Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins

Team	1	2	3	OT	Score	Status
Columbus Blue Jackets	1	2	0	0	4
Pittsburgh Penguins	2	0	1	0	3	F/SO

Scoring Summary
1st Period
2:42	Columbus Blue Jackets, goal by Zachary Aston-Reese (Assist: Zach Werenski, Brendan Gaunce)
9:59	Pittsburgh Penguins, goal by Connor Clifton (Assist: Tommy Novak)
17:52	Pittsburgh Penguins, goal by Rickard Rakell (Assist: Sidney Crosby)
2nd Period
7:32	Columbus Blue Jackets, goal by Kirill Marchenko
17:38	Columbus Blue Jackets, goal by Danton Heinen (Assist: Erik Gudbranson, Egor Zamula)
3rd Period
18:59	Pittsburgh Penguins, goal by Sidney Crosby (Assist: Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin)
Overtime
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Shootout
	Pittsburgh Penguins, Rickard Rakell failed shot attempt on Elvis Merzlikins
	Columbus Blue Jackets, Kent Johnson Goal Backhand
	Pittsburgh Penguins, Sidney Crosby Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
	Columbus Blue Jackets, Adam Fantilli Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
	Pittsburgh Penguins, Egor Chinakhov Goal Wrist Shot
	Columbus Blue Jackets, Kirill Marchenko Wrist Shot saved by Arturs Silovs
	Pittsburgh Penguins, Bryan Rust Wrist Shot saved by Elvis Merzlikins
	Columbus Blue Jackets, Charlie Coyle Goal Wrist Shot

Penalty Summary
1st Period
6:14	Columbus Blue Jackets, Zach Aston-Reese 2 minutes for High-sticking Kris Letang
2nd Period
2:03	Columbus Blue Jackets, Ivan Provorov 2 minutes for Interference Ben Kindel
8:43	Columbus Blue Jackets, Zach Werenski 2 minutes for Slashing Parker Wotherspoon
8:43	Pittsburgh Penguins, Parker Wotherspoon 2 minutes for Slashing Zach Werenski
14:15	Pittsburgh Penguins, Blake Lizotte 2 minutes for High-sticking Boone Jenner
19:21	Pittsburgh Penguins, Brett Kulak 2 minutes for Hooking Boone Jenner
3rd Period
12:11	Columbus Blue Jackets, Adam Fantilli 2 minutes for Holding Ben Kindel

Columbus Blue Jackets
Player	G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	TOI
Z. Aston-Reese	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	0	0	7:32
C. Coyle	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	20:30
A. Fantilli	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	2	2	1	1	20:46
B. Gaunce	0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	9:25
D. Heinen	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	10:33
B. Jenner	0	0	-2	0	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	21:17
K. Johnson	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	18:31
K. Marchenko	1	0	1	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	18:38
S. Monahan	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	17:59
M. Olivier	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	14:40
C. Sillinger	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	15:37
D. Voronkov	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	8:57
D. Fabbro	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4:34
E. Gudbranson	0	1	-1	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	19:50
I. Provorov	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	2	0	1	1	27:07
D. Severson	0	0	0	4	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	28:06
Z. Werenski	0	1	-1	2	2	0	1	2	0	1	3	29:18
E. Zamula	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:40
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player	G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	TOI
N. Acciari	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	11:12
J. Brazeau	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12:13
E. Chinakhov	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:05
S. Crosby	1	1	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	21:57
C. Dewar	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:50
B. Kindel	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	16:59
B. Lizotte	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	10:09
E. Malkin	0	1	1	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	20:06
A. Mantha	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	13:14
T. Novak	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	14:24
R. Rakell	1	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	21:55
B. Rust	0	0	2	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	21:55
C. Clifton	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	18:13
B. Kulak	0	0	-1	2	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	21:54
K. Letang	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	25:55
R. Shea	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	19:41
J. St. Ivany	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	16:06
P. Wotherspoon	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	1	16:46

Last updated on Sunday, January 18, 2026 1:59 AM.