole playoffs. Pittsburgh included his name on the Stanley Cup by petitioning for league approval.
  • *b Despite having served with the organization in various positions for a total of 25 years, this was Johnston's first Stanley Cup with the Penguins. (Also his first in management, and his first since winning as a player with the Boston Bruins in 1970, and 1972.)
  • c Gilles Meloche and Mario Lemieux are the only ones to have their names engraved on the Cup in the three Penguins championships of 1991, 1992, and 2009. (Kevin Stevens won as a player in '91 and '92, but was not engraved as a professional scout for the team in 2009.) However, Meloche is the only one to hold the same position for all three wins. Dr. Charles Burke was the only other member of the Penguins to win 3 Stanley Cup rings. However, his name is not on the Stanley Cup.

Dan Bylsma was the 13th rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup and the first since 1986. Bylsma only coached 25 regular season games, before leading Pittsburgh to the Stanley Cup Finals. He is the second mid-season replacement rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup (See 1971 Stanley Cup Finals for the other coach, Al MacNeil). Bylsma was also a player under Mike Babcock on the 2002–03 and 2003-04 roster of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

Included on the team picture, but left off the Stanley Cup.

  • No. 14 Chris Minard (LW – 20 games for Pittsburgh, 56 games in the minors, 12 playoff games in the minors),
  • No. 42 Dustin Jeffrey (C – 14 games for Pittsburgh, 63 Regular season, 12 playoff games in the minors),
  • No. 22 Jeff Taffe (LW – 8 games for Pittsburgh, 74 regular season, and 12 playoff games in the minors ),
  • No. 1 John Curry (G – 3 games played for Pittsburgh, 50 games in the minors, 7 playoff games in the minors)
  • No. 65 Ben Lovejoy (D – 2 games for Pittsburgh, 76 regular season, and 12 playoff games in the minors),
  • No. 30 Brad Thiessen (G – signed by the organization out of Northeastern University in April, served as practice goaltender in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League before being called up to Pittsburgh in May to fulfill the same role. He was included in the team celebrations and official picture with the Cup, despite the fact that at the time, he still had yet to play in his first professional game of hockey and spent the whole season playing college hockey.),

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External links edit

  • 2009 Stanley Cup Finals at ESPN

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The 2009 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League s NHL 2008 09 season and the culmination of the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs It was contested between the Eastern Conference champion Pittsburgh Penguins and the Western Conference champion Detroit Red Wings It was Detroit s 24th appearance in the Finals and Pittsburgh s fourth appearance in the Finals This was a rematch of the previous year s Stanley Cup Finals where Detroit had defeated Pittsburgh in six games This time Pittsburgh defeated Detroit in seven games to win their third Stanley Cup in franchise history Pittsburgh s Evgeni Malkin would win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the 2009 playoffs becoming the first Russian born player to win the trophy Until 2021 this was the last time the finals were played entirely in the Eastern Time Zone 2009 Stanley Cup Finals1234567 TotalPittsburgh Penguins 1144022 4Detroit Red Wings 3322511 3Location s Pittsburgh Mellon Arena 3 4 6 Detroit Joe Louis Arena 1 2 5 7 CoachesPittsburgh Dan BylsmaDetroit Mike BabcockCaptainsPittsburgh Sidney CrosbyDetroit Nicklas LidstromNational anthemsPittsburgh Jeff JimersonDetroit Karen NewmanRefereesPaul Devorski 1 3 5 7 Dennis LaRue 1 3 5 Bill McCreary 2 4 6 7 Marc Joannette 2 4 6 DatesMay 30 June 12 2009MVPEvgeni Malkin Penguins Series winning goalMaxime Talbot 10 07 second G7 Hall of FamersRed Wings Chris Chelios 2013 did not play Marian Hossa 2020 Nicklas Lidstrom 2015 NetworksCanada English CBC French RDSUnited States English NBC 1 2 5 7 Versus 3 4 Announcers CBC Jim Hughson and Craig Simpson RDS Pierre Houde and Benoit Brunet NBC Versus Mike Emrick and Eddie Olczyk NHL International Dave Strader and Joe Micheletti 2008 Stanley Cup Finals 2010 A graph comparing the teams points throughout the regular season Contents 1 Road to Finals 1 1 Detroit Red Wings 1 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Game summaries 2 1 Game one 2 2 Game two 2 3 Game three 2 4 Game four 2 5 Game five 2 6 Game six 2 7 Game seven 3 Officials 4 Television coverage 4 1 Ratings 5 Records 6 Team rosters 6 1 Detroit Red Wings 6 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 7 Stanley Cup engraving 7 1 Players 7 2 Coaching and administrative staff 7 3 Stanley Cup engraving 8 References 9 External linksRoad to Finals editDetroit Red Wings edit Main article 2008 09 Detroit Red Wings season Entering the 2008 09 season as the Stanley Cup Champions the Detroit Red Wings signed head coach Mike Babcock to three year contract extension 1 Marian Hossa signed with the Red Wings after turning down a 49 million offer from the Penguins whom he played for throughout the 2007 08 playoffs 2 The Red Wings also signed Ty Conklin who had played for the Penguins throughout the 2007 08 season 3 The Red Wings won the Central Division title with 112 points before defeating the Columbus Blue Jackets 4 0 rival Anaheim Ducks 4 3 and then division rival Chicago Blackhawks 4 1 to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the sixth time in the past 14 seasons Pittsburgh Penguins edit Main article 2008 09 Pittsburgh Penguins season The Pittsburgh Penguins were the reigning Eastern Conference Champions After playing 57 games of the 2008 09 season the Pittsburgh Penguins had a record of 27 25 5 and were five points out of playoff position 4 The organization fired head coach Michel Therrien and replaced him with Dan Bylsma head coach of the organization s American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes Barre 5 Under Bylsma the team went 18 3 4 including 10 1 2 in March losing one home game 6 Before the trade deadline the Penguins acquired Chris Kunitz and Bill Guerin from the Anaheim Ducks and the New York Islanders respectively 7 8 The Penguins qualified for the playoffs for their third consecutive season They did not repeat as champions of the Atlantic Division but earned the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference with 99 points They began the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs on April 15 against their cross state rival Philadelphia Flyers They beat the Flyers 4 2 Washington Capitals 4 3 and Carolina Hurricanes 4 0 to earn a second straight berth in the Stanley Cup Finals Game summaries editNumber in parentheses represents the player s total in goals or assists to that point of the entire four rounds of the playoffs Game one edit May 30 Detroit Red Wings 3 1 Pittsburgh Penguins Joe Louis Arena Recap The Red Wings took game one 3 1 as three different Detroit players scored goals off of unusual bounces 9 The first period featured back and forth action with each team having a variety of chances Detroit scored the first goal of the game at 13 38 into the first period when Brad Stuart s shot missed wide left bounced off the end boards and then deflected off the back of Pittsburgh goaltender Marc Andre Fleury s leg into the net The Penguins tied the game at 18 37 when Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood mishandled a shot by Evgeni Malkin allowing Ruslan Fedotenko to score Malkin gained the initial opportunity after forcing defenceman Stuart into a turnover The Penguins dominated the early portion of the second period but Osgood kept the game even including when he bailed his team out by stopping Malkin on a breakaway The Red Wings bounced back and went ahead at 19 02 of the period after Brian Rafalski s shot rebounded off the end boards to Johan Franzen who banked a shot off Fleury and into the net Detroit s third goal of the game came at 2 46 of the third period when after a save by Fleury on Ville Leino the puck bounced high into the air and was swatted by Detroit rookie Justin Abdelkader from midair to his stick Abdelkader then went around Pittsburgh s Jordan Staal who had lost sight of the puck and shot it above Fleury Only three total penalties were called in the game two on Detroit and one on Pittsburgh but neither team could take advantage on their respective power plays as Osgood stopped 31 out of 32 shots while Fleury stopped 27 out of 30 10 11 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist s Time Score 1st DET Brad Stuart 2 Unassisted 13 38 1 0 DET PIT Ruslan Fedotenko 7 Evgeni Malkin 17 18 37 1 1 2nd DET Johan Franzen 11 Brian Rafalski 7 Henrik Zetterberg 10 19 02 2 1 DET 3rd DET Justin Abdelkader 1 Ville Leino 1 2 46 3 1 DET Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st None 2nd DET Brett Lebda Slashing 4 38 2 00 DET Mikael Samuelsson Holding 7 05 2 00 PIT Craig Adams Hooking 13 44 2 00 3rd None Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total PIT 7 13 12 32 DET 11 11 8 30 Game two edit May 31 Detroit Red Wings 3 1 Pittsburgh Penguins Joe Louis Arena Recap Game two was another 3 1 victory for Detroit Pittsburgh started out the game strong setting up numerous chances from behind the net that were stopped by Chris Osgood The Penguins then struck first at 16 50 of the opening period After the Red Wings Niklas Kronwall was sent to the penalty box for cross checking Evgeni Malkin fired from the slot and a scramble in front of the net ensued after Osgood gave up a rebound The puck eventually came to Malkin for a second crack and the shot was inadvertently deflected by Brad Stuart into his own net Detroit took over in the second period dominating in shots and benefiting from some luck such as when Bill Guerin s wrist shot hit the inside of the post but stayed out of the net Jonathan Ericsson tied the game at 4 21 of the second period moments after the Penguins were forced to ice the puck after a long shift Pittsburgh promptly lost the ensuing faceoff in their zone allowing Ericsson to score from the point Then at 10 29 the Red Wings went ahead after Valtteri Filppula was able to backhand a shot from a difficult angle into the net Filppula scored after Fleury had stopped both Tomas Holmstrom and Marian Hossa but could not hold the rebounds At 1 39 of the third period Sidney Crosby peeled out of the corner and fired a shot that bounced off the post and rolled along the Detroit goal line The play was reviewed by video replay but the ruling on the ice was upheld as a no goal Then at 2 47 Justin Abdelkader gave the Red Wings their third goal of the game as he moved in slowly against the Pittsburgh defence and blasted a shot that caught Marc Andre Fleury off guard as it landed in the net Tensions flared up near the end of the game at 19 41 of the third period Maxime Talbot was called for slashing which eventually led to a fight between Malkin and Detroit s Henrik Zetterberg Malkin received an instigator penalty and a misconduct penalty but was not suspended by the league for the incident despite Rule 47 22 now Rule 46 21 of the NHL rulebook automatically imposing the suspension 12 Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist s Time Score 1st PIT Evgeni Malkin 13 pp Kris Letang 7 Bill Guerin 8 16 50 1 0 PIT 2nd DET Jonathan Ericsson 3 Jiri Hudler 6 Darren Helm 1 4 21 1 1 DET Valtteri Filppula 2 Tomas Holmstrom 4 and Marian Hossa 7 10 29 2 1 DET 3rd DET Justin Abdelkader 2 Tomas Holmstrom 5 and Marian Hossa 8 2 47 3 1 DET Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st DET Niklas Kronwall Cross Checking 16 08 2 00 2nd PIT Evgeni Malkin Interference 8 15 2 00 3rd PIT Maxime Talbot Slashing 19 41 2 00 PIT Evgeni Malkin Fighting 19 41 5 00 DET Henrik Zetterberg Fighting 19 41 5 00 PIT Evgeni Malkin Instigator 19 41 2 00 PIT Evgeni Malkin Misconduct 19 41 10 00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total PIT 12 9 12 33 DET 7 16 3 26 Game three edit June 2 Pittsburgh Penguins 4 2 Detroit Red Wings Mellon Arena Recap The Penguins won game three 4 2 cutting their deficit in the series in half Pittsburgh got off to a strong offensive start and scored first at 4 48 of the opening period when Evgeni Malkin set up Maxime Talbot who fired a one timed snapshot Detroit answered less than two minutes later with a Henrik Zetterberg goal at 6 19 in the period Zetterberg scored on a rebound after Ville Leino s wrap around attempt was stopped by Marc Andre Fleury After Pittsburgh s Brooks Orpik was called for interference Johan Franzen responding by scoring a goal at 11 33 with under ten seconds left in the penalty Franzen s score was a one timer that resulted after Zetterberg fed him a pass around the goal crease While Detroit dominated the middle of the first period at one point firing nine straight shots the Penguins caught a break when the officials missed a penalty for too many men when Pittsburgh had inadvertently created their own powerplay and played with six men for nearly 30 seconds 13 Pittsburgh then used a late holding call on Daniel Cleary to set up a game tying power play goal Defenceman Kris Letang fanned on a one time attempt as he took a pass from Malkin but regained control of the puck and fired a wrist shot into the net The score remained unchanged through the second period although Detroit had numerous scoring chances The Penguins Fleury stopped 16 Detroit shots in the frame and caught a break as Mikael Samuelsson hit the post on a breakaway The Penguins came out with strong defence in the third period and the Detroit offence sputtered at one point going over ten minutes without a shot Midway through the third period the Penguins earned a power play opportunity after Jonathan Ericsson was called for interference At 10 29 Sergei Gonchar drilled a slapshot from near the blue line which sailed through traffic and beat a screened Chris Osgood to give the Penguins the lead Detroit could not mount a late surge with the extra attacker on the ice and Talbot added an empty net goal at 19 03 for his second of the game to seal the victory Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist s Time Score 1st PIT Maxime Talbot 5 Evgeni Malkin 18 Kris Letang 8 4 48 1 0 PIT DET Henrik Zetterberg 10 Ville Leino 2 Johan Franzen 10 6 19 1 1 DET Johan Franzen 12 pp Henrik Zetterberg 11 Niklas Kronwall 7 11 33 2 1 DET PIT Kris Letang 4 pp Evgeni Malkin 19 Sergei Gonchar 11 15 57 2 2 2nd None 3rd PIT Sergei Gonchar 3 pp Evgeni Malkin 20 Sidney Crosby 15 10 29 3 2 PIT PIT Maxime Talbot 6 en Ruslan Fedotenko 6 19 03 4 2 PIT Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st PIT Brooks Orpik Interference 9 42 2 00 DET Daniel Cleary Holding 14 46 2 00 DET Johan Franzen Tripping 18 02 2 00 2nd PIT Miroslav Satan Holding 15 35 2 00 3rd DET Jonathan Ericsson Interference 9 46 2 00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T DET 12 14 3 29 PIT 7 4 10 21 Game four edit June 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 4 2 Detroit Red Wings Mellon Arena Recap The Penguins picked up a 4 2 win in game four equalling their performance from the previous meeting Detroit found themselves at an early disadvantage as a tripping call on Niklas Kronwall gave Pittsburgh a power play just over a minute into the game Evgeni Malkin scored with the man advantage at 2 39 to give the Penguins an early lead The goal occurred after Chris Osgood stopped a Jordan Staal shot then Kris Letang fired a rebound wide that was picked up by Malkin and deposited behind the outstretched goaltender Detroit ended the first period on a relentless assault but Marc Andre Fleury held the fort in goal for Pittsburgh including a sequence in which he stopped four Detroit shots seconds apart On that shift Fleury cancelled a Darren Helm wrap around attempt stood up to stop Mikael Samuelsson s rebound one timer then stopped Daniel Cleary on two more rebound tries With 19 shots in the period Detroit would eventually score at 18 19 after Helm forced Rob Scuderi into a turnover on a clearing attempt then fired a wrist shot into the goal Detroit took the lead early in the second period after Henrik Zetterberg passed from behind the net to Brad Stuart at the point Stuart s slap shot at 0 46 beat a screened Fleury but provided one of the few sparks for Detroit in a nightmarish period After Brooks Orpik was called for tripping it was the Penguins who picked up great scoring opportunities during the Detroit power play First Osgood stopped Malkin on a breakaway However he was not able to keep Staal from scoring shorthanded At 8 35 Staal lit the lamp after dragging the puck around Brian Rafalski by using his long reach Just under two minutes later Sidney Crosby finally scored his first goal of the series Malkin stripped Brad Stuart who had just mishandled a pass and started a two on one with Crosby who took the pass at 10 34 and shoved it into the net At 14 12 in the period Tyler Kennedy scored to extend the Pittsburgh lead The play began when Kennedy beat Henrik Zetterberg to the puck on the forecheck Chris Kunitz then took the puck and fed a pass to Crosby who one touched it to Kennedy for the goal as Osgood was caught moving side to side The third period featured several good chances by each team but neither team was able to score and the game ended with a tied series Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist s Time Score 1st PIT Evgeni Malkin 14 pp Kris Letang 9 Jordan Staal 5 2 39 1 0 PIT DET Darren Helm 4 Unassisted 18 19 1 1 2nd DET Brad Stuart 3 Henrik Zetterberg 12 Brian Rafalski 8 0 46 2 1 DET PIT Jordan Staal 3 sh Maxime Talbot 4 Mark Eaton 3 8 35 2 2 PIT Sidney Crosby 15 Evgeni Malkin 21 10 34 3 2 PIT PIT Tyler Kennedy 4 Sidney Crosby 16 Chris Kunitz 12 14 12 4 2 PIT 3rd None Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st DET Niklas Kronwall Tripping 1 12 2 00 PIT Mark Eaton Cross checking 11 09 2 00 DET Jonathan Ericsson High sticking 16 27 2 00 PIT Bill Guerin High sticking 16 37 2 00 2nd PIT Evgeni Malkin Hooking 5 44 2 00 PIT Brooks Orpik Tripping 7 43 2 00 3rd DET Niklas Kronwall Hooking 8 27 2 00 DET Daniel Cleary Roughing 20 00 2 00 PIT Brooks Orpik Roughing 20 00 2 00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 T DET 19 9 11 39 PIT 11 11 9 31 Game five edit June 6 Detroit Red Wings 5 0 Pittsburgh Penguins Joe Louis Arena Recap nbsp Fleury is screened by Franzen during Game 5 Detroit gained a huge boost in game five as star two way player Pavel Datsyuk played for the first time in the series after returning from a foot injury The Penguins were the team that began the match with energy dominating the first five minutes and producing a variety of chances from the Evgeni Malkin Ruslan Fedotenko Maxime Talbot line However the Red Wings rallied around a rejuvenated Datsyuk to take over the game midway through the period Datsuyk s skating allowed Detroit to score at 13 32 of the period as he fed a pass to Daniel Cleary during a three on three transition play Cleary used Penguins defenceman Brooks Orpik as a screen as he shot the puck past goaltender Marc Andre Fleury The Penguins began to unravel in the second period committing five minor penalties in the frame This undisciplined hockey allowed Detroit to score three power play goals and one marker that occurred seconds after a penalty had expired At 1 44 of the second the Red Wings scored their second goal On the final seconds of a power play Fleury made a sprawling save on Datsuyk the puck was cleared and the penalty expired However as the Penguins attempted to make a line change goaltender Chris Osgood fed a long pass for Detroit to Marian Hossa who slipped a pass into the slot enabling a streaking Valtteri Filppula to score on the backhand Three straight penalty calls on Pittsburgh would then lead to Red Wing scores A slashing minor on Sergei Gonchar eventually allowed a high wrist shot by Niklas Kronwall at 8 35 to find the back of the net Kronwall scored after pinching into the corner and playing in a forward position He then took a pass from Johan Franzen and patiently waited for Fleury to go down before lifting the puck An elbowing penalty on Evgeni Malkin led to a Brian Rafalski goal at 11 34 which saw the defenceman take a pass from Datsyuk and score on a wrist shot from the right circle A Chris Kunitz roughing penalty set up Henrik Zetterberg At 15 40 Zetterberg took a shot pass from Jiri Hudler and peeled to the front of the net to deposit the puck over Fleury s glove After giving up the fifth goal Fleury was replaced by Mathieu Garon and the Penguins committed two more penalties in the second to give Detroit a two man advantage on which they did not convert The third period was mostly uneventful and the score remained 5 0 until the end of the game Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist s Time Score 1st DET Daniel Cleary 9 Pavel Datsyuk 7 Brian Rafalski 9 13 32 1 0 DET 2nd DET Valtteri Filppula 3 Marian Hossa 9 Chris Osgood 1 1 44 2 0 DET DET Niklas Kronwall 2 pp Johan Franzen 11 Henrik Zetterberg 13 8 35 3 0 DET DET Brian Rafalski 3 pp Pavel Datsyuk 8 Nicklas Lidstrom 10 11 34 4 0 DET DET Henrik Zetterberg 11 pp Jiri Hudler 7 Mikael Samuelsson 5 15 40 5 0 DET 3rd None Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st DET Niklas Kronwall Tripping 7 16 2 00 PIT Chris Kunitz Goaltender Interference 19 39 2 00 2nd PIT Sergei Gonchar Slashing 5 53 2 00 PIT Evgeni Malkin Elbowing 6 48 2 00 PIT Chris Kunitz Roughing 13 50 2 00 PIT Sidney Crosby Slashing 17 37 2 00 PIT Maxime Talbot Slashing 17 57 2 00 3rd DET Marian Hossa Roughing 1 53 2 00 PIT Evgeni Malkin Hooking 7 14 2 00 PIT Pascal Dupuis High sticking 15 50 2 00 PIT Craig Adams Misconduct 15 50 10 00 PIT Evgeni Malkin Cross Checking 18 08 2 00 PIT Matt Cooke Misconduct 18 08 10 00 DET Brett Lebda Misconduct 18 08 10 00 PIT Maxime Talbot Misconduct 18 08 10 00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total PIT 10 6 6 22 DET 8 15 6 29 Game six edit June 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 2 1 Detroit Red Wings Mellon Arena Recap nbsp Osgood makes a save in Game 6 The Penguins defeated the Red Wings in game six 2 1 to force a seventh and deciding game of the finals The first period featured strong defensive play by both teams Pittsburgh goaltender Marc Andre Fleury made a big early save as he stopped a one timer by Henrik Zetterberg who had just received a pass from Pavel Datsyuk on a two on one rush Detroit s Chris Osgood equalled Fleury s early brilliance as he stopped Sidney Crosby on two separate power plays first by stuffing his attempt to jam home a puck in the crease then by denying him on a rush through the slot in transition After a scoreless first period Jordan Staal scored Pittsburgh s first goal at 0 51 in the second Tyler Kennedy chipped a puck away from Valtteri Filppula in the Detroit zone then passed the puck to Staal to start a two on one break Osgood stopped Staal s first shot by tipping it with his glove before the rebound was deposited into the net Pittsburgh dominated the second period but did not score again in the frame They also caught a break as Zetterberg s forehand shot from the slot hit the post and was then held by Fleury as it ricochet off his back Kennedy gave the Penguins their second goal at 5 35 of the third after gaining the puck by cycling behind Detroit s net with Maxime Talbot Two Red Wing defenders went to Talbot which gave Kennedy a clear lane to walk in front of the net and lift a shot high over Osgood Kris Draper cut the Pittsburgh lead at 8 01 beating Marc Andre Fleury on a wrist shot The goal came after Jonathan Ericsson s slapshot was kicked aside and Draper was able to take the rebound and glide into scoring position The Red Wings found their stride late in the game but were thwarted on two late scoring chances With 1 42 remaining Daniel Cleary raced into the Penguins zone on a breakaway but his shot was turned aside by Fleury In the final thirty seconds an unlikely hero stepped up for the Penguins After Fleury stopped Datsyuk s shot the puck came to the goal mouth where Johan Franzen was ready to pounce However with Fleury out of position Pittsburgh defenceman Rob Scuderi stepped in front of the loose puck and blocked three Franzen shots with his skates to preserve a win This was the last ever Stanley Cup Finals game played at Mellon Arena Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist s Time Score 1st None 2nd PIT Jordan Staal 4 Tyler Kennedy 4 Rob Scuderi 3 0 51 1 0 PIT 3rd PIT Tyler Kennedy 5 Maxime Talbot 5 Ruslan Fedotenko 7 5 35 2 0 PIT DET Kris Draper 1 Jonathan Ericsson 4 Nicklas Lidstrom 11 8 01 2 1 PIT Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st DET Henrik Zetterberg Goaltender interference 3 35 2 00 DET Valtteri Filppula Tripping 13 29 2 00 2nd None 3rd PIT Evgeni Malkin Cross checking 9 18 2 00 PIT Bill Guerin High sticking 12 40 2 00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total DET 3 9 14 26 PIT 12 12 7 31 Game seven edit June 12 Detroit Red Wings 1 2 Pittsburgh Penguins Joe Louis Arena Recap External videos nbsp Game 7 Full replay NHL International s feed on the NHL s official YouTube channel For the first time the Pittsburgh Penguins played a seventh game in the Stanley Cup Finals while the Red Wings made their seventh appearance in the deciding game Detroit had previously gone 3 3 in game sevens Their last Stanley Cup Finals game seven was in 1964 against the Toronto Maple Leafs where they lost by the score of 4 0 in Maple Leaf Gardens 14 Entering the contest Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock joined Mike Keenan as the only men to coach Game 7 s of the Stanley Cup Finals with two different teams having been with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim when they lost to the New Jersey Devils in 2003 the home team won all seven games of the series 15 Over the whole series the Red Wings outscored the Penguins 17 14 The opening half of the first period featured tentative play by both teams but with Pittsburgh outperforming Detroit offensively in the frame However the Red Wings got the best scoring chance as Kirk Maltby gained possession of a bouncing puck after a faceoff in the Penguins zone Maltby s shot was then stopped by the glove of goaltender Marc Andre Fleury from point blank range At 1 13 in the second period Pittsburgh struck first as Maxime Talbot scored following a turnover The goal resulted after Brad Stuart attempted to clear the zone following a dump in by Brooks Orpik into Detroit territory Evgeni Malkin used his skates to block Stuart s pass and the puck found its way to Talbot who patiently waited to find a shooting lane behind goaltender Chris Osgood Both teams gained chances through the middle of the period with each goalie coming up strong On one sequence Brian Rafalski made a quick pass to Darren Helm in the left circle where he was stopped by Fleury As Rafalski set up for a rebound shot he lost the puck to Pittsburgh s Matt Cooke who was then stuffed on a breakaway attempt Soon afterward Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was crunched into the boards by Johan Franzen and sustained a knee injury He would be healthy enough to play only one shift for the remainder of the game nbsp Malkin during the Penguins victory parade became the first Russian player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy Talbot struck again at 10 07 in the period as he curled the puck to fake a pass during a two on one break then lifted it over Osgood s shoulder The play began with Chris Kunitz splitting the Detroit defence with a pass in his own zone allowing Talbot and Tyler Kennedy to move in on an odd man rush The Penguins attempted to play conservatively in the third period and registered only one shot in the frame At the same time Detroit was able to sustain pressure on several occasions during the period At 13 53 the Red Wings got on the board as Jonathan Ericsson drilled a one timed slapshot behind Fleury from near the blue line after receiving a pass from Niklas Lidstrom Then at 17 45 Detroit came within inches of pulling into a tie However Niklas Kronwall s wristshot from the right circle ricocheted off of Jordan Staal hit the crossbar then bounced away from any Red Wing skaters Detroit gained one last chance on the final shift of the game After stopping an initial Henrik Zetterberg shot from the right faceoff circle the rebound came loose to Nicklas Lidstrom at the left faceoff circle forcing Fleury to make a diving stop with two seconds remaining to preserve the win and the championship 16 17 Pittsburgh s Evgeni Malkin was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy after the game as the Most Valuable Player of the 2009 playoffs becoming the first Russian born player to win the trophy The Penguins became the first team since the 1971 Montreal Canadiens to win game seven of the Finals on the road They were also the first road team to win game seven of a championship round in any major league sport since the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Baltimore Orioles 4 1 at Memorial Stadium to win the 1979 World Series 18 19 For the Red Wings it was the first time that they lost in the Finals since 1995 when they were swept by the Devils It was also the first time that the visiting team has won the Cup at Joe Louis Arena in the venue s 30 year history and the Penguins became the first visiting team to win the Cup in Detroit since the Montreal Canadiens did so in 1966 at the now demolished Olympia Stadium They were also the first team to win the Stanley Cup without finishing first in a division during the regular season since the Devils in 2000 This was the last ever Stanley Cup Finals game played at Joe Louis Arena Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist s Time Score 1st None 2nd PIT Maxime Talbot 7 Evgeni Malkin 20 01 13 1 0 PIT PIT Maxime Talbot 8 Chris Kunitz 13 Rob Scuderi 4 10 07 2 0 PIT 3rd DET Jonathan Ericsson 4 Nicklas Lidstrom 12 Jiri Hudler 8 13 53 2 1 PIT Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st DET Brad Stuart Slashing 11 24 2 00 2nd PIT Jordan Staal Hooking 01 59 2 00 DET Tomas Holmstrom Holding 01 59 2 00 PIT Hal Gill Holding 06 16 2 00 3rd PIT Mark Eaton Tripping 02 36 2 00 Shots by period Team 1 2 3 Total PIT 10 7 1 18 DET 6 11 8 25Officials editThe following officials worked the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals 20 Bold face indicates worked Game 7 Referees Paul Devorski Marc Joannette Dennis Larue Bill McCreary Linesmen Derek Amell Steve Miller Jean Morin Pierre RacicotTelevision coverage editIn Canada all games of the Finals were broadcast in English on the CBC and in French on the cable network RDS CBC had a new broadcast team calling the Finals with Jim Hughson as play by play announcer and Craig Simpson as colour commentator In the United States this was the first time since 1999 that game one of the Cup Finals aired on over the air television instead of on cable NBC broadcast the first two and final three games of the series while Versus broadcast games three and four 21 The first two games of the series were played on consecutive nights due to NBC s scheduling specifically to avoid putting a contest on the network during the debut week of The Tonight Show with Conan O Brien on June 1 5 22 23 This was also done to help promote the game and keep the hockey viewership growing 24 Games four and six ended up going head to head with games one and three of the 2009 NBA Finals respectively 25 Game seven was the last major sporting event on analogue television in the United States with the DTV transition finishing less than an hour and a half after the game ended and just one hour after NBC coverage ended NBC affiliates WDIV TV in Detroit and WPXI in Pittsburgh who months before the Stanley Cup playoffs began electing to keep their own respective analogue signals on until June 12 well past the original February 17 deadline both remained on the air for game seven before cutting their analogue signals at 11 59 EDT Ratings edit In the United States with an average of eight million viewers game seven was the most watched NHL game in the United States since game six of the 1973 Stanley Cup Finals 26 In Canada game seven drew an average of 3 529 million viewers to the CBC However it averaged 2 154 million viewers for the seven game rematch down 7 from the 2008 Finals 26 Records editThe Red Wings attempted to become the first team to successfully defend a championship since they did it in 1998 The Red Wings were also the first defending Stanley Cup champions to reach the Finals since 2001 when the 2000 champions New Jersey Devils lost to the Colorado Avalanche The Penguins became the first team since the Edmonton Oilers in 1984 to win the Stanley Cup after having lost in the Finals the year before it was also the first instance of a Stanley Cup Finals rematch since then They were the first team in major professional sports to win a game seven of the championship round on the road since the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball They also became the third team to win a game seven in the Stanley Cup Finals as the visitor the first since the Montreal Canadiens in 1971 the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1945 being the other Seeded fourth in the Eastern Conference the Penguins became the lowest seeded team to win the Cup since the fourth seeded New Jersey Devils in 2000 and tied for eighth overall in the NHL they became along with the 1991 Penguins and 1995 Devils the only teams in the post 1967 expansion era to finish outside the top six overall and win the Cup The last team to win a Stanley Cup with fewer than 100 points in the season was the 1997 Detroit Red Wings with 94 nbsp Crosby right and Fleury left with the Stanley Cup during the Penguins victory parade Pittsburgh became the first city to win a Super Bowl and Stanley Cup in the same year The Penguins Cup victory coupled with that of the Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII four months earlier gave the city of Pittsburgh the distinction of being the only city to win a Super Bowl and the Stanley Cup in the same year However Detroit holds the distinction of being the first city to have NFL champions and NHL champions in the same city in the same year 1952 Detroit sports fans also previously experienced a similar event in 1935 when the Tigers and Lions both won championships and the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup in the 1935 36 season a span of only 6 months and 4 days The City of Champions gained multiple titles in the same year for the second time and first time in 30 years the Pirates won the 1979 World Series in between the Steelers victories in Super Bowl XIII in January 1979 and Super Bowl XIV in January 1980 It also gives the state of Pennsylvania three champions in the four major professional sports in a span of nine months with the Philadelphia Phillies winning the World Series the previous October This was the second consecutive year that two American based NHL teams competed for the championship and the first time that two teams met in the Stanley Cup Finals in consecutive seasons since the Edmonton Oilers and the New York Islanders did so in 1983 and 1984 The first two games were played at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit on consecutive weekend nights May 30 and 31 the first time that Finals games have been played on consecutive days since 1955 27 Detroit s loss gave Mike Babcock the unfortunate distinction of being the first coach in NHL history to lose game seven of a Stanley Cup Finals with two different teams 15 Mike Keenan the other to coach in two Finals game sevens with two different teams had avoided the distinction by winning the second Finals game seven he coached He was with the Philadelphia Flyers in 1987 when they lost to the Edmonton Oilers and was with the New York Rangers when they won the Cup in 1994 This was the last Stanley Cup Finals played at both Mellon Arena and Joe Louis Arena which was closed after the following season and the 2016 17 season respectively The Penguins moved to the Consol Energy Center for the 2010 11 season and the Red Wings moved to Little Caesars Arena for the 2017 18 season This was also the last Stanley Cup Finals that was ever played entirely in one time zone as the Eastern Conference now consists of all of the league s teams that are based in the Eastern Time Zone while the Western Conference consists entirely of the NHL s teams that are based outside of it Team rosters editDetroit Red Wings edit nbsp Nicklas Lidstrom captained the Red Wings to the second straight Finals appearance and sixth appearance in fourteen years Roster on June 12 2009 No Nat Player Pos S G Age Acquired Birthplace 8 nbsp Justin Abdelkader C L 22 2005 Muskegon Michigan 24 nbsp Chris Chelios D R 47 1999 Chicago Illinois 11 nbsp Daniel Cleary RW L 30 2005 Carbonear Newfoundland and Labrador 29 nbsp Ty Conklin G L 33 2008 Phoenix Arizona 13 nbsp Pavel Datsyuk A C L 30 1998 Sverdlovsk Soviet Union 44 nbsp Aaron Downey RW R 34 2007 Honeywood Ontario 33 nbsp Kris Draper A C L 38 1993 Toronto Ontario 52 nbsp Jonathan Ericsson D L 25 2002 Karlskrona Sweden 51 nbsp Valtteri Filppula C L 25 2002 Vantaa Finland 93 nbsp Johan Franzen LW L 29 2004 Vetlanda Sweden 43 nbsp Darren Helm C L 22 2005 St Andrews Manitoba 96 nbsp Tomas Holmstrom RW L 36 1994 Pitea Sweden 81 nbsp Marian Hossa RW L 30 2008 Stara Ľubovna Czechoslovakia 35 nbsp Jimmy Howard G L 25 2003 Ogdensburg New York 26 nbsp Jiri Hudler LW L 25 2002 Olomouc Czechoslovakia 46 nbsp Jakub Kindl D L 22 2005 Sumperk Czechoslovakia 82 nbsp Tomas Kopecky LW L 27 2000 Ilava Czechoslovakia 55 nbsp Niklas Kronwall D L 28 2000 Stockholm Sweden 22 nbsp Brett Lebda D L 27 2004 Buffalo Grove Illinois 21 nbsp Ville Leino LW L 25 2008 Savonlinna Finland 5 nbsp Nicklas Lidstrom C D L 39 1989 Krylbo Sweden 3 nbsp Andreas Lilja D L 33 2005 Helsingborg Sweden 18 nbsp Kirk Maltby RW R 36 1996 Guelph Ontario 14 nbsp Derek Meech D L 25 2002 Winnipeg Manitoba 30 nbsp Chris Osgood G L 36 2005 Peace River Alberta 28 nbsp Brian Rafalski D R 35 2007 Dearborn Michigan 37 nbsp Mikael Samuelsson RW R 32 2005 Mariefred Sweden 23 nbsp Brad Stuart D L 29 2008 Rocky Mountain House Alberta 40 nbsp Henrik Zetterberg A C L 28 1999 Njurunda Sweden Pittsburgh Penguins edit nbsp Sidney Crosby captained the Penguins to their first Stanley Cup championship since 1992 Roster on June 12 2009 No Nat Player Pos S G Age Acquired Birthplace 27 nbsp Craig Adams RW R 32 2009 Seria Brunei 43 nbsp Philippe Boucher D R 36 2008 Saint Apollinaire Quebec 24 nbsp Matt Cooke LW L 30 2008 Belleville Ontario 87 nbsp Sidney Crosby C C L 21 2005 Cole Harbour Nova Scotia 9 nbsp Pascal Dupuis LW L 30 2008 Laval Quebec 7 nbsp Mark Eaton D L 32 2006 Wilmington Delaware 26 nbsp Ruslan Fedotenko LW L 30 2008 Kyiv Soviet Union 29 nbsp Marc Andre Fleury G L 24 2003 Sorel Quebec 32 nbsp Mathieu Garon G R 31 2009 Chandler Quebec 2 nbsp Hal Gill D L 34 2008 Concord Massachusetts 28 nbsp Eric Godard RW R 29 2008 Vernon British Columbia 3 nbsp Alex Goligoski D L 23 2004 Grand Rapids Minnesota 55 nbsp Sergei Gonchar A D L 35 2005 Chelyabinsk Soviet Union 13 nbsp Bill Guerin RW R 38 2009 Worcester Massachusetts 48 nbsp Tyler Kennedy C R 22 2004 Sault Ste Marie Ontario 14 nbsp Chris Kunitz LW L 29 2009 Regina Saskatchewan 58 nbsp Kris Letang D R 22 2005 Montreal Quebec 71 nbsp Evgeni Malkin A C L 22 2004 Magnitogorsk Soviet Union 18 nbsp Chris Minard C L 27 2007 Owen Sound Ontario 44 nbsp Brooks Orpik D L 28 2001 San Francisco California 81 nbsp Miroslav Satan RW L 34 2008 Topoľcany Czechoslovakia 4 nbsp Rob Scuderi D L 30 1998 Syosset New York 11 nbsp Jordan Staal C L 20 2006 Thunder Bay Ontario 17 nbsp Petr Sykora RW L 32 2007 Plzen Czechoslovakia 25 nbsp Maxime Talbot C L 25 2002 LeMoyne Quebec 15 nbsp Michael Zigomanis C R 28 2008 Toronto OntarioStanley Cup engraving editThe 2009 Stanley Cup was presented to Penguins captain Sidney Crosby by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman following the Penguins 2 1 win over the Red Wings in game seven The following Penguins players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup2008 09 Pittsburgh Penguins Players Centres 11 Jordan Staal 15 Michael Zigomanis a did not play 25 Maxime Talbot1 48 Tyler Kennedy1 71 Evgeni Malkin A 87 Sidney Crosby Captain Wingers 9 Pascal Dupuis 13 Bill Guerin 14 Chris Kunitz 17 Petr Sykora 24 Matt Cooke 26 Ruslan Fedotenko 27 Craig Adams 28 Eric Godard 81 Miroslav Satan Defencemen 2 Hal Gill 3 Alex Goligoski 4 Rob Scuderi 7 Mark Eaton 43 Philippe Boucher 44 Brooks Orpik 55 Sergei Gonchar A 58 Kris Letang Goaltenders 29 Marc Andre Fleury 32 Mathieu Garon 1 played both wing amp centre Coaching and administrative staff Mario Lemieux chairman owner alternate governor Ron Burkle owner alt governor Bill Kassling director Tony Liberati director alt governor Tom Grealish director Ken Sawyer chief executive officer governor David Morehouse president alt governor Ray Shero vice president general manager alt governor Chuck Fletcher assistant general manager Eddie Johnston b sr advisor hockey operations Jason Botterill director of hockey administration Dan Bylsma head coach Mike Yeo assistant coach Tom Fitzgerald assistant coach Gilles Meloche c goaltending coach Mike Kadar strength amp conditioning coach Travis Ramsay video coach Chris Stewart athletic therapist Scott Adams assistant athletic therapist Mark Mortland physical therapist Dana Heinze equipment manager Paul DeFazio assistant equipment manager Danny Kroll assistant equipment manager Frank Buonomo Sr Director of Team Operations amp Communications Tom McMillian vice president communications Jay Heinbuck director of amateur scouting Dan MacKinnon director of pro scouting Stanley Cup engraving nbsp a Mike Zigomanis played in only 22 games due to injuries and missed the whole playoffs Pittsburgh included his name on the Stanley Cup by petitioning for league approval b Despite having served with the organization in various positions for a total of 25 years this was Johnston s first Stanley Cup with the Penguins Also his first in management and his first since winning as a player with the Boston Bruins in 1970 and 1972 c Gilles Meloche and Mario Lemieux are the only ones to have their names engraved on the Cup in the three Penguins championships of 1991 1992 and 2009 Kevin Stevens won as a player in 91 and 92 but was not engraved as a professional scout for the team in 2009 However Meloche is the only one to hold the same position for all three wins Dr Charles Burke was the only other member of the Penguins to win 3 Stanley Cup rings However his name is not on the Stanley Cup Dan Bylsma was the 13th rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup and the first since 1986 Bylsma only coached 25 regular season games before leading Pittsburgh to the Stanley Cup Finals He is the second mid season replacement rookie coach to win the Stanley Cup See 1971 Stanley Cup Finals for the other coach Al MacNeil Bylsma was also a player under Mike Babcock on the 2002 03 and 2003 04 roster of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Included on the team picture but left off the Stanley Cup No 14 Chris Minard LW 20 games for Pittsburgh 56 games in the minors 12 playoff games in the minors No 42 Dustin Jeffrey C 14 games for Pittsburgh 63 Regular season 12 playoff games in the minors No 22 Jeff Taffe LW 8 games for Pittsburgh 74 regular season and 12 playoff games in the minors No 1 John Curry G 3 games played for Pittsburgh 50 games in the minors 7 playoff games in the minors No 65 Ben Lovejoy D 2 games for Pittsburgh 76 regular season and 12 playoff games in the minors No 30 Brad Thiessen G signed by the organization out of Northeastern University in April served as practice goaltender in Wilkes Barre Scranton of the American Hockey League before being called up to Pittsburgh in May to fulfill the same role He was 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