Pittsburgh Penguins at Colorado Avalanche

Mon, Dec 18, 2017 · Pepsi Center · 2017–18 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

2 – 4

Final

Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 on Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at Pepsi Center. Tyson Barrie scored twice. Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 32–37.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	1	0	1	2	32
COL	1	2	1	4	37

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:04	COL	EV	Tyson Barrie (3) · wrist	Matt Nieto (6)	0–1
1st	10:39	PIT	EV	Chad Ruhwedel (1) · wrist	Carter Rowney (2)	1–1
2nd	05:56	COL	PP	Tyson Barrie (4) · slap	Mikko Rantanen (19), Sven Andrighetto (10)	1–2
2nd	18:20	COL	EV	J.T. Compher (5) · wrist	Sven Andrighetto (11)	1–3
3rd	01:25	PIT	EV	Evgeni Malkin (11) · wrist	Ian Cole (4), Chad Ruhwedel (2)	2–3
3rd	18:27	COL	SH EN	Mikko Rantanen (10) · wrist	Nathan MacKinnon (24), Gabriel Landeskog (12)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:52	COL	Nikita Zadorov	high sticking	2
2nd	04:54	PIT	Ian Cole	cross checking	2
2nd	10:26	COL	Nikita Zadorov	interference	2
2nd	11:00	PIT	Kris Letang	tripping	2
2nd	13:53	PIT	Ian Cole	holding	2
2nd	19:02	PIT	Olli Maatta	tripping	2
2nd	19:23	COL	Mikko Rantanen	holding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: PIT 2.67 · COL 3.74 · xG% PIT 41.7

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Chad Ruhwedel	D	1	1	2	-1	0	3	0	1		18:48	23
28	Ian Cole	D	0	1	1	0	4	1	2	6		18:00	22
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	1	0	1	+1	0	7	0	0	15.4	16:55	22
37	Carter Rowney	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	83.3	16:11	21
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2		25:35	31
87	Sidney Crosby	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	33.3	20:47	24
81	Phil Kessel	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1		19:34	20
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	3		19:32	27
8	Brian Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		19:21	28
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		16:52	20
22	Matt Hunwick	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		16:47	23
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1		15:47	19
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		15:05	19
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		15:01	20
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	77.8	12:50	22
45	Josh Archibald	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	2		9:27	14
34	Tom Kuhnhackl	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9:23	12
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		8:39	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Matt Murray	L	36	33	3	.917	58:24

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
4	Tyson Barrie	D	2	0	2	+1	0	5	0	0		24:31	29
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	1	1	2	0	2	5	0	0		17:49	25
10	Sven Andrighetto	R	0	2	2	+1	0	4	0	1		14:29	17
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	61.1	19:26	25
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0		18:28	25
37	J.T. Compher	L	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	3	25.0	16:26	21
83	Matt Nieto	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		14:19	19
12	Patrik Nemeth	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6		24:34	29
44	Mark Barberio	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	2		19:46	26
16	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	+1	4	0	5	3		19:20	28
14	Blake Comeau	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	80.0	18:50	21
34	Carl Soderberg	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	62.5	17:23	20
54	Anton Lindholm	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		14:33	19
22	Colin Wilson	C	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0	0		13:32	17
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		13:32	18
13	Alexander Kerfoot	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	55.6	9:47	14
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		9:43	13
64	Nail Yakupov	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		7:32	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Semyon Varlamov	W	32	30	2	.938	60:00