Mon, Mar 16, 2026·Ball Arena, Denver
Pittsburgh Penguins 7, Colorado Avalanche 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Colorado Avalanche win this game 69% of the time.
61%
8%
9%
22%
COL winsPIT wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
COL forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against PIT's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| Malkin–Novak–Chinakhov | Rust–Rakell–Mantha | Acciari–Dewar–Soderblom | Brazeau–Koivunen–Kindel | Novak–Brazeau–Chinakhov | Malkin–Rakell–Chinakhov | Karlsson–Wotherspoon | Letang–Shea | Clifton–Solovyov | Letang–Solovyov | Clifton–Shea | Letang–Wotherspoon | Wotherspoon–Shea | Shea–Solovyov | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacKinnon–Nichushkin–Necas | 2:210.15–0.09 | 2:580.11–0.15 | 5:390.45–0.41 | 10:030.41–0.63 | 0:500.00–0.02 | 0:370.00–0.23 | 1:120.20–0.00 | |||||||
| Kadri–Nelson–Roy | 2:190.15–0.02 | 1:080.28–0.12 | 2:140.21–0.00 | 2:040.32–0.12 | 3:540.88–0.00 | 0:520.00–0.02 | ||||||||
| Kelly–Drury–Kiviranta | 0:460.00–0.00 | 0:520.00–0.00 | 1:070.00–0.00 | 0:580.17–0.06 | 0:540.17–0.00 | 3:460.00–0.05 | 0:500.00–0.07 | |||||||
| Roy–Bardakov–Brindley | 0:440.00–0.00 | 1:080.23–0.00 | 0:320.02–0.04 | |||||||||||
| Kadri–Nelson–Kiviranta | 0:400.05–0.00 | 0:520.00–0.00 | 0:580.00–0.00 | 0:410.05–0.00 | ||||||||||
| Kelly–Bardakov–Brindley | 0:590.00–0.00 | 1:280.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Kadri–Nelson–Bardakov | 0:310.00–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.00 | 0:420.00–0.00 | 0:370.00–0.00 | ||||||||||
| Kelly–Drury–Bardakov | 0:380.00–0.00 | 1:180.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Kadri–MacKinnon–Necas | 0:360.00–0.02 | 0:380.00–0.02 | ||||||||||||
| Nichushkin–Roy–Brindley | 0:330.01–0.00 | 0:380.00–0.06 | ||||||||||||
| Kelly–Drury–Brindley | 0:300.00–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Nichushkin–Necas–Drury | 0:300.00–0.02 | 0:300.00–0.02 | ||||||||||||
| Toews–Makar | 2:010.15–0.02 | 3:270.30–0.15 | 1:270.02–0.31 | 1:030.18–0.00 | 0:380.23–0.00 | 5:210.46–0.48 | 3:030.47–0.00 | 0:540.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Kulak–Malinski | 2:200.04–0.00 | 1:150.01–0.12 | 2:480.19–0.01 | 0:470.00–0.00 | 3:530.05–0.12 | 1:010.00–0.00 | 2:290.00–0.05 | 1:020.05–0.01 | 0:580.19–0.00 | |||||
| Burns–Manson | 1:360.10–0.02 | 1:080.06–0.06 | 0:500.17–0.00 | 1:010.00–0.00 | 2:310.90–0.06 | 1:060.00–0.02 | 0:360.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Manson–Blankenburg | 0:560.00–0.25 | 0:590.00–0.00 | 1:410.00–0.17 | 1:030.00–0.08 | 0:350.00–0.19 | 1:180.00–0.16 | 1:240.02–0.00 | 0:450.00–0.23 | ||||||
| Manson–Malinski | 1:010.00–0.08 | 0:350.00–0.00 | 0:300.00–0.02 | |||||||||||
| Kulak–Blankenburg | 0:510.00–0.00 | 0:520.00–0.00 | 1:040.00–0.00 | |||||||||||
| Burns–Blankenburg | 1:040.00–0.00 | 1:440.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Kulak–Makar | 0:400.05–0.00 | 0:560.13–0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Burns–Kulak | 0:530.00–0.00 | 0:500.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Burns–Malinski | 0:400.01–0.09 | 0:300.00–0.09 |
Every shift, one row per player.
COLPITFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Martin NecasCOL | 22 | 24:08 | 1:06 | 2:26 | 3 | 1 |
 Ryan SheaPIT | 26 | 23:39 | 0:55 | 1:52 | 3 | 3 |
 Valeri NichushkinCOL | 25 | 22:40 | 0:54 | 1:48 | 1 | 3 |
 Nathan MacKinnonCOL | 22 | 22:39 | 1:02 | 2:24 | 3 | 1 |
 Erik KarlssonPIT | 28 | 21:44 | 0:47 | 1:20 | 4 | 5 |
 Cale MakarCOL | 22 | 21:31 | 0:59 | 2:14 | 4 | 3 |
 Parker WotherspoonPIT | 24 | 20:48 | 0:52 | 2:09 | 0 | 3 |
 Nazem KadriCOL | 20 | 20:18 | 1:01 | 2:12 | 7 | 1 |
 Brock NelsonCOL | 22 | 20:16 | 0:55 | 2:04 | 6 | 3 |
 Kris LetangPIT | 24 | 20:14 | 0:51 | 1:36 | 2 | 1 |
 Devon ToewsCOL | 22 | 17:35 | 0:48 | 1:18 | 2 | 3 |
 Egor ChinakhovPIT | 21 | 17:09 | 0:49 | 1:58 | 3 | 2 |
 Bryan RustPIT | 24 | 17:05 | 0:43 | 1:22 | 5 | 5 |
 Brett KulakCOL | 20 | 16:45 | 0:50 | 1:32 | 2 | 4 |
 Josh MansonCOL | 19 | 16:43 | 0:53 | 2:07 | 0 | 4 |
 Noel AcciariPIT | 21 | 16:36 | 0:47 | 1:43 | 0 | 5 |
 Rickard RakellPIT | 21 | 16:23 | 0:47 | 2:29 | 4 | 4 |
 Evgeni MalkinPIT | 20 | 16:18 | 0:49 | 1:43 | 4 | 2 |
 Connor DewarPIT | 22 | 16:12 | 0:44 | 1:47 | 0 | 6 |
 Connor CliftonPIT | 21 | 16:07 | 0:46 | 1:44 | 1 | 5 |
 Tommy NovakPIT | 21 | 15:29 | 0:44 | 1:57 | 4 | 1 |
 Nicolas RoyCOL | 20 | 15:28 | 0:46 | 1:16 | 2 | 1 |
 Brent BurnsCOL | 22 | 15:18 | 0:42 | 1:16 | 0 | 5 |
 Sam MalinskiCOL | 18 | 15:00 | 0:50 | 1:24 | 1 | 1 |
 Anthony ManthaPIT | 21 | 14:57 | 0:43 | 1:24 | 5 | 3 |
 Ben KindelPIT | 19 | 13:57 | 0:44 | 1:28 | 1 | 2 |
 Parker KellyCOL | 19 | 13:45 | 0:43 | 1:33 | 2 | 4 |
 Jack DruryCOL | 18 | 13:31 | 0:45 | 1:32 | 1 | 3 |
 Ilya SolovyovPIT | 18 | 13:21 | 0:45 | 1:17 | 1 | 2 |
 Justin BrazeauPIT | 18 | 11:52 | 0:40 | 1:00 | 0 | 0 |
 Nick BlankenburgCOL | 14 | 11:10 | 0:48 | 1:46 | 0 | 1 |
 Gavin BrindleyCOL | 13 | 10:20 | 0:48 | 1:10 | 0 | 0 |
 Ville KoivunenPIT | 14 | 10:09 | 0:44 | 1:12 | 1 | 0 |
 Joel KivirantaCOL | 15 | 10:03 | 0:40 | 0:58 | 1 | 2 |
 Elmer SoderblomPIT | 14 | 10:00 | 0:43 | 1:02 | 0 | 1 |
 Zakhar BardakovCOL | 13 | 8:10 | 0:38 | 1:12 | 1 | 1 |