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Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins

PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final/SO

Final score

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 in a shootout on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 on the road.

Team Goals 2024-2025 record
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 40-33-9
at Pittsburgh Penguins 3 34-36-12

Goals by period

Team Total
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 0 2 0 1 4
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 1 2 0 0 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Columbus Blue Jackets 7 10 11 1 0 29
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 11 7 2 0 23

Three stars

  1. D. Voronkov, Columbus Blue Jackets (2 goals)
  2. R. Rakell, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals)
  3. A. Fantilli, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:20 Columbus Blue Jackets Dmitri Voronkov (16) Kirill Marchenko (27), Sean Monahan (27) Power play CBJ 1, PIT 0
2nd 00:51 Pittsburgh Penguins Michael Bunting (13) Sidney Crosby (32), Erik Karlsson (25) Power play CBJ 1, PIT 1
3rd 00:24 Pittsburgh Penguins Rickard Rakell (19) Erik Karlsson (26), Matt Grzelcyk (21) Even strength CBJ 1, PIT 2
3rd 10:09 Pittsburgh Penguins Rickard Rakell (20) Sidney Crosby (33) Even strength CBJ 1, PIT 3
3rd 12:05 Columbus Blue Jackets Dmitri Voronkov (17) Kirill Marchenko (28), Adam Fantilli (10) Even strength CBJ 2, PIT 3
3rd 17:24 Columbus Blue Jackets Adam Fantilli (9) Kent Johnson (13), Zach Werenski (34) Power play CBJ 3, PIT 3

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

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Columbus Blue Jackets Kent Johnson Goal (winner)
1 Pittsburgh Penguins Bryan Rust Saved
2 Columbus Blue Jackets Adam Fantilli Saved
2 Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby Saved
3 Columbus Blue Jackets Kirill Marchenko Goal

Team stats

Stat Columbus Blue Jackets Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 29 23
Power play 2 of 2 1 of 1
Penalty minutes 2 4
Hits 10 16
Blocked shots 23 11
Giveaways 18 14
Takeaways 8 0
Faceoffs won 29/57 (50.9%) 28/57 (49.1%)

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
4 C. Sillinger C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 46.2% 16:40
7 S. Kuraly C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 75% 15:43
10 D. Voronkov L 2 0 2 0 2 3 2 1 1 100% 20:50
19 A. Fantilli C 1 1 2 +1 0 3 1 1 1 43.8% 19:14
21 J. van Riemsdyk L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 13:17
23 S. Monahan C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 0 0 52.9% 12:26
24 M. Olivier R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 13:41
27 Z. Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 14:49
62 K. Labanc R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 11:11
82 M. Pyyhtia L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 11:37
86 K. Marchenko R 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:00
91 K. Johnson C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 17:01
2 J. Christiansen D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 4 0 11:50
3 J. Johnson D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 13:13
5 D. Mateychuk D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 21:41
8 Z. Werenski D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 1 0 29:19
9 I. Provorov D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 2 0 23:54
15 D. Fabbro D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 5 0 25:56
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
90 E. Merzlikins 23 20 3 .870 64:55 Win

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
8 M. Bunting L 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 14:53
10 D. O'Connor L 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 100% 15:46
13 K. Hayes R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 55.6% 14:58
17 B. Rust R 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 19:43
18 J. Puljujarvi R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:37
19 C. Glass C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16.7% 14:22
46 B. Lizotte C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 25% 13:15
55 N. Acciari C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 66.7% 15:45
67 R. Rakell R 2 0 2 +1 0 4 2 0 0 19:46
72 A. Beauvillier R 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 13:08
83 M. Nieto L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:53
87 S. Crosby C 0 2 2 +1 0 1 1 0 0 50% 20:48
24 M. Grzelcyk D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:39
28 M. Pettersson D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 22:01
38 O. Pickering D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 14:50
58 K. Letang D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 0 22:57
65 E. Karlsson D 0 2 2 0 2 4 0 3 0 24:40
73 P. Joseph D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 16:17
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
35 T. Jarry 29 26 3 .897 65:00 OT loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:53 Pittsburgh Penguins Erik Karlsson Interference 2
1st 19:08 Columbus Blue Jackets Dmitri Voronkov Hooking 2
3rd 16:09 Pittsburgh Penguins Blake Lizotte Slashing 2

Game information

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
Dean Evason
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Jake Brenk, Brandon Blandina
Linesmen
Andrew Smith, CJ Murray
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
Damon Severson, Jordan Harris
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Evgeni Malkin, Ryan Graves, Ryan Shea

2024-2025 season series

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Columbus Blue Jackets 6 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Final/SO Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 6 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Jan 7

Matchup Status Details
Carolina Hurricanes 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 4 at Boston Bruins 0 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 2 at Detroit Red Wings 3 Final/OT Game page
Dallas Stars 5 at New York Rangers 4 Final/OT Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Philadelphia Flyers 2 Final Game page
St. Louis Blues 4 at Minnesota Wild 6 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 2 at Winnipeg Jets 5 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 3 at Anaheim Ducks 2 Final/OT Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 4 at San Jose Sharks 2 Final Game page

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