Pittsburgh Penguins at Colorado Avalanche, 2026-03-16

NHL · Mar 16, 2026

Pittsburgh Penguins34-18-15

7–2

Final

Colorado Avalanche44-13-9

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The Penguins rolled past the Avalanche 7–2 at Ball Arena. E. Malkin took first star with 2 goals and 1 assist.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Penguins	4	2	1	7	20
Avalanche	2	0	0	2	27

★ Three Stars

1E. MalkinPIT · 2G 1A

2E. KarlssonPIT · 1G 2A

3B. RustPIT · 1G 1A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

03:01

Evgeni Malkin (Bryan Rust, Noel Acciari)

1-0

04:08

Nathan MacKinnon (Martin Necas, Cale Makar)

1-1

04:23

Anthony Mantha (Erik Karlsson)

2-1

13:00

Evgeni Malkin (Egor Chinakhov, Parker Wotherspoon)

3-1

13:43

Elmer Soderblom (Connor Dewar, Erik Karlsson)

4-1

14:21

Brent Burns (Gavin Brindley, Josh Manson)

4-2

2nd Period

10:36

Erik Karlsson (Ryan Shea)

5-2

16:20

Bryan Rust (Evgeni Malkin, Rickard Rakell)PP

6-2

3rd Period

09:06

Noel Acciari (Elmer Soderblom, Connor Dewar)

7-2

Boxscore

Penguins7

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Evgeni MalkinC	2	1	3	+1	4	3	0	0	16:18
Erik KarlssonD	1	2	3	+2	0	4	0	0	21:44
Bryan RustR	1	1	2	+1	0	3	0	0	17:05
Elmer SoderblomL	1	1	2	+3	0	1	1	1	10:00
Noel AcciariC	1	1	2	+3	0	2	0	4	16:36
Connor DewarC	0	2	2	+3	0	1	0	2	16:12
Anthony ManthaR	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	14:57
Egor ChinakhovR	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	17:09
Rickard RakellR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	16:23
Parker WotherspoonD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	3	1	20:48
Ryan SheaD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	23:39
Justin BrazeauR	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	11:52
Ben KindelC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	13:57
Ville KoivunenR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10:09
Tommy NovakC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	15:29
Kris LetangD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	20:14
Ilya SolovyovD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	13:21
Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	+2	5	0	5	1	16:07

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Arturs SilovsStart	27	25	2	.926	60:00
Stuart Skinner	0	0	0	-	0:00

Avalanche2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Nathan MacKinnonC	1	0	1	-1	0	4	0	2	22:39
Brent BurnsD	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	15:18
Martin NecasC	0	1	1	-1	0	2	2	0	24:08
Cale MakarD	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	2	21:31
Josh MansonD	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	2	16:43
Gavin BrindleyC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	10:20
Zakhar BardakovC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	8:10
Nazem KadriC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	20:18
Parker KellyC	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	13:45
Brock NelsonC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1	20:16
Nicolas RoyC	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	0	15:28
Brett KulakD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	16:45
Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	15:00
Devon ToewsD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	17:35
Valeri NichushkinR	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	22:40
Jack DruryC	0	0	0	-1	7	1	0	1	13:31
Joel KivirantaL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	10:03
Nick BlankenburgD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	11:10

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Scott WedgewoodStart	5	2	3	.400	13:00
Mackenzie Blackwood	15	11	4	.733	47:00