Avalanche 3–4 Penguins — Final Score & Stats (Dec 10, 2005)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🏔️ COL	1	1	1	3
🐧 PIT	2	1	1	4

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Mark Recchi

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 23:58 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Lasse Pirjeta

2 A

3 shots · 12:35 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Erik Christensen

1 G

4 shots · 14:45 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🐧 Mark Recchi Go-ahead 1st · 10:35

Assists: Matt Murley, Lasse Pirjeta · beat Vitaly Kolesnik

0–1

🏔️ Milan Hejduk PP Tying 1st · 16:04

Assists: Joe Sakic, Alex Tanguay · beat Marc-Andre Fleury

1–1

🐧 Dick Tarnstrom PP Go-ahead 1st · 18:28

Assists: Mark Recchi, Sidney Crosby · beat Vitaly Kolesnik

1–2

2nd period

🐧 Erik Christensen 2nd · 01:22

Assists: Sergei Gonchar, Brooks Orpik · beat Vitaly Kolesnik

1–3

🏔️ Dan Hinote 2nd · 14:40

Assists: Rob Blake, Brett McLean · beat Marc-Andre Fleury

2–3

3rd period

🐧 Max Talbot 3rd · 12:24

Assists: Lasse Pirjeta · beat Vitaly Kolesnik

2–4

🏔️ Marek Svatos 3rd · 13:27

Assists: Andrew Brunette, Karlis Skrastins · beat Marc-Andre Fleury

3–4

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Tanguay · Sakic · Hejduk 20:42

L2 Laaksonen · Turgeon · Laperriere 16:02

L3 Brunette · Svatos · Hinote 12:26

L4 May · McLean · McCormick 7:39

D1 Blake · Brisebois 24:46

D2 Skrastins · Liles 20:49

D3 Clark · Vaananen 14:00

🐧Penguins

L1 Malone · Crosby · Recchi 18:40

L2 Murley · Endicott · Christensen 15:44

L3 Pirjeta · Hussey · Boguniecki 12:50

L4 Talbot · Vandenbussche 8:28

D1 Gonchar · Whitney 22:08

D2 Orpik · Melichar 16:58

D3 Odelein · Tarnstrom 15:18

D4 Jackman 11:42

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL PIT🐧

26 Shots on goal 35

1/8 Power play (goals / chances) 1/7

9 Hits 18

14 Blocked shots 11

0 Takeaways 2

0 Giveaways 2

14 Penalty minutes 16

COL shooting 11.5% (3/26) PIT shooting 11.4% (4/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Vitaly Kolesnik

31/35

.886 SV% · 4 GA · 58:22 TOI

🐧Penguins

Marc-Andre Fleury

23/26

.885 SV% · 3 GA · 59:38 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Avalanche

Avalanche — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-3 (25% win rate, 4 games)

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 1-0-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

After 2nd — 2–3

Avalanche

Avalanche — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-4-1 (0% win rate, 5 games)

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Penguins lead the season series 1–0

Jan 242004 🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT 5–3 Mar 12003 🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL 1–4 Feb 202003 🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT 5–2 Oct 32001 🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT 3–1 Feb 192001 🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT 5–1

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❓ COL vs PIT, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Penguins on December 10, 2005?

Penguins won 4–3. The final score was Avalanche 3, Penguins 4.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Dan Hinote, Marek Svatos, Milan Hejduk.

Who scored for Penguins?

Dick Tarnstrom, Erik Christensen, Mark Recchi, Max Talbot.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Vitaly Kolesnik made 31 saves on 35 shots (.886 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Marc-Andre Fleury made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 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?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🏔️ Avalanche

BeforeDec 9 🏔️COL @ 😈NJD 4–3 AfterDec 12 🏛️OTT @ 🏔️COL 6–2

🐧 Penguins

BeforeDec 8 🌲MIN @ 🐧PIT 5–0 AfterDec 12 🐧PIT @ 🐙DET 1–3

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