🏔️ Away Avalanche 32-10-5 before this game

4–3

Final / OT

🐧 Home Penguins 28-13-5 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	F
COL	1	2	0	1	4
PIT	0	0	3	0	3

Avalanche at Penguins

Avalanche beat Penguins 4–3 in overtime at PPG Paints Arena on January 23, 1997.

🗓 Thu, Jan 23, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Adam Deadmarsh

2 G, 2 A

7 shots · +2

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Valeri Kamensky

1 G, 2 A

5 shots

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Joe Dziedzic

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Adam Deadmarsh PP Go-ahead 1st · 18:05

Assists: Valeri Kamensky

1–0

2nd period

🏔️ Keith Jones SH 2nd · 06:55

Assists: Adam Deadmarsh, Uwe Krupp

2–0

🏔️ Adam Deadmarsh PP 2nd · 11:01

Assists: Valeri Kamensky, Sandis Ozolinsh

3–0

3rd period

🐧 Ron Francis 3rd · 02:42

Assists: Jason Woolley, Jaromir Jagr

3–1

🐧 Joe Mullen 3rd · 03:48

Assists: Joe Dziedzic, Tyler Wright

3–2

🐧 Joe Dziedzic Tying 3rd · 15:52

Assists: Joe Mullen, Stu Barnes

3–3

Overtime

🏔️ Valeri Kamensky Go-ahead OT · 03:55

Assists: Sylvain Lefebvre, Adam Deadmarsh

4–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL PIT🐧

35 Shots on goal 43

2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5

29 Penalty minutes 27

COL shooting 11.4% (4/35) PIT shooting 7.0% (3/43)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Craig Billington

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 50:01 TOI

Patrick Roy

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 13:54 TOI

🐧Penguins

Patrick Lalime

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 63:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–0

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

6–6 (OT) · Penguins won

❓ COL vs PIT, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Penguins on January 23, 1997?

Avalanche won 4–3 in overtime.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Penguins?

The final score was Avalanche 4, Penguins 3, in overtime.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Adam Deadmarsh (2), Keith Jones, Valeri Kamensky.

Who scored for Penguins?

Joe Dziedzic, Joe Mullen, Ron Francis.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Craig Billington made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Patrick Lalime made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Penguins season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Jan 21

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Jan 21

Also on January 23, 1997

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