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Colorado Avalanche at Pittsburgh Penguins

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2 on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 on the road.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Colorado Avalanche 6 55-16-11
at Pittsburgh Penguins 2 41-25-16

Goals by period

Team Total
Colorado Avalanche 4 1 1 6
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 0 1 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Colorado Avalanche 16 5 9 30
Pittsburgh Penguins 11 7 14 32

Three stars

  1. M. Necas, Colorado Avalanche (2 goals)
  2. S. Malinski, Colorado Avalanche (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. S. Wedgewood, Colorado Avalanche (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 04:57 Colorado Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon (46) Unassisted Even strength COL 1, PIT 0
1st 08:09 Pittsburgh Penguins Egor Chinakhov (17) Samuel Girard (11), Kris Letang (25) Even strength COL 1, PIT 1
1st 15:24 Colorado Avalanche Sam Malinski (4) Unassisted Even strength COL 2, PIT 1
1st 16:44 Colorado Avalanche Martin Necas (33) Cale Makar (51), Brock Nelson (26) Power play COL 3, PIT 1
1st 17:19 Colorado Avalanche Parker Kelly (16) Logan O'Connor (1), Nazem Kadri (32) Even strength COL 4, PIT 1
2nd 17:29 Colorado Avalanche Martin Necas (34) Devon Toews (17), Sam Malinski (27) Even strength COL 5, PIT 1
3rd 11:47 Pittsburgh Penguins Rickard Rakell (15) Sidney Crosby (36), Bryan Rust (32) Even strength COL 5, PIT 2
3rd 16:20 Colorado Avalanche Ross Colton (9) Valeri Nichushkin (26), Jack Drury (14) Even strength, Empty net COL 6, PIT 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Colorado Avalanche Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 30 32
Power play 1 of 3 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 10 8
Hits 14 16
Blocked shots 20 10
Giveaways 23 15
Takeaways 2 6
Faceoffs won 35/68 (51.5%) 33/68 (48.5%)

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player
11 B. Nelson C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 56.5% 15:50
13 V. Nichushkin R 0 1 1 +1 0 3 1 1 0 14:58
17 P. Kelly C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 1 0 13:21
18 J. Drury C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 4 0 0 66.7% 14:06
20 R. Colton C 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 100% 11:50
25 L. O'Connor R 0 1 1 +1 2 0 1 0 0 15:05
29 N. MacKinnon C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 44.4% 19:03
88 M. Necas C 2 0 2 +1 0 2 1 0 1 16:20
91 N. Kadri C 0 1 1 +2 4 2 0 1 0 40% 16:12
92 G. Landeskog L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 60% 16:27
93 Z. Bardakov C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10:41
94 J. Kiviranta L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11:15
7 D. Toews D 0 1 1 +3 0 1 0 2 0 19:29
8 C. Makar D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 5 0 22:04
27 B. Kulak D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 3 0 21:53
42 J. Manson D 0 0 0 +1 2 3 2 1 0 18:29
70 S. Malinski D 1 1 2 +3 0 3 1 0 0 17:29
84 B. Burns D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 0 1 0 17:28
Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
41 S. Wedgewood 32 30 2 .938 60:00 Win

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
16 J. Brazeau R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 10:48
17 B. Rust R 0 1 1 -3 2 3 2 0 0 21:40
18 T. Novak C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 50% 13:56
19 C. Dewar C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 60% 12:58
25 E. Soderblom L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 10:45
39 A. Mantha R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 0 18:08
41 V. Koivunen R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10:06
55 N. Acciari C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 50% 12:51
59 E. Chinakhov R 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 0 0 15:30
67 R. Rakell R 1 0 1 -3 0 4 1 0 0 22:40
81 B. Kindel C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 23.1% 12:20
87 S. Crosby C 0 1 1 -3 0 6 1 0 0 57.7% 21:11
5 R. Shea D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 16:23
28 P. Wotherspoon D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 20:53
49 S. Girard D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 1 0 18:11
58 K. Letang D 0 1 1 +1 2 1 0 1 0 17:16
65 E. Karlsson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 1 0 23:53
75 C. Clifton D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 1 0 16:36
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
37 A. Silovs 29 24 5 .828 59:50 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 16:39 Pittsburgh Penguins Noel Acciari Tripping 2
2nd 08:25 Colorado Avalanche Nazem Kadri High sticking double minor 4
3rd 01:57 Colorado Avalanche Brent Burns High sticking 2
3rd 02:54 Colorado Avalanche Josh Manson Tripping 2
3rd 04:01 Colorado Avalanche Logan O'Connor Roughing 2
3rd 04:01 Pittsburgh Penguins Anthony Mantha Roughing 2
3rd 05:28 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang Tripping 2
3rd 06:49 Pittsburgh Penguins Bryan Rust Hooking 2

Game information

Colorado Avalanche head coach
Jared Bednar
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Dan Muse
Referees
Kyle Rehman, Jordan Samuels-Thomas
Linesmen
Matt MacPherson, Jeremy Faucher
Colorado Avalanche scratches
Artturi Lehkonen, Nicolas Roy, Nick Blankenburg, Gavin Brindley
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Evgeni Malkin, Kevin Hayes, Ryan Graves, Jack St. Ivany, Blake Lizotte, Ilya Solovyov

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 7 at Colorado Avalanche 2 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 6 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Mar 24

Matchup Status Details
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Boston Bruins 2 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 2 at Montreal Canadiens 5 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 3 at Detroit Red Wings 2 Final Game page
Seattle Kraken 4 at Florida Panthers 5 Final/SO Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 4 at New York Islanders 3 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Philadelphia Flyers 2 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 6 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 0 at St. Louis Blues 3 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 3 at Nashville Predators 6 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 6 at Dallas Stars 4 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 1 at Winnipeg Jets 4 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 2 at Calgary Flames 3 Final/SO Game page
Edmonton Oilers 5 at Utah Mammoth 2 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 5 at Vancouver Canucks 3 Final Game page

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