PIT @ COL 7–2 · 2026-03-16

Team	1	2	3	SOG
PIT	4	2	1	20
COL	2	0	0	27

Story

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Result PIT 7–2Call No lean · COL 68%Market COL 67%xG 2.03–3.00 · deserved COL 67%Swing Malkin +17 1st 13:00Method

Goals and penalties with COL win probability
Time	Event	COL win before	COL win after
1st 0:48	PIT penalty · E. Malkin · tripping · 2 min
1st 3:01	Goal PIT · E. Malkin	67%	51%
1st 4:08	Goal COL · N. MacKinnon	51%	67%
1st 4:23	Goal PIT · A. Mantha	67%	51%
1st 5:33	PIT penalty · V. Koivunen · cross checking · 2 min
1st 8:39	COL penalty · J. Drury · interference · 2 min
1st 13:00	Goal PIT · E. Malkin	48%	31%
1st 13:43	Goal PIT · E. Soderblom	31%	17%
1st 14:21	Goal COL · B. Burns	17%	31%
2nd 3:30	PIT penalty · A. Mantha · holding · 2 min
2nd 10:36	Goal PIT · E. Karlsson	21%	9%
2nd 11:11	PIT penalty · A. Silovs · tripping · 2 min
2nd 13:30	COL penalty · N. Roy · hooking · 2 min
2nd 15:40	COL penalty · G. Brindley · too many men on the ice · 2 min
2nd 16:20	Goal PIT · B. Rust (PP)	6%	2%
3rd 9:06	Goal PIT · N. Acciari	0%	0%
3rd 10:59	PIT penalty · E. Malkin · roughing · 2 min
3rd 10:59	COL penalty · P. Kelly · roughing · 2 min
3rd 10:59	PIT penalty · C. Clifton · fighting · 5 min
3rd 10:59	COL penalty · J. Drury · fighting · 5 min

On ice · final horn

PIT5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
19C. DewarC	0:09	16:12	22	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	2-1
71E. MalkinC	0:54	16:18	20	2	1	3	3	3	4	0	0	2-2
59E. ChinakhovR	1:01	17:09	21	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	–
5R. SheaD	1:02	23:39	26	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	–
58K. LetangD	0:43	20:14	24	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	–
37A. SilovsG		60:00	SA27GA2SV%.926xGA3.00GSAx+1.00

COL5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
29N. MacKinnonC	1:00	22:39	22	1	0	1	4	8	0	0	2	8-8
93Z. BardakovC	0:07	8:10	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–
13V. NichushkinR	1:00	22:40	25	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–
37N. BlankenburgD	0:50	11:10	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–
84B. BurnsD	0:26	15:18	22	1	0	1	5	5	0	0	0	–
39M. BlackwoodG		47:00	SA15GA4SV%.733xGA1.50GSAx−2.50

Goals

1st
Evgeni Malkin(1)
B. Rust (1), N. Acciari (1)
xG 0.06backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 PIT1st 03:01+16.049%
Nathan MacKinnon(1)
M. Necas (1), C. Makar (1)
xG 0.04wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied1st 04:08+16.267%
Anthony Mantha(1)
E. Karlsson (1)
xG 0.13backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
2–1 PIT1st 04:23+16.249%
Evgeni Malkin(2)
E. Chinakhov (1), P. Wotherspoon (1)
xG 0.12wristClip(opens nhl.com)
3–1 PIT1st 13:00+17.269%
Elmer Soderblom(1)
C. Dewar (1), E. Karlsson (2)
xG 0.08snapClip(opens nhl.com)
4–1 PIT1st 13:43+13.583%
Brent Burns(1)
G. Brindley (1), J. Manson (1)
xG 0.01snapClip(opens nhl.com)
4–2 PIT1st 14:21+13.531%
2nd
Erik Karlsson(1)
R. Shea (1)
xG 0.03wristClip(opens nhl.com)
5–2 PIT2nd 10:36+12.191%
Bryan Rust(1)PP
E. Malkin (1), R. Rakell (1)
xG 0.13wristClip(opens nhl.com)
6–2 PIT2nd 16:20+4.598%
3rd
Noel Acciari(1)
E. Soderblom (1), C. Dewar (2)
xG 0.15wristClip(opens nhl.com)
7–2 PIT3rd 09:06+0.0100%

Shots

PIT2.03 xG28 unblocked · 12 blocked28 unblocked · 12 blocked

COL3.00 xG46 unblocked · 22 blocked46 unblocked · 22 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

PITCOL7Goals22.03xG3.0020Shots2728Unblocked4640Attempts682High danger41/3Power play0/428Faceoffs2919Hits1122Blocks125Takeaways418Giveaways1615PIM13

Skaters

Player

Player
5R. SheaRyan SheaD	23:39	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	1	—	0	+1
65E. KarlssonErik KarlssonD	21:44	1	2	3	4	6	0.14	+0.86	0	0	1	1	—	0	+2
28P. WotherspoonParker WotherspoonD	20:48	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	−0.07	3	1	0	4	—	0	+2
58K. LetangKris LetangD	20:14	0	0	0	1	4	0.07	−0.07	1	1	0	1	—	0	0
59E. ChinakhovEgor ChinakhovR	17:09	0	1	1	1	2	0.15	−0.15	0	2	0	0	—	0	0
17B. RustBryan RustR	17:05	1	1	2	3	4	0.20	+0.80	0	0	0	2	0%	0	+1
55N. AcciariNoel AcciariC	16:36	1	1	2	2	2	0.30	+0.70	0	4	0	0	50%	0	+3
67R. RakellRickard RakellR	16:23	0	1	1	1	4	0.39	−0.39	1	1	1	1	50%	0	+1
71E. MalkinEvgeni MalkinC	16:18	2	1	3	3	3	0.22	+1.78	0	0	0	0	50%	4	+1
19C. DewarConnor DewarC	16:12	0	2	2	1	1	0.13	−0.13	0	2	0	1	67%	0	+3
75C. CliftonConnor CliftonD	16:07	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	−0.01	5	1	1	1	—	5	+2
18T. NovakTommy NovakC	15:29	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	3	1	1	45%	0	0
39A. ManthaAnthony ManthaR	14:57	1	0	1	1	3	0.13	+0.87	0	1	1	3	—	2	0
81B. KindelBen KindelC	13:57	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	2	1	0	1	50%	0	0
7I. SolovyovIlya SolovyovD	13:21	0	0	0	1	1	0.06	−0.06	2	0	0	1	—	0	+1
16J. BrazeauJustin BrazeauR	11:52	0	0	0	1	2	0.07	−0.07	3	0	0	0	—	0	0
41V. KoivunenVille KoivunenR	10:09	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0	1	0	0	—	2	0
25E. SoderblomElmer SoderblomL	10:00	1	1	2	1	1	0.08	+0.92	1	1	0	0	—	0	+3
PIT total		7	12	19	20	40	2.03	+4.97	19	19	5	18	49%	13

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Malkin+1.61

Soderblom+1.15

Rust+0.97

Acciari+0.75

Dewar+0.55

Mantha+0.27

Chinakhov+0.24

Rakell−0.06

Novak−0.17

Kindel−0.41

Brazeau−0.43

Koivunen−0.44

Defence

Karlsson+0.93

Wotherspoon+0.10

Shea−0.04

Clifton−0.05

Solovyov−0.11

Letang−0.29

Goalie

Silovs+1.02

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Novak·Malkin·Chinakhov	9:31	16	6	8	42.9%	2	2	1	1	0.22	0.27	44.7%	−0.05	3	1	75%
Rust·Mantha·Rakell	9:15	17	8	11	42.1%	4	6	1	1	0.34	0.47	42.3%	−0.12	3	3	50%
Soderblom·Dewar·Acciari	8:34	14	7	10	41.2%	4	3	3	0	0.46	0.31	60.0%	+0.15	0	1	0%
Kindel·Brazeau·Koivunen	6:12	11	5	8	38.5%	2	6	0	0	0.10	0.56	14.6%	−0.47	1	0	100%
Occasional · 12 groups
Novak·Brazeau·Chinakhov	1:04	4	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.30	0.0%	−0.30	0	0	—
Malkin·Chinakhov·Rakell	1:02	4	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Brazeau·Koivunen·Rakell	0:56	2	1	1	50.0%	0	1	0	0	0.04	0.05	44.0%	−0.01	0	0	—
Kindel·Rust·Koivunen	0:50	4	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.04	0.0%	−0.04	0	0	—
Malkin·Kindel·Chinakhov	0:50	3	0	3	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.36	0.0%	−0.36	0	2	0%
Novak·Brazeau·Koivunen	0:48	2	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.04	0.00	100.0%	+0.04	1	0	100%
Dewar·Acciari·Mantha	0:43	2	1	1	50.0%	1	0	0	0	0.15	0.00	100.0%	+0.15	0	0	—
Novak·Kindel·Chinakhov	0:42	2	1	3	25.0%	1	1	0	0	0.03	0.02	60.2%	+0.01	0	0	—
Dewar·Malkin·Chinakhov	0:36	3	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Novak·Mantha·Chinakhov	0:33	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Rust·Koivunen·Rakell	0:32	3	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Soderblom·Acciari·Kindel	0:31	4	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
PIT 5v5	47:20		33	54	37.9%	15	21	6	2	1.43	2.50	36.5%	−1.07

Goalies

Arturs Silovs

PIT · 60:00

Saves: 25/27
SV%: .926
xGA: 3.00
GSAx: +1.00

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	19/21	.905	2.50	+0.50
Power play	6/6	1.000	0.50	+0.50
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	2/2	1.000	0.94	+0.94

Mackenzie Blackwood

COL · 47:00

Saves: 11/15
SV%: .733
xGA: 1.50
GSAx: −2.50

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	8/11	.727	1.04	−1.96
Power play	3/4	.750	0.45	−0.55
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	0/1	.000	0.38	−0.62

Scott Wedgewood

COL · 13:00

Saves: 2/5
SV%: .400
xGA: 0.53
GSAx: −2.47

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	1/4	.250	0.39	−2.61
Power play	1/1	1.000	0.14	+0.14
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	0/0	—	0.00	0.00

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Pittsburgh Penguins

Minutes

23:39Shea
21:44Karlsson
20:48Wotherspoon
20:14Letang
16:07Clifton
13:21Solovyov

17:09Chinakhov
17:05Rust
16:36Acciari
16:23Rakell
16:18Malkin
16:12Dewar
15:29Novak
14:57Mantha
13:57Kindel
11:52Brazeau
10:09Koivunen
10:00Soderblom

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG sharePITCOL

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

LetangD1 O2
SheaD3 O3
KarlssonD5 O4
SolovyovD2 O1
WotherspoonD3 O0
CliftonD5 O1
NovakD1 O4
MalkinD2 O4
ManthaD3 O5
ChinakhovD2 O3
KoivunenD0 O1
RustD5 O5
RakellD4 O4
BrazeauD0 O0
SoderblomD1 O0
KindelD2 O1
AcciariD5 O0
DewarD6 O0

Shift starts · darker = later period