​During Monday’s pre-season opener against the Buffalo Sabres, everything seemed to go right for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Unfortunately, that was not the case on Tuesday.After a 4-1 victory in game one, the Penguins dropped their second game of the pre-season to the Detroit Red Wings, 7-4, in a game that went downhill quickly and sharply. Michael Brandsegg-Nygard led the way for Detroit with two goals, while Penguins’ goaltender Arturs Silovs had a night to forget, allowing seven goals on 23 Red Wings’ shots. Although the goaltending was subpar in this one, the team as a whole began to fall apart in the second period before surrendering four goals in the third.   “I thought we gave up way too much tonight,” head coach Dan Muse said. “We have more games coming up, we have more practice time. Arty showed last year, too, what he can do in this league. So, it’s not like we’re suddenly forgetting about that. He’s a guy whose game came a long way just last year, and I believe it’s going to continue to come a long way moving forward.”The Penguins opened up the scoring in this one on a first-period penalty kill, when defenseman Ilya Solovyov found Nick Robertson streaking down the right side. Robertson used his speed and edgework to beat the defender one-on-one and cut across the front of the net, burying the puck blocker-side and giving the Penguins the 1-0 lead.Nick Robertson’s got his first in new colors! 💛 pic.twitter.com/ZLVzwm4pFm— NHL (@NHL) September 22, 2026Brandsegg-Nygard responded within the final two minutes of the opening frame with his first goal, and Mason Appleton and Axel Sandin-Pellikka scored 31 seconds apart before the five-minute mark of the second period to put Detroit ahead, 3-1. Rickard Rakell cut the deficit to one in the latter half of the period on a nice feed from Sam Girard, and 3-2 was the score going into second intermission.That’s when the wheels fell off the wagon. A little more than five minutes in, Brandsegg-Nygard scored his second to make it 4-2, and although Kaedan Korczak responded with a snipe from the right point a few minutes later, Pittsburgh never really took back control of the game. Consecutive goals by Ondrej Becher, Wilmer Skoog, and Jesse Kiiskinen sealed the Penguins’ fate, even with a late goal by Rutger McGroarty off a nice give-and-go with Markus Ruck.UNREAL PLAY FROM THE RUCK TWINS AND RUTGER MCGROARTY!Beautiful steal from Liam Ruck, followed by an even prettier give-and-go between Markus Ruck and Rutger McGroarty!pic.twitter.com/DFllJQ1ZSX— Pens System (@PensSystem) September 23, 2026Here are some takeaways from game two of the Penguins’ pre-season:- Yes, it’s only the pre-season, and everyone is just getting warmed up for regular season action.But this was not a good performance by Silovs in any way.Yes, he earned that 1A spot with his outstanding performance against the Philadelphia Flyers in Round 1 last postseason, and yes, he will begin the season on the NHL roster. Muse basically sa