Reds Wings rout Penguins, 6-1

DETROIT – Teemu Pulkkinen scored two goals and picked up a pair of assists Thursday night as the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins, 6-1, in a preseason game at Joe Louis Arena.
Tyler Bertuzzi, Detroit’s third draft pick in 2013, had a goal and three assists. Top prospect Dylan Larkin, Detroit’s first pick in 2014, scored two goals and had another goal waived off.
Detroit goaltender Jimmy Howard played the entire goal, making 34 saves.
Playing their third game in three nights, alternating lineups, the Red Wings improved to 2-0-1. Neither team dressed its top players, for the most part. Henrik Zetterberg, Tomas Tatar, Gustav Nyquist and Niklas Kronwall didn’t play for Detroit, while Sidney Crosby and Phil Kessel didn’t dress for Pittsburgh.
Beau Bennett scored Pittsburgh’s lone goal, midway through the third period.
The loss was the first of the preseason for Pittsburgh (2-1-0). Next for the Penguins is a home game against Columbus Saturday at 4 p.m.