 In Game 5 of the series , Pittsburgh faced elimination in Detroit , where they had not yet won in the series . Down 3 – 2 with 35 seconds remaining in regulation , Talbot scored for the Penguins , who had removed goaltender Marc @-@ Andre Fleury to gain an extra skater . The goal tied the game at three , forcing it into sudden @-@ death overtime . In the third overtime period , Sykora scored at the 109 : 21 mark of the game to give the Penguins the victory and force Game 6 . Sykora 's goal was assisted by Malkin , who had struggled in the series , and Gonchar , who was returning for his first shift in 50 minutes due to an injury . In the fifth @-@ longest Stanley Cup game in history , goaltender Fleury stopped 55 shots , with 24 in overtime . Ryan Malone played in Game 6 , despite being hit in the face with the puck in Game 5 . Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post @-@ Gazette wrote that the team " seemed almost in awe of the way Malone reacted to a significant facial injury the way most people would a paper cut . " 
