Pittsburgh Penguins at Colorado Avalanche

Fri, Oct 16, 2026 · Ball Arena · 2026–27 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

2 – 5

Final

Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 on Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at Ball Arena. Artturi Lehkonen scored twice. Mackenzie Blackwood made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	2	0	0	2	31
COL	1	3	1	5	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	08:28	PIT	EV	Evgeni Malkin (4) · wrist	Ville Koivunen (2), Erik Karlsson (8)	1–0
1st	08:57	PIT	EV	Bryan Rust (3) · snap	Sidney Crosby (3), Samuel Girard (6)	2–0
1st	11:01	COL	EV	Artturi Lehkonen (5) · wrist	Nathan MacKinnon (8), Martin Necas (4)	2–1
2nd	00:25	COL	EV	Artturi Lehkonen (6) · backhand	Nathan MacKinnon (9), Martin Necas (5)	2–2
2nd	04:24	COL	EV	Gabriel Landeskog (3) · wrist	Brock Nelson (4), Nazem Kadri (6)	2–3
2nd	14:57	COL	EV	T.J. Hughes (1) · wrist	Nathan MacKinnon (10), Cale Makar (5)	2–4
3rd	15:06	COL	PP	Nathan MacKinnon (6) · slap	Cale Makar (6), Martin Necas (6)	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	14:11	PIT	Tommy Novak	high sticking	2
1st	17:25	COL	Gavin Brindley	interference	2
2nd	04:09	PIT	Erik Karlsson	ps hooking on breakaway	0
2nd	11:44	COL	Gabriel Landeskog	interference	2
2nd	12:53	PIT	Ben Kindel	slashing	2
3rd	09:00	COL	Josh Manson	tripping	2
3rd	13:23	PIT	Tommy Novak	interference	2
3rd	17:51	PIT	Kris Letang	hooking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: PIT 4.07 · COL 4.55 · xG% PIT 47.2

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0		20:57	22
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	3		19:52	23
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	50.0	19:46	23
17	Bryan Rust	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	2	1		18:38	23
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		17:01	18
41	Ville Koivunen	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		15:46	20
72	Declan Carlile	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2		20:16	20
6	Kaedan Korczak	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		19:32	23
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		19:22	21
67	Rickard Rakell	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0		18:51	23
24	Spencer Stastney	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		15:24	17
18	Tommy Novak	C	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	35.0	15:16	21
81	Ben Kindel	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	25.0	14:57	17
46	Blake Lizotte	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	1	40.0	13:45	17
19	Connor Dewar	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		12:29	17
62	Andrei Kuzmenko	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		11:03	14
14	Nick Robertson	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	100.0	11:01	15
25	Elmer Soderblom	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	3		10:55	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
37	Arturs Silovs	L	32	27	5	.844	57:26

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	1	3	4	+2	0	9	0	1	54.5	22:59	24
88	Martin Necas	C	0	3	3	+1	0	1	1	0		20:58	21
8	Cale Makar	D	0	2	2	+2	0	2	0	2		22:19	24
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	2	0	2	+1	0	3	0	0		18:33	22
91	Nazem Kadri	C	0	1	1	+2	0	4	0	0	40.0	20:55	23
11	Brock Nelson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	63.6	20:27	25
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0		14:56	19
13	T.J. Hughes	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	57.1	12:27	14
7	Devon Toews	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	1		22:54	29
27	Brett Kulak	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	3		17:47	20
42	Josh Manson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0		14:41	19
9	Fedor Svechkov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	80.0	14:34	19
70	Sam Malinski	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		14:23	16
71	Jaden Schwartz	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		14:03	16
84	Brent Burns	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:39	19
17	Parker Kelly	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		12:13	17
54	Gavin Brindley	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0		8:39	12
47	Noah Juulsen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	2		7:33	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39	Mackenzie Blackwood	W	32	30	2	.938	60:00