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Colorado Avalanche at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mar 24, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Colorado Avalanche 6 30
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
04:57 COL Nathan MacKinnon (46) Unassisted 1 - 0
08:09 PIT Egor Chinakhov (17) Samuel Girard (11), Kris Letang (25) 1 - 1
15:24 COL Sam Malinski (4) Unassisted 2 - 1
16:44 COL Martin Necas (33) PP Cale Makar (51), Brock Nelson (26) 3 - 1
17:19 COL Parker Kelly (16) Logan O'Connor (1), Nazem Kadri (32) 4 - 1
2nd Period
17:29 COL Martin Necas (34) Devon Toews (17), Sam Malinski (27) 5 - 1
3rd Period
11:47 PIT Rickard Rakell (15) Sidney Crosby (36), Bryan Rust (32) 5 - 2
16:20 COL Ross Colton (9) Valeri Nichushkin (26), Jack Drury (14) 6 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
16:39 PIT Noel Acciari Tripping 2
2nd Period
08:25 COL Nazem Kadri High sticking double minor 4
3rd Period
01:57 COL Brent Burns High sticking 2
02:54 COL Josh Manson Tripping 2
04:01 COL Logan O'Connor Roughing 2
04:01 PIT Anthony Mantha Roughing 2
05:28 PIT Kris Letang Tripping 2
06:49 PIT Bryan Rust Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Colorado Avalanche 51 40 30 6 2.0 43.6
Pittsburgh Penguins 69 47 32 2 3.4 56.4

How the game went

05101520Start2nd3rdPittsburgh Penguins aheadColorado Avalanche ahead

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 Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while Colorado Avalanche had.

Expected goals

Colorado Avalanche: 2.0 expected, 6 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 3.4 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndCOL goal, 4:57 of 1st, a 16% chanceCOL goal, 15:24 of 1st, a 2% chanceCOL goal, 16:44 of 1st, a 8% chanceCOL goal, 17:19 of 1st, a 9% chanceCOL goal, 17:29 of 2nd, a 21% chanceCOL goal, 16:20 of 3rd, a 2% chancePIT goal, 8:09 of 1st, a 3% chancePIT goal, 11:47 of 3rd, a 25% chancePIT 3.4COL 2.0

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

Colorado Avalanche
Pittsburgh Penguins

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.

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Gabriel Landeskog · Nathan MacKinnon · Martin Necas13:0235.735.61-1
Nazem Kadri · Parker Kelly · Logan O'Connor10:3927.837.61-0
Jack Drury · Joel Kiviranta · Zakhar Bardakov9:3252.649.20-0
Brock Nelson · Valeri Nichushkin · Ross Colton9:1658.840.10-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brett Kulak · Cale Makar14:5324.119.90-1
Brent Burns · Josh Manson13:3250.063.71-1
Devon Toews · Sam Malinski12:1060.038.83-0

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
88 Martin Necas C 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 16:20 0.36 12-19 0.68-0.81
70 Sam Malinski D 1 1 2 3 0 3 1 17:29 0.07 17-13 0.47-0.77
17 Parker Kelly C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 13:21 0.12 5-14 0.22-0.37
29 Nathan MacKinnon C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 19:03 0.63 12-21 0.68-0.95
79 Ross Colton C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 11:50 0.08 12-8 0.20-0.40
7 Devon Toews D 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 19:29 0.03 13-12 0.52-0.77
8 Cale Makar D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 22:04 0.07 10-25 0.31-0.93
11 Brock Nelson C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:50 0.06 14-8 0.49-0.29
18 Jack Drury C 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 14:06 0.05 11-9 0.28-0.29
25 Logan O'Connor R 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 15:05 5-14 0.22-0.52
43 Valeri Nichushkin R 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 14:58 0.07 14-10 0.26-0.43
91 Nazem Kadri C 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 16:12 0.13 7-15 0.29-0.52
22 Joel Kiviranta L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11:15 10-10 0.28-0.29
27 Brett Kulak D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 21:53 0.08 10-26 0.24-0.85
42 Josh Manson D 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 18:29 0.06 16-15 0.67-0.40
84 Brent Burns D 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 17:28 0.04 17-15 0.70-0.37
92 Gabriel Landeskog L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:27 0.07 10-21 0.45-0.83
93 Zakhar Bardakov C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:41 0.11 10-10 0.28-0.44
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Scott Wedgewood W 32 30 2 60:00 3.32 +1.32

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Rickard Rakell12:5256.042.01-3
Anthony Mantha · Tommy Novak · Egor Chinakhov10:2053.858.31-1
Noel Acciari · Connor Dewar · Elmer Soderblom9:1442.924.40-0
Justin Brazeau · Ville Koivunen · Ben Kindel8:1255.678.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Karlsson · Parker Wotherspoon17:0754.556.90-1
Kris Letang · Samuel Girard14:0756.761.12-1
Connor Clifton · Ryan Shea13:1651.943.30-2

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
59 Egor Chinakhov R 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 15:30 0.37 15-12 0.67-0.40
67 Rickard Rakell R 1 0 1 -3 0 4 1 22:40 0.63 17-12 0.57-0.78
17 Bryan Rust R 0 1 1 -3 2 3 2 21:40 0.36 17-11 0.54-0.72
49 Samuel Girard D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 18:11 0.01 19-13 0.78-0.42
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 17:16 0.06 17-13 0.66-0.42
87 Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 -3 0 6 1 21:11 0.63 18-11 0.57-0.72
6 Ryan Shea D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 16:23 0.10 15-13 0.49-0.46
16 Justin Brazeau R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:48 0.07 10-9 0.58-0.21
18 Tommy Novak C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:56 0.26 16-12 0.73-0.40
19 Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:58 7-8 0.15-0.10
25 Elmer Soderblom L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10:45 0.03 11-11 0.20-0.15
29 Parker Wotherspoon D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 20:53 0.01 20-15 0.77-0.57
39 Anthony Mantha R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 18:08 0.38 17-12 0.70-0.40
41 Ville Koivunen R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:06 15-9 0.65-0.18
52 Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:51 8-9 0.20-0.12
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 23:53 0.23 20-15 1.02-0.57
75 Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 16:36 0.05 15-13 0.36-0.46
81 Ben Kindel C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 12:20 0.26 13-10 0.62-0.23
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
37 Arturs Silovs L 29 24 5 59:50 1.93 -3.07