Penguins 5-2 Avalanche (23 Mar, 2023) Box Score

Pittsburgh Penguins

35-26-10, 16-15-5 away

	1	2	3	T
PIT	0	3	2	5
COL	0	1	1	2

Colorado Avalanche

41-23-6, 19-12-5 home

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Josh ArchibaldJ. Archibald#15
Jeff CarterJ. Carter#77
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Mikael GranlundM. Granlund#64
Jake GuentzelJ. Guentzel#59
Danton HeinenD. Heinen#43
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Drew O'ConnorD. O'Connor#10
Ryan PoehlingR. Poehling#25
Rickard RakellR. Rakell#67
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Jason ZuckerJ. Zucker#16
defensemen
Brian DumoulinB. Dumoulin#8
Taylor FedunT. Fedun#4
Mark FriedmanM. Friedman#52
Pierre-Olivier JosephP. Joseph#73
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Chad RuhwedelC. Ruhwedel#2

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	20	10:38	0:00	1:30	9:08	0	1	0.0
2	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	14:41	2:07	0:00	12:34	6	4	60.0
1	0	1	5	1	1	1	2	0	1	3	27	19:50	2:40	0:01	17:09	13	7	65.0
0	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	25	15:28	2:28	1:33	11:27	0	1	0.0
1	1	1	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	19:11	3:37	0:00	15:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	17	10:53	1:05	0:00	9:48	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	24	15:01	3:38	0:00	11:23	3	8	27.3
0	1	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	21	12:16	0:00	1:16	11:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	26	14:30	0:00	3:38	10:52	14	5	73.7
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	14:44	3:40	0:00	11:04	1	0	100.0
1	1	1	3	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	30	19:43	2:17	2:32	14:54	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	21	14:00	2:29	0:00	11:31	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	32	20:55	0:15	2:22	18:18	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	11:41	0:00	0:00	11:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	21	12:41	0:00	0:20	12:21	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	31	21:23	1:59	2:22	17:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	2	33	29:03	4:05	3:27	21:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	1	29	18:53	0:00	2:03	16:50	0	0	0.0

goalies
Tristan JarryT. Jarry#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
30	2	28	.933	26	2	0	0	0	59:13	0

Colorado Avalanche


forwards
Andrew CoglianoA. Cogliano#11
J.T. CompherJ.T. Compher#37
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Alex GalchenyukA. Galchenyuk#47
Darren HelmD. Helm#43
Brad HuntB. Hunt#17
Kurtis MacDermidK. MacDermid#56
Nathan MacKinnonN. MacKinnon#29
Denis MalginD. Malgin#81
Alex NewhookA. Newhook#18
Valeri NichushkinV. Nichushkin#13
Matt NietoM. Nieto#83
Logan O'ConnorL. O'Connor#25
Mikko RantanenM. Rantanen#96
defensemen
Bowen ByramB. Byram#4
Samuel GirardS. Girard#49
Jack JohnsonJ. Johnson#3
Devon ToewsD. Toews#7

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	20	9:49	0:00	0:56	8:53	0	0	0.0
1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	25	24:25	4:32	2:51	17:02	12	11	52.2
0	0	-2	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	21	15:43	0:29	2:08	13:06	5	8	38.5
0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	11	5:17	0:00	0:00	5:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	12	6:24	0:00	0:00	6:24	1	5	16.7
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	8:57	0:00	0:00	8:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	11	7:04	0:00	0:00	7:04	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	24:58	4:48	0:00	20:10	1	8	11.1
0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	3	0	2	20	15:33	0:49	0:00	14:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	20	18:14	0:28	0:00	17:46	1	0	100.0
0	1	-1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	24	21:42	4:18	2:55	14:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	8:47	0:00	1:43	7:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	19	12:34	0:00	1:09	11:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	21	23:21	4:43	0:00	18:38	6	5	54.5
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	29	25:22	4:20	2:08	18:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	26	24:01	0:28	2:38	20:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	22	17:42	0:00	3:25	14:17	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	0	2	3	30	28:16	1:25	3:56	22:55	0	0	0.0

goalies
Alexandar GeorgievA. Georgiev#40

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
44	4	40	.909	33	5	2	0	0	55:20	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Penguins	0	3	2	5
	Avalanche	0	1	1	2

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period		PIT	COL
1:11	Sidney Crosby (30) Assists: Jake Guentzel (33), Pierre-Olivier Joseph (15)	1	0
4:06	Jake Guentzel (31) (Power Play) Assists: Evgeni Malkin (50)	2	0
11:35	J.T. Compher (15) Assists: Valeri Nichushkin (25)	2	1
14:12	Jeff Carter (10) (Power Play) Assists: Bryan Rust (24), Jason Zucker (19)	3	1

3rd Period		PIT	COL
10:28	Devon Toews (6) (Power Play) Assists: J.T. Compher (32), Nathan MacKinnon (60)	3	2
12:51	Jeff Carter (11) Assists: Brian Dumoulin (18), Drew O'Connor (4)	4	2
19:41	Bryan Rust (16) (Empty Net) Unassisted	5	2

Regular Season Series

PIT wins 2-0

Avalanche
1
Penguins
2

Game 1

8/2

Penguins
5
Avalanche
2

Game 2

23/3

Ball Arena

12:00 AM, 23 March 2023

Denver, CO

Attendance: 18,130

Referees:
Wes McCauley
Trevor Hanson

Linesmen:
Brandon Gawryletz

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	23	8	2	48
New Jersey	22	11	3	47
Carolina	21	11	1	43
Pittsburgh	15	15	5	35
Philadelphia	15	15	4	34
NY Rangers	16	16	1	33
NY Islanders	13	14	7	33
Columbus	13	15	6	32

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Winnipeg	24	10	1	49
Minnesota	20	10	4	44
Colorado	21	15	0	42
Dallas	19	13	0	38
Utah	16	11	6	38
St. Louis	15	16	4	34
Nashville	10	17	7	27
Chicago	12	20	2	26

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Pittsburgh Penguins

Colorado Avalanche

Regular Season Series

PIT wins 2-0

Game Information

2024-25 Metropolitan Division Standings

2024-25 Central Division Standings

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