Overview
- Pittsburgh beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-1 on Tuesday to move into second place in the Metropolitan Division.
- Anthony Mantha drove Monday's 8-3 comeback at the Islanders, with the Penguins outscoring New York 4-0 during his shifts and controlling 88% of expected goals while he was on the ice.
- Mantha is up to 29 goals in a career-best season on a one-year, $2.5 million contract that has delivered outsized value as he heads toward free agency.
- Against Detroit, Rickard Rakell, Mantha, Justin Brazeau and Noel Acciari scored, Egor Chinakhov added a goal and an assist, and Stuart Skinner stopped 22 of 23 shots.
- Detroit entered on a 1-4-0 slide over five games and has fallen outside the playoff picture, raising the stakes of Pittsburgh's win in a crowded Eastern Conference race.