Penguins vs. Avalanche (Mar 16, 2026)

Forward Matchup

E. Malkin

PIT C #71

N. MacKinnon

COL C #29

13

Goals

42

47

Points

103

125

Shots on Goal

271

Defenseman Matchup

E. Karlsson

PIT D #65

C. Makar

COL D #8

39

Points

66

50

Blocks

101

15

Hits

30

Goalie Matchup

A. Silovs

PIT G #37

S. Wedgewood

COL G #41

13

Wins

23

.898

Save Pct

.915

2.80

Goals Against Avg

2.20

PIT

Team Stats

COL

3.34

Goals per Game

3.82

2.82

Goals Against per Game

2.43

29.23

Shots per Game

34.08

27.21

Shots Against per Game

26.56

25.3

Power Play Pct

16.2

84.5

Penalty Kill Pct

83.3

.896

Save Pct

.909

PIT

Injuries

COL

Jack St. Ivany

D

Out (Hand)

RW

Logan O'Connor

Out (Hip)

Filip Hallander

C

Out (Leg)

LW

Artturi Lehkonen

Out (Upper-body)

Sidney Crosby

C

Out (Leg)

2025-26 Metropolitan Division

PITCOL

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	40	16	6	86	42
Penguins	31	17	13	75	25
Islanders	35	23	5	75	4
Blue Jackets	32	21	8	72	3
Capitals	31	26	7	69	8
Flyers	28	22	11	67	-14
Devils	31	29	2	64	-26
Rangers	24	29	8	56	-26

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Avalanche	42	10	9	93	82
Stars	38	14	10	86	46
Wild	37	16	10	84	31
Mammoth	33	25	4	70	27
Predators	28	26	8	64	-28
Jets	25	26	10	60	-12
Blues	24	29	9	57	-50
Blackhawks	23	29	10	56	-35

PIT

Last 5

COL

Thu, Mar 5

Fri, Mar 6

Tue, Mar 3

Tue, Mar 3

Sun, Mar 1

Mon, Mar 2

Sat, Feb 28

Sat, Feb 28

Thu, Feb 26

Thu, Feb 26

Game Info

March 16, 2026

ESPN

Ball Arena

Denver, Colorado

Team Leaders

G

27

S. Crosby

A

34

E. Malkin

GWG

4

S. Crosby

SV%

.898

A. Silovs

Season

Career vs COL

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Arturs Silovs A. Silovs	29	29	13	8	8	778	699	.898	79	2.80	2	1692
	Stuart Skinner S. Skinner	15	15	8	5	2	363	324	.893	39	2.62	0	894

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Stuart Skinner S. Skinner	9	9	4	2	2	233	209	.897	24	3.31	0	436

Team Leaders

G

42

N. MacKinnon

A

61

N. MacKinnon

GWG

7

B. Nelson

SV%

.915

S. Wedgewood

Season

Career vs PIT

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	56	27	32	59	+1	38	10	10	0	0	4	1	132	20.5	649	1,171	55.4	50	23	22	61	19:35
Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	46	13	34	47	+13	51	3	14	0	0	1	0	125	10.4	104	236	44.1	20	15	24	76	17:29
Bryan Rust B. Rust	54	21	24	45	0	18	5	15	1	0	4	0	138	15.2	0	4	0.0	23	56	9	50	20:03
Anthony Mantha A. Mantha	61	21	24	45	+15	23	5	5	0	0	0	0	113	18.6	6	27	22.2	37	31	13	62	14:56
Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	56	5	34	39	+8	18	2	15	0	0	0	0	122	4.1	0	0	0	15	50	26	73	23:34
Thomas Novak T. Novak	61	12	21	33	+1	22	4	2	0	0	1	0	94	12.8	125	307	40.7	10	22	21	38	13:44
Ben Kindel B. Kindel	58	15	15	30	-3	18	4	6	1	1	4	0	124	12.1	203	451	45.0	24	47	17	61	15:25
Justin Brazeau J. Brazeau	47	16	13	29	+4	10	3	1	0	0	4	0	86	18.6	0	2	0.0	58	31	11	32	12:53
Kris Letang K. Letang	55	3	24	27	-2	26	1	8	0	0	2	2	89	3.4	0	0	0	73	71	20	80	21:54
Rickard Rakell R. Rakell	40	11	14	25	-1	6	4	4	0	1	0	0	113	9.7	12	54	22.2	56	34	16	32	18:54
Connor Dewar C. Dewar	61	13	11	24	+12	10	0	0	1	1	2	0	91	14.3	17	38	44.7	117	34	8	27	13:43
Ryan Shea R. Shea	61	4	20	24	+25	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	62	6.5	0	0	0	33	73	18	46	19:00
Parker Wotherspoon P. Wotherspoon	61	3	16	19	+9	36	0	0	0	1	1	0	57	5.3	0	0	0	125	92	25	87	20:13
Blake Lizotte B. Lizotte	50	7	12	19	+12	25	0	0	1	0	1	0	46	15.2	215	427	50.4	44	27	10	29	13:50
Noel Acciari N. Acciari	47	6	9	15	+10	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	58	10.3	203	379	53.6	48	39	7	11	13:19
Yegor Chinakhov Y. Chinakhov	23	10	4	14	+1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	52	19.2	3	9	33.3	13	7	5	13	14:05
Jack St. Ivany J. St. Ivany	17	0	7	7	+7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.0	0	0	0	40	23	4	17	15:39
Connor Clifton C. Clifton	31	2	3	5	+3	33	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	9.5	0	0	0	126	53	8	24	16:38
Kevin Hayes K. Hayes	25	3	2	5	-4	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	40	7.5	38	106	35.8	32	10	3	18	12:16
Ville Koivunen V. Koivunen	27	2	3	5	-5	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	28	7.1	2	2	100.0	3	11	5	12	12:41
Filip Hallander F. Hallander	13	1	3	4	+4	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	22	4.5	0	2	0.0	3	5	2	12	13:09
Ilya Solovyov I. Solovyov	5	0	3	3	+6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	5	3	2	4	13:50
Avery Hayes A. Hayes	6	2	0	2	-1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	18.2	1	3	33.3	6	3	1	3	11:38
Ryan Graves R. Graves	19	1	0	1	-2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	5.3	0	0	0	15	35	5	14	15:29
Samuel Girard S. Girard	5	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	2	8	0	5	18:38

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	33	5	20	25	-10	24	2	10	0	0	1	0	75	6.7	0	0	0	16	41	24	25	24:09
Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	23	14	10	24	+1	14	2	3	0	0	1	0	69	20.3	292	508	57.5	17	3	14	21	20:21
Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	24	8	16	24	-2	18	2	3	0	0	1	0	72	11.1	107	241	44.4	13	9	28	16	19:40
Rickard Rakell R. Rakell	35	8	11	19	-8	6	0	5	0	0	4	1	89	9.0	34	74	45.9	26	11	20	13	17:34
Kevin Hayes K. Hayes	21	6	12	18	+5	10	1	1	1	1	0	0	47	12.8	111	228	48.7	7	3	9	7	15:21
Kris Letang K. Letang	24	2	9	11	+3	4	0	4	0	0	1	1	80	2.5	0	0	0	51	38	20	26	25:25
Bryan Rust B. Rust	15	5	5	10	-3	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	42	11.9	0	1	0.0	13	7	2	9	16:37
Thomas Novak T. Novak	9	1	5	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	17	5.9	20	58	34.5	2	6	5	2	13:34
Anthony Mantha A. Mantha	14	2	3	5	-7	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	31	6.5	3	5	60.0	15	5	0	6	15:52
Yegor Chinakhov Y. Chinakhov	6	1	4	5	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	10	10.0	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	12:29
Blake Lizotte B. Lizotte	16	1	2	3	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	6.3	69	130	53.1	19	4	3	3	13:06
Connor Clifton C. Clifton	8	0	1	1	+3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	24	6	3	3	15:28
Ryan Graves R. Graves	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	6	7	1	2	19:42
Parker Wotherspoon P. Wotherspoon	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	8	7	1	1	20:47
Noel Acciari N. Acciari	11	0	0	0	-5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	59	99	59.6	26	11	4	1	13:27
Justin Brazeau J. Brazeau	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	3	0	2	8:24
Ryan Shea R. Shea	2	0	0	0	+3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	17:58
Connor Dewar C. Dewar	6	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	16	31	51.6	5	4	0	0	10:14
Elmer Soderblom E. Soderblom	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	1	100.0	7	2	2	1	9:29
Ilya Solovyov I. Solovyov	1	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	16:18
Jack St. Ivany J. St. Ivany	1	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	12:53

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	60	42	61	103	+55	18	9	15	0	5	1	271	15.5	555	1,073	51.7	48	31	17	130	22:17
Martin Necas M. Necas	58	28	48	76	+43	30	7	9	0	1	0	145	19.3	9	20	45.0	65	22	16	96	21:08
Cale Makar C. Makar	61	19	47	66	+33	22	3	20	0	4	0	164	11.6	0	0	0	30	101	34	66	25:03
Brock Nelson B. Nelson	61	30	23	53	+9	22	8	4	0	7	0	142	21.1	540	1,085	49.8	31	46	16	49	19:26
Artturi Lehkonen A. Lehkonen	59	19	23	42	+31	12	1	1	0	0	0	138	13.8	3	18	16.7	43	28	11	39	18:43
Valeri Nichushkin V. Nichushkin	52	13	24	37	+5	20	1	3	0	1	0	118	11.0	2	4	50.0	44	21	20	43	17:58
Gabriel Landeskog G. Landeskog	47	9	20	29	+26	35	1	3	0	1	0	104	8.7	125	200	62.5	66	20	12	24	16:29
Brent Burns B. Burns	61	9	19	28	+31	22	0	1	0	5	0	128	7.0	0	0	0	14	71	13	75	19:20
Sam Malinski S. Malinski	61	3	24	27	+31	18	0	1	0	1	0	115	2.6	0	0	0	27	65	16	56	16:55
Josh Manson J. Manson	61	5	21	26	+40	76	0	0	0	2	0	95	5.3	0	0	0	143	80	20	66	18:05
Parker Kelly P. Kelly	61	15	10	25	+10	20	0	0	1	2	0	79	19.0	58	160	36.3	132	47	13	35	12:41
Ross Colton R. Colton	58	7	15	22	+14	11	0	0	0	2	0	134	5.2	44	94	46.8	131	22	15	46	12:53
Jack Drury J. Drury	61	8	13	21	+11	20	0	0	0	0	0	71	11.3	440	752	58.5	30	50	19	32	14:50
Devon Toews D. Toews	48	2	13	15	+28	24	0	0	0	1	0	84	2.4	0	0	0	19	64	19	49	22:20
Gavin Brindley G. Brindley	48	6	6	12	+6	8	0	0	0	4	1	56	10.7	13	34	38.2	32	13	4	18	9:48
Zakhar Bardakov Z. Bardakov	47	1	8	9	+7	12	0	0	0	0	0	25	4.0	69	161	42.9	42	18	5	22	7:09
Joel Kiviranta J. Kiviranta	31	2	5	7	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	26	7.7	3	9	33.3	45	10	4	10	9:57
Brett Kulak B. Kulak	6	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	3	10	1	5	17:21
Nicolas Roy N. Roy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	7	28.6	1	0	0	0	8:46

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Brock Nelson B. Nelson	46	21	19	40	+5	12	6	3	1	0	3	3	112	18.8	276	548	50.4	41	19	19	12	17:30
Nathan MacKinnon N. MacKinnon	22	9	19	28	+2	10	1	4	0	0	1	0	86	10.5	138	332	41.6	17	10	9	15	21:35
Brent Burns B. Burns	33	9	12	21	-4	22	4	3	0	1	2	1	111	8.1	5	6	83.3	38	43	25	33	22:44
Nazem Kadri N. Kadri	33	9	7	16	-6	16	2	1	0	0	3	0	87	10.3	223	476	46.8	57	12	10	14	17:34
Gabriel Landeskog G. Landeskog	15	7	8	15	0	6	2	3	0	0	3	1	51	13.7	18	34	52.9	38	13	12	4	19:41
Artturi Lehkonen A. Lehkonen	22	8	4	12	+13	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	19.0	2	5	40.0	29	8	7	2	16:09
Devon Toews D. Toews	11	2	8	10	+8	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	21	9.5	0	0	0	8	14	8	11	23:32
Martin Necas M. Necas	15	3	4	7	-3	6	1	2	0	0	1	0	36	8.3	15	41	36.6	10	1	4	7	16:12
Brett Kulak B. Kulak	15	0	5	5	+3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0.0	0	0	0	19	17	3	7	17:18
Valeri Nichushkin V. Nichushkin	14	1	4	5	+2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	32	3.1	0	0	0	14	5	3	6	16:00
Nicolas Roy N. Roy	12	2	2	4	-4	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	18.2	54	121	44.6	16	9	5	3	14:00
Cale Makar C. Makar	9	0	4	4	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0.0	0	0	0	6	8	10	5	24:48
Josh Manson J. Manson	17	1	2	3	-5	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	5.0	0	0	0	31	22	3	8	18:33
Ross Colton R. Colton	10	1	1	2	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	5.3	32	58	55.2	23	6	2	5	12:30
Parker Kelly P. Kelly	7	1	1	2	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	7	20	35.0	18	13	5	2	12:42
Jack Drury J. Drury	11	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	37	70	52.9	4	9	1	2	11:08
Logan O'Connor L. O'Connor	7	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	1	2	50.0	10	7	2	1	13:13
Joel Kiviranta J. Kiviranta	6	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	1	0.0	10	2	4	4	11:46
Nick Blankenburg N. Blankenburg	6	0	0	0	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	12	7	2	5	19:45
Sam Malinski S. Malinski	2	0	0	0	+2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	6	1	5	14:54

Penguins PIT

Avalanche COL

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2025-26 Metropolitan Division

Last 5

Game Info

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Scott Wedgewood S. Wedgewood	34	33	23	4	5	851	779	.915	72	2.20	2	1960
	Mackenzie Blackwood M. Blackwood	27	25	18	6	1	653	595	.911	58	2.35	3	1481

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Mackenzie Blackwood M. Blackwood	9	8	2	6	1	272	243	.893	29	3.68	0	472
	Scott Wedgewood S. Wedgewood	8	7	4	2	0	239	223	.933	16	2.38	1	404