Colorado Avalanche vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 24, 2026

FinalTuesday, Mar 24, 2026· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	4	1	1	6		COL	16	5	9	30
PIT	1	0	1	2		PIT	11	7	14	32

: COL 52PIT 68
: COL 2.08PIT 3.58
PP goals: COL 1PIT 0
Hits: COL 14PIT 16
Blocks: COL 20PIT 10
PIM: COL 10PIT 8
: COL 51%PIT 49%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Colorado Avalanche rout Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2

Colorado Avalanche beat Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2 at PIT. Martin Necas (COL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Nelson, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:48 together.

Points
Martin Necas had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:20.Necas
Points
Sam Malinski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:29.Malinski
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Kadri, Nelson, MacKinnon, Necas and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:48 together.Kadri Nelson MacKinnon Necas Makar
Luck
COL scored 6 goals on 2.08 expected goals (52 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for COL: Kadri–Kelly–O'Connor skated 10:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (27.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kadri Kelly O'Connor
New line
New look for PIT: Mantha–Novak–Chinakhov skated 10:20 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Mantha Novak Chinakhov
Usage
Martin Necas (COL) played 16:20, −5:14 down on his 21:34 season average over 77 games.Necas
New line
New look for COL: Drury–Kiviranta–Bardakov skated 9:32 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Drury Kiviranta Bardakov

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · PIT 68 · COL 52

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT pressure
COL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: COL 25% of the game, PIT 42%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

PIT

COL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

PIT skaters (rows) against COL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the PIT side.

Matchup matrix

PIT xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	COL	PIT
	50	62
	1.67	2.62
	1.66	2.55
	5	10
	8	5
	18	31
	−0.010	+0.010
	25%	42%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Colorado Avalanche

L1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas
13:0236% CF
L2Kadri – Kelly – O'Connor
10:3928% CF
L3Drury – Kiviranta – Bardakov
9:3258% CF
L4Nelson – Nichushkin – Colton
9:1659% CF
D1Kulak – Makar
14:5624% CF
D2Burns – Manson
13:3952% CF
D3Toews – Malinski
12:1165% CF

PP1Kadri – Nelson – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar
2:48100% CF
PP2Landeskog – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Toews – Colton
0:280% CF
PK1FNelson – Nichushkin
1:57
PK2FKelly – Drury
1:40
PK1DToews – Makar
1:24
PK2DKulak – Malinski
1:24

Current COL line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Rakell
12:5256% CF
L2Mantha – Novak – Chinakhov
10:2054% CF
L3Acciari – Dewar – Soderblom
9:1436% CF
L4Brazeau – Koivunen – Kindel
8:1256% CF
D1Karlsson – Wotherspoon
17:1258% CF
D2Letang – Girard
14:1053% CF
D3Clifton – Shea
13:1848% CF

PP1Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Rakell – Mantha
4:56100% CF
PP2Letang – Rakell – Brazeau – Chinakhov – Kindel
1:32100% CF
PK1FAcciari – Dewar
0:49
PK2FRust – Rakell
0:00
PK1DClifton – Shea
1:58

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.61	0	0	0	19:03	—	—	36	42
Gabriel Landeskog L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	1	4	0	16:27	—	—	32	40
Martin Necas C	L1	2	0	2	+1	2	0.27	1	0	0	16:20	—	—	39	46
Nazem Kadri C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.14	0	1	4	16:12	—	—	32	34
Logan O'Connor R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	15:05	—	—	26	27
Parker Kelly C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.13	0	1	0	13:21	—	—	26	35
Jack Drury C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	4	0	0	14:06	—	—	60	43
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:15	—	—	55	43
Zakhar Bardakov C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	10:41	—	—	55	32
Brock Nelson C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	1	0	0	15:50	—	—	64	55
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.05	1	1	0	14:58	—	—	58	37
Ross Colton C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.28	1	1	0	11:50	—	—	60	27
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.07	0	5	0	22:04	—	—	29	23
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	3	0	21:53	—	—	28	18
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	2	1	2	18:29	—	—	52	59
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	0	1	2	17:28	—	—	53	60
Devon Toews D	D3	0	1	1	+3	1	0.02	0	2	0	19:29	—	—	56	38
Sam Malinski D	D3	1	1	2	+3	3	0.10	1	0	0	17:29	—	—	60	36

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	3.58	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	0	1	-3	4	0.55	1	0	0	22:40	—	—	59	39
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	-3	3	0.35	2	0	2	21:40	—	—	61	39
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	1	1	-3	6	0.70	1	0	0	21:11	—	—	62	40
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.37	0	0	2	18:08	—	—	59	68
Egor Chinakhov R	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.47	1	0	0	15:30	—	—	56	68
Tommy Novak C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	0	0	0	13:56	—	—	57	69
Connor Dewar C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:58	—	—	40	60
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	2	12:51	—	—	41	69
Elmer Soderblom L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	10:45	—	—	44	69
Ben Kindel C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.23	0	0	0	12:20	—	—	57	85
Justin Brazeau R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	2	0	10:48	—	—	53	85
Ville Koivunen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:06	—	—	60	91
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	0	1	0	23:53	—	—	60	61
Parker Wotherspoon D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	20:53	—	—	60	54
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	0	1	0	18:11	—	—	56	70
Kris Letang D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	1	2	17:16	—	—	53	67
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	5	1	0	16:36	—	—	50	53
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.17	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	50	60

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arturs Silovs(start)	L	29	24	5	.828	1.84	59:50

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Nathan MacKinnon (COL) 1st 4:57 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 36.7 mph shot · 2.1 s from entry to goal.

Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 4:57 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.7 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Egor Chinakhov · 1st 8:09 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 67.5 mph
Distance: 57 ft
Type: one-timer

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Sam Malinski · 1st 15:24 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 69.5 mph
Distance: 51 ft

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Martin Necas · 1st 16:44 · COL PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2
Shot: 68.1 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Type: one-timer

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Parker Kelly · 1st 17:19 · COL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 26.6 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s
Type: one-timer

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Martin Necas · 2nd 17:29 · COL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.2 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: rebound

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Rickard Rakell · 3rd 11:47 · PIT

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 2.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s

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Ross Colton · 3rd 16:20 · COL EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2
Shot: 54.8 mph
Distance: 111 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Colorado Avalanche vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 24, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche rout Pittsburgh Penguins 6–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Colorado Avalanche

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Colorado Avalanche

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goal anatomy

Nathan MacKinnon · 1st 4:57 · COL

Egor Chinakhov · 1st 8:09 · PIT

Sam Malinski · 1st 15:24 · COL

Martin Necas · 1st 16:44 · COL PP

Parker Kelly · 1st 17:19 · COL

Martin Necas · 2nd 17:29 · COL

Rickard Rakell · 3rd 11:47 · PIT

Ross Colton · 3rd 16:20 · COL EN