Tonight’s game must have been pretty rough for Pittsburgh fans.

The Detroit Red Wings defeated — routed, rather — the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-0 in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals, per the Detroit Free Press.  The Red Wings now take a 3-2 lead in the series with one game shy of clinching the Stanley Cup from the Penguins for a second year in a row.

"From detroit! lets go wings!" TwitPic posted by @jennohmer

Despite a strong showing from Pittsburgh in the beginning of the game, the Red Wings dominated the Penguins, scoring four goals in the second period alone. Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma even took Marc-Andre Fleury out of the game with 4:20 left in the period following a Henrik Zetterberg goal.

The Red Wings cruised to a shutout victory on the heels of goals scored bed Zetterberg, Valtteri Filppula, Daniel Cleary, Niklas Kronwall and Brian Rafalski.

Obviously, Penguins fans were pretty disappointed with their team’s performance:

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   dukedinero Pens are getting served tonite like how Magic got served on Thursday! 07 Jun 2009 from web
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   wildestfan Ok, Game 5, I forgot what time it started, but it’s on the DVR. Watched most of first, fast-forward thru 2nd…too painful to watch! Go Pens 07 Jun 2009 from web
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   PittPensLover i hate NBC every time they air a Pens’ game we always loose, only once have we not, the Philly series.. They wont even let the big screen on 07 Jun 2009 from web
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   elizabeth12089 so glad the pens forgot that they’re supposed to play hockey. bad ending to what should have been a wonderful night. 07 Jun 2009 from web
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   BeanerWeasley okay, so that was a mockery. but at least the pens got that out of their system i guess? 07 Jun 2009 from web
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   juli_t super-pissed about the freakin pens game! damn it! 07 Jun 2009 from web
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   jristvey So sad. The Pens lost. It was a painful game to watch. 07 Jun 2009 from web
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   rashortt61 Wow! That was horrible . Pens just folded… Ugh 07 Jun 2009 from Tweetie

How about those Red Wings? Take a guess..

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   erikakent1 Go Wings! And a word to the Penguins-dont have temper tantrums when u dont win and take cheap shots on other players…grow up 07 Jun 2009 from web
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   bferrigan I know it’s a terrible thing to say, but I kind of want the Red Wings to lose the next game so we can win it at home… 07 Jun 2009 from web
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   redcrew What a turnaround for the Red Wings, 5-0 against the Penguins in game 5 of the Stanley Cup. Go Wings! #redwings 07 Jun 2009 from web
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   Dmaviator87 THOSE ARE THE WINGS I KNOW!!!! GO RED WINGS!!! 5-0 Baby! Bring stanley home! 07 Jun 2009 from TwitterFox
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   ObamaResistance RED WINGS WIN! More bad news for the PENGUINS, two days off for the WINGS old legs. Detroit in six! #nhl 07 Jun 2009 from web
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   DavidHamel Awesome job by the Red Wings tonight !!!! GO Wings GO !!!! 07 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck
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   InkedDoll Time for another RED WINGS victory parade ! 07 Jun 2009 from web

Is a Red Wings Stanley Cup inevitable? Do the Peguins have it in them to turn the momentum around? You know the drill! Comment below or Tweet us your thoughts @BTSports!

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