Tue, Mar 24, 2026·PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh
Colorado Avalanche 6, Pittsburgh Penguins 2
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Pittsburgh Penguins win this game 71% of the time.
63%
8%
21%
PIT winsCOL wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
PIT forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against COL'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.
| Landeskog–MacKinnon–Necas | Kadri–Kelly–O'Connor | Drury–Kiviranta–Bardakov | Nelson–Nichushkin–Colton | Kulak–Makar | Burns–Manson | Toews–Malinski | Kulak–Malinski | Toews–Makar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crosby–Rust–Rakell | 7:070.39–0.27 | 1:270.08–0.09 | 3:020.01–0.09 | 0:580.00–0.00 | 6:030.30–0.16 | 2:580.05–0.11 | 1:240.08–0.22 | 1:080.05–0.08 | |
| Mantha–Novak–Chinakhov | 0:560.26–0.00 | 3:170.20–0.08 | 1:380.00–0.11 | 3:320.03–0.14 | 2:020.26–0.00 | 4:070.23–0.30 | 3:310.00–0.09 | ||
| Acciari–Dewar–Soderblom | 3:140.02–0.08 | 0:370.00–0.01 | 2:030.00–0.00 | 1:460.00–0.00 | 3:230.02–0.05 | 1:370.00–0.00 | 2:380.00–0.03 | 0:540.00–0.00 | |
| Brazeau–Koivunen–Kindel | 0:330.00–0.03 | 3:510.07–0.04 | 1:370.20–0.03 | 1:230.24–0.04 | 1:360.05–0.03 | 2:170.02–0.10 | 2:580.43–0.00 | 0:350.01–0.01 | |
| Karlsson–Wotherspoon | 9:060.45–0.30 | 3:090.01–0.09 | 2:470.24–0.14 | 7:080.36–0.07 | 3:170.05–0.31 | 3:040.24–0.04 | 1:080.05–0.08 | ||
| Letang–Girard | 3:070.24–0.05 | 5:490.22–0.19 | 0:340.00–0.08 | 2:590.03–0.06 | 3:570.20–0.04 | 4:380.17–0.23 | 3:340.21–0.11 | ||
| Clifton–Shea | 0:320.02–0.04 | 3:420.16–0.02 | 5:000.09–0.13 | 2:190.00–0.00 | 3:340.07–0.13 | 2:540.11–0.04 | 4:110.08–0.20 | 1:300.01–0.01 | |
| Wotherspoon–Girard | 0:390.00–0.00 | 1:240.00–0.00 | 0:390.00–0.00 |
Every shift, one row per player.
PITCOLFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Erik KarlssonPIT | 22 | 23:53 | 1:05 | 3:03 | 4 | 4 |
 Rickard RakellPIT | 26 | 22:40 | 0:52 | 3:13 | 5 | 4 |
 Cale MakarCOL | 23 | 22:04 | 0:58 | 3:14 | 5 | 3 |
 Brett KulakCOL | 23 | 21:53 | 0:57 | 2:07 | 1 | 4 |
 Bryan RustPIT | 27 | 21:40 | 0:48 | 3:03 | 4 | 5 |
 Sidney CrosbyPIT | 26 | 21:11 | 0:49 | 3:12 | 5 | 4 |
 Parker WotherspoonPIT | 22 | 20:53 | 0:57 | 1:23 | 2 | 4 |
 Devon ToewsCOL | 23 | 19:29 | 0:51 | 2:04 | 5 | 4 |
 Nathan MacKinnonCOL | 22 | 19:03 | 0:52 | 3:49 | 8 | 1 |
 Josh MansonCOL | 23 | 18:29 | 0:48 | 1:44 | 0 | 4 |
 Samuel GirardPIT | 21 | 18:11 | 0:52 | 1:44 | 3 | 0 |
 Anthony ManthaPIT | 19 | 18:08 | 0:57 | 2:39 | 5 | 1 |
 Sam MalinskiCOL | 23 | 17:29 | 0:46 | 1:20 | 5 | 3 |
 Brent BurnsCOL | 23 | 17:28 | 0:46 | 1:23 | 0 | 4 |
 Kris LetangPIT | 21 | 17:16 | 0:49 | 1:44 | 3 | 0 |
 Connor CliftonPIT | 19 | 16:36 | 0:52 | 1:59 | 3 | 3 |
 Gabriel LandeskogCOL | 20 | 16:27 | 0:49 | 1:18 | 5 | 1 |
 Ryan SheaPIT | 19 | 16:23 | 0:52 | 1:58 | 3 | 3 |
 Martin NecasCOL | 20 | 16:20 | 0:49 | 3:16 | 7 | 2 |
 Nazem KadriCOL | 20 | 16:12 | 0:49 | 2:43 | 6 | 2 |
 Brock NelsonCOL | 22 | 15:50 | 0:43 | 2:51 | 5 | 6 |
 Egor ChinakhovPIT | 21 | 15:30 | 0:44 | 2:09 | 5 | 1 |
 Logan O'ConnorCOL | 20 | 15:05 | 0:45 | 1:39 | 3 | 3 |
 Valeri NichushkinCOL | 20 | 14:58 | 0:45 | 1:06 | 1 | 6 |
 Jack DruryCOL | 20 | 14:06 | 0:42 | 1:09 | 2 | 2 |
 Tommy NovakPIT | 18 | 13:56 | 0:46 | 1:40 | 4 | 1 |
 Parker KellyCOL | 19 | 13:21 | 0:42 | 1:23 | 3 | 3 |
 Connor DewarPIT | 17 | 12:58 | 0:46 | 1:21 | 2 | 4 |
 Noel AcciariPIT | 17 | 12:51 | 0:45 | 1:21 | 2 | 3 |
 Ben KindelPIT | 18 | 12:20 | 0:41 | 1:17 | 3 | 3 |
 Ross ColtonCOL | 17 | 11:50 | 0:42 | 1:10 | 1 | 3 |
 Joel KivirantaCOL | 18 | 11:15 | 0:38 | 1:04 | 2 | 1 |
 Justin BrazeauPIT | 17 | 10:48 | 0:38 | 1:08 | 3 | 1 |
 Elmer SoderblomPIT | 14 | 10:45 | 0:46 | 1:20 | 1 | 1 |
 Zakhar BardakovCOL | 15 | 10:41 | 0:43 | 1:06 | 2 | 1 |
 Ville KoivunenPIT | 14 | 10:06 | 0:43 | 1:09 | 3 | 1 |