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2023-24 regular season

Avalanche at Penguins

🗓 Thu, Oct 26, 2023 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 1–0

Penguins beat Avalanche 4–0 at PPG Paints Arena on October 26, 2023.

COL – PIT
31–29
Shots on goal
19–18
Hits
9–14
Blocked shots
6–9
Takeaways
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Reilly Smith
2 G
3 shots · 15:27 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Lars Eller
1 G
4 shots · 18:30 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Tristan Jarry
31 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Reilly Smith Go-ahead 1st · 04:40
Unassisted · beat Alexandar Georgiev
0–1
🐧 Reilly Smith 1st · 16:51
Assists: Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust · beat Alexandar Georgiev
0–2
2nd period
🐧 Lars Eller 2nd · 06:00
Assists: Radim Zohorna · beat Alexandar Georgiev
0–3
3rd period
🐧 Sidney Crosby 3rd · 10:35
Assists: Jake Guentzel · beat Alexandar Georgiev
0–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Lehkonen · MacKinnon · Rantanen 22:27
L2 Tatar · Johansen · Nichushkin 16:55
L3 Drouin · Colton · O'Connor 13:14
L4 Wood · Olofsson · Cogliano 9:56
D1 Makar · Byram 22:14
D2 Toews · Girard 19:58
D3 Manson · Johnson 14:02
🐧Penguins
L1 Eller · Guentzel · Rust 18:30
L2 Malkin · Crosby · Smith 15:20
L3 O'Connor · Nieto · Rakell 13:16
L4 Zohorna · Acciari · Carter 10:45
D1 Letang · Graves 23:54
D2 Pettersson · Karlsson 21:12
D3 Ruhwedel · Shea 14:04

Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL PIT🐧
31 Shots on goal 29
19 Hits 18
9 Blocked shots 14
6 Takeaways 9
8 Giveaways 7
4 Penalty minutes 10
COL shooting 0.0% (0/31) PIT shooting 13.8% (4/29)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Alexandar Georgiev
20/24
.833 SV% · 4 GA · 51:55 TOI
Ivan Prosvetov Shutout
5/5
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 08:05 TOI
🐧Penguins
Tristan Jarry Shutout
31/31
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Reilly Smith · 1st 04:40 · 0–1 Reilly Smith · 1st 16:51 · 0–2 Lars Eller · 2nd 06:00 · 0–3 Sidney Crosby · 3rd 10:35 · 0–4
COL PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 2nd — 0–3
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 1–0
Mar 222023 🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL 5–2 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
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Who won Avalanche vs Penguins on October 26, 2023?

Penguins won 4–0. The final score was Avalanche 0, Penguins 4.

Who scored for Penguins?

Reilly Smith (2), Lars Eller, Sidney Crosby.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Alexandar Georgiev made 20 saves on 24 shots (.833 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tristan Jarry made 31 saves on 31 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

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
BeforeOct 24 🏔️COL @ 🏝️NYI 7–4 AfterOct 29 🏔️COL @ ⚔️BUF 0–4
🐧 Penguins
BeforeOct 24 ⭐DAL @ 🐧PIT 4–1 AfterOct 28 🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT 5–2
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