Pittsburgh Penguins vs Colorado Avalanche — March 16, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Colorado Avalanche 7-2 on March 16, 2026. Despite the result, the Colorado Avalanche held the edge in expected goals (9.46 to 5.97) at 5-on-5, indicating the Pittsburgh Penguins received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Colorado Avalanche created 14 high-danger scoring chances compared to 9 from the Pittsburgh Penguins at 5-on-5. Evgeni Malkin scored 2 goals. Brock Nelson was the most dangerous skater with 2.61 individual expected goals on 2 shots at 5-on-5. The Colorado Avalanche outshot the Pittsburgh Penguins 27-20 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Pittsburgh Penguins vs Colorado Avalanche progressed on Mar 16, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

PIT7 - 2COL

Mar 16, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
COL	P1	25	12	67.6	21	9	70.0	17	7	70.8	17	11	60.7	4	5	44.4	3.63	3.50	50.9	2	4	33.3
	P2	15	13	53.6	8	10	44.4	4	8	33.3	14	6	70.0	4	0	100.0	1.96	1.02	65.7	0	2	0.0
	P3	28	15	65.1	17	9	65.4	6	5	54.5	23	12	65.7	9	4	69.2	5.76	2.49	69.8	0	1	0.0
	Total	68	40	63.0	46	28	62.2	27	20	57.4	54	29	65.1	17	9	65.4	11.35	7.01	61.8	2	7	22.2
PIT	P1	12	25	32.4	9	21	30.0	7	17	29.2	11	17	39.3	5	4	55.6	3.50	3.63	49.1	4	2	66.7
	P2	13	15	46.4	10	8	55.6	8	4	66.7	6	14	30.0	0	4	0.0	1.02	1.96	34.3	2	0	100.0
	P3	15	28	34.9	9	17	34.6	5	6	45.5	12	23	34.3	4	9	30.8	2.49	5.76	30.2	1	0	100.0
	Total	40	68	37.0	28	46	37.8	20	27	42.6	29	54	34.9	9	17	34.6	7.01	11.35	38.2	7	2	77.8

Win Probability

COL Favored

PIT Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

COL

PIT

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

PIT Attempts

COL Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

PIT ShootCOL Shoot

Goal

Attempt Blocked

Shot Blocked

Takeaway

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (COL) performed against every skater on the away team (PIT) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = COL players, Columns = PIT players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the COL player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

COL ↓ / PIT →	Malkin	Acciari	Dewar	Novak	Kindel	Soderblom	Rakell	Rust	Mantha	Chinakhov	Brazeau	Koivunen	Shea	Karlsson	Letang	Wotherspoon	Clifton	Solovyov
Necas	50	74	75	55	50	61	56	56	50	55	57	40	81	54	25	65	81	50
MacKinnon	50	74	75	50	50	61	57	63	50	50	33	33	83	54	0	63	87	33
Kadri	60	75	76	50	76	20	56	67	60	67	67	67	88	40	76	44	81	63
Nelson	60	75	76	50	69	0	55	58	58	67	55	56	84	40	67	50	82	57
Roy	63	25	33	70	81	0	56	70	57	77	70	73	76	67	76	70	33	50
Drury	14	0	0	33	63	0	25	33	22	50	40	50	58	0	53	0	17	22
Kelly	25	33	0	60	50	0	20	11	13	100	38	38	43	0	36	0	50	44
Brindley	67	25	0	88	43	0	67	75	67	88	20	20	50	75	55	75	57	60
Bardakov	50	25	0	75	60	0	67	100	67	75	50	0	60	—	63	—	75	71
Kiviranta	20	25	25	25	60	0	38	38	50	50	38	38	64	0	36	0	33	33
Nichushkin	45	60	60	55	0	59	54	54	50	55	17	33	53	58	11	69	33	0
Makar	56	76	81	67	89	50	67	73	64	75	78	78	89	67	67	74	87	60
Manson	36	14	0	54	53	0	33	33	31	63	33	25	56	13	52	20	33	38
Kulak	25	50	50	40	50	44	33	31	43	50	33	29	67	17	33	50	40	56
Toews	55	25	29	73	80	17	58	64	50	80	57	67	56	60	55	70	40	25
Malinski	50	73	73	40	50	70	33	29	43	50	33	38	77	33	38	60	40	38
Burns	63	33	33	50	60	43	63	63	60	71	50	50	71	40	61	67	33	29
Blankenburg	17	44	38	56	75	43	0	0	0	56	0	0	0	50	33	50	67	83