Pittsburgh Penguins at Colorado Avalanche

Mar 4, 2025 · Ball Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	33
Colorado Avalanche	4	25

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
06:36	COL	Artturi Lehkonen (25)	Nathan MacKinnon (69), Cale Makar (46)	0 - 1
18:04	PIT	Rickard Rakell (29)	Bryan Rust (26), Sidney Crosby (47)	1 - 1
3rd Period
15:51	COL	Casey Mittelstadt (11) PP	Valeri Nichushkin (7), Nathan MacKinnon (70)	1 - 2
18:52	COL	Artturi Lehkonen (26)	Unassisted	1 - 3
19:52	COL	Jack Drury (7)	Parker Kelly (10)	1 - 4

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
10:16	COL	Sam Malinski	Hooking	2
15:02	COL	Devon Toews	Holding	2
3rd Period
14:23	PIT	Anthony Beauvillier	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins	60	44	33	1	2.8	51.5
Colorado Avalanche	54	43	25	4	3.9	48.5

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Colorado Avalanche had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 2.8 expected, 1 scored · Colorado Avalanche: 3.9 expected, 4 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Pittsburgh Penguins

Colorado Avalanche

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Rickard Rakell	13:02	55.0	44.1	1-0
Evgeni Malkin · Anthony Beauvillier · Philip Tomasino	11:02	60.0	42.5	0-0
Noel Acciari · Cody Glass · Blake Lizotte	10:31	32.0	48.8	0-0
Kevin Hayes · Danton Heinen · Emil Bemstrom	7:27	75.0	65.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kris Letang · Ryan Shea	18:34	43.3	39.2	0-0
Erik Karlsson · Matt Grzelcyk	18:10	41.0	33.8	1-1
Vincent Desharnais · Vladislav Kolyachonok	10:23	72.7	72.1	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
67	Rickard Rakell	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	19:40	0.16	12-12	0.38-0.44
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	20:02	0.26	13-12	0.52-0.49
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0	19:11	0.38	13-14	0.52-0.74
6	Ryan Shea	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21:57		14-18	0.43-0.69
12	Cody Glass	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	12:46	0.16	8-18	0.58-0.62
13	Kevin Hayes	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	13:39	0.28	15-8	0.47-0.30
24	Matt Grzelcyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21:08		18-23	0.77-1.39
46	Blake Lizotte	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	13:28	0.37	8-19	0.58-0.83
52	Noel Acciari	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	14:21	0.04	8-21	0.58-0.84
52	Emil Bemstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	09:24	0.00	16-5	0.54-0.22
53	Philip Tomasino	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16:31	0.13	15-11	0.60-0.79
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	24:18	0.02	19-19	0.86-0.66
58	Danton Heinen	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10:18	0.24	20-7	0.78-0.27
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	24:05	0.08	16-24	0.71-1.39
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	18:55	0.21	16-9	0.66-0.67
72	Anthony Beauvillier	R	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	14:56	0.44	12-11	0.50-0.80
73	Vincent Desharnais	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13:45	0.05	17-8	0.67-0.29
74	Vladislav Kolyachonok	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	11:34	0.02	20-6	1.03-0.25

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
33	Alex Nedeljkovic	L	23	21	2	58:34	2.71	+0.71

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Miles Wood · Parker Kelly · Logan O'Connor	9:13	31.3	35.6	0-0
Artturi Lehkonen · Nathan MacKinnon · Martin Necas	9:04	70.6	74.8	1-0
Ross Colton · Jack Drury · Joel Kiviranta	6:03	46.2	20.2	0-0
Jonathan Drouin · Valeri Nichushkin · Casey Mittelstadt	6:02	64.3	71.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Devon Toews · Cale Makar	15:22	76.0	84.6	1-0
Oliver Kylington · Samuel Girard	10:25	37.0	38.5	0-0
Ryan Lindgren · Sam Malinski	8:11	35.7	33.8	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	2	0	2	2	0	5	0	20:22	0.49	20-15	0.99-0.52
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	2	2	1	0	2	0	21:00	0.21	24-16	1.16-0.61
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	13:46	0.16	11-14	0.59-0.53
18	Jack Drury	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	12:26	0.08	9-11	0.26-0.49
8	Cale Makar	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	23:22	0.08	21-12	1.07-0.50
17	Parker Kelly	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	12:56	0.34	5-11	0.34-0.61
43	Valeri Nichushkin	R	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	17:34	0.39	16-14	0.72-0.43
7	Devon Toews	D	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	24:23	0.09	24-8	1.05-0.22
11	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10:50	0.01	6-12	0.34-0.69
22	Joel Kiviranta	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12:15	0.15	8-12	0.25-0.49
25	Logan O'Connor	R	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13:14		6-12	0.37-0.64
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	22:32	0.02	15-27	0.83-1.28
55	Ryan Lindgren	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20:33	0.02	11-21	0.39-0.72
58	Oliver Kylington	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	15:05	0.02	16-22	0.87-1.13
70	Sam Malinski	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	12:59	0.01	11-14	0.47-0.63
79	Ross Colton	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12:33		9-14	0.13-0.66
88	Martin Necas	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15:23	0.28	15-11	1.08-0.54
92	Jonathan Drouin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	14:47	0.35	18-14	0.79-0.51

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
41	Scott Wedgewood	W	33	32	1	60:00	2.85	+1.85