Pittsburgh Penguins 7, Colorado Avalanche 2: final score and stats
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Colorado Avalanche, Pittsburgh Penguins 7 to Colorado Avalanche 2, on Monday, March 16, 2026 at Ball Arena, Denver, CO. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Colorado Avalanche vs Pittsburgh Penguins.
NHLMonday, March 16, 2026
DateMar 16, 2026
Start time9:50 PM ET
VenueBall Arena, Denver, CO
TVESPN
Attendance18,121
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Colorado Avalanche | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Pittsburgh PenguinsColorado Avalanche
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
34-18-15Record44-13-9
7th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding2nd in Central Division
2-8Road record / home record7-3
LWLLLLast 5WWLLW
L1StreakW2
Team stats
Pittsburgh PenguinsColorado Avalanche
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Elmer Soderblom LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBryan Rust RW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveTrevor van Riemsdyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveRyan Graves D · Knee
Injured ReserveColorado Avalanche
Josh Manson D · Ankle
Injured ReserveZachary L'Heureux LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Pittsburgh Penguins Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Acciari | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:36 | 0:00 | 5:03 | 11:33 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Brazeau | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:52 | 1:22 | 0:00 | 10:30 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Egor Chinakhov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:09 | 1:28 | 0:00 | 15:41 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Dewar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:12 | 0:00 | 5:00 | 11:12 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Kindel | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:57 | 1:18 | 2:05 | 10:34 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ville Koivunen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:09 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:18 | 3:11 | 0:01 | 13:06 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Anthony Mantha | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:57 | 3:15 | 0:00 | 11:42 | 21 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Tommy Novak | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:29 | 1:49 | 0:00 | 13:40 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickard Rakell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:23 | 2:50 | 1:02 | 12:31 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:05 | 3:14 | 2:44 | 11:07 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmer Soderblom | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:00 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Clifton | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16:07 | 0:00 | 5:09 | 10:58 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Erik Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21:44 | 2:59 | 2:56 | 15:49 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Letang | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:14 | 1:41 | 0:00 | 18:33 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Shea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:39 | 0:13 | 5:07 | 18:19 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilya Solovyov | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:21 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:21 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20:48 | 0:00 | 2:53 | 17:55 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arturs Silovs | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .926 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 2 |
Colorado Avalanche Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zakhar Bardakov | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 8:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:10 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gavin Brindley | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 10:20 | 2:17 | 0:00 | 8:03 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Drury | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:31 | 0:00 | 1:06 | 12:25 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Nazem Kadri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:18 | 5:55 | 0:00 | 14:23 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Kelly | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:45 | 0:00 | 2:21 | 11:24 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Joel Kiviranta | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 10:03 | 0:00 | 1:28 | 8:35 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22:39 | 5:42 | 0:00 | 16:57 | 22 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Necas | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 24:08 | 5:47 | 0:02 | 18:19 | 22 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 20:16 | 5:44 | 1:52 | 12:40 | 22 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 22:40 | 2:17 | 1:42 | 18:41 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicolas Roy | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 15:28 | 2:16 | 0:51 | 12:21 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Colorado Avalanche Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Blankenburg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 11:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:10 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Burns | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:18 | 1:50 | 1:59 | 11:29 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Kulak | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:45 | 0:00 | 0:59 | 15:46 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cale Makar | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:31 | 6:06 | 1:34 | 13:51 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Malinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:00 | 0:00 | 0:53 | 14:07 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Manson | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:43 | 0:00 | 2:12 | 14:31 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Toews | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 17:35 | 2:06 | 1:41 | 13:48 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado Avalanche Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackenzie Blackwood | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .733 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 47:00 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Wedgewood | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Pittsburgh Penguins vs Colorado Avalanche?
Pittsburgh Penguins won, 7-2, on Monday, March 16, 2026.
What was the final score of Pittsburgh Penguins vs Colorado Avalanche?
Pittsburgh Penguins 7, Colorado Avalanche 2.
Who were the top performers?
Pittsburgh Penguins: Evgeni Malkin (2 goals). Colorado Avalanche: Brent Burns (1 goals).
Where is Pittsburgh Penguins vs Colorado Avalanche played?
Ball Arena, Denver, CO.
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