National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Colorado 4, Pittsburgh 2
When: 9:00 PM ET, Monday, December 18, 2017
Where: Pepsi Center, Denver, Colorado
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Garrett Rank
Linesmen: Ryan Gibbons, Brian Murphy
Attendance: 15824
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Pittsburgh 1012
Colorado 1214
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
5:04 - Avalanche Tyson Barrie (EV) Assists: Matt Nieto
10:39 - Penguins Chad Ruhwedel (EV) Assists: Carter Rowney
Penalties
10:52 - Avalanche Nikita Zadorov (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
5:56 - Avalanche Tyson Barrie (PP) Assists: Mikko Rantanen , Sven Andrighetto
18:20 - Avalanche J.T. Compher (EV) Assists: Sven Andrighetto
Penalties
4:54 - Penguins Ian Cole (2) Cross checking
 10:26 - Avalanche Nikita Zadorov (2) Interference
 11:00 - Penguins Kris Letang (2) Tripping
 13:53 - Penguins Ian Cole (2) Holding
 19:02 - Penguins Olli Maatta (2) Tripping
 19:23 - Avalanche Mikko Rantanen (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
1:25 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (EV) Assists: Ian Cole , Chad Ruhwedel
18:27 - Avalanche Mikko Rantanen (EV) (EN) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon , Gabriel Landeskog
Penalties
None.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Matt Murray G 0 0 0 0 0 58:24 51:32 2:55 3:57 0 0 - - - - -
Tristan Jarry G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chad Ruhwedel D 1 1 2 -1 0 3 23 18:48 17:52 0:56 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 27 19:32 16:21 1:11 2:00 0 0 - 3 - - -
Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 28 19:21 17:24 0:00 1:57 0 0 1 1 - - -
Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 12:50 9:49 0:54 2:07 0 0 - - 7 2 78
Bryan Rust RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19 15:05 12:58 0:51 1:16 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Matt Hunwick D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 23 16:47 14:44 0:21 1:42 0 0 - - - - -
Ian Cole D 0 1 1 E 4 1 22 18:00 17:21 0:07 0:32 0 0 2 6 - - -
Tom Kuhnhackl RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 9:23 8:37 0:15 0:31 0 0 - - - - -
Carter Rowney RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 21 16:11 14:21 0:15 1:35 0 0 1 - 10 2 83
Conor Sheary LW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 20 16:52 16:09 0:43 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Archibald RW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 14 9:27 9:27 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 E 2 2 31 25:35 21:58 1:54 1:43 0 0 1 2 - - -
Jake Guentzel C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19 15:47 14:19 1:28 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Carl Hagelin LW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 20 15:01 12:24 0:29 2:08 0 0 1 1 - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 +1 0 7 22 16:55 15:06 1:49 0:00 0 0 - - 2 11 15
Ryan Reaves RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 15 8:39 8:39 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Phil Kessel RW 0 0 0 E 0 4 20 19:34 17:35 1:57 0:02 0 0 - 1 - - -
Sidney Crosby C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 24 20:47 19:07 1:25 0:15 0 0 1 - 6 12 33
Colorado Avalanche
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Semyon Varlamov G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 53:08 3:57 2:55 0 0 - - - - -
Jonathan Bernier G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tyson Barrie D 2 0 2 +1 0 5 29 24:31 21:11 3:03 0:17 1 0 - - - - -
Sven Andrighetto RW 0 2 2 +1 0 4 17 14:29 13:19 1:10 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Patrik Nemeth D 0 0 0 E 0 2 29 24:34 21:44 0:12 2:38 0 0 1 6 - - -
Alexander Kerfoot C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 9:47 8:51 0:56 0:00 0 0 - 1 5 4 56
Blake Comeau LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 18:50 17:18 0:00 1:32 0 0 1 - 4 1 80
Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 +1 4 0 28 19:20 19:18 0:02 0:00 0 0 5 3 - - -
Tyson Jost C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 13 9:43 9:43 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Colin Wilson C 0 0 0 +1 0 4 17 13:32 12:38 0:54 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nathan MacKinnon C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 25 19:26 16:25 3:01 0:00 0 0 - - 11 7 61
Carl Soderberg C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 20 17:23 16:31 0:14 0:38 0 0 1 - 5 3 62
J.T. Compher LW 1 0 1 E 0 4 21 16:26 12:07 2:47 1:32 0 0 - 3 3 9 25
Mark Barberio D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 26 19:46 17:45 0:02 1:59 0 0 - 2 - - -
Samuel Girard D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18 13:32 12:38 0:54 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Anton Lindholm D 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 14:33 13:37 0:00 0:56 0 0 1 - - - -
Nail Yakupov RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 11 7:32 6:50 0:42 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Matt Nieto LW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 19 14:19 13:30 0:00 0:49 0 0 - - - - -
Gabriel Landeskog LW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 25 18:28 14:22 2:47 1:19 0 0 - - - - -
Mikko Rantanen RW 1 1 2 E 2 5 25 17:49 14:48 3:01 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Matt Murray L (22-12-2) 36 33 3 .917 0 58:24
Colorado
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Semyon Varlamov W (14-12-2) 32 30 2 .938 0 60:00