Game

Penguins at Avalanche

Avalanche 5, Penguins 2 · first star Nathan MacKinnon (1 G, 3 A).

2026-27 regular season · 2026-27 regular season, updated nightly. Data as of October 24, 2026, source NHL.

Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Colorado Avalanche 5

Penguins PIT

2 FINAL 5

Avalanche COL

Friday, October 16, 2026 · 9:00 PM ET · Ball Arena, Denver · TV SN+ · TVAS

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Penguins	2	0	0	2	31
Avalanche	1	3	1	5	32

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Penguins attack left, Avalanche attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 4 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: PIT 31, COL 32.

PIT in red COL in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Penguins 31 shots on goal (2 goals, 20 missed, 14 blocked) attacking left; Avalanche 32 shots on goal (5 goals, 15 missed, 15 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	PIT SOG	PIT G	PIT ATT	COL SOG	COL G	COL ATT
1st	14	2	25	5	1	15
2nd	10	0	24	18	3	30
3rd	7	0	16	9	1	17
Total	31	2	65	32	5	62

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	PIT SOG	PIT G	COL SOG	COL G
Even strength	27	2	24	4
Power play	3	0	7	1
Short-handed	1	0	1	0

Attempt share by period

Penguins took 51.2% of the shot attempts, and 54.3% of the 105 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Avalanche and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Penguins hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Penguins at Avalanche
Period	COL CF%	COL FF%
1st	37.5	27.6
2nd	55.6	58.1
3rd	51.5	53.9
Game	48.8	48.0

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

08:28 Evgeni Malkin (4) Ville Koivunen (2), Erik Karlsson (8) · wrist 1–0
08:57 Bryan Rust (3) Sidney Crosby (3), Samuel Girard (6) · snap 2–0
11:01 Artturi Lehkonen (5) Nathan MacKinnon (8), Martin Necas (4) · wrist 2–1

2nd period

00:25 Artturi Lehkonen (6) Nathan MacKinnon (9), Martin Necas (5) · backhand 2–2
04:24 Gabriel Landeskog (3) Brock Nelson (4), Nazem Kadri (6) · wrist 2–3
14:57 T.J. Hughes (1) Nathan MacKinnon (10), Cale Makar (5) · wrist 2–4

3rd period

15:06 Nathan MacKinnon (6) PP Cale Makar (6), Martin Necas (6) · slap 2–5

Three stars

Nathan MacKinnon COL · C #29 · 1 G, 3 A
Artturi Lehkonen COL · L #62 · 2 G, 0 A
T.J. Hughes COL · R #13 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	14:11	PIT	Tommy Novak	high sticking	2	Devon Toews
1st	17:25	COL	Gavin Brindley	interference	2	Evgeni Malkin
2nd	04:09	PIT	Erik Karlsson	ps hooking on breakaway	0	Nathan MacKinnon
2nd	11:44	COL	Gabriel Landeskog	interference	2	Spencer Stastney
2nd	12:53	PIT	Ben Kindel	slashing	2	Brock Nelson
3rd	09:00	COL	Josh Manson	tripping	2	Ville Koivunen
3rd	13:23	PIT	Tommy Novak	interference	2	Josh Manson
3rd	17:51	PIT	Kris Letang	hooking	2	Parker Kelly

Boxscore

Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Evgeni Malkin #71	C	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	17:01
Bryan Rust #17	R	1	0	1	-1	2	2	1	0	0.0	18:38
Sidney Crosby #87	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	50.0	19:46
Ville Koivunen #41	R	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	15:46
Erik Karlsson #65	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	20:57
Samuel Girard #49	D	0	1	1	-1	2	1	3	0	0.0	19:52
Ben Kindel #81	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	25.0	14:57
Blake Lizotte #46	C	0	0	0	-2	1	2	1	0	40.0	13:45
Connor Dewar #19	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	12:29
Tommy Novak #18	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	4	35.0	15:16
Andrei Kuzmenko #62	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	11:03
Elmer Soderblom #25	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0	0.0	10:55
Nick Robertson #14	L	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	100.0	11:01
Rickard Rakell #67	R	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	18:51
Declan Carlile #72	D	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	0.0	20:16
Kaedan Korczak #6	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	19:32
Kris Letang #58	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0.0	19:22
Spencer Stastney #24	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	15:24

Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Arturs Silovs #37	L	32	27	5	.844	20/24	6/7	57:26

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	1	3	4	+2	9	0	1	0	54.5	22:59
Martin Necas #88	C	0	3	3	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	20:58
Artturi Lehkonen #62	L	2	0	2	+1	3	0	0	0	0.0	18:33
Cale Makar #8	D	0	2	2	+2	2	0	2	0	0.0	22:19
Gabriel Landeskog #92	L	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	2	0.0	14:56
T.J. Hughes #13	R	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	57.1	12:27
Brock Nelson #11	C	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	63.6	20:27
Nazem Kadri #91	C	0	1	1	+2	4	0	0	0	40.0	20:55
Fedor Svechkov #9	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	80.0	14:34
Gavin Brindley #54	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0.0	08:39
Parker Kelly #17	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	12:13
Jaden Schwartz #71	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	14:03
Brent Burns #84	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	13:39
Brett Kulak #27	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	3	0	0.0	17:47
Devon Toews #7	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	0	0.0	22:54
Josh Manson #42	D	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	2	0.0	14:41
Noah Juulsen #47	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	0.0	07:33
Sam Malinski #70	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	14:23

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood #39	W	31	29	2	.935	25/27	3/3	60:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-10-24.