Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets

Saturday, September 21, 2019, 2:00 PM ET Nationwide Arena, Columbus Preseason Final

Final score

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 on Saturday, September 21, 2019 at home.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets
Team	Goals	2019-2020 record
Pittsburgh Penguins	1	40-23-6
at Columbus Blue Jackets	3	33-22-15

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Pittsburgh Penguins	5	10	10	25
Columbus Blue Jackets	8	4	10	22

Three stars

E. Robinson, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal)
K. Sherwood, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 assist)
C. Atkinson, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	02:03	Pittsburgh Penguins	Juuso Riikola (1)	Andrew Agozzino (1), John Marino (2)	Even strength	PIT 1, CBJ 0
1st	15:24	Columbus Blue Jackets	Cam Atkinson (1)	Pierre-Luc Dubois (1), Alexandre Texier (2)	Power play	PIT 1, CBJ 1
3rd	02:12	Columbus Blue Jackets	Eric Robinson (1)	Kole Sherwood (1), Justin Scott (1)	Even strength	PIT 1, CBJ 2
3rd	19:24	Columbus Blue Jackets	Josh Anderson (1)	Boone Jenner (1), Gabriel Carlsson (1)	Even strength, Empty net	PIT 1, CBJ 3

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

Team stats

Team stats, Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets
Stat	Pittsburgh Penguins	Columbus Blue Jackets
Shots on goal	25	22
Power play	0 of 2	1 of 3
Penalty minutes	6	4
Hits	7	20
Blocked shots	12	16
Giveaways	1	5
Takeaways	5	0
Faceoffs won	37/62 (59.7%)	25/62 (40.3%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 19 J. McCann	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	80%	18:02
Number 20 K. Bjorkqvist	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:53
Number 24 D. Kahun	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		18:01
Number 26 A. Agozzino	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	42.9%	14:20
Number 27 N. Bjugstad	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	60%	17:58
Number 36 J. Blandisi	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	62.5%	11:39
Number 37 S. Lafferty	C	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	50%	12:54
Number 45 J. Lucchini	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	50%	11:38
Number 46 Z. Aston-Reese	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		19:12
Number 53 T. Blueger	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	63.2%	18:01
Number 54 T. Di Pauli	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0		14:16
Number 57 A. Angello	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	50%	10:06
Number 2 C. Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2		20:57
Number 6 J. Marino	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		16:12
Number 7 K. Czuczman	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3		18:57
Number 44 E. Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1		20:22
Number 50 J. Riikola	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		18:26
Number 55 D. Warsofsky	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		21:54

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 C. DeSmith	21	19	2	.905	58:16	Loss

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 11 K. Stenlund	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	0	35.7%	14:12
Number 13 C. Atkinson	R	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1		17:42
Number 18 P. Dubois	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	38.5%	18:41
Number 24 N. Gerbe	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0		11:37
Number 38 B. Jenner	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1	0	57.1%	17:13
Number 42 A. Texier	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		16:57
Number 50 E. Robinson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	0	0	66.7%	13:23
Number 64 T. Fix-Wolansky	R	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	1	0		13:33
Number 67 J. Scott	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	0	30.8%	11:10
Number 71 N. Foligno	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	1	0	20%	17:43
Number 77 J. Anderson	R	1	0	1	+1	0	4	2	0	0		17:10
Number 88 K. Sherwood	R	0	1	1	+1	2	2	4	0	0		12:06
Number 2 A. Peeke	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	3	0		20:05
Number 4 S. Harrington	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0		18:56
Number 27 R. Murray	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0		23:20
Number 53 G. Carlsson	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		16:32
Number 58 D. Savard	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0		19:14
Number 65 M. Nutivaara	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0		16:48

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 70 J. Korpisalo	25	24	1	.960	59:38	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	14:28	Pittsburgh Penguins	Joseph Blandisi	Interference	2
1st	17:42	Pittsburgh Penguins	Erik Gudbranson	Cross checking	2
2nd	17:19	Pittsburgh Penguins	Sam Lafferty	Hooking	2
3rd	05:15	Columbus Blue Jackets	Trey Fix-Wolansky	Slashing	2
3rd	15:28	Columbus Blue Jackets	Kole Sherwood	Slashing	2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach: Mike Sullivan
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach: John Tortorella
Referees: Justin St. Pierre, Brandon Blandina
Linesmen: James Tobias, Michel Cormier
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches: Mikhail Kazakevich, Vladimir Malenkykh, Sergei Anshakov, Patrick Ehelechner, Evgeni Isakov, Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Jack Johnson, Kris Letang, Patric Hornqvist, Justin Schultz, Alexander Pechurskiy, Brian Dumoulin, Bryan Rust, Zach Trotman, Joseph Cramarossa, Alex Galchenyuk, Matt Murray, Ryan Segalla, Jake Guentzel, Tristan Jarry, Ryan Haggerty, Marcus Pettersson, Dominik Simon, Nikita Pavlychev, Brandon Tanev, Ryan Jones, Niclas Almari, Joseph Masonius, Clayton Phillips, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Zachary Lauzon, Linus Olund, Antti Palojarvi, William Reilly, Jan Drozg, Michael Kim, Adam Johnson, Alex D'Orio, Sam Miletic, Jordy Bellerive, Filip Hallander, Calen Addison, Justin Almeida, Liam Gorman, Chase Berger, Jon Lizotte, Oula Palve, Judd Caulfield, Sam Poulin, Nathan Legare, Valtteri Puustinen, Santeri Airola
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches: Sergei Mozyakin, Brandon Dubinsky, Riley Nash, Zac Dalpe, Gustav Nyquist, Dillon Simpson, Adam Clendening, Doyle Somerby, Peter Quenneville, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Marko Dano, Seth Jones, Alexander Wennberg, Sonny Milano, Ryan MacInnis, Ryan Collins, Elvis Merzlikins, Michael Prapavessis, Paul Bittner, Zach Werenski, Markus Hannikainen, Dean Kukan, Vladislav Gavrikov, Calvin Thurkauf, Peter Thome, Maxime Fortier, Kyle Maksimovich, Jacob Paquette, Kale Howarth, Daniil Tarasov, Emil Bemstrom, Ryan McGregor, Matt Brassard, Carson Meyer, Robbie Stucker, Liam Foudy, Kirill Marchenko, Veini Vehvilainen, Marcus Karlberg, Tim Berni, Egor Sokolov, Justin Bergeron, Jakob Lilja, Eric Hjorth, Tyler Angle, Dmitri Voronkov, Louka Henault, Anton Karlsson, Brayden Guy, Jacob Durham

2019-2020 season series

Every Pittsburgh Penguins and Columbus Blue Jackets game in the 2019-2020 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins, Thu, Sep 19, 2019
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets, Sat, Sep 21, 2019

Other NHL games on Sep 21

Other NHL games on Saturday, September 21, 2019
Matchup	Status	Details
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Minnesota Wild 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Minnesota Wild, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Carolina Hurricanes 2 at Washington Capitals 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
New York Islanders 3 at New Jersey Devils 4	Final Preseason	Game page: New York Islanders at New Jersey Devils, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
New York Rangers 1 at Philadelphia Flyers 4	Final Preseason	Game page: New York Rangers at Philadelphia Flyers, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Buffalo Sabres 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Ottawa Senators 0	Final Preseason	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Florida Panthers 6 at Dallas Stars 0	Final Preseason	Game page: Florida Panthers at Dallas Stars, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Nashville Predators 5	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Nashville Predators, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Vegas Golden Knights 3 at San Jose Sharks 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Vegas Golden Knights at San Jose Sharks, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Boston Bruins 2 at Chicago Blackhawks 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Boston Bruins at Chicago Blackhawks, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Anaheim Ducks 3 at Arizona Coyotes 4	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at Arizona Coyotes, Sat, Sep 21, 2019
Vancouver Canucks 5 at Los Angeles Kings 7	Final Preseason	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Los Angeles Kings, Sat, Sep 21, 2019