Pittsburgh Penguins vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Wednesday, March 22, 2023 · Ball Arena
SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at Ball Arena. The Penguins outshot the Avalanche 45-30.
Jeff Carter scored twice. Sidney Crosby, Jake Guentzel, J.T. Compher, Devon Toews and Bryan Rust also scored.
Tristan Jarry made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Alexandar Georgiev stopped 40 of 44.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Sidney Crosby (30)Jake Guentzel (33), Pierre-Olivier Joseph (15)1–001:11 PIT
Jake Guentzel (31)Evgeni Malkin (50)2–004:06 PIT · PPG
J.T. Compher (15)Valeri Nichushkin (25)2–111:35 COL
Jeff Carter (10)Bryan Rust (24), Jason Zucker (19)3–114:12 PIT · PPG
3rd period
Devon Toews (6)J.T. Compher (32), Nathan MacKinnon (60)3–210:28 COL · PPG- Jeff Carter (11)Brian Dumoulin (18), Drew O'Connor (4)4–212:51 PIT
Bryan Rust (16)Unassisted5–219:41 PIT · EN
Team stats
PITCOL
45Shots on goal30
59%Faceoff %41%
2/4Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes10
12Hits20
17Blocked shots16
12Giveaways17
11Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 18:16
Bryan Rust · hooking2 min - 2nd 02:50
Kurtis MacDermid · cross checking2 min - 2nd 03:39Andrew Cogliano · holding2 min
- 2nd 12:57Logan O'Connor · tripping2 min
- 2nd 15:13Sidney Crosby · roughing2 min
- 2nd 15:13Darren Helm · holding2 min
- 2nd 15:13Darren Helm · roughing2 min
- 2nd 19:08Chad Ruhwedel · holding2 min
- 3rd 09:12Josh Archibald · tripping2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 17Bryan RustR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:43 |
| 59Jake GuentzelL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:11 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 14:41 |
| 10Drew O'ConnorL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 12:16 |
| 16Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14:00 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:01 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:50 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 20:55 |
| 73Pierre-Olivier JosephD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:23 |
| 15Josh ArchibaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:38 |
| 25Ryan PoehlingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:30 |
| 43Danton HeinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:53 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:28 |
| 67Rickard RakellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:44 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:53 |
| 4Taylor FedunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:41 |
| 52Mark FriedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:41 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 29:03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Tristan JarryG | W | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 59:13 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 37J.T. CompherL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 24:25 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 21:42 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 24:58 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 28:16 |
| 11Andrew CoglianoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:49 |
| 18Alex NewhookC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:14 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 15:43 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:34 |
| 43Darren HelmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:24 |
| 47Alex GalchenyukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:17 |
| 81Denis MalginC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:33 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:47 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23:21 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:42 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:22 |
| 17Brad HuntD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:57 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 24:01 |
| 56Kurtis MacDermidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jonas JohanssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | L | 44 | 40 | 4 | .909 | 55:20 |