Pittsburgh Penguins vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Tuesday, March 4, 2025 · Ball Arena

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1–4

Final

SOG 33–25

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at Ball Arena. The Penguins outshot the Avalanche 33-25.

Artturi Lehkonen scored twice. Rickard Rakell, Casey Mittelstadt and Jack Drury also scored.

Scott Wedgewood made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 21 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	0	1	0	1	33
COL	0	1	3	4	25

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Artturi Lehkonen (25)Nathan MacKinnon (69), Cale Makar (46)Grzelcyk 1:25 into shift0–106:36 COL
Rickard Rakell (29)Bryan Rust (26), Sidney Crosby (47)Kylington 1:14 into shift1–118:04 PIT

3rd period

Casey Mittelstadt (11)Valeri Nichushkin (7), Nathan MacKinnon (70)1–215:51 COL · PPG
Artturi Lehkonen (26)Unassisted1–318:52 COL · EN
Jack Drury (7)Parker Kelly (10)1–419:52 COL · EN

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:25

0–1 · 2nd 6:36 · Lehkonen. Grzelcyk was 1:25 into his shift when it went in.

GoalPIT on iceCOL on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 COL

2nd 6:36 · Lehkonen

Long shift: Grzelcyk 1:25

Long shiftGrzelcyk 1:25

1–1 PIT

2nd 18:04 · Rakell

Long shift: Kylington 1:14

Long shiftKylington 1:14

1–2 COL

3rd 15:51 · PP · Mittelstadt

Desharnais 0:28

Fresh legsDesharnais 0:28

1–3 COL

3rd 18:52 · EN · Lehkonen

Hayes 1:13

Empty netHayes 1:13

1–4 COL

3rd 19:52 · EN · Drury

Crosby 1:37

Empty netCrosby 1:37

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

PITCOL

33Shots on goal25

57%Faceoff %43%

0/2Power play1/1

2Penalty minutes4

8Hits12

10Blocked shots15

15Giveaways16

6Takeaways5

Penalties

2nd 10:16Sam Malinski · hooking2 min
2nd 15:02Devon Toews · holding2 min
3rd 14:23Anthony Beauvillier · tripping2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

17Bryan RustR	0	1	1	-1	3	1	0	0	–	20:02
67Rickard RakellR	1	0	1	-1	2	1	0	0	–	19:40
87Sidney CrosbyC	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	68	19:11
13Kevin HayesR	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	60	13:39
19Cody GlassC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	50	12:46
43Danton HeinenL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	10:18
46Blake LizotteC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	33	13:28
52Emil BemstromC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:24
53Philip TomasinoR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	16:31
55Noel AcciariC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	–	14:21
71Evgeni MalkinC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	42	18:55
72Anthony BeauvillierL	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	–	14:56
5Ryan SheaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	21:57
7Vincent DesharnaisD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:45
23Vladislav KolyachonokD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	11:34
24Matt GrzelcykD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	21:08
58Kris LetangD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	24:18
65Erik KarlssonD	0	0	0	-2	3	0	1	0	–	24:05

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Tristan JarryG		0	0	0	–	00:00
39Alex NedeljkovicG	L	23	21	2	.913	58:34

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

29Nathan MacKinnonC	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	0	36	21:00
62Artturi LehkonenL	2	0	2	+2	5	0	0	0	–	20:22
13Valeri NichushkinR	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0	–	17:34
17Parker KellyC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	40	12:56
18Jack DruryC	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0	44	12:26
37Casey MittelstadtC	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	54	13:46
8Cale MakarD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	23:22
20Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50	12:33
25Logan O'ConnorR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	–	13:14
27Jonathan DrouinL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	100	14:47
28Miles WoodL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	10:50
88Martin NecasC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	15:23
94Joel KivirantaL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	12:15
7Devon ToewsD	0	0	0	+3	2	0	0	2	–	24:23
49Samuel GirardD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	22:32
55Ryan LindgrenD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	20:33
58Oliver KylingtonD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	–	15:05
70Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	–	12:59

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Mackenzie BlackwoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Scott WedgewoodG	W	33	32	1	.970	60:00