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Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets

Nationwide Arena, Columbus Playoffs Final

Final score

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–4 on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at home.

Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 50-21-11
at Columbus Blue Jackets 5 50-24-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 2 2 4
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 1 2 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 6 12 13 31
Columbus Blue Jackets 14 13 7 34

Three stars

  1. W. Karlsson, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. M. Nutivaara, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. B. Jenner, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 11:46 Columbus Blue Jackets Jack Johnson (1) David Savard (1) Even strength PIT 0, CBJ 1
1st 18:56 Columbus Blue Jackets Josh Anderson (1) William Karlsson (1), Kyle Quincey (1) Even strength PIT 0, CBJ 2
2nd 04:48 Columbus Blue Jackets Markus Nutivaara (1) Boone Jenner (1), Brandon Saad (1) Even strength PIT 0, CBJ 3
2nd 06:43 Pittsburgh Penguins Patric Hornqvist (2) Sidney Crosby (5), Justin Schultz (2) Power play PIT 1, CBJ 3
2nd 16:24 Pittsburgh Penguins Ron Hainsey (1) Phil Kessel (3), Evgeni Malkin (5) Even strength PIT 2, CBJ 3
3rd 00:27 Columbus Blue Jackets William Karlsson (1) Matt Calvert (1) Even strength PIT 2, CBJ 4
3rd 02:10 Pittsburgh Penguins Tom Kuhnhackl (1) Matt Cullen (2), Ian Cole (3) Even strength PIT 3, CBJ 4
3rd 05:37 Columbus Blue Jackets Boone Jenner (1) Brandon Saad (2), Markus Nutivaara (1) Even strength PIT 3, CBJ 5
3rd 19:32 Pittsburgh Penguins Jake Guentzel (5) Phil Kessel (4), Evgeni Malkin (6) Shorthanded PIT 4, CBJ 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Columbus Blue Jackets
Shots on goal 31 34
Power play 1 of 3 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 6
Hits 23 27
Blocked shots 13 19
Giveaways 5 2
Takeaways 7 11
Faceoffs won 21/57 (36.8%) 36/57 (63.2%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
7 M. Cullen C 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 33.3% 09:55
13 N. Bonino C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 18.2% 12:53
17 B. Rust R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 0 19:05
23 S. Wilson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 07:52
34 T. Kuhnhackl R 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 10:16
37 C. Rowney C 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 08:12
43 C. Sheary L 0 0 0 -3 0 2 2 0 0 17:57
59 J. Guentzel C 1 0 1 -2 0 5 1 1 0 20:04
71 E. Malkin C 0 2 2 +2 0 2 0 0 0 33.3% 22:16
72 P. Hornqvist R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 3 0 1 10:59
81 P. Kessel R 0 2 2 +2 0 4 1 0 0 20:21
87 S. Crosby C 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 0 0 48% 21:03
3 O. Maatta D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 2 0 21:27
4 J. Schultz D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 1 0 21:13
6 T. Daley D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 1 0 21:20
8 B. Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 2 0 17:22
28 I. Cole D 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 2 0 19:51
65 R. Hainsey D 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 2 0 15:14
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
29 M. Fleury 34 29 5 .853 57:06 Loss

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
10 A. Wennberg C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 66.7% 16:03
11 M. Calvert L 0 1 1 +2 0 3 2 1 0 17:28
13 C. Atkinson R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 18:46
17 B. Dubinsky C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 61.5% 17:51
20 B. Saad L 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 14:23
25 W. Karlsson C 1 1 2 +3 0 4 1 1 0 54.5% 18:45
28 O. Bjorkstrand R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 09:10
34 J. Anderson R 1 0 1 +3 0 4 0 2 0 15:04
38 B. Jenner C 1 1 2 0 2 3 3 0 0 15:38
45 L. Sedlak C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 100% 07:56
71 N. Foligno L 0 0 0 +1 2 1 5 0 0 17:36
89 S. Gagner C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 100% 09:47
3 S. Jones D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 2 0 25:09
7 J. Johnson D 1 0 1 -1 0 3 3 0 0 24:26
26 K. Quincey D 0 1 1 +1 2 1 4 4 0 20:48
53 G. Carlsson D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 0 1 0 10:26
58 D. Savard D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 3 0 25:53
65 M. Nutivaara D 1 1 2 +2 0 3 1 1 0 09:37
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
72 S. Bobrovsky 31 27 4 .871 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 00:19 Columbus Blue Jackets Nick Foligno Hooking 2
1st 15:40 Pittsburgh Penguins Ian Cole High sticking 2
2nd 05:29 Columbus Blue Jackets Kyle Quincey Interference 2
2nd 08:37 Pittsburgh Penguins Carter Rowney Hooking 2
2nd 10:13 Columbus Blue Jackets Boone Jenner Holding 2
3rd 18:17 Pittsburgh Penguins Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
John Tortorella
Referees
Dan O'Rourke, Jean Hebert
Linesmen
Trent Knorr, Derek Amell
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Mark Streit, Chris Kunitz, Tom Sestito, Cameron Gaunce, Josh Archibald, Matt Murray, Chad Ruhwedel
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
Scott Hartnell, Lauri Korpikoski, Zac Dalpe, Ryan Stanton, John Ramage, Anton Forsberg, T.J. Tynan, Scott Harrington, Ryan Murray, Oscar Dansk, Nick Moutrey, Jordan Maletta, Sonny Milano, Paul Bittner, Zach Werenski, Markus Hannikainen, Dean Kukan, Justin Scott, Vitaly Abramov

2016-2017 season series

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 7 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final/OT Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2 Final/OT Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Final Playoffs Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final Playoffs Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 at Columbus Blue Jackets 4 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 at Columbus Blue Jackets 5 Final Playoffs Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Final Playoffs Game page

Other NHL games on Apr 18

Matchup Status Details
Montreal Canadiens 1 at New York Rangers 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Edmonton Oilers 0 at San Jose Sharks 7 Final Playoffs Game page

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