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Colorado Avalanche vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Tuesday, March 24, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena

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6–2

Final

SOG 30–32

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Avalanche 32-30.

Martin Necas scored twice. Nathan MacKinnon, Egor Chinakhov, Sam Malinski, Parker Kelly, Rickard Rakell and Ross Colton also scored.

Scott Wedgewood made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Arturs Silovs stopped 24 of 29.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Colorado AvalancheCOL411630
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT101232

Three stars

  1. ★1st starMartin NecasCOL · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starSam MalinskiCOL · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starScott WedgewoodCOL · .938 SV%

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+
1:03

5–1 · 2nd 17:29 · Necas. PIT stayed on through an icing. Rust was 1:03 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCOL on icePIT on ice

1–0 COL

1st 4:57 · MacKinnon

Crosby 0:27

1–1 PIT

1st 8:09 · Chinakhov

Burns 0:32

2–1 COL

1st 15:24 · Malinski

Novak 0:49

3–1 COL

1st 16:44 · PP · Necas

Dewar 0:24

4–1 COL

1st 17:19 · Kelly

Crosby 0:35

5–1 COL

2nd 17:29 · Necas

Long shift: Rust 1:03

5–2 PIT

3rd 11:47 · Rakell

Long shift: Kulak 1:02

6–2 COL

3rd 16:20 · EN · Colton

Karlsson 1:34

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

COLPIT
30Shots on goal32
51%Faceoff %49%
1/3Power play0/4
10Penalty minutes8
14Hits16
20Blocked shots10
23Giveaways15
2Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 1st 16:39Noel Acciari · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 08:25Nazem Kadri · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 3rd 01:57Brent Burns · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 02:54Josh Manson · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 04:01Logan O'Connor · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 04:01Anthony Mantha · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 05:28Kris Letang · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 06:49Bryan Rust · hooking2 min

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