Kirk Maltby #18 and Ville Leino #21 of the Detroit Red Wings celebrate after a goal is scored against goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury #29 of the Pittsburgh Penguins during Game 1 of the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals. (Harry How/Getty Images)
The Red Wings will have little time to savour their victory with both teams set to return to Joe Louis Arena in less than 24 hours for Game Two of the best-of-seven series.
A year ago, the Red Wings had overwhelmed Pittsburgh 4-0 in Game One on the way to lifting the Cup and the Penguins insisted they had learned a painful lesson from that experience.
But despite a much-improved performance from the Penguins, the end result was the same, as the Red Wings scored once in each period and received another superb goaltending effort from Chris Osgood.