NHL · Mar 24, 2026

Colorado Avalanche

6–2

Final

Pittsburgh Penguins

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The Avalanche rolled past the Penguins 6–2 at PPG Paints Arena. M. Necas took first star with 2 goals.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Avalanche	4	1	1	6	30
Penguins	1	0	1	2	32

★ Three Stars

1M. NecasCOL · 2G 0A

2S. MalinskiCOL · 1G 1A

3S. WedgewoodCOL

Scoring Summary

1st Period

04:57

Nathan MacKinnon

1-0

08:09

Egor Chinakhov (Samuel Girard, Kris Letang)

1-1

15:24

Sam Malinski

2-1

16:44

Martin Necas (Cale Makar, Brock Nelson)PP

3-1

17:19

Parker Kelly (Logan O'Connor, Nazem Kadri)

4-1

2nd Period

17:29

Martin Necas (Devon Toews, Sam Malinski)

5-1

3rd Period

11:47

Rickard Rakell (Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust)

5-2

16:20

Ross Colton (Valeri Nichushkin, Jack Drury)EN

6-2

Boxscore

Avalanche6

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Martin NecasC	2	0	2	+1	0	2	1	0	16:20
Sam MalinskiD	1	1	2	+3	0	3	1	0	17:29
Parker KellyC	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	1	13:21
Nathan MacKinnonC	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	19:03
Ross ColtonC	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	11:50
Nazem KadriC	0	1	1	+2	4	2	0	1	16:12
Brock NelsonC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	15:50
Logan O'ConnorR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	15:05
Cale MakarD	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	5	22:04
Devon ToewsD	0	1	1	+3	0	1	0	2	19:29
Valeri NichushkinR	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	1	14:58
Jack DruryC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	4	0	14:06
Zakhar BardakovC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10:41
Gabriel LandeskogL	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	16:27
Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	1	17:28
Brett KulakD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	3	21:53
Josh MansonD	0	0	0	+1	2	3	2	1	18:29
Joel KivirantaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:15

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Scott WedgewoodStart	32	30	2	.938	60:00
Mackenzie Blackwood	0	0	0	-	0:00

Penguins2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Egor ChinakhovR	1	0	1	-1	0	4	1	0	15:30
Rickard RakellR	1	0	1	-3	0	4	1	0	22:40
Sidney CrosbyC	0	1	1	-3	0	6	1	0	21:11
Bryan RustR	0	1	1	-3	2	3	2	0	21:40
Samuel GirardD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	18:11
Kris LetangD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	1	17:16
Justin BrazeauR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	10:48
Connor DewarC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12:58
Ben KindelC	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	12:20
Ville KoivunenR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10:06
Tommy NovakC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	13:56
Elmer SoderblomL	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	10:45
Erik KarlssonD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	23:53
Parker WotherspoonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	20:53
Connor CliftonD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	5	1	16:36
Anthony ManthaR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	18:08
Noel AcciariC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	12:51
Ryan SheaD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	16:23

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Arturs SilovsStart	29	24	5	.828	59:50
Stuart Skinner	0	0	0	-	0:00