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Pittsburgh Penguins at Colorado Avalanche

NHLMarch 16, 2026Ball Arena

PenguinsPittsburghPITWon34-18-15

Penguins 7, Avalanche 2

Final
AvalancheColoradoCOL44-13-9
Score by period
Team123T
PIT4217
COL2002

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  3. 0:32Icing
  4. 0:32Thomas Novak faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  5. 0:48Evgeni Malkin Tripping against Devon Toews
  6. 0:48Noel Acciari faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  7. 1:34Giveaway by Brock Nelson
  8. 2:52Giveaway by Nicolas Roy
  9. 3:01Evgeni Malkin Goal (14) Backhand, assists: Bryan Rust (28), Noel Acciari (10)
  10. 3:01Jack Drury faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  11. 3:16Puck in Benches
  12. 3:16Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Jack Drury
  13. 3:19Kris Letang Slap Shot Wide Right
  14. 3:32Jack Drury Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  15. 3:56Evgeni Malkin Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  16. 3:57Goalie Stopped
  17. 3:57Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  18. 4:08Nathan MacKinnon Goal (45) Wrist Shot, assists: Martin Necas (50), Cale Makar (49)
  19. 4:08Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  20. 4:23Anthony Mantha Goal (26) Backhand, assists: Erik Karlsson (41)
  21. 4:23Noel Acciari faceoff won against Jack Drury
  22. 4:38Off-side
  23. 4:38Jack Drury faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  24. 4:46Joel Kiviranta hit Ilya Solovyov
  25. 4:53Josh Manson hit Connor Clifton
  26. 5:14Connor Clifton hit Joel Kiviranta
  27. 5:17Justin Brazeau hit Jack Drury
  28. 5:33Ville Koivunen Cross-checking against Brett Kulak
  29. 5:33Brock Nelson faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  30. 5:41Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot Wide Right
  31. 6:01Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  32. 6:03Goalie Stopped
  33. 6:03Noel Acciari faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  34. 6:12Brock Nelson Slap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  35. 6:14Goalie Stopped
  36. 6:14Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  37. 6:29Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  38. 6:49Martin Necas Slap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  39. 6:56Brock Nelson Tip-In Wide Right
  40. 7:12Cale Makar Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  41. 7:35Giveaway by Valeri Nichushkin
  42. 7:35Giveaway by Bryan Rust
  43. 7:43Nicolas Roy shot blocked by Rickard Rakell
  44. 8:03Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon
  45. 8:04Sam Malinski Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  46. 8:06Goalie Stopped
  47. 8:06Jack Drury faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  48. 8:14Giveaway by Zakhar Bardakov
  49. 8:22Takeaway by Tommy Novak
  50. 8:39Jack Drury Interference against Evgeni Malkin
  51. 8:39Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  52. 9:19Giveaway by Bryan Rust
  53. 9:42Anthony Mantha shot blocked by Cale Makar
  54. 10:34Egor Chinakhov Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  55. 11:03Takeaway by Valeri Nichushkin
  56. 11:08Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Elmer Soderblom
  57. 11:14Giveaway by Martin Necas
  58. 11:17Giveaway by Ryan Shea
  59. 11:20Sam Malinski Wrist Shot Wide Right
  60. 11:27Valeri Nichushkin Snap Shot Wide Right
  61. 11:42Sam Malinski Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  62. 11:47Puck Frozen - Goalie
  63. 11:47Brock Nelson faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  64. 11:56Giveaway by Erik Karlsson
  65. 12:02Brock Nelson Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  66. 12:15Brock Nelson Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  67. 12:42Rickard Rakell hit Jack Drury
  68. 13:00Evgeni Malkin Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Egor Chinakhov (14), Parker Wotherspoon (20)
  69. 13:00Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  70. 13:11Connor Clifton hit Martin Necas
  71. 13:14Devon Toews Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  72. 13:15Goalie Stopped
  73. 13:15Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  74. 13:42Connor Dewar Tip-In saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  75. 13:43Elmer Soderblom Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Connor Dewar (12), Erik Karlsson (42)
  76. 13:43Brock Nelson faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  77. 13:49Justin Brazeau hit Josh Manson
  78. 13:58Connor Clifton shot blocked by Nazem Kadri
  79. 14:01Puck in Netting
  80. 14:01Brock Nelson faceoff won against Bryan Rust
  81. 14:04Rickard Rakell Tip-In Above Crossbar
  82. 14:07Puck in Netting
  83. 14:07Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  84. 14:21Brent Burns Goal (10) Snap Shot, assists: Gavin Brindley (7), Josh Manson (23)
  85. 14:21Jack Drury faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  86. 14:36Parker Kelly hit Connor Clifton
  87. 15:50Off-side
  88. 15:50Ben Kindel faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  89. 16:45Nazem Kadri shot blocked by Kris Letang
  90. 16:48Nicolas Roy Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  91. 16:49Goalie Stopped
  92. 16:49Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  93. 16:56Rickard Rakell shot blocked by Sam Malinski
  94. 17:03Giveaway by Anthony Mantha
  95. 17:32Takeaway by Anthony Mantha
  96. 18:05Parker Kelly shot blocked by Thomas Novak
  97. 18:19Ilya Solovyov hit Nick Blankenburg
  98. 18:20Connor Clifton hit Parker Kelly
  99. 18:58Brent Burns Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  100. 18:59Nicolas Roy Backhand saved by Arturs Silovs
  101. 19:05Ben Kindel hit Brock Nelson
  102. 19:08Brent Burns Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  103. 19:39Elmer Soderblom hit Sam Malinski
  104. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  3. 0:06Icing
  4. 0:06Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  5. 0:09Cale Makar shot blocked by Anthony Mantha
  6. 0:14Giveaway by Rickard Rakell
  7. 0:25Giveaway by Martin Necas
  8. 0:27Bryan Rust Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  9. 0:56Giveaway by Brock Nelson
  10. 1:36Sam Malinski shot blocked by Ville Koivunen
  11. 1:39Puck in Netting
  12. 1:39Noel Acciari faceoff won against Parker Kelly
  13. 2:09Parker Kelly hit Connor Clifton
  14. 2:32Ben Kindel hit Sam Malinski
  15. 3:13Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon
  16. 3:14Takeaway by Rickard Rakell
  17. 3:26Martin Necas Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  18. 3:30Anthony Mantha Holding against Josh Manson
  19. 3:30Noel Acciari faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  20. 3:40Cale Makar shot blocked by Brock Nelson
  21. 3:57Cale Makar Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  22. 3:59Goalie Stopped
  23. 3:59Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Connor Dewar
  24. 4:15Cale Makar Wrist Shot Wide Right
  25. 5:53Brett Kulak shot blocked by Connor Dewar
  26. 6:26Giveaway by Ilya Solovyov
  27. 6:38Giveaway by Tommy Novak
  28. 6:54Icing
  29. 6:54Thomas Novak faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  30. 6:57Giveaway by Kris Letang
  31. 7:29Erik Karlsson Slap Shot Wide Left
  32. 8:14Giveaway by Connor Clifton
  33. 8:19Gavin Brindley shot blocked by Connor Clifton
  34. 8:42Giveaway by Anthony Mantha
  35. 8:57Giveaway by Mackenzie Blackwood
  36. 9:06Justin Brazeau hit Sam Malinski
  37. 9:14Ilya Solovyov Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  38. 9:16Goalie Stopped
  39. 9:16Ben Kindel faceoff won against Jack Drury
  40. 9:23Ryan Shea shot blocked by Parker Kelly
  41. 9:29Brent Burns Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  42. 9:31Brent Burns Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  43. 10:36Erik Karlsson Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan Shea (24)
  44. 10:36Thomas Novak faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  45. 10:57Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon
  46. 11:01Parker Wotherspoon hit Nazem Kadri
  47. 11:06Nazem Kadri Tip-In Wide Left
  48. 11:10Giveaway by Nicolas Roy
  49. 11:11Arturs Silovs Tripping against Nicolas Roy served by Egor Chinakhov
  50. 11:11TV Timeout
  51. 11:11Noel Acciari faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  52. 11:46Martin Necas shot blocked by Brock Nelson
  53. 11:47Martin Necas Backhand Hit Right Post
  54. 12:00Giveaway by Connor Dewar
  55. 12:15Cale Makar shot blocked by Noel Acciari
  56. 12:29Giveaway by Gavin Brindley
  57. 12:45Parker Wotherspoon hit Devon Toews
  58. 12:55Gavin Brindley Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  59. 13:01Takeaway by Erik Karlsson
  60. 13:30Nicolas Roy Hooking against Ryan Shea
  61. 13:30Jack Drury faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  62. 13:34Puck in Crowd
  63. 13:34Evgeni Malkin faceoff won against Jack Drury
  64. 13:42Rickard Rakell Snap Shot Wide Right
  65. 14:06Bryan Rust Snap Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  66. 14:08Giveaway by Josh Manson
  67. 14:09Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  68. 14:11Goalie Stopped
  69. 14:11Brock Nelson faceoff won against Evgeni Malkin
  70. 14:46Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  71. 15:40Too many men/ice served by Gavin Brindley
  72. 15:40TV Timeout
  73. 15:40Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  74. 16:08Giveaway by Anthony Mantha
  75. 16:13Giveaway by Parker Kelly
  76. 16:20Bryan Rust Goal (25) Wrist Shot, assists: Evgeni Malkin (35), Rickard Rakell (19)
  77. 16:20Brock Nelson faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  78. 16:43Off-side
  79. 16:43Brock Nelson faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  80. 18:09Martin Necas hit Parker Wotherspoon
  81. 18:40Justin Brazeau Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  82. 18:46Icing
  83. 18:46Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Jack Drury
  84. 18:49Kris Letang shot blocked by Jack Drury
  85. 19:06Off-side
  86. 19:06Nicolas Roy faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  87. 19:17Nicolas Roy hit Rickard Rakell
  88. 19:51Anthony Mantha shot blocked by Devon Toews
  89. 19:53Puck in Netting
  90. 19:53Brock Nelson faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  91. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  3. 0:11Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot Above Crossbar
  4. 0:55Nazem Kadri Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  5. 0:56Goalie Stopped
  6. 0:56Brock Nelson faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  7. 1:02Brock Nelson Tip-In Wide Left
  8. 1:04Brock Nelson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  9. 1:05Brock Nelson Wrist Shot Wide Left
  10. 1:06Goalie Stopped
  11. 1:06Ben Kindel faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  12. 1:30Ryan Shea hit Nazem Kadri
  13. 1:44Puck Frozen - Goalie
  14. 1:44Jack Drury faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  15. 1:48Justin Brazeau Tip-In High and Wide Right
  16. 1:52Puck in Netting
  17. 1:52Thomas Novak faceoff won against Jack Drury
  18. 2:12Connor Clifton hit Joel Kiviranta
  19. 2:17Parker Kelly hit Ville Koivunen
  20. 2:28Martin Necas hit Thomas Novak
  21. 2:44Parker Wotherspoon shot blocked by Nathan MacKinnon
  22. 2:55Valeri Nichushkin shot blocked by Parker Wotherspoon
  23. 2:56Valeri Nichushkin Snap Shot Wide Right
  24. 3:00Nathan MacKinnon shot blocked by Connor Dewar
  25. 3:11Parker Wotherspoon hit Valeri Nichushkin
  26. 3:57Gavin Brindley Tip-In Above Crossbar
  27. 3:59Puck in Netting
  28. 3:59Brock Nelson faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  29. 4:24Net Dislodged Offensive Skater
  30. 4:24Brock Nelson faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  31. 4:39Giveaway by Josh Manson
  32. 4:48Connor Clifton Slap Shot Wide Left
  33. 5:41Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Nathan MacKinnon
  34. 5:52Giveaway by Nathan MacKinnon
  35. 6:04Martin Necas shot blocked by Noel Acciari
  36. 6:14Ville Koivunen shot blocked by Cale Makar
  37. 6:16Puck in Netting
  38. 6:16Jack Drury faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  39. 6:31Kris Letang hit Parker Kelly
  40. 7:25Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  41. 7:32Rickard Rakell Tip-In saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  42. 7:33Goalie Stopped
  43. 7:33Thomas Novak faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  44. 7:38Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon
  45. 7:49Cale Makar shot blocked by Thomas Novak
  46. 7:50Devon Toews Wrist Shot Wide Left
  47. 7:59Martin Necas Tip-In Wide Right
  48. 8:03Cale Makar shot blocked by Thomas Novak
  49. 8:33Josh Manson shot blocked by Noel Acciari
  50. 8:40Takeaway by Gavin Brindley
  51. 8:49Connor Clifton hit Gavin Brindley
  52. 8:51Zakhar Bardakov hit Ilya Solovyov
  53. 9:06Noel Acciari Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Elmer Soderblom (2), Connor Dewar (13)
  54. 9:06Ben Kindel faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  55. 9:30Ben Kindel shot blocked by Brock Nelson
  56. 9:49Giveaway by Ben Kindel
  57. 10:00Cale Makar shot blocked by Nicolas Roy
  58. 10:12Cale Makar Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  59. 10:59Evgeni Malkin Roughing against Parker Kelly
  60. 10:59Parker Kelly Roughing against Evgeni Malkin
  61. 10:59Connor Clifton Fighting against Jack Drury
  62. 10:59Jack Drury Fighting against Connor Clifton
  63. 10:59TV Timeout
  64. 10:59Noel Acciari faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  65. 11:50Josh Manson Snap Shot Hit Left Post
  66. 12:15Takeaway by Devon Toews
  67. 12:18Zakhar Bardakov Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  68. 12:26Puck Frozen - Goalie
  69. 12:26Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  70. 12:50Icing
  71. 12:50Brock Nelson faceoff won against Rickard Rakell
  72. 12:53Cale Makar Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  73. 12:58Cale Makar Slap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  74. 13:16Nazem Kadri Tip-In saved by Arturs Silovs
  75. 13:27Nazem Kadri shot blocked by Ben Kindel
  76. 13:42Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  77. 13:48Sam Malinski shot blocked by Noel Acciari
  78. 14:04Parker Wotherspoon Slap Shot Off Crossbar
  79. 14:29Kris Letang Slap Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  80. 14:43Josh Manson Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  81. 14:53Nick Blankenburg shot blocked by Egor Chinakhov
  82. 14:57Josh Manson shot blocked by Egor Chinakhov
  83. 14:59Puck in Netting
  84. 14:59Connor Dewar faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  85. 15:19Brock Nelson hit Bryan Rust
  86. 15:20Giveaway by Zakhar Bardakov
  87. 15:44Noel Acciari Snap Shot saved by Mackenzie Blackwood
  88. 16:12Icing
  89. 16:12Connor Dewar faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  90. 17:16Gavin Brindley hit Connor Clifton
  91. 17:33Ilya Solovyov hit Gavin Brindley
  92. 18:20Puck Frozen - Goalie
  93. 18:20Rickard Rakell faceoff won against Jack Drury
  94. 18:22Bryan Rust shot blocked by Josh Manson
  95. 18:35Takeaway by Connor Clifton
  96. 18:56Giveaway by Josh Manson
  97. 19:21Egor Chinakhov Wrist Shot Wide Right
  98. 19:24Kris Letang shot blocked by Josh Manson
  99. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  100. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 3:01PIT 1, COL 0Evgeni Malkin Goal (14) Backhand, assists: Bryan Rust (28), Noel Acciari (10)
  2. 4:08PIT 1, COL 1Nathan MacKinnon Goal (45) Wrist Shot, assists: Martin Necas (50), Cale Makar (49)
  3. 4:23PIT 2, COL 1Anthony Mantha Goal (26) Backhand, assists: Erik Karlsson (41)
  4. 13:00PIT 3, COL 1Evgeni Malkin Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Egor Chinakhov (14), Parker Wotherspoon (20)
  5. 13:43PIT 4, COL 1Elmer Soderblom Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Connor Dewar (12), Erik Karlsson (42)
  6. 14:21PIT 4, COL 2Brent Burns Goal (10) Snap Shot, assists: Gavin Brindley (7), Josh Manson (23)

2nd

  1. 10:36PIT 5, COL 2Erik Karlsson Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Ryan Shea (24)
  2. 16:20PIT 6, COL 2Bryan Rust Goal (25) Wrist Shot, assists: Evgeni Malkin (35), Rickard Rakell (19)

3rd

  1. 9:06PIT 7, COL 2Noel Acciari Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Elmer Soderblom (2), Connor Dewar (13)

Game leaders

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Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Evgeni Malkin C211000416:1850.03220200201513:063:110:01
Anthony Mantha RW100001214:570.01003101212611:423:150:00
Bryan Rust RW111000017:050.03102000242511:073:142:44
Elmer Soderblom LW113011010:000.0100000014310:000:000:00
Noel Acciari C113004016:3650.0277000021911:330:005:03
Ben Kindel C000021013:5750.00441000191610:341:182:05
Connor Dewar C023002016:1266.71121000221411:120:005:00
Egor Chinakhov RW010002017:090.01000010211415:411:280:00
Justin Brazeau RW000030011:520.01000010181610:301:220:00
Rickard Rakell RW011011016:2350.01881021211312:312:501:02
Tommy Novak C000003015:2945.50651001211513:401:490:00
Ville Koivunen RW000001210:090.0000010014210:090:000:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Erik Karlsson D122000021:4440010110.028715:492:592:56
Connor Clifton D002051516:0700011110.021210:580:005:09
Ilya Solovyov D001020013:2110010000.018113:210:000:00
Kris Letang D000011020:1410010100.024318:331:410:00
Parker Wotherspoon D012031020:4800040100.024317:550:002:53
Ryan Shea D011010023:3900010000.026418:190:135:07
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Arturs Silovs G27225.92660:0020196000

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