{"id":521529,"date":"2026-03-25T05:54:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T05:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/521529\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T05:54:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T05:54:44","slug":"martin-necas-scores-twice-as-avalanche-crush-penguins-field-level-media-professional-sports-content-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/521529\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Necas scores twice as Avalanche crush Penguins – Field Level Media – Professional sports content solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Martin Necas scored twice and Scott Wedgewood made 30 saves in the Colorado Avalanche\u2019s 6-2 road victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Colorado is on a three-game winning streak and a four-game (3-0-1) points streak. The Avalanche (47-13-10) lead the NHL with 104 points, including a league-best 53 road points from their 24-7-5 away record.<\/p>\n

Wedgewood stopped 30 of 32 shots to earn his 26th win of the season.<\/p>\n

Sam Malinski had a goal and an assist. Nathan MacKinnon, Parker Kelly, and Ross Colton scored the Avalanche\u2019s other goals.<\/p>\n

Necas has already set new personal season highs in goals (34) and points (88) through 67 games played.<\/p>\n

The loss dropped the Penguins (35-20-16, 86 points) into third place in the Metropolitan Division. Pittsburgh is 1-2-1 with 21 goals allowed over its last four games.<\/p>\n

Igor Chinakhov and Rickard Rakell scored for Pittsburgh, and Arturs Silovs stopped 24 of 29 shots.<\/p>\n

Colorado was a perfect 4-for-4 on the penalty kill. The Avalanche successfully killed off a four-minute Penguins power play in the second period, and then over a minute of a 5-on-3 disadvantage in the third period.<\/p>\n

At 4:57 of the first period, MacKinnon scored his league-leading 46th goal in spectacular fashion. MacKinnon poked the puck away from Parker Wotherspoon at the Colorado blue line and then raced down the ice, outpacing Wotherspoon and firing a shot past Silovs.<\/p>\n

Chinakhov\u2019s one-timer point shot equalized for the Penguins 8:09 into the first period. The Avalanche responded with a longer-range goal of their own at the 15:24 mark, as Malinski\u2019s shot from the high slot deflected off the post and into the net.<\/p>\n

Malinski\u2019s goal was the first of three tallies for the Avalanche within a two-minute span. Necas scored on the power play 16:44 into the first period, and Kelly followed up with another goal just 35 seconds later.<\/p>\n

At the 17:29 mark of the second period, Necas converted a rebound after Silovs stopped Devon Toews\u2019 initial shot.<\/p>\n

Rakell narrowed the Penguins\u2019 deficit at 11:47 of the third period, but Colton scored an empty-netter at the 16:20 mark.<\/p>\n

\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n

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