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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Monday, March 16, 2026 · Ball Arena

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7–2

Final

SOG 20–27

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Colorado Avalanche 7-2 on Monday, March 16, 2026 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Penguins 27-20.

Evgeni Malkin scored twice. Nathan MacKinnon, Anthony Mantha, Elmer Soderblom, Brent Burns, Erik Karlsson, Bryan Rust and Noel Acciari also scored.

Arturs Silovs made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Scott Wedgewood stopped 2 of 5.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT421720
Colorado AvalancheCOL200227

Three stars

  1. ★1st starEvgeni MalkinPIT · 2G 1A
  2. ★2nd starErik KarlssonPIT · 1G 2A
  3. ★3rd starBryan RustPIT · 1G 1A

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+
GoalPIT on iceCOL on ice

1–0 PIT

1st 3:01 · Malkin

Nichushkin 0:47

1–1 COL

1st 4:08 · MacKinnon

Malkin 0:22

2–1 PIT

1st 4:23 · Mantha

Necas 0:52

3–1 PIT

1st 13:00 · Malkin

Drury 0:31

4–1 PIT

1st 13:43 · Soderblom

MacKinnon 0:43

4–2 COL

1st 14:21 · Burns

Letang 0:20

5–2 PIT

2nd 10:36 · Karlsson

Malinski 0:48

6–2 PIT

2nd 16:20 · PP · Rust

Burns 0:40

7–2 PIT

3rd 9:06 · Acciari

Brindley 0:42

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

PITCOL
20Shots on goal27
49%Faceoff %51%
1/3Power play0/4
15Penalty minutes13
19Hits11
19Blocked shots12
18Giveaways16
5Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 00:48Evgeni Malkin · tripping2 min
  • 1st 05:33Ville Koivunen · cross checking2 min
  • 1st 08:39Jack Drury · interference2 min
  • 2nd 03:30Anthony Mantha · holding2 min
  • 2nd 11:11Arturs Silovs · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 13:30Nicolas Roy · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 15:40Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 3rd 10:59Evgeni Malkin · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 10:59Parker Kelly · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 10:59Connor Clifton · fighting5 min
  • 3rd 10:59Jack Drury · fighting5 min

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