Pittsburgh Penguins @ Colorado Avalanche

34-18-15, 18-9-7 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Penguins PIT	4	2	1	7
Avalanche COL	2	0	0	2

Colorado AvalancheAvalancheCOL

44-13-9, 23-6-4 Home

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Noel AcciariN. Acciari#55
Justin BrazeauJ. Brazeau#16
Egor ChinakhovE. Chinakhov#59
Connor DewarC. Dewar#19
Ben KindelB. Kindel#81
Ville KoivunenV. Koivunen#41
Evgeni MalkinE. Malkin#71
Anthony ManthaA. Mantha#39
Tommy NovakT. Novak#18
Rickard RakellR. Rakell#67
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
Elmer SoderblomE. Soderblom#25
defensemen
Connor CliftonC. Clifton#75
Erik KarlssonE. Karlsson#65
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Ryan SheaR. Shea#5
Ilya SolovyovI. Solovyov#7
Parker WotherspoonP. Wotherspoon#28

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	1	3	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	21	16:36	0:00	5:03	11:33	7	7	50.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	11:52	1:22	0:00	10:30	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	21	17:09	1:28	0:00	15:41	0	0	0.0
0	2	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	22	16:12	0:00	5:00	11:12	2	1	66.7
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	19	13:57	1:18	2:05	10:34	4	4	50.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	14	10:09	0:00	0:00	10:09	0	0	0.0
2	1	1	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	20	16:18	3:11	0:01	13:06	2	2	50.0
1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	3	21	14:57	3:15	0:00	11:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	21	15:29	1:49	0:00	13:40	5	6	45.5
0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	21	16:23	2:50	1:02	12:31	8	8	50.0
1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	24	17:05	3:14	2:44	11:07	0	1	0.0
1	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	14	10:00	0:00	0:00	10:00	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	2	0	1	1	1	5	5	1	1	21	16:07	0:00	5:09	10:58	0	0	0.0
1	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	28	21:44	2:59	2:56	15:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	24	20:14	1:41	0:00	18:33	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	26	23:39	0:13	5:07	18:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	18	13:21	0:00	0:00	13:21	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	4	24	20:48	0:00	2:53	17:55	0	0	0.0

goalies
Arturs SilovsA. Silovs#37

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
27	2	25	.926	19	6	0	0	0	60:00	2

Colorado Avalanche


forwards
Zakhar BardakovZ. Bardakov#93
Gavin BrindleyG. Brindley#54
Jack DruryJ. Drury#18
Nazem KadriN. Kadri#91
Parker KellyP. Kelly#17
Joel KivirantaJ. Kiviranta#94
Nathan MacKinnonN. MacKinnon#29
Martin NecasM. Necas#88
Brock NelsonB. Nelson#11
Valeri NichushkinV. Nichushkin#13
Nicolas RoyN. Roy#10
defensemen
Nick BlankenburgN. Blankenburg#37
Brent BurnsB. Burns#84
Brett KulakB. Kulak#27
Cale MakarC. Makar#8
Sam MalinskiS. Malinski#70
Josh MansonJ. Manson#42
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	-2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	13	8:10	0:00	0:00	8:10	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	13	10:20	2:17	0:00	8:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	7	0	0	0	18	13:31	0:00	1:06	12:25	7	7	50.0
0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	20:18	5:55	0:00	14:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	19	13:45	0:00	2:21	11:24	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	10:03	0:00	1:28	8:35	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	22	22:39	5:42	0:00	16:57	8	8	50.0
0	1	-1	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	22	24:08	5:47	0:02	18:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	22	20:16	5:44	1:52	12:40	12	12	50.0
0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	25	22:40	2:17	1:42	18:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	20	15:28	2:16	0:51	12:21	2	0	100.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	11:10	0:00	0:00	11:10	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	15:18	1:50	1:59	11:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	16:45	0:00	0:59	15:46	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	21:31	6:06	1:34	13:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	15:00	0:00	0:53	14:07	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	3	19	16:43	0:00	2:12	14:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	22	17:35	2:06	1:41	13:48	0	0	0.0

goalies
Mackenzie BlackwoodM. Blackwood#39
Scott WedgewoodS. Wedgewood#41

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
15	4	11	.733	8	3	0	0	0	47:00	0
5	3	2	.400	1	1	0	0	0	13:00	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	4	2	1	7
	Avalanche	2	0	0	2

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

2nd Period			PIT	COL
10:36		Erik Karlsson (7) Assists: Ryan Shea (24)	5	2
16:20		Bryan Rust (25) (Power Play) Assists: Evgeni Malkin (35), Rickard Rakell (19)	6	2

3rd Period			PIT	COL
9:06		Noel Acciari (9) Assists: Elmer Soderblom (2), Connor Dewar (13)	7	2

Noel Acciari scores goal vs. Avalanche

0:43

Arturs Silovs makes big-time save vs. Avalanche

0:30

Bryan Rust scores power-play goal for Pittsburgh

0:48

Regular Season Series

PIT leads 1-0

Penguins
7
Avalanche
2

Game 1

17/3

Avalanche
Penguins

Game 2

24/3

Ball Arena

1:50 AM, 17 March 2026

Denver, CO

Attendance: 18,121

Referees:
Chris Rooney
Trevor Hanson

Linesmen:
Ryan Gibbons
Travis Toomey

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	42	18	6	90
Pittsburgh	34	18	15	83
NY Islanders	38	24	5	81
Columbus	34	21	11	79
Philadelphia	31	23	12	74
Washington	33	27	8	74
New Jersey	34	31	2	70
NY Rangers	28	31	8	64

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	44	13	9	97
Dallas	42	15	10	94
Minnesota	38	18	12	88
Utah	35	27	6	76
Nashville	29	28	9	67
Winnipeg	28	28	10	66
St. Louis	27	30	10	64
Chicago	25	30	11	61

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