3-1-03-2-0
.885.879
2.723.04
45
10
Other goalies
Sergei Murashov.911 · 2.99 · 3
Other goalies
Scott Wedgewood.902 · 2.40 · 2
Pittsburgh Penguins vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Friday, October 16, 2026 · Ball Arena
SN+ · TVAS · SN-PIT · ALT
Game preview
The Pittsburgh Penguins visit the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena on Friday, October 16, 2026, with puck drop at 9:00 PM ET. The game is on SN+, TVAS, SN-PIT and ALT.
This is the first of 2 meetings between the teams this season.
In goal: Arturs Silovs (3-1-0, .885 save percentage, 2.72 goals-against average) is projected to start for the Penguins; Mackenzie Blackwood (3-2-0, .879 save percentage, 3.04 goals-against average) is projected to start for the Avalanche.
Rest and travel
Penguins
Game 2 of a road trip: Chicago, now Colorado.
- 62026-10-06: no game
- 72026-10-07: at WSH
- 82026-10-08: no game
- 92026-10-09: at CBJ
- 102026-10-10: vs DAL, second of a back-to-backB2B
- 112026-10-11: no game
- 122026-10-12: no game
- 132026-10-13: at CHI
- 142026-10-14: no game
- 152026-10-15: no game
- 162026-10-16: at COL
- rest since last game
- 2 days
- rest since last game
- traveled since last game
- ~917 mi
- traveled since last game
- on this road trip
- ~1,329 mi
- on this road trip
- local time vs home
- −2 h
- local time vs home
Avalanche
Another game at home.
- 62026-10-06: no game
- 72026-10-07: at WPG
- 82026-10-08: at CGY, second of a back-to-backB2B
- 92026-10-09: no game
- 102026-10-10: vs TOR
- 112026-10-11: no game
- 122026-10-12: no game
- 132026-10-13: at DAL
- 142026-10-14: vs DAL, second of a back-to-backB2B
- 152026-10-15: no game
- 162026-10-16: vs PIT
- rest since last game
- 1 day
- rest since last game
- traveled since last game
- ~0 mi
- traveled since last game
- not on a road trip
- –
- not on a road trip
- local time vs home
- Same time zone
- local time vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = back-to-back, the second of two games on consecutive days. Distances are approximate.
Starting goalies
Lines from last game
- 10:00 together at 5-on-5
- 9:53 together at 5-on-5
- 9:30 together at 5-on-5
- 8:19 together at 5-on-5
- 13:06 together at 5-on-5
- 12:11 together at 5-on-5
- 10:48 together at 5-on-5
Power play
- PP1Malkin CCrosby CKindel CRakell RKarlsson D5:00 together on the power play
- PP2Kuzmenko LNovak CChinakhov RKoivunen RLetang D1:40 together on the power play
Penalty kill
- 7:34 together at 5-on-5
- 6:21 together at 5-on-5
- 4:39 together at 5-on-5
Power play
- PP1Kadri CMacKinnon CNecas CHughes RMakar D3:50 together on the power play
- PP2Landeskog LLehkonen LNelson CNecas CToews D1:00 together on the power play
Penalty kill
- PK1Lehkonen LNelson CToews DMakar D2:11 together killing penalties
- PK2Kelly CSvechkov CBurns DManson D0:45 together killing penalties
Behind the bench
How each coach tends to run his bench, compared with every other NHL team. Each gray tick is one team, the dashed line is the league average, and the two dots are these teams.
PITCOL
Lines kept together · 2026–27
PIT 70% (16th most settled)COL 54% (5th most shuffled)
← Shuffles linesdashed = league averageKeeps lines together →
Pulling the goalie when down a goal · 2025–26
PIT 1:56 left (10th earliest · 14 pulls)COL 2:15 left (3rd earliest · 11 pulls)
← Pulls latedashed = league averagePulls early →
Average shift · 2025–26
PIT 51.1s (3rd longest)COL 48.4s (16th longest)
← Short shiftsdashed = league averageLong shifts →
Caught on long shifts · 2025–26
PIT 33% (8th most often)COL 24% (4th least often)
← Rarely caughtdashed = league averageOften caught →
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.