Pittsburgh Penguins @ Columbus Blue Jackets

20-12-9, 11-6-4 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Penguins PIT	1	1	2	1	5
Blue Jackets CBJ	3	1	0	0	4

Columbus Blue JacketsBlue JacketsCBJ

18-16-7, 9-7-4 Home

Pittsburgh Penguins


forwards
Noel AcciariN. Acciari#55
Justin BrazeauJ. Brazeau#16
Yegor ChinakhovY. Chinakhov#59
Sidney CrosbyS. Crosby#87
Connor DewarC. Dewar#19
Ben KindelB. Kindel#81
Ville KoivunenV. Koivunen#41
Blake LizotteB. Lizotte#46
Anthony ManthaA. Mantha#39
Tommy NovakT. Novak#18
Rickard RakellR. Rakell#67
Bryan RustB. Rust#17
defensemen
Erik KarlssonE. Karlsson#65
Brett KulakB. Kulak#77
Kris LetangK. Letang#58
Ryan SheaR. Shea#5
Jack St. IvanyJ. St. Ivany#3
Parker WotherspoonP. Wotherspoon#28

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	15	12:43	0:00	0:00	12:43	6	5	54.5
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	16	13:07	1:16	0:00	11:51	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	12:38	1:06	0:00	11:32	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	24	24:34	3:39	0:00	20:55	14	14	50.0
0	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	16	13:18	0:00	0:00	13:18	0	0	0.0
0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	19	14:01	1:43	0:00	12:18	10	3	76.9
1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	11:28	0:00	0:00	11:28	2	0	100.0
0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	17	13:54	0:00	0:00	13:54	1	4	20.0
0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	16	15:23	4:04	0:00	11:19	0	0	0.0
1	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	13:29	1:25	0:00	12:04	1	4	20.0
1	0	0	5	1	2	0	0	4	1	1	23	24:14	3:59	0:00	20:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	23	22:46	4:16	0:00	18:30	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	2	4	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	22	25:46	4:04	0:00	21:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	21	18:06	0:00	0:00	18:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	21	23:17	1:18	0:00	21:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	16:14	0:00	0:00	16:14	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	17	15:06	0:00	0:00	15:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	18:43	0:00	0:00	18:43	0	0	0.0

goalies
Arturs SilovsA. Silovs#37

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
25	4	21	.840	18	0	3	0	0	60:41	0

Columbus Blue Jackets


forwards
Zachary Aston-ReeseZ. Aston-Reese#27
Charlie CoyleC. Coyle#3
Adam FantilliA. Fantilli#19
Brendan GaunceB. Gaunce#16
Danton HeinenD. Heinen#43
Boone JennerB. Jenner#38
Kent JohnsonK. Johnson#91
Kirill MarchenkoK. Marchenko#86
Mason MarchmentM. Marchment#17
Mathieu OlivierM. Olivier#24
Cole SillingerC. Sillinger#4
Dmitri VoronkovD. Voronkov#10
defensemen
Jake ChristiansenJ. Christiansen#2
Dante FabbroD. Fabbro#15
Denton MateychukD. Mateychuk#5
Ivan ProvorovI. Provorov#9
Damon SeversonD. Severson#78
Zach WerenskiZ. Werenski#8

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12	9:10	0:00	0:13	8:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	25	22:08	0:00	3:29	18:39	9	8	52.9
0	1	1	3	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	19	17:37	0:00	0:03	17:34	6	10	37.5
0	0	-1	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	18	14:13	0:00	3:23	10:50	9	5	64.3
0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	15	10:42	0:00	0:00	10:42	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	25	20:49	0:00	1:49	19:00	1	5	16.7
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	9:48	0:00	0:00	9:48	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	20	16:45	0:00	0:00	16:45	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	19	16:00	0:00	0:00	16:00	1	1	50.0
0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	5	0	2	24	19:14	0:00	1:34	17:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	17	12:35	0:00	0:13	12:22	4	5	44.4
1	0	-1	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	1	15	10:07	0:00	0:00	10:07	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	9	7:06	0:00	0:00	7:06	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	17	14:37	0:00	1:24	13:13	0	0	0.0
0	2	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	24	25:01	0:00	4:06	20:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	3	26	28:44	0:00	2:39	26:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	18	21:14	0:00	0:32	20:42	0	0	0.0
1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	26	25:54	0:00	2:03	23:51	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jet GreavesJ. Greaves#73

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
43	5	38	.884	34	4	0	0	0	62:22	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

ESPN+		1	2	3	OT	T
	Penguins	1	1	2	1	5
	Blue Jackets	3	1	0	0	4

1st Period		PIT	CBJ
1:50	Ville Koivunen (2) Assists: Ben Kindel (9), Jack St. Ivany (3)	1	0
8:21	Dmitri Voronkov (15) Assists: Denton Mateychuk (12)	1	1
8:48	Mason Marchment (9) Assists: Adam Fantilli (14), Kirill Marchenko (18)	1	2
18:38	Kirill Marchenko (15) Assists: Zach Werenski (29), Denton Mateychuk (13)	1	3

2nd Period			PIT	CBJ
0:47		Zach Werenski (15) Assists: Boone Jenner (13), Mathieu Olivier (7)	1	4
16:51		Noel Acciari (4) Assists: Connor Dewar (7)	2	4

3rd Period			PIT	CBJ
3:28		Tommy Novak (8) (Power Play) Assists: Ben Kindel (10)	3	4
19:46		Rickard Rakell (6) Assists: Anthony Mantha (15), Sidney Crosby (23)	4	4

OT Summary			PIT	CBJ
2:22		Sidney Crosby (24) Assists: Erik Karlsson (28), Yegor Chinakhov (4)	5	4

Regular Season Series

PIT leads 2-1

Blue Jackets
5
Penguins
4

Game 1

10/25

Penguins
4
Blue Jackets
3

Game 2

11/28

Penguins
5
Blue Jackets
4

Game 3

1/4

Blue Jackets
Penguins

Game 4

1/17

ESPN+

Nationwide Arena

3:00 PM, January 4, 2026Coverage: ESPN+

Columbus, OH

Attendance: 18,212

Referees:
Cody Beach
Chris Lee

Linesmen:
Dylan Blujus
Brandon Gawryletz

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	26	14	3	55
NY Islanders	24	15	4	52
Philadelphia	22	12	7	51
Washington	22	16	6	50
Pittsburgh	20	12	9	49
New Jersey	22	19	2	46
NY Rangers	20	18	6	46
Columbus	18	17	7	43

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Pittsburgh Penguins @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular Season Series

PIT leads 2-1

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