Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins

Thursday, March 7, 2019, 7:00 PM ET PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3–0 on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at home.

Final score, Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	Goals	2018-2019 record
Columbus Blue Jackets	0	47-31-4
at Pittsburgh Penguins	3	44-26-12

Goals by period

Goals by period, Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Columbus Blue Jackets	0	0	0	0
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	1	1	3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Columbus Blue Jackets	10	8	7	25
Pittsburgh Penguins	4	18	9	31

Three stars

P. Kessel, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)
M. Murray, Pittsburgh Penguins (goaltender)
N. Bjugstad, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	02:22	Pittsburgh Penguins	Phil Kessel (22)	Evgeni Malkin (46), Patric Hornqvist (15)	Power play	CBJ 0, PIT 1
2nd	18:47	Pittsburgh Penguins	Nick Bjugstad (9)	Jared McCann (13), Justin Schultz (10)	Even strength	CBJ 0, PIT 2
3rd	19:29	Pittsburgh Penguins	Sidney Crosby (31)	Jake Guentzel (30)	Even strength, Empty net	CBJ 0, PIT 3

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

Team stats

Team stats, Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins
Stat	Columbus Blue Jackets	Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal	25	31
Power play	0 of 3	1 of 5
Penalty minutes	17	13
Hits	46	48
Blocked shots	12	24
Giveaways	8	7
Takeaways	2	7
Faceoffs won	27/54 (50%)	27/54 (50%)

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 A. Panarin	L	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	0	0		22:37
Number 10 A. Wennberg	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	75%	07:41
Number 13 C. Atkinson	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	0		20:08
Number 17 B. Dubinsky	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	50%	08:28
Number 18 P. Dubois	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	40%	14:37
Number 19 R. Dzingel	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		13:49
Number 20 R. Nash	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		05:52
Number 28 O. Bjorkstrand	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0		09:11
Number 38 B. Jenner	C	0	0	0	-1	4	2	7	1	0	62.5%	16:58
Number 71 N. Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	7	2	3	1	0		18:32
Number 77 J. Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	0		18:31
Number 95 M. Duchene	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	1	0	46.2%	21:50
Number 3 S. Jones	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	3	0		28:50
Number 4 S. Harrington	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	2	0		14:13
Number 8 Z. Werenski	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0		25:10
Number 54 A. McQuaid	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1	0		10:03
Number 58 D. Savard	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0		19:01
Number 65 M. Nutivaara	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0		16:23

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 70 J. Korpisalo	30	28	2	.933	57:48	Loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 7 M. Cullen	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	0	57.1%	09:27
Number 10 G. Wilson	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	2	0		04:40
Number 12 D. Simon	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		13:34
Number 19 J. McCann	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	1	0		17:11
Number 27 N. Bjugstad	C	1	0	1	+1	2	6	2	0	0	55.6%	13:26
Number 46 Z. Aston-Reese	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0		15:05
Number 53 T. Blueger	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		07:18
Number 59 J. Guentzel	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	1	0		19:55
Number 71 E. Malkin	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	33.3%	19:08
Number 72 P. Hornqvist	R	0	1	1	+1	2	3	7	0	0		14:41
Number 81 P. Kessel	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1		20:36
Number 87 S. Crosby	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	1	0	61.9%	20:35
Number 4 J. Schultz	D	0	1	1	+1	2	2	2	2	0		21:27
Number 5 Z. Trotman	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	0		16:00
Number 8 B. Dumoulin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	5	0		21:14
Number 28 M. Pettersson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0		19:01
Number 44 E. Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	6	1	0		20:30
Number 73 J. Johnson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	7	4	0		18:12

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 M. Murray	25	25	0	1.000	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:04	Columbus Blue Jackets	Scott Harrington	Tripping	2
1st	12:50	Columbus Blue Jackets	Adam McQuaid	High sticking	2
1st	19:49	Pittsburgh Penguins	Justin Schultz	Interference	2
2nd	05:31	Pittsburgh Penguins	Jake Guentzel	High sticking	2
2nd	10:17	Pittsburgh Penguins	Garrett Wilson	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	10:17	Columbus Blue Jackets	Nick Foligno	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	15:40	Columbus Blue Jackets	Pierre-Luc Dubois	Roughing	2
2nd	15:40	Pittsburgh Penguins	Nick Bjugstad	Roughing	2
3rd	02:47	Columbus Blue Jackets	Nick Foligno	Elbowing	2
3rd	02:52	Columbus Blue Jackets	Boone Jenner	High sticking double minor	4
3rd	13:01	Pittsburgh Penguins	Patric Hornqvist	High sticking	2

Game information

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach: John Tortorella
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Mike Sullivan
Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Furman South
Linesmen: Libor Suchanek, Derek Nansen
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches: Sergei Bobrovsky, Lukas Sedlak, Markus Hannikainen, Dean Kukan, Eric Robinson
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Kris Letang, Bryan Rust, Chad Ruhwedel, Juuso Riikola

2018-2019 season series

Every Columbus Blue Jackets and Pittsburgh Penguins game in the 2018-2019 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4	Final	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins, Sat, Nov 24, 2018
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets, Tue, Feb 26, 2019
Columbus Blue Jackets 0 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3	Final	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins, Thu, Mar 7, 2019
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 4	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets, Sat, Mar 9, 2019

Other NHL games on Mar 7

Other NHL games on Thursday, March 7, 2019
Matchup	Status	Details
Florida Panthers 3 at Boston Bruins 4	Final	Game page: Florida Panthers at Boston Bruins, Thu, Mar 7, 2019
New York Islanders 4 at Ottawa Senators 2	Final	Game page: New York Islanders at Ottawa Senators, Thu, Mar 7, 2019
New York Rangers 2 at Detroit Red Wings 3	Final/SO	Game page: New York Rangers at Detroit Red Wings, Thu, Mar 7, 2019
Minnesota Wild 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 0	Final	Game page: Minnesota Wild at Tampa Bay Lightning, Thu, Mar 7, 2019
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Chicago Blackhawks 5	Final/SO	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Chicago Blackhawks, Thu, Mar 7, 2019
Colorado Avalanche 0 at Dallas Stars 4	Final	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Dallas Stars, Thu, Mar 7, 2019
Vancouver Canucks 2 at Edmonton Oilers 3	Final	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Edmonton Oilers, Thu, Mar 7, 2019
Calgary Flames 0 at Arizona Coyotes 2	Final	Game page: Calgary Flames at Arizona Coyotes, Thu, Mar 7, 2019
St. Louis Blues 4 at Los Angeles Kings 0	Final	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Los Angeles Kings, Thu, Mar 7, 2019
Montreal Canadiens 2 at San Jose Sharks 5	Final	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at San Jose Sharks, Thu, Mar 7, 2019

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