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Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Preseason Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7–3 on Saturday, September 22, 2018 at home.

Team Goals 2018-2019 record
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 47-31-4
at Pittsburgh Penguins 7 44-26-12

Goals by period

Team Total
Columbus Blue Jackets 0 1 2 3
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 2 3 7

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Columbus Blue Jackets 9 15 9 33
Pittsburgh Penguins 15 15 8 38

Three stars

  1. M. Cullen, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals, 1 assist)
  2. Z. Aston-Reese, Pittsburgh Penguins (3 assists)
  3. J. Riikola, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:04 Pittsburgh Penguins Juuso Riikola (2) Anthony Angello (1), Derek Grant (1) Even strength CBJ 0, PIT 1
1st 09:19 Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Cullen (1) Zachary Aston-Reese (1) Even strength CBJ 0, PIT 2
2nd 10:08 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Letang (1) Sidney Crosby (1), Jake Guentzel (2) Even strength CBJ 0, PIT 3
2nd 13:00 Pittsburgh Penguins Adam Johnson (1) Kris Letang (1), Sidney Crosby (2) Even strength CBJ 0, PIT 4
2nd 17:06 Columbus Blue Jackets Oliver Bjorkstrand (1) Brady Austin (1), Kevin Stenlund (2) Even strength CBJ 1, PIT 4
3rd 01:43 Pittsburgh Penguins Zach Trotman (1) Zachary Aston-Reese (2), Matt Cullen (1) Even strength CBJ 1, PIT 5
3rd 04:57 Columbus Blue Jackets Oliver Bjorkstrand (2) Michael Prapavessis (1) Power play CBJ 2, PIT 5
3rd 10:15 Columbus Blue Jackets Oliver Bjorkstrand (3) Markus Hannikainen (1), Kevin Stenlund (3) Even strength CBJ 3, PIT 5
3rd 13:49 Pittsburgh Penguins Garrett Wilson (1) Jimmy Hayes (1), Jean-Sebastien Dea (1) Even strength CBJ 3, PIT 6
3rd 15:43 Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Cullen (2) Zachary Aston-Reese (3), Patric Hornqvist (1) Even strength CBJ 3, PIT 7

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

Team stats

Stat Columbus Blue Jackets Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 33 38
Power play 1 of 4 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 8
Hits 23 26
Blocked shots 9 10
Giveaways 2 3
Takeaways 3 4
Faceoffs won 37/72 (51.4%) 35/72 (48.6%)

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
17 B. Dubinsky C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 0 0 64.7% 12:45
18 P. Dubois C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 0 0 46.7% 15:13
24 N. Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:17
28 O. Bjorkstrand R 3 0 3 +1 0 8 1 0 1 19:27
37 M. Hannikainen L 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 11:21
38 B. Jenner C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 1 0 75% 19:00
43 V. Abramov L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 15:37
48 C. Thurkauf C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 2 0 10:48
50 E. Robinson L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 1 0 13:54
69 K. Stenlund C 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 45.5% 19:18
74 S. Vigneault C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 50% 14:11
77 J. Anderson R 0 0 0 -4 0 4 4 0 0 17:17
5 J. Wade D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:31
16 B. Austin D 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 17:29
49 T. Cross D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 0 0 19:33
59 R. Collins D 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 1 0 17:19
79 D. Simpson D 0 0 0 -4 0 2 1 2 0 19:28
85 M. Prapavessis D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 1 0 22:32
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
35 J. Berube 8 5 3 .625 20:00
70 J. Korpisalo 30 26 4 .867 40:00 Loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
7 M. Cullen C 2 1 3 +3 0 6 0 0 0 30.8% 14:32
10 G. Wilson L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 4 0 0 13:19
11 J. Hayes R 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 15:20
38 D. Grant C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 3 0 0 42.9% 15:23
39 J. Dea C 0 1 1 +2 0 3 1 1 0 70% 13:35
41 D. Sprong R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 16:33
46 Z. Aston-Reese L 0 3 3 +2 0 0 1 0 0 14:29
47 A. Johnson C 1 0 1 +2 0 2 0 0 0 14:20
57 A. Angello C 0 1 1 +2 0 2 4 0 0 11:08
59 J. Guentzel C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:24
72 P. Hornqvist R 0 1 1 +3 0 2 1 0 0 13:23
87 S. Crosby C 0 2 2 +1 2 0 1 0 0 52.4% 16:11
5 Z. Trotman D 1 0 1 +2 0 3 1 2 0 17:31
6 J. Oleksiak D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 5 1 0 17:47
8 B. Dumoulin D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 0 1 0 21:33
24 S. Elliott D 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 18:35
50 J. Riikola D 1 0 1 +2 2 2 2 2 0 17:02
58 K. Letang D 1 1 2 +3 0 5 0 1 0 25:43
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
30 M. Murray 33 30 3 .909 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 05:32 Columbus Blue Jackets Brady Austin Interference 2
1st 18:24 Pittsburgh Penguins Jamie Oleksiak Hooking 2
2nd 03:50 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby Tripping 2
2nd 14:00 Columbus Blue Jackets Tommy Cross Slashing 2
3rd 04:45 Pittsburgh Penguins Juuso Riikola Hooking 2
3rd 06:16 Pittsburgh Penguins Stefan Elliott Holding 2

Game information

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
John Tortorella
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Francis Charron, Brandon Blandina
Linesmen
James Tobias, Tony Sericolo
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
Sergei Mozyakin, Nick Foligno, Riley Nash, Zac Dalpe, Cam Atkinson, David Savard, Sergei Bobrovsky, Alex Broadhurst, Lukas Sedlak, Adam Clendening, Scott Harrington, Ryan Murray, Doyle Somerby, Peter Quenneville, Anthony Duclair, Seth Jones, Alexander Wennberg, Sonny Milano, Ryan MacInnis, Elvis Merzlikins, Blake Siebenaler, Paul Bittner, Zach Werenski, Samuel Dove-McFalls, Nikita Korostelev, Gabriel Carlsson, Artemi Panarin, Dean Kukan, Veeti Vainio, Vladislav Gavrikov, Markus Nutivaara, Keoni Texeira, Kole Sherwood, Justin Scott, Andrew Peeke, Joseph Raaymakers, Jordan Sambrook, Peter Thome, Maxime Fortier, Kale Howarth, Alexandre Texier, Matiss Kivlenieks, Daniil Tarasov, Emil Bemstrom, Jonathan Davidsson, Carson Meyer, Robbie Stucker, Trey Fix-Wolansky, Liam Foudy, Kirill Marchenko, Veini Vehvilainen, Marcus Karlberg, Tim Berni, Egor Sokolov, Caleb Everett, Samuel Asselin, William Moskal, Samuel Dunn, Lucas Chiodo, William Lochead
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Mikhail Kazakevich, Vladimir Malenkykh, Sergei Anshakov, Patrick Ehelechner, Evgeni Isakov, Evgeni Malkin, Jack Johnson, Derick Brassard, Phil Kessel, Chris Summers, Carl Hagelin, Justin Schultz, Alexander Pechurskiy, Riley Sheahan, Bryan Rust, Olli Maatta, Teddy Blueger, Thomas Di Pauli, Chad Ruhwedel, Ryan Segalla, Dane Birks, Tobias Lindberg, Tristan Jarry, Kevin Czuczman, Sam Lafferty, Jeff Taylor, Dominik Simon, Frederik Tiffels, Nikita Pavlychev, Casey DeSmith, Ethan Prow, Kasper Bjorkqvist, Ryan Jones, Niclas Almari, Joseph Masonius, Clayton Phillips, Zachary Lauzon, Linus Olund, Antti Palojarvi, William Reilly, Jan Drozg, Alex D'Orio, Sam Miletic, Jordy Bellerive, Filip Hallander, Calen Addison, Justin Almeida, Liam Gorman

2018-2019 season series

Matchup Status Details
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 7 Final Preseason Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 6 at Columbus Blue Jackets 7 Final Preseason Game page

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