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Monday, March 16, 2026 (9:30 PM ET)
Ball Arena | ESPN
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT
7-2
Final
COL Colorado Avalanche
38% xGF Expected Goals Share 62% xGF
PIT was expected to score 2.30 goals COL was expected to score 3.75 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 0 1 2 3 4 Cumulative xG PIT COL Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Evgeni Malkin scores at 3:01 in the 1st period 0.06 xG (1-0)
  • ► Nathan MacKinnon scores at 4:08 in the 1st period 0.03 xG (1-1)
  • ► Anthony Mantha scores at 4:23 in the 1st period 0.13 xG (2-1)
  • ► Evgeni Malkin scores at 13:00 in the 1st period 0.15 xG (3-1)
  • ► Elmer Soderblom scores at 13:43 in the 1st period 0.20 xG (4-1)
  • ► Brent Burns scores at 14:21 in the 1st period 0.01 xG (4-2) End of Period 1
  • ► Erik Karlsson scores at 10:36 in the 2nd period 0.01 xG (5-2)
  • ► Bryan Rust scores at 16:20 in the 2nd period 0.15 xG (6-2) End of Period 2
  • ► Noel Acciari scores at 9:06 in the 3rd period 0.13 xG (7-2) End of Game
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xG by State
Pittsburgh Penguins
Colorado Avalanche
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 4:40 0.68 1 8:00 0.76 0
Even Strength 47:20 1.62 6 47:20 2.99 2
Short-Handed 8:00 0.00 0 4:40 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 47:00 1.68 4 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 9:44 0.44 1 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 3:16 0.19 2 3:16 0.00 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 9:44 1.13 1
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 47:00 2.62 1
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
COL Brock Nelson (C) 1.13 0 0 0 22 20:16 3 -1 0 0
PIT Rickard Rakell (R) 0.41 0 1 1 21 16:23 1 +1 0 0
COL Martin Necas (C) 0.36 0 1 1 22 24:08 2 -1 0 0
PIT Noel Acciari (C) 0.35 1 1 2 21 16:36 2 +3 0 0
COL Valeri Nichushkin (R) 0.35 0 0 0 25 22:40 0 -2 0 0
COL Nicolas Roy (C) 0.28 0 0 0 20 15:28 2 -2 2 0
PIT Evgeni Malkin (C) 0.27 2 1 3 20 16:18 3 +1 4 0
COL Nazem Kadri (C) 0.26 0 0 0 20 20:18 2 0 0 0
PIT Bryan Rust (R) 0.26 1 1 2 24 17:05 3 +1 0 1
COL Nathan MacKinnon (C) 0.22 1 0 1 22 22:39 4 -1 0 0
COL Zakhar Bardakov (C) 0.22 0 0 0 13 08:10 0 -2 0 0
PIT Egor Chinakhov (R) 0.21 0 1 1 21 17:09 1 0 0 0
PIT Elmer Soderblom (L) 0.20 1 1 2 14 10:00 1 +3 0 0
PIT Anthony Mantha (R) 0.13 1 0 1 21 14:57 1 0 2 0
COL Gavin Brindley (C) 0.09 0 1 1 13 10:20 0 -1 0 0
PIT Connor Dewar (C) 0.09 0 2 2 22 16:12 1 +3 0 0
PIT Justin Brazeau (R) 0.06 0 0 0 18 11:52 1 0 0 0
COL Jack Drury (C) 0.05 0 0 0 18 13:31 1 -1 7 0
PIT Tommy Novak (C) 0.00 0 0 0 21 15:29 0 0 0 0
COL Parker Kelly (C) 0.00 0 0 0 19 13:45 0 0 2 0
PIT Ben Kindel (C) 0.00 0 0 0 19 13:57 0 0 0 0
COL Joel Kiviranta (L) 0.00 0 0 0 15 10:03 0 -1 0 0
PIT Ville Koivunen (R) 0.00 0 0 0 14 10:09 0 0 2 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
COL Cale Makar (D) 0.28 0 1 1 22 21:31 4 -1 0 0
COL Brent Burns (D) 0.23 1 0 1 22 15:18 5 0 0 0
PIT Erik Karlsson (D) 0.10 1 2 3 28 21:44 4 +2 0 0
COL Sam Malinski (D) 0.09 0 0 0 18 15:00 2 -1 0 0
COL Devon Toews (D) 0.09 0 0 0 22 17:35 1 -2 0 0
COL Josh Manson (D) 0.09 0 1 1 19 16:43 1 -1 0 0
PIT Parker Wotherspoon (D) 0.08 0 1 1 24 20:48 0 +2 0 0
PIT Kris Letang (D) 0.08 0 0 0 24 20:14 1 0 0 0
PIT Ilya Solovyov (D) 0.06 0 0 0 18 13:21 1 +1 0 0
PIT Connor Clifton (D) 0.02 0 0 0 21 16:07 0 +2 5 0
PIT Ryan Shea (D) 0.00 0 1 1 26 23:39 0 +1 0 0
COL Brett Kulak (D) 0.00 0 0 0 20 16:45 0 -1 0 0
COL Nick Blankenburg (D) 0.00 0 0 0 14 11:10 0 -2 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
PIT Arturs Silovs (G) +3.81% 0.926 1.8 2 25 60:00 27 W 0
COL Mackenzie Blackwood (G) -10.56% 0.733 -2.3 4 11 47:00 15 - 0
COL Scott Wedgewood (G) -39.59% 0.400 -2.4 3 2 13:00 5 L 0