🏔️ Away Avalanche 35-24-4 before this game

3–1

Final

🐧 Home Penguins 34-20-7 before this game

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

Avalanche at Penguins

Avalanche beat Penguins 3–1 at PPG Paints Arena on March 7, 1999.

🗓 Sun, Mar 7, 1999 · 14:00 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Claude Lemieux

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 19:27 TOI · +2

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Adam Deadmarsh

2 A

3 shots · 19:26 TOI · +2

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Milan Hejduk

1 G

4 shots · 15:16 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Martin Straka Go-ahead 1st · 16:56

Assists: German Titov, Alex Kovalev

0–1

3rd period

🏔️ Joe Sakic Tying 3rd · 02:53

Assists: Claude Lemieux, Valeri Kamensky

1–1

🏔️ Milan Hejduk Go-ahead 3rd · 13:15

Assists: Adam Deadmarsh, Sylvain Lefebvre

2–1

🏔️ Claude Lemieux Empty net 3rd · 19:20

Assists: Adam Deadmarsh

3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL PIT🐧

22 Shots on goal 24

28 Hits 16

10 Blocked shots 10

7 Takeaways 8

10 Giveaways 14

12 Penalty minutes 8

COL shooting 13.6% (3/22) PIT shooting 4.2% (1/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Craig Billington

23/24

.958 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐧Penguins

Peter Skudra

19/21

.905 SV% · 2 GA · 58:15 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 0–1

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Penguins

Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Sakic · Lemieux · Deadmarsh 19:27

L2 Podein · Kamensky · Yelle 18:29

L3 Messier · Drury · Hejduk 15:16

L4 Rychel · Donovan · Odgers 3:18

D1 Foote · Gusarov 26:30

D2 Ozolinsh · Miller 17:32

D3 Lefebvre · Klemm 13:54

🐧Penguins

L1 Straka · Jagr · Kovalev 23:29

L2 Titov · Miller · Barnes 21:24

L3 Hrdina · Brown · Kesa 9:53

L4 Sonnenberg · Lang · Morozov 3:26

D1 Slegr · Moran 22:18

D2 Werenka · Galanov 20:19

D3 Dollas · Wilkinson 10:07

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →

5–4 (OT) · Avalanche won

Dec 19, 1997

🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL

3–3 (OT) · Penguins won

4–3 (OT) · Avalanche won

❓ COL vs PIT, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Penguins on March 7, 1999?

Avalanche won 3–1.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Penguins?

The final score was Avalanche 3, Penguins 1.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Claude Lemieux, Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk.

Who scored for Penguins?

Martin Straka.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Craig Billington made 23 saves on 24 shots (.958 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Peter Skudra made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 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?

Season series tied 1–1 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

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Mar 4

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Mar 5

Also on March 7, 1999

Avalanche season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule