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Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Colorado Avalanche: game summary

Final · March 22, 2023 at 8:00 p.m.

Shots on goal : PIT 45 — COL 30 · Ball Arena

Three stars

Pittsburgh Penguins logo PIT

Game stats

COL Colorado Avalanche logo
45Shots on goal30
59 %Faceoff win %41 %
2/4Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes10
12Hits20
17Blocked shots16
12Giveaways17
11Takeaways5

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
PIT9211545
COL1191030

Season series PIT 2 – 0 COL

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← Pittsburgh Penguins logoPIT 5 / 45 / 602 / 30 / 44 COLColorado Avalanche logo →
Missed shot — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P1 00:19 · wristMissed shot — Mikael Granlund (PIT), P1 04:33 · deflectedMissed shot — Chad Ruhwedel (PIT), P1 05:26 · wristMissed shot — Lars Eller (COL), P1 08:04 · slapMissed shot — Taylor Fedun (PIT), P1 08:16 · wristMissed shot — Mikko Rantanen (COL), P1 08:56 · backhandMissed shot — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P1 11:00 · wristMissed shot — Rickard Rakell (PIT), P1 11:52 · wristMissed shot — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P1 14:49 · wristMissed shot — Jake Guentzel (PIT), P1 16:13 · backhandMissed shot — Kris Letang (PIT), P1 17:31 · wristMissed shot — Pierre-Olivier Joseph (PIT), P2 04:53 · wristMissed shot — Danton Heinen (PIT), P2 06:33 · batMissed shot — Devon Toews (COL), P2 06:54 · wristMissed shot — Sidney Crosby (PIT), P2 09:30 · wristMissed shot — Brian Dumoulin (PIT), P2 09:41 · snapMissed shot — Valeri Nichushkin (COL), P3 00:32 · deflectedMissed shot — Kris Letang (PIT), P3 03:01 · wristMissed shot — Jake Guentzel (PIT), P3 04:24 · wristMissed shot — Andrew Cogliano (COL), P3 05:35 · wristMissed shot — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P3 09:07 · wristMissed shot — Mikko Rantanen (COL), P3 09:25 · deflectedMissed shot — Kris Letang (PIT), P3 11:22 · wristMissed shot — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P3 13:46 · wristMissed shot — J.T. Compher (COL), P3 16:00 · deflectedMissed shot — Tristan Jarry (PIT), P3 16:30 · wristMissed shot — Mikko Rantanen (COL), P3 16:47 · wristMissed shot — Tristan Jarry (PIT), P3 17:47 · wristMissed shot — Logan O'Connor (COL), P3 18:04 · deflectedShot on goal — Devon Toews (COL), P1 00:52 · snapShot on goal — Drew O'Connor (PIT), P1 02:13 · wristShot on goal — Drew O'Connor (PIT), P1 02:20 · wristShot on goal — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P1 02:58 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (PIT), P1 03:44 · wristShot on goal — Danton Heinen (PIT), P1 04:18 · tip-inShot on goal — Denis Malgin (COL), P1 06:18 · backhandShot on goal — Sidney Crosby (PIT), P1 08:25 · backhandShot on goal — Devon Toews (COL), P1 08:38 · wristShot on goal — Mikko Rantanen (COL), P1 08:43 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (PIT), P1 09:53 · wristShot on goal — Sidney Crosby (PIT), P1 09:58 · wristShot on goal — Lars Eller (COL), P1 10:09 · snapShot on goal — Denis Malgin (COL), P1 10:46 · tip-inShot on goal — J.T. Compher (COL), P1 14:36 · wristShot on goal — Mikko Rantanen (COL), P1 14:50 · wristShot on goal — Lars Eller (COL), P1 16:29 · wristShot on goal — Taylor Fedun (PIT), P1 17:06 · slapShot on goal — Drew O'Connor (PIT), P1 17:25 · wrap-aroundShot on goal — Valeri Nichushkin (COL), P1 18:15 · backhandShot on goal — Lars Eller (COL), P2 01:23 · wristShot on goal — Mark Friedman (PIT), P2 01:53 · backhandShot on goal — Sidney Crosby (PIT), P2 03:59 · wristShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (PIT), P2 04:05 · tip-inShot on goal — Jeff Carter (PIT), P2 04:26 · slapShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (PIT), P2 05:40 · snapShot on goal — Drew O'Connor (PIT), P2 06:00 · tip-inShot on goal — Drew O'Connor (PIT), P2 06:17 · wristShot on goal — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P2 06:48 · wristShot on goal — Mikael Granlund (PIT), P2 07:12 · wristShot on goal — Alex Newhook (COL), P2 07:51 · snapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (PIT), P2 07:58 · wristShot on goal — Mark Friedman (PIT), P2 08:05 · slapShot on goal — Evgeni Malkin (PIT), P2 10:02 · wristShot on goal — Logan O'Connor (COL), P2 10:16 · wristShot on goal — Darren Helm (COL), P2 11:03 · backhandShot on goal — Mikael Granlund (PIT), P2 11:11 · wristShot on goal — Mikko Rantanen (COL), P2 12:31 · deflectedShot on goal — Kris Letang (PIT), P2 14:53 · slapShot on goal — Bryan Rust (PIT), P2 14:58 · tip-inShot on goal — Kris Letang (PIT), P2 16:01 · slapShot on goal — Jeff Carter (PIT), P2 16:17 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (PIT), P2 18:11 · wristShot on goal — Brian Dumoulin (PIT), P2 18:15 · wristShot on goal — Alex Newhook (COL), P2 18:36 · tip-inShot on goal — Mikko Rantanen (COL), P2 19:52 · wristShot on goal — Brian Dumoulin (PIT), P3 00:34 · snapShot on goal — Brian Dumoulin (PIT), P3 01:07 · snapShot on goal — Jake Guentzel (PIT), P3 01:50 · wristShot on goal — Evgeni Malkin (PIT), P3 02:06 · backhandShot on goal — Jeff Carter (PIT), P3 02:56 · wristShot on goal — Mikael Granlund (PIT), P3 03:39 · backhandShot on goal — Mikael Granlund (PIT), P3 03:39 · wristShot on goal — Sidney Crosby (PIT), P3 03:58 · slapShot on goal — Valeri Nichushkin (COL), P3 05:28 · wristShot on goal — Denis Malgin (COL), P3 06:49 · slapShot on goal — Bryan Rust (PIT), P3 07:08 · wristShot on goal — J.T. Compher (COL), P3 07:15 · wristShot on goal — Valeri Nichushkin (COL), P3 07:39 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (PIT), P3 08:21 · wristShot on goal — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P3 10:01 · wristShot on goal — Kris Letang (PIT), P3 11:08 · slapShot on goal — Brian Dumoulin (PIT), P3 14:49 · wristShot on goal — Mikko Rantanen (COL), P3 15:49 · wristShot on goal — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P3 16:51 · slapShot on goal — Nathan MacKinnon (COL), P3 17:55 · wristShot on goal — Mikko Rantanen (COL), P3 18:33 · wristShot on goal — Josh Archibald (PIT), P3 19:59 · wristGoal — Sidney Crosby (PIT), P2 01:11 · backhandGoal — Jake Guentzel (PIT), P2 04:06 · batGoal — J.T. Compher (COL), P2 11:35 · wristGoal — Jeff Carter (PIT), P2 14:12 · wristGoal — Devon Toews (COL), P3 10:28 · slapGoal — Jeff Carter (PIT), P3 12:51 · tip-inGoal — Bryan Rust (PIT), P3 19:41 · backhand

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 18:16PITBryan Rust — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Valeri Nichushkin

2nd period

  • 02:50COLKurtis MacDermid — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Josh Archibald
  • 03:39COLAndrew Cogliano — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Sidney Crosby
  • 12:57COLLogan O'Connor — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Drew O'Connor
  • 15:13PITSidney Crosby — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Darren Helm
  • 15:13COLDarren Helm — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Sidney Crosby
  • 15:13COLDarren Helm — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Sidney Crosby
  • 19:08PITChad Ruhwedel — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Mikko Rantanen

3rd period

  • 09:12PITJosh Archibald — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Mikko Rantanen

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
D. O'ConnorL0115012:16
J. ArchibaldR0011410:38
J. ZuckerL0105314:00
B. RustR1113119:43
R. PoehlingC0000014:30
D. HeinenL0001010:53
J. GuentzelC1114019:11
M. GranlundC0004015:28
R. RakellR0000014:44
E. MalkinC0102015:01
J. CarterC2015014:41
S. CrosbyC1015019:50
C. RuhwedelD0010018:53
T. FedunD0001011:41
B. DumoulinD0124020:55
M. FriedmanD0002212:41
K. LetangD0013129:03
P. JosephD0100121:23
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
C. DeSmith0/0—00:00
T. Jarry(W)28/3093.3 %59:13

Colorado Avalanche

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
A. CoglianoC00-10009:49
V. NichushkinR01-13121:42
A. NewhookC00-12218:14
L. EllerC00-23215:43
L. O'ConnorR00-11312:34
N. MacKinnonC0105024:58
J. CompherL1103124:25
D. HelmC0001106:24
A. GalchenyukC00-10105:17
D. MalginC0003315:33
M. NietoL0000008:47
M. RantanenR0006023:21
J. JohnsonD0000217:42
B. ByramD0000225:22
D. ToewsD1003028:16
B. HuntD00-10108:57
S. GirardD00-30024:01
K. MacDermidL0000107:04
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
J. Johansson0/0—00:00
A. Georgiev(L)40/4490.9 %55:20

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About this game

Who won Penguins vs Avalanche?

Penguins won 5-2 over Avalanche on Wednesday, March 22, 2023.

When was Penguins vs Avalanche played?

On Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at 8:00 PM ET at Ball Arena.

Where was Penguins vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena, in Denver.

Have the Penguins and Avalanche played this season?

Yes: February 7 (Avalanche 1, Penguins 2).