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Colorado Avalanche vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Tuesday, December 10, 2024 · PPG Paints Arena

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6–2

Final

SOG 27–27

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at PPG Paints Arena.

Mikko Rantanen scored a hat trick. Nathan MacKinnon, Cody Glass, Michael Bunting, Valeri Nichushkin and Artturi Lehkonen also scored.

Scott Wedgewood made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Tristan Jarry stopped 21 of 26.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Colorado AvalancheCOL213627
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT020227

Three stars

  1. ★1st starMikko RantanenCOL · 3G 2A
  2. ★2nd starNathan MacKinnonCOL · 1G 4A
  3. ★3rd starMichael BuntingPIT · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:24

3–2 · 2nd 18:53 · Bunting. Middleton was 1:24 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCOL on icePIT on ice

1–0 COL

1st 6:31 · MacKinnon

Graves 0:43

2–0 COL

1st 18:22 · Rantanen

Letang 0:58

3–0 COL

2nd 5:46 · Rantanen

Acciari 0:47

3–1 PIT

2nd 7:21 · Glass

Malinski 0:24

3–2 PIT

2nd 18:53 · Bunting

Long shift: Middleton 1:24

4–2 COL

3rd 3:23 · Nichushkin

Karlsson 0:46

5–2 COL

3rd 12:21 · Lehkonen

Pettersson 0:26

6–2 COL

3rd 15:08 · EN · Rantanen

Malkin 1:15

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

COLPIT
27Shots on goal27
38%Faceoff %62%
0/3Power play0/4
10Penalty minutes8
16Hits10
15Blocked shots16
16Giveaways15
8Takeaways8

Penalties

  • 1st 02:06Ryan Graves · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 01:47Ivan Ivan · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 09:55Owen Pickering · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 2nd 13:26Michael Bunting · interference2 min
  • 2nd 16:44Tristan Jarry · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  • 2nd 16:44Sam Malinski · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 16:44Parker Kelly · interference goalkeeper2 min
  • 3rd 04:01Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 3rd 09:48Givani Smith · tripping2 min

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