Game

Avalanche at Penguins

Avalanche 6, Penguins 2 · first star Martin Necas (2 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Colorado Avalanche 6 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2

Avalanche COL

6 FINAL 2

Penguins PIT

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh · TV SN

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Avalanche	4	1	1	6	30
Penguins	1	0	1	2	32

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Avalanche attack left, Penguins attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: COL 30, PIT 32.

COL in red PIT in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Avalanche 30 shots on goal (6 goals, 10 missed, 12 blocked) attacking left; Penguins 32 shots on goal (2 goals, 15 missed, 21 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	COL SOG	COL G	COL ATT	PIT SOG	PIT G	PIT ATT
1st	16	4	25	11	1	26
2nd	5	1	10	7	0	22
3rd	9	1	17	14	1	20
Total	30	6	52	32	2	68

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	COL SOG	COL G	PIT SOG	PIT G
Even strength	26	5	22	2
Power play	3	1	9	0
Short-handed	1	0	1	0
Into an empty net	1	1	0	0

Attempt share by period

Penguins took 56.7% of the shot attempts, and 55.3% of the 94 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Penguins and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Avalanche hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Avalanche at Penguins
Period	PIT CF%	PIT FF%
1st	51.0	44.7
2nd	68.8	65.0
3rd	54.0	58.6
Game	56.7	54.0

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

04:57 Nathan MacKinnon (46) Unassisted · wrist 1–0
08:09 Egor Chinakhov (17) Samuel Girard (11), Kris Letang (25) · slap 1–1
15:24 Sam Malinski (4) Unassisted · wrist 2–1
16:44 Martin Necas (33) PP Cale Makar (51), Brock Nelson (26) · slap 3–1
17:19 Parker Kelly (16) Logan O'Connor (1), Nazem Kadri (32) · snap 4–1

2nd period

17:29 Martin Necas (34) Devon Toews (17), Sam Malinski (27) · wrist 5–1

3rd period

11:47 Rickard Rakell (15) Sidney Crosby (36), Bryan Rust (32) · wrist 5–2
16:20 Ross Colton (9) EN Valeri Nichushkin (26), Jack Drury (14) · wrist 6–2

Three stars

Martin Necas COL · C #88 · 2 G, 0 A
Sam Malinski COL · D #70 · 1 G, 1 A
Scott Wedgewood COL · G #41 · 0 GA, .938 SV%

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	16:39	PIT	Noel Acciari	tripping	2	Josh Manson
2nd	08:25	COL	Nazem Kadri	high sticking double minor	4	Tommy Novak
3rd	01:57	COL	Brent Burns	high sticking	2	Anthony Mantha
3rd	02:54	COL	Josh Manson	tripping	2	Bryan Rust
3rd	04:01	COL	Logan O'Connor	roughing	2	Anthony Mantha
3rd	04:01	PIT	Anthony Mantha	roughing	2	Logan O'Connor
3rd	05:28	PIT	Kris Letang	tripping	2	Gabriel Landeskog
3rd	06:49	PIT	Bryan Rust	hooking	2	Brock Nelson

Boxscore

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Martin Necas #88	C	2	0	2	+1	2	1	0	0	0.0	16:20
Sam Malinski #70	D	1	1	2	+3	3	1	0	0	0.0	17:29
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	44.4	19:03
Parker Kelly #17	C	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	0.0	13:21
Ross Colton #20	C	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	100.0	11:50
Brock Nelson #11	C	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	56.5	15:50
Jack Drury #18	C	0	1	1	+1	1	4	0	0	66.7	14:06
Nazem Kadri #91	C	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	4	40.0	16:12
Logan O'Connor #25	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2	0.0	15:05
Valeri Nichushkin #13	R	0	1	1	+1	3	1	1	0	0.0	14:58
Cale Makar #8	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	5	0	0.0	22:04
Devon Toews #7	D	0	1	1	+3	1	0	2	0	0.0	19:29
Zakhar Bardakov #93	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	10:41
Gabriel Landeskog #92	L	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	60.0	16:27
Joel Kiviranta #94	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	11:15
Brent Burns #84	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	2	0.0	17:28
Brett Kulak #27	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	0.0	21:53
Josh Manson #42	D	0	0	0	+1	3	2	1	2	0.0	18:29

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Scott Wedgewood #41	W	32	30	2	.938	20/22	9/9	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Egor Chinakhov #59	R	1	0	1	-1	4	1	0	0	0.0	15:30
Rickard Rakell #67	R	1	0	1	-3	4	1	0	0	0.0	22:40
Sidney Crosby #87	C	0	1	1	-3	6	1	0	0	57.7	21:11
Bryan Rust #17	R	0	1	1	-3	3	2	0	2	0.0	21:40
Kris Letang #58	D	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	2	0.0	17:16
Samuel Girard #49	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	0.0	18:11
Ben Kindel #81	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	23.1	12:20
Connor Dewar #19	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	60.0	12:58
Noel Acciari #55	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	50.0	12:51
Tommy Novak #18	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	50.0	13:56
Elmer Soderblom #25	L	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	10:45
Anthony Mantha #39	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	0.0	18:08
Justin Brazeau #16	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0.0	10:48
Ville Koivunen #41	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	10:06
Connor Clifton #75	D	0	0	0	-2	2	5	1	0	0.0	16:36
Erik Karlsson #65	D	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	0.0	23:53
Parker Wotherspoon #28	D	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0.0	20:53
Ryan Shea #5	D	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0.0	16:23

Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Arturs Silovs #37	L	29	24	5	.828	21/25	2/3	59:50

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.