🐧 Away Penguins 35-24-8 before this game

3–6

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 45-17-6 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
PIT	1	2	0	3
COL	0	3	3	6

Penguins at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Penguins 6–3 at Ball Arena on March 14, 1997.

🗓 Fri, Mar 14, 1997 · 20:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Joe Sakic

3 G

10 shots · +2

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Peter Forsberg

1 G, 2 A

4 shots

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Keith Jones

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Fredrik Olausson PP Go-ahead 1st · 17:04

Assists: Joe Mullen, Jason Woolley

1–0

2nd period

🐧 Ron Francis PP 2nd · 01:30

Assists: Fredrik Olausson, Mario Lemieux

2–0

🏔️ Joe Sakic 2nd · 09:03

Assists: Keith Jones, Sandis Ozolinsh

2–1

🏔️ Peter Forsberg Tying 2nd · 14:58

Assists: Adam Foote

2–2

🐧 Joe Mullen Go-ahead 2nd · 16:01

Assists: Chris Tamer, Alex Hicks

3–2

🏔️ Joe Sakic PP Tying 2nd · 19:48

Assists: Sandis Ozolinsh, Adam Deadmarsh

3–3

3rd period

🏔️ Keith Jones Go-ahead 3rd · 05:25

Assists: Mike Ricci, Jon Klemm

3–4

🏔️ Claude Lemieux PP 3rd · 05:46

Assists: Valeri Kamensky, Peter Forsberg

3–5

🏔️ Joe Sakic PP 3rd · 12:54

Assists: Peter Forsberg, Valeri Kamensky

3–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT COL🏔️

31 Shots on goal 46

2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 3/6

22 Penalty minutes 8

PIT shooting 9.7% (3/31) COL shooting 13.0% (6/46)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Ken Wregget

0/6

.000 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:52 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–3

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 2nd: 35-24-8 (52% win rate, 67 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 45-17-6 (66% win rate, 68 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

Jan 23, 1997

🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT

4–3 (OT) · Avalanche won

6–6 (OT) · Penguins won

❓ PIT vs COL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Avalanche on March 14, 1997?

Avalanche won 6–3.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Avalanche?

The final score was Penguins 3, Avalanche 6.

Who scored for Penguins?

Fredrik Olausson, Joe Mullen, Ron Francis.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Joe Sakic (3), Claude Lemieux, Keith Jones, Peter Forsberg.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Ken Wregget made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Mar 12

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Mar 12

Also on March 14, 1997

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