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Colorado Avalanche at Pittsburgh Penguins

NHLMarch 24, 2026PPG Paints Arena

AvalancheColoradoCOLWon47-13-10

Avalanche 6, Penguins 2

Final
PenguinsPittsburghPIT35-20-16
Score by period
Team123T
COL4116
PIT1012

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  3. 0:35Icing
  4. 0:35Thomas Novak faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  5. 0:51Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Gabriel Landeskog
  6. 0:54Egor Chinakhov Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  7. 0:59Anthony Mantha Wrist Shot Wide Left
  8. 2:35Giveaway by Josh Manson
  9. 2:44Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  10. 2:46Goalie Stopped
  11. 2:46Connor Dewar faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  12. 2:48Elmer Soderblom Tip-In Wide Right
  13. 2:52Giveaway by Gabriel Landeskog
  14. 2:55Elmer Soderblom shot blocked by Brett Kulak
  15. 3:09Gabriel Landeskog Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  16. 3:11Goalie Stopped
  17. 3:11Jack Drury faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  18. 3:14Sam Malinski shot blocked by Noel Acciari
  19. 3:39Joel Kiviranta shot blocked by Zakhar Bardakov
  20. 3:55Thomas Novak Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  21. 4:00Takeaway by Tommy Novak
  22. 4:21Nazem Kadri Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  23. 4:24Goalie Stopped
  24. 4:24Ross Colton faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  25. 4:27Valeri Nichushkin Tip-In saved by Arturs Silovs
  26. 4:30Goalie Stopped
  27. 4:30Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  28. 4:46Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  29. 4:53Takeaway by Nathan MacKinnon
  30. 4:57Nathan MacKinnon Goal (46) Wrist Shot, assists: none
  31. 4:57Brock Nelson faceoff won against Connor Dewar
  32. 5:28Ross Colton hit Ryan Shea
  33. 5:31Giveaway by Noel Acciari
  34. 5:34Giveaway by Brock Nelson
  35. 5:40Giveaway by Valeri Nichushkin
  36. 5:57Giveaway by Justin Brazeau
  37. 5:59Ville Koivunen hit Sam Malinski
  38. 6:45Jack Drury shot blocked by Samuel Girard
  39. 6:55Zakhar Bardakov Tip-In saved by Arturs Silovs
  40. 6:58Puck in Netting
  41. 6:58Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  42. 7:21Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  43. 7:34Bryan Rust Tip-In saved by Scott Wedgewood
  44. 7:37Goalie Stopped
  45. 7:37Thomas Novak faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  46. 7:44Samuel Girard Wrist Shot Wide Right
  47. 8:01Josh Manson hit Egor Chinakhov
  48. 8:09Egor Chinakhov Goal (17) Slap Shot, assists: Samuel Girard (11), Kris Letang (25)
  49. 8:09Nazem Kadri faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  50. 8:14Giveaway by Parker Kelly
  51. 8:22Connor Clifton Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  52. 8:42Sam Malinski Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  53. 8:44Goalie Stopped
  54. 8:44Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  55. 9:11Bryan Rust shot blocked by Cale Makar
  56. 9:13Puck in Netting
  57. 9:13Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Jack Drury
  58. 9:16Parker Wotherspoon Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  59. 9:57Bryan Rust shot blocked by Devon Toews
  60. 9:59Puck in Netting
  61. 9:59Connor Dewar faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  62. 10:14Valeri Nichushkin hit Ryan Shea
  63. 10:41Elmer Soderblom Backhand saved by Scott Wedgewood
  64. 10:55Kris Letang shot blocked by Parker Kelly
  65. 11:09Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Brett Kulak
  66. 11:52Giveaway by Bryan Rust
  67. 12:02Giveaway by Sidney Crosby
  68. 12:09Takeaway by Erik Karlsson
  69. 12:11Off-side
  70. 12:11Jack Drury faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  71. 12:21Josh Manson Slap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  72. 12:31Connor Clifton hit Zakhar Bardakov
  73. 12:36Joel Kiviranta hit Ryan Shea
  74. 12:40Ben Kindel Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  75. 13:05Icing
  76. 13:05Noel Acciari faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  77. 13:16Giveaway by Samuel Girard
  78. 13:19Ross Colton Wrist Shot Wide Left
  79. 13:32Devon Toews shot blocked by Noel Acciari
  80. 13:40Icing
  81. 13:40Connor Dewar faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  82. 13:42Giveaway by Samuel Girard
  83. 13:52Brett Kulak Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  84. 13:54Goalie Stopped
  85. 13:54Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  86. 14:07Giveaway by Gabriel Landeskog
  87. 14:09Rickard Rakell shot blocked by Cale Makar
  88. 14:20Erik Karlsson Slap Shot Wide Right
  89. 15:02Off-side
  90. 15:02Brock Nelson faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  91. 15:16Sam Malinski Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  92. 15:22Giveaway by Anthony Mantha
  93. 15:24Sam Malinski Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: none
  94. 15:24Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  95. 15:50Icing
  96. 15:50Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Gabriel Landeskog
  97. 16:03Brett Kulak Slap Shot Wide Left
  98. 16:10Martin Necas Tip-In Above Crossbar
  99. 16:13Takeaway by Erik Karlsson
  100. 16:22Giveaway by Martin Necas
  101. 16:34Jack Drury hit Connor Dewar
  102. 16:39Noel Acciari Tripping against Josh Manson
  103. 16:39Brock Nelson faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  104. 16:44Martin Necas Goal (33) Slap Shot, assists: Cale Makar (51), Brock Nelson (26)
  105. 16:44Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nazem Kadri
  106. 16:54Giveaway by Sam Malinski
  107. 16:59Sidney Crosby Tip-In Wide Right
  108. 17:00Goalie Stopped
  109. 17:00Nazem Kadri faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  110. 17:17Rickard Rakell hit Logan O'Connor
  111. 17:19Parker Kelly Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Logan O'Connor (1), Nazem Kadri (32)
  112. 17:19Brock Nelson faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  113. 17:28Brock Nelson Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  114. 17:30Brent Burns Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  115. 17:37Ross Colton Wrist Shot Wide Right
  116. 17:40Brent Burns Snap Shot Wide Left
  117. 18:06Egor Chinakhov Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  118. 18:08Goalie Stopped
  119. 18:08Noel Acciari faceoff won against Gabriel Landeskog
  120. 18:11Connor Dewar shot blocked by Cale Makar
  121. 18:32Connor Dewar shot blocked by Gabriel Landeskog
  122. 18:35Elmer Soderblom hit Gabriel Landeskog
  123. 18:55Icing
  124. 18:55Jack Drury faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  125. 18:57Parker Wotherspoon Wrist Shot Wide Left
  126. 19:30Giveaway by Joel Kiviranta
  127. 19:48Jack Drury Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  128. 19:50Goalie Stopped
  129. 19:50Noel Acciari faceoff won against Nazem Kadri
  130. 19:53Brock Nelson hit Erik Karlsson
  131. 19:58Puck in Benches
  132. 19:58Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  133. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  3. 0:12Sidney Crosby Batted saved by Scott Wedgewood
  4. 1:44Valeri Nichushkin shot blocked by Justin Brazeau
  5. 1:48Sam Malinski shot blocked by Justin Brazeau
  6. 2:16Icing
  7. 2:16Gabriel Landeskog faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  8. 2:17Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot Wide Left
  9. 2:33Takeaway by Ville Koivunen
  10. 3:10Giveaway by Cale Makar
  11. 3:22Giveaway by Jack Drury
  12. 3:58Brett Kulak Backhand Wide Left
  13. 3:58Goalie Stopped
  14. 3:58Thomas Novak faceoff won against Nazem Kadri
  15. 4:14Giveaway by Tommy Novak
  16. 5:00Samuel Girard shot blocked by Valeri Nichushkin
  17. 5:27Valeri Nichushkin Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  18. 5:51Puck Frozen - Goalie
  19. 5:51Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  20. 5:55Sidney Crosby shot blocked by Gabriel Landeskog
  21. 5:58Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Rickard Rakell
  22. 6:38Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Brett Kulak
  23. 6:46Parker Wotherspoon hit Joel Kiviranta
  24. 7:02Ben Kindel Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  25. 7:05Goalie Stopped
  26. 7:05Ben Kindel faceoff won against Jack Drury
  27. 7:16Jack Drury hit Connor Clifton
  28. 7:35Ryan Shea Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  29. 7:38Challenge Vis - goal interference - no goal
  30. 7:38On-Ice Official
  31. 7:38Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  32. 7:43Takeaway by Rickard Rakell
  33. 8:06Kris Letang shot blocked by Ross Colton
  34. 8:08Puck in Netting
  35. 8:08Thomas Novak faceoff won against Nazem Kadri
  36. 8:12Connor Clifton shot blocked by Nazem Kadri
  37. 8:25Nazem Kadri High-sticking - double minor against Thomas Novak
  38. 8:25Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Parker Kelly
  39. 8:34Rickard Rakell Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  40. 8:53Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot Wide Left
  41. 8:56Puck Frozen - Goalie
  42. 8:56Brock Nelson faceoff won against Anthony Mantha
  43. 10:09Puck in Netting
  44. 10:09Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  45. 10:14Anthony Mantha Tip-In Wide Left
  46. 10:51Erik Karlsson Wrist Shot Wide Right
  47. 10:57Anthony Mantha Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  48. 11:06Giveaway by Cale Makar
  49. 11:37Ben Kindel Slap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  50. 12:02Kris Letang Wrist Shot Wide Right
  51. 12:15Sam Malinski hit Ben Kindel
  52. 12:31Puck Frozen - Goalie
  53. 12:31Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Connor Dewar
  54. 13:12Elmer Soderblom hit Josh Manson
  55. 13:31Connor Clifton Slap Shot Short
  56. 13:39Puck in Netting
  57. 13:39Brock Nelson faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  58. 14:31Gabriel Landeskog hit Egor Chinakhov
  59. 15:02Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Gabriel Landeskog
  60. 15:25Parker Wotherspoon shot blocked by Cale Makar
  61. 15:27Puck in Netting
  62. 15:27Nazem Kadri faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  63. 15:38Takeaway by Ben Kindel
  64. 16:07Kris Letang Wrist Shot Wide Right
  65. 16:43Kris Letang Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  66. 17:13Zakhar Bardakov shot blocked by Connor Clifton
  67. 17:15Giveaway by Jack Drury
  68. 17:24Icing
  69. 17:24Brock Nelson faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  70. 17:27Devon Toews Slap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  71. 17:29Martin Necas Goal (34) Wrist Shot, assists: Devon Toews (17), Sam Malinski (27)
  72. 17:29Thomas Novak faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  73. 18:00Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon
  74. 18:10Valeri Nichushkin Slap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  75. 18:36Giveaway by Cale Makar
  76. 18:52Puck Frozen - Goalie
  77. 18:52Ben Kindel faceoff won against Nazem Kadri
  78. 18:56Samuel Girard shot blocked by Cale Makar
  79. 19:02Cale Makar Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  80. 19:48Connor Clifton hit Jack Drury
  81. 19:56Jack Drury hit Connor Clifton
  82. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  3. 0:13Giveaway by Erik Karlsson
  4. 0:31Icing
  5. 0:31Gabriel Landeskog faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  6. 0:36Gabriel Landeskog Slap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  7. 0:38Goalie Stopped
  8. 0:38Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Connor Dewar
  9. 1:14Giveaway by Devon Toews
  10. 1:14Elmer Soderblom hit Devon Toews
  11. 1:41Giveaway by Parker Kelly
  12. 1:50Josh Manson hit Thomas Novak
  13. 1:56Thomas Novak Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  14. 1:57Goalie Stopped
  15. 1:57Brent Burns High-sticking against Anthony Mantha
  16. 1:57Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  17. 2:54Josh Manson Tripping against Bryan Rust
  18. 2:54Timeout - Home
  19. 2:54Brock Nelson faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  20. 2:58Giveaway by Brock Nelson
  21. 3:06Giveaway by Sidney Crosby
  22. 3:25Bryan Rust Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  23. 3:39Sidney Crosby Slap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  24. 3:40Bryan Rust Wrist Shot Wide Left
  25. 3:49Rickard Rakell Slap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  26. 3:58Bryan Rust Backhand saved by Scott Wedgewood
  27. 4:01Logan O'Connor Roughing against Anthony Mantha
  28. 4:01Anthony Mantha Roughing against Logan O'Connor
  29. 4:01Goalie Stopped
  30. 4:01Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Parker Kelly
  31. 4:02Parker Kelly Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  32. 4:23Sidney Crosby Slap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  33. 4:39Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot Wide Right
  34. 4:45Giveaway by Brent Burns
  35. 4:52Sidney Crosby Deflected saved by Scott Wedgewood
  36. 4:58Giveaway by Jack Drury
  37. 5:03Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  38. 5:13Giveaway by Gabriel Landeskog
  39. 5:28Kris Letang Tripping against Gabriel Landeskog
  40. 5:28Brock Nelson faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  41. 5:46Cale Makar Slap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  42. 5:48Puck in Netting
  43. 5:48Connor Dewar faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  44. 5:53Puck in Netting
  45. 5:53Noel Acciari faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  46. 6:13Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot Wide Left
  47. 6:17Puck Frozen - Goalie
  48. 6:17Brock Nelson faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  49. 6:23Nathan MacKinnon Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
  50. 6:31Nathan MacKinnon Backhand Wide Right
  51. 6:39Nazem Kadri Slap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  52. 6:43Giveaway by Noel Acciari
  53. 6:49Bryan Rust Hooking against Brock Nelson
  54. 6:49Connor Dewar faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  55. 7:03Connor Clifton hit Brock Nelson
  56. 7:42Martin Necas shot blocked by Kris Letang
  57. 7:56Cale Makar shot blocked by Connor Dewar
  58. 8:15Icing
  59. 8:15Nathan MacKinnon faceoff won against Noel Acciari
  60. 8:44Connor Clifton Tip-In saved by Scott Wedgewood
  61. 8:47Puck Frozen - Goalie
  62. 8:47Gabriel Landeskog faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  63. 9:47Josh Manson Snap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  64. 9:49Goalie Stopped
  65. 9:49Jack Drury faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  66. 9:56Jack Drury hit Thomas Novak
  67. 10:00Puck Frozen - Goalie
  68. 10:00Nazem Kadri faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  69. 10:31Egor Chinakhov Wrist Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  70. 10:38Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Josh Manson
  71. 10:42Egor Chinakhov hit Parker Kelly
  72. 10:51Connor Clifton hit Nazem Kadri
  73. 11:07Off-side
  74. 11:07Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nathan MacKinnon
  75. 11:32Brett Kulak shot blocked by Gabriel Landeskog
  76. 11:43Bryan Rust hit Cale Makar
  77. 11:47Rickard Rakell Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Sidney Crosby (36), Bryan Rust (32)
  78. 11:47Brock Nelson faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  79. 12:00Icing
  80. 12:00Ben Kindel faceoff won against Brock Nelson
  81. 12:04Erik Karlsson Snap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  82. 12:20Justin Brazeau Slap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  83. 12:27Valeri Nichushkin shot blocked by Erik Karlsson
  84. 12:46Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Brent Burns
  85. 13:04Josh Manson Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  86. 13:07Giveaway by Zakhar Bardakov
  87. 13:07Connor Clifton hit Zakhar Bardakov
  88. 13:50Logan O'Connor hit Kris Letang
  89. 14:59Parker Wotherspoon hit Martin Necas
  90. 15:03Gabriel Landeskog Slap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  91. 15:07Martin Necas hit Erik Karlsson
  92. 15:28Off-side
  93. 15:28Brock Nelson faceoff won against Sidney Crosby
  94. 15:36Sidney Crosby hit Josh Manson
  95. 16:16Bryan Rust hit Jack Drury
  96. 16:20Ross Colton Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Valeri Nichushkin (26), Jack Drury (14)
  97. 16:20Jack Drury faceoff won against Connor Dewar
  98. 16:43Icing
  99. 16:43Jack Drury faceoff won against Ben Kindel
  100. 17:22Ryan Shea Wrist Shot Wide Left
  101. 17:32Ben Kindel Slap Shot saved by Scott Wedgewood
  102. 17:35Goalie Stopped
  103. 17:35Brock Nelson faceoff won against Thomas Novak
  104. 17:40Giveaway by Ross Colton
  105. 17:54Egor Chinakhov shot blocked by Devon Toews
  106. 18:09Takeaway by Ross Colton
  107. 18:20Giveaway by Parker Wotherspoon
  108. 18:24Giveaway by Jack Drury
  109. 19:00Icing
  110. 19:00Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Nazem Kadri
  111. 19:18Giveaway by Ryan Shea
  112. 19:18Brent Burns Slap Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
  113. 19:21Goalie Stopped
  114. 19:21Connor Dewar faceoff won against Jack Drury
  115. 19:33Giveaway by Connor Clifton
  116. 19:39Sam Malinski shot blocked by Noel Acciari
  117. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  118. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 4:57COL 1, PIT 0Nathan MacKinnon Goal (46) Wrist Shot, assists: none
  2. 8:09COL 1, PIT 1Egor Chinakhov Goal (17) Slap Shot, assists: Samuel Girard (11), Kris Letang (25)
  3. 15:24COL 2, PIT 1Sam Malinski Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: none
  4. 16:44COL 3, PIT 1Martin Necas Goal (33) Slap Shot, assists: Cale Makar (51), Brock Nelson (26)
  5. 17:19COL 4, PIT 1Parker Kelly Goal (16) Snap Shot, assists: Logan O'Connor (1), Nazem Kadri (32)

2nd

  1. 17:29COL 5, PIT 1Martin Necas Goal (34) Wrist Shot, assists: Devon Toews (17), Sam Malinski (27)

3rd

  1. 11:47COL 5, PIT 2Rickard Rakell Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: Sidney Crosby (36), Bryan Rust (32)
  2. 16:20COL 6, PIT 2Ross Colton Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Valeri Nichushkin (26), Jack Drury (14)

Game leaders

AvalancheColorado

PenguinsPittsburgh

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Martin Necas C201010016:200.02001010203413:262:540:00
Nathan MacKinnon C101000019:0344.421080041224615:353:240:04
Parker Kelly C101001013:210.02202000191611:410:001:40
Ross Colton C100011011:50100.0101102117911:120:380:00
Brock Nelson C011010015:5056.5110132000223210:382:562:16
Gabriel Landeskog LW000014016:2760.03233000201015:540:300:03
Jack Drury C011040014:0666.7136400020811:160:002:50
Joel Kiviranta LW000010011:150.0000100018310:150:001:00
Logan O'Connor RW011010215:050.0000010020012:100:002:55
Nazem Kadri C012001416:1240.02640100201413:242:480:00
Valeri Nichushkin RW011011014:580.03001000201512:270:321:59
Zakhar Bardakov C000000010:410.0100100015110:410:000:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Sam Malinski D113010017:2930010000.023415:500:021:37
Brent Burns D001001217:2820011100.0231015:330:001:55
Brett Kulak D00-1003021:5310000200.023118:280:003:25
Cale Makar D01-1005022:0420030000.0232017:402:501:34
Devon Toews D013002019:2910010000.023215:220:363:31
Josh Manson D001021218:2930011000.023516:330:001:56
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Scott Wedgewood G32230.93860:0000209100

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