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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Pittsburgh 2, Colorado 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Carter Sandlak
Linesmen: Jesse Marquis, Derek Nansen
Attendance: 18096
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Colorado 01001
Pittsburgh 00112
Periods:
  • All
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • OT
1
Colorado   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nathan MacKinnon.
  0:58 Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin.
Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 1:17  
  1:18 Kasperi Kapanen wins the faceoff against Alex Newhook.
Erik Johnson hits Kasperi Kapanen. 1:40  
  2:00 Teddy Blueger hits Matt Nieto.
  2:22 Josh Archibald hits Devon Toews.
Devon Toews shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 2:37  
Shot by Nathan MacKinnon misses the net 2:47  
Artturi Lehkonen hits Bryan Rust. 3:07  
  3:31 Giveaway by Bryan Rust.
  3:45 Jeff Petry hits Evan Rodrigues.
  4:18 Giveaway by Jeff Petry.
  4:19 Jeff Petry hits Alex Newhook.
Andrew Cogliano shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 4:20  
Nathan MacKinnon wins the faceoff against Ryan Poehling. 4:21  
  4:32 Josh Archibald hits Artturi Lehkonen.
Nathan MacKinnon wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger. 4:34  
Cale Makar shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 4:37  
  4:38 Ryan Poehling wins the faceoff against Nathan MacKinnon.
Cale Makar shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 4:46  
Valeri Nichushkin hits Teddy Blueger. 4:57  
Bowen Byram blocks shot from Sidney Crosby. 5:20  
Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 5:28  
Shot by Mikko Rantanen misses the net 5:30  
Samuel Girard hits Jake Guentzel. 5:41  
  5:49 Shot by Marcus Pettersson misses the net
  6:26 Brian Dumoulin blocks shot from Devon Toews.
Devon Toews blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin. 6:47  
  7:14 Jeff Carter hits Evan Rodrigues.
  7:22 Kasperi Kapanen hits Kurtis MacDermid.
Nathan MacKinnon shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 7:43  
  8:04 Teddy Blueger hits Bowen Byram.
  8:08 Takeaway by Ryan Poehling.
  8:18 Takeaway by Pierre-Olivier Joseph.
  9:04 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nathan MacKinnon.
  9:17 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nathan MacKinnon.
  9:34 Takeaway by Jake Guentzel.
Takeaway by Cale Makar. 9:44  
  10:00 Jeff Petry hits Artturi Lehkonen.
Shot by Nathan MacKinnon misses the net 10:06  
Shot by Evan Rodrigues misses the net 10:16  
Nathan MacKinnon shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 10:34  
Bowen Byram blocks shot from Jason Zucker. 10:51  
  11:16 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
J.T. Compher wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 11:20  
J.T. Compher wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 11:27  
  11:43 Jeff Carter hits J.T. Compher.
Samuel Girard shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 11:45  
Alex Newhook wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger. 11:46  
Andrew Cogliano hits Jeff Petry. 12:09  
Brad Hunt shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 12:12  
  12:46 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
Nathan MacKinnon hits Jake Guentzel. 12:58  
Shot by Valeri Nichushkin misses the net 13:18  
Mikko Rantanen shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 13:34  
Mikko Rantanen shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 13:57  
Alex Newhook wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 13:58  
Erik Johnson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 14:04  
  14:05 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Nathan MacKinnon.
Devon Toews hits Kasperi Kapanen. 14:10  
  14:24 Brock McGinn shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
Alex Newhook wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 14:25  
  14:32 Shot by Rickard Rakell misses the net
  14:44 Shot by Kris Letang misses the net
Logan O'Connor blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin. 14:50  
  14:58 Shot by Kris Letang misses the net
  15:08 Kris Letang blocks shot from Alex Newhook.
  15:11 Kris Letang hits Alex Newhook.
Nathan MacKinnon wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 15:23  
  15:31 Jeff Petry hits Artturi Lehkonen.
  15:38 Shot by Jason Zucker misses the net
  17:00 Giveaway by Brian Dumoulin.
  17:05 Jeff Carter blocks shot from Samuel Girard.
  17:06 Kasperi Kapanen hits Bowen Byram.
Alex Newhook hits Kasperi Kapanen. 17:08  
  17:13 Brock McGinn hits Matt Nieto.
  17:46 Shot by Jeff Petry misses the net
  18:16 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  18:37 Giveaway by Jason Zucker.
  18:48 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  19:12 Josh Archibald hits Evan Rodrigues.
  19:29 Takeaway by Josh Archibald.
  19:48 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
J.T. Compher wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 19:49  
  19:58 Kris Letang hits Matt Nieto.
2
Colorado   Pittsburgh
Nathan MacKinnon wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 0:00  
Artturi Lehkonen blocks shot from Kris Letang. 0:21  
  0:27 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  0:47 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against J.T. Compher.
  1:08 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 1:33  
  1:45 Jeff Petry hits Andrew Cogliano.
Giveaway by Logan O'Connor. 1:52  
Logan O'Connor hits Jason Zucker. 1:53  
  1:55 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Alex Newhook.
Denis Malgin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 2:03  
Nathan MacKinnon shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 2:28  
  2:29 Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against J.T. Compher.
Matt Nieto blocks shot from Chad Ruhwedel. 2:51  
Mikko Rantanen blocks shot from Pierre-Olivier Joseph. 3:08  
  3:39 Giveaway by Kris Letang.
Nathan MacKinnon shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 3:43  
Samuel Girard shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 3:55  
  3:58 Brock McGinn blocks shot from Nathan MacKinnon.
Bowen Byram shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 4:08  
  4:21 Evgeni Malkin hits Mikko Rantanen.
  4:52 Giveaway by Brian Dumoulin.
Shot by Andrew Cogliano misses the net 4:58  
  5:06 Kris Letang blocks shot from Cale Makar.
  5:19 Kris Letang hits Andrew Cogliano.
Devon Toews blocks shot from Marcus Pettersson. 5:39  
  5:48 Giveaway by Jeff Petry.
Erik Johnson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 5:53  
  6:11 Marcus Pettersson blocks shot from Erik Johnson.
Nathan MacKinnon shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 7:05  
  7:22 Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net
Alex Newhook blocks shot from Chad Ruhwedel. 7:32  
  7:40 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 7:50  
  8:01 Takeaway by Kris Letang.
Cale Makar hits Jason Zucker. 8:08  
  8:19 Rickard Rakell hits Evan Rodrigues.
Erik Johnson shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 8:26  
  9:07 Kasperi Kapanen shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  9:10 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
Artturi Lehkonen penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jake Guentzel. 9:11  
  9:11 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against J.T. Compher.
Takeaway by Cale Makar. 9:20  
  9:50 Shot by Jake Guentzel misses the net
  10:04 Shot by Rickard Rakell misses the net
J.T. Compher wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 10:05  
  10:09 Jake Guentzel penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Erik Johnson.
Mikko Rantanen wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 10:09  
Nathan MacKinnon scores. Assisted by Bowen Byram and Samuel Girard. 10:21  
Alex Newhook wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 10:21  
  10:27 Kasperi Kapanen hits Devon Toews.
  10:45 Kris Letang hits Alex Newhook.
Mikko Rantanen shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 10:59  
Nathan MacKinnon wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger. 11:00  
  11:07 Bryan Rust blocks shot from Mikko Rantanen.
Nathan MacKinnon shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 11:27  
Mikko Rantanen wins the faceoff against Ryan Poehling. 11:28  
Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 11:41  
  11:42 Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against Nathan MacKinnon.
  11:48 Giveaway by Jeff Petry.
  12:17 Teddy Blueger blocks shot from Nathan MacKinnon.
  12:26 Giveaway by Bryan Rust.
Erik Johnson blocks shot from Jason Zucker. 12:50  
J.T. Compher blocks shot from Kris Letang. 13:01  
Denis Malgin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 13:07  
  13:08 Marcus Pettersson hits Denis Malgin.
  13:09 Jason Zucker hits Matt Nieto.
  13:45 Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Alex Newhook.
  13:54 Takeaway by Rickard Rakell.
  14:00 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  14:05 Sidney Crosby penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Samuel Girard.
Mikko Rantanen wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger. 14:05  
Valeri Nichushkin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 14:35  
  14:38 Jeff Petry hits Valeri Nichushkin.
  14:59 Takeaway by Jeff Petry.
  15:02 Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  15:48 Marcus Pettersson hits Alex Newhook.
Devon Toews blocks shot from Brian Dumoulin. 16:13  
  16:37 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
Alex Newhook blocks shot from Kris Letang. 16:44  
Andrew Cogliano wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 16:56  
  17:10 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  17:34 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
Denis Malgin hits Evgeni Malkin. 17:41  
  17:56 Takeaway by Pierre-Olivier Joseph.
  18:14 Kris Letang hits Devon Toews.
  18:21 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Mikko Rantanen.
Shot by Cale Makar misses the net 19:13  
  19:15 Kris Letang hits Mikko Rantanen.
  19:21 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against J.T. Compher.
Shot by Logan O'Connor misses the net 19:57  
3
Colorado   Pittsburgh
  0:00 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nathan MacKinnon.
Takeaway by Bowen Byram. 1:00  
Bowen Byram hits Bryan Rust. 1:06  
  1:17 Jason Zucker hits J.T. Compher.
  1:19 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against J.T. Compher.
  1:24 Kasperi Kapanen shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
Nathan MacKinnon wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 1:25  
Denis Malgin hits Chad Ruhwedel. 2:05  
  2:29 Shot by Ryan Poehling misses the net
  2:35 Josh Archibald hits Erik Johnson.
Andrew Cogliano blocks shot from Jeff Petry. 2:45  
Nathan MacKinnon blocks shot from Jake Guentzel. 3:28  
Evan Rodrigues hits Chad Ruhwedel. 3:59  
  4:03 Chad Ruhwedel hits Mikko Rantanen.
  4:20 Shot by Jason Zucker misses the net
  4:38 Shot by Chad Ruhwedel misses the net
Alex Newhook wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 4:39  
Matt Nieto shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 4:47  
  4:48 Jeff Petry hits Matt Nieto.
Matt Nieto shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 4:48  
Alex Newhook wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 4:50  
Logan O'Connor shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 5:03  
Logan O'Connor shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 5:10  
Cale Makar blocks shot from Kasperi Kapanen. 5:33  
Nathan MacKinnon wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 5:40  
  5:47 Takeaway by Marcus Pettersson.
  5:49 Shot by Kasperi Kapanen misses the net
Artturi Lehkonen hits Marcus Pettersson. 6:02  
Bowen Byram hits Jeff Carter. 6:04  
  6:13 Kasperi Kapanen blocks shot from Nathan MacKinnon.
  6:24 Kasperi Kapanen blocks shot from Kurtis MacDermid.
  6:52 Giveaway by Evgeni Malkin.
Erik Johnson blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin. 6:56  
J.T. Compher shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 7:06  
  7:07 Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against Alex Newhook.
Shot by Logan O'Connor misses the net 7:12  
  7:26 Pierre-Olivier Joseph hits Logan O'Connor.
Alex Newhook hits Chad Ruhwedel. 7:30  
  7:38 Josh Archibald shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  7:39 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against J.T. Compher.
  7:46 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  7:47 Takeaway by Rickard Rakell.
Devon Toews blocks shot from Rickard Rakell. 8:24  
Valeri Nichushkin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 8:35  
  8:36 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Nathan MacKinnon.
Nathan MacKinnon wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 8:43  
  8:49 Brock McGinn blocks shot from Samuel Girard.
  9:10 Kasperi Kapanen hits Valeri Nichushkin.
Andrew Cogliano shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 9:37  
  9:45 Bryan Rust penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Alex Newhook.
  9:45 Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against Mikko Rantanen.
  9:59 Teddy Blueger wins the faceoff against Nathan MacKinnon.
  10:52 Chad Ruhwedel blocks shot from Nathan MacKinnon.
J.T. Compher wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger. 10:59  
Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 11:41  
  11:54 Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net
  11:56 Jake Guentzel hits Evan Rodrigues.
Evan Rodrigues hits Jake Guentzel. 12:06  
  12:07 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
Bowen Byram blocks shot from Jake Guentzel. 12:19  
  12:21 Takeaway by Jake Guentzel.
Nathan MacKinnon blocks shot from Kris Letang. 12:46  
Nathan MacKinnon blocks shot from Kris Letang. 12:53  
  13:05 Kris Letang hits Logan O'Connor.
  13:33 Takeaway by Evgeni Malkin.
  13:40 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  13:41 Evgeni Malkin wins the faceoff against J.T. Compher.
  13:45 Shot by Bryan Rust misses the net
  13:46 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  13:47 Jason Zucker shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  13:53 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  14:03 Bryan Rust shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  14:05 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nathan MacKinnon.
  14:11 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nathan MacKinnon.
  14:16 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  14:17 Sidney Crosby wins the faceoff against Nathan MacKinnon.
  14:19 Shot by Kris Letang misses the net
  14:32 Giveaway by Sidney Crosby.
  14:33 Sidney Crosby hits Cale Makar.
  14:40 Brian Dumoulin shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
Takeaway by Devon Toews. 14:49  
  15:07 Giveaway by Kasperi Kapanen.
Samuel Girard blocks shot from Marcus Pettersson. 15:19  
Giveaway by Erik Johnson. 15:29  
  15:30 Kasperi Kapanen shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  15:36 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  15:41 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
J.T. Compher wins the faceoff against Evgeni Malkin. 15:42  
  16:21 Shot by Jason Zucker misses the net
  16:22 Bryan Rust scores. Assisted by Evgeni Malkin and Jason Zucker.
Nathan MacKinnon wins the faceoff against Sidney Crosby. 16:22  
Valeri Nichushkin shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 16:44  
  16:45 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against Mikko Rantanen.
Erik Johnson hits Jason Zucker. 17:36  
Matt Nieto blocks shot from Kris Letang. 17:50  
Devon Toews hits Sidney Crosby. 18:13  
  18:23 Jeff Petry shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
Samuel Girard shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 18:38  
  18:54 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
Shot by Cale Makar misses the net 18:54  
Bowen Byram hits Brock McGinn. 19:31  
  19:45 Takeaway by Kris Letang.
  19:58 Kris Letang shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
1 OT
Colorado   Pittsburgh
J.T. Compher wins the faceoff against Jeff Carter. 0:00  
  0:13 Jake Guentzel blocks shot from Nathan MacKinnon.
  0:23 Jake Guentzel shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  0:25 Jeff Carter wins the faceoff against J.T. Compher.
J.T. Compher blocks shot from Evgeni Malkin. 1:03  
  1:19 Evgeni Malkin hits Cale Makar.
  1:21 Evgeni Malkin penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Cale Makar.
Mikko Rantanen wins the faceoff against Teddy Blueger. 1:21  
Mikko Rantanen shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 1:59  
Shot by Nathan MacKinnon misses the net 2:29  
Mikko Rantanen shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 2:41  
  2:45 Ryan Poehling blocks shot from Nathan MacKinnon.
Shot by Nathan MacKinnon misses the net 2:47  
Shot by Nathan MacKinnon misses the net 3:00  
Shot by Mikko Rantanen misses the net 3:06  
Nathan MacKinnon shoots Saved by Casey DeSmith. 3:15  
  3:29 Sidney Crosby shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  3:33 Evgeni Malkin shoots Saved by Pavel Francouz.
  3:36 Kris Letang scores. Assisted by Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.