Penguins 5–2 Avalanche — Final Score & Stats (Mar 22, 2023)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🐧 PIT	0	3	2	5
🏔️ COL	0	1	1	2

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Jeff Carter

2 G

5 shots · 14:41 TOI

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Jake Guentzel

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 19:11 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Bryan Rust

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 19:43 TOI

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

2nd period

🐧 Sidney Crosby Go-ahead 2nd · 01:11

Assists: Jake Guentzel, Pierre-Olivier Joseph · beat Alexandar Georgiev

1–0

🐧 Jake Guentzel PP 2nd · 04:06

Assists: Evgeni Malkin · beat Alexandar Georgiev

2–0

🏔️ J.T. Compher 2nd · 11:35

Assists: Valeri Nichushkin · beat Tristan Jarry

2–1

🐧 Jeff Carter PP 2nd · 14:12

Assists: Bryan Rust, Jason Zucker · beat Alexandar Georgiev

3–1

3rd period

🏔️ Devon Toews PP 3rd · 10:28

Assists: J.T. Compher, Nathan MacKinnon · beat Tristan Jarry

3–2

🐧 Jeff Carter 3rd · 12:51

Assists: Brian Dumoulin, Drew O'Connor · beat Alexandar Georgiev

4–2

🐧 Bryan Rust Empty net 3rd · 19:41

Unassisted

5–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐧Penguins

L1 Crosby · Guentzel · Rust 19:43

L2 Granlund · Malkin · Rakell 15:01

L3 Zucker · Carter · Poehling 14:30

L4 O'Connor · Heinen · Archibald 10:53

D1 Letang · Joseph 25:13

D2 Dumoulin · Ruhwedel 19:54

D3 Friedman · Fedun 12:11

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Compher · MacKinnon · Rantanen 24:25

L2 Newhook · Eller · Nichushkin 18:14

L3 Malgin · Cogliano · O'Connor 12:34

L4 Nieto · MacDermid · Helm 7:04

L5 Galchenyuk 5:17

D1 Toews · Byram 26:49

D2 Girard · Johnson 20:52

D3 Hunt 8:57

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐧PIT COL🏔️

45 Shots on goal 30

2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

12 Hits 20

17 Blocked shots 16

11 Takeaways 5

12 Giveaways 17

8 Penalty minutes 10

PIT shooting 11.1% (5/45) COL shooting 6.7% (2/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐧Penguins

Tristan Jarry

28/30

.933 SV% · 2 GA · 59:13 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Alexandar Georgiev

40/44

.909 SV% · 4 GA · 55:20 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located

PIT COL

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 1st: 14-9-3 (54% win rate, 26 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 9-9-1 (47% win rate, 19 games)

After 2nd — 3–1

Penguins

Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 5-0-4 (56% win rate, 9 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-6 (25% win rate, 8 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 2–0

Feb 72023 🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT 1–2 OT Apr 52022 🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT 6–4 Apr 22022 🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL 2–3 Jan 102020 🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL 4–3 OT Oct 162019 🏔️COL @ 🐧PIT 2–3 OT

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❓ PIT vs COL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Avalanche on March 22, 2023?

Penguins won 5–2. The final score was Penguins 5, Avalanche 2.

Who scored for Penguins?

Jeff Carter (2), Bryan Rust, Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Devon Toews, J.T. Compher.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tristan Jarry made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Alexandar Georgiev made 40 saves on 44 shots (.909 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?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐧 Penguins

BeforeMar 20 🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT 2–1 AfterMar 23 🐧PIT @ ⭐DAL 2–3

🏔️ Avalanche

BeforeMar 20 🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL 0–5 AfterMar 24 🌵ARI @ 🏔️COL 1–3

Also on March 22

🌵ARI 3–4 🛢️EDM

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