Just over a minute later, Abdelkader sealed the win with his second NHL goal and second in two nights. Not bad for a rookie who hails from Michigan.

Osgood outplayed counterpart Marc-Andre Fleury again in earning his 73rd NHL playoff victory, eighth on the career list.

Ericsson tied it 1-1 at 4:21 of the second after Darren Helm won a faceoff in the Pittsburgh end.

Just 14 seconds after Malkin left the penalty box, Filppula backhanded in a rebound of Marian Hossa’s shot — with Tomas Holmstrom in front — with 9:31 remaining.

After shutting out the Penguins by a combined 7-0 score in the first two games of last year’s finals, the nicked-up Red Wings bent but didn’t break. And they did it again without injured forwards Pavel Datsyuk, their leading scorer in the regular season, and four-time champion Kris Draper.

The Penguins needed nearly 7 minutes before Kris Letang recorded the team’s first shot, but Pittsburgh finished the period with a flourish — outshooting the Red Wings 9-0 to close the frame.

They took advantage when Niklas Kronwall was sent off for cross-checking Talbot, the only penalty called in the first.

Malkin, the playoff leader with 30 points, let go a drive that was batted in by defenseman Brad Stuart with 3:10 left in the period. Malkin has seven goals in six games and 13 during the postseason, one behind Crosby for the league lead.

Notes: Pittsburgh’s Ruslan Fedotenko had a three-game goal streak snapped. ... The Red Wings are 6-0 in Game 2s of the finals since losing to Montreal in 1954, outscoring opponents 25-9.

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