PIT @ COL Gameday Thread
PIT @ COL
Venue: Ball Arena
Puck drop: Fri Oct 16, 2026 9:00pm EDT
Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.
Game Preview
PIT
- Record 2-7-1
- Streak L5
- GF/GP · GA/GP 3.2 · 3.7
- Power play 4/28 (14.3%)
- Last game L vs CHI (3–5)
COL
- Record 7-3-0
- Streak L1
- GF/GP · GA/GP 3.6 · 2.1
- Power play 5/33 (15.2%)
- Last game L vs DAL (0–0)
Recent meetings:
- 2026-03-24 COL 6 @ PIT 2
- 2026-03-16 PIT 7 @ COL 2
Players to watch (last 5 team games):
PIT
- Erik Karlsson 3 pts · 0 G · 7 SOG
- Samuel Girard 3 pts · 0 G · 4 SOG
- Blake Lizotte 3 pts · 0 G · 4 SOG
- Sidney Crosby 2 pts · 2 G · 8 SOG
COL
- Nathan MacKinnon 7 pts · 3 G · 17 SOG
- Jaden Schwartz 4 pts · 3 G · 8 SOG
- Cale Makar 4 pts · 2 G · 11 SOG
- Devon Toews 4 pts · 2 G · 9 SOG
Prediction:
Expected goals: PIT 2.71 · COL 3.83 · Win odds: PIT 31.7% · COL 68.3% · OT/SO chance: 15.4%
- 2-4 34.1%
- 3-3 33.1%
- 2-3 32.8%
Box Score
PIT 2
Final
COL 5
2026-10-16
| Stat | PIT | COL |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 5 |
| Shots | 31 | 32 |
| Power Play | 0/3 (0.0%) | 1/4 (25.0%) |
| PIM | 8 | 6 |
| Faceoffs | 23 / 34 | 34 / 23 |
| Blocks | 14 | 13 |
| Saves | 27 | 29 |
| PIT Scorers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| G | A | PTS | |
| Bryan Rust | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Erik Karlsson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Samuel Girard | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sidney Crosby | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ville Koivunen | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| COL Scorers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| G | A | PTS | |
| Artturi Lehkonen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Gabriel Landeskog | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| T | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Martin Necas | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Cale Makar | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Brock Nelson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nazem Kadri | 0 | 1 | 1 |