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Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets

Nationwide Arena, Columbus Preseason Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1 on Thursday, October 3, 2024 on the road.

Team Goals 2024-2025 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 34-36-12
at Columbus Blue Jackets 1 40-33-9

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 10 2 12 24
Columbus Blue Jackets 9 11 14 34

Three stars

  1. T. Jarry, Pittsburgh Penguins (goaltender)
  2. J. Gruden, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal)
  3. C. Sillinger, Columbus Blue Jackets (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 07:24 Columbus Blue Jackets Cole Sillinger (3) Kent Johnson (4), Ivan Provorov (3) Even strength PIT 0, CBJ 1
2nd 04:52 Pittsburgh Penguins Valtteri Puustinen (1) Ville Koivunen (2), Tristan Broz (3) Even strength PIT 1, CBJ 1
3rd 04:56 Pittsburgh Penguins Jonathan Gruden (1) Joona Koppanen (1), Bokondji Imama (1) Even strength PIT 2, CBJ 1
3rd 19:17 Pittsburgh Penguins Kevin Hayes (2) Jesse Puljujarvi (2), Rutger McGroarty (3) Even strength, Empty net PIT 3, CBJ 1

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

Team stats

Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Columbus Blue Jackets
Shots on goal 24 34
Power play 0 of 1 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 2
Hits 19 12
Blocked shots 16 8
Giveaways 13 7
Takeaways 9 6
Faceoffs won 29/51 (56.9%) 22/51 (43.1%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
2 R. McGroarty R 0 1 1 +1 0 4 2 0 18:28
12 C. Andonovski R 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 13:41
13 K. Hayes R 1 0 1 +1 0 3 1 1 54.2% 18:09
14 B. Imama L 0 1 1 +1 0 0 3 1 09:54
15 J. Koppanen L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 1 75% 13:44
18 J. Puljujarvi R 0 1 1 +1 0 2 1 0 15:58
22 S. Poulin R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 66.7% 14:28
26 T. Broz C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 16.7% 16:33
41 V. Koivunen R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15:15
44 J. Gruden L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 1 0 11:04
48 V. Puustinen R 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 0 15:45
52 E. Bemstrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 1 14:27
4 N. Clurman D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 20:43
5 R. Shea D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 22:04
7 J. Ludvig D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 1 3 20:47
25 S. Aho D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 1 20:41
38 O. Pickering D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 0 0 18:57
82 F. Kral D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 2 15:22
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
35 T. Jarry 34 33 1 .971 60:00 Win

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
4 C. Sillinger C 1 0 1 +1 2 1 1 1 50% 16:18
7 S. Kuraly C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 22.2% 12:59
10 D. Voronkov L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:15
19 A. Fantilli C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 33.3% 16:53
21 J. van Riemsdyk L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0 16:06
23 S. Monahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 52% 19:15
24 M. Olivier R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 15:11
38 B. Jenner C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 0 20:15
59 E. Chinakhov R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 1 18:41
82 M. Pyyhtia L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 14:54
86 K. Marchenko R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 0 18:17
91 K. Johnson C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 2 16:47
2 J. Christiansen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:18
3 J. Johnson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 1 17:30
8 Z. Werenski D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 0 23:04
9 I. Provorov D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 1 21:24
55 D.Jiricek D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 16:42
78 D. Severson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20:03
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
90 E. Merzlikins 23 21 2 .913 57:08 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 05:15 Columbus Blue Jackets Cole Sillinger Cross checking 2
1st 09:00 Pittsburgh Penguins Nathan Clurman High sticking 2
3rd 13:58 Pittsburgh Penguins John Ludvig Interference 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
Dean Evason
Referees
Francis Charron, Alex Lepkowski
Linesmen
Ben O'Quinn, Mark Shewchyk
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang, Lars Eller, Erik Karlsson, Bryan Rust, Matt Nieto, Rickard Rakell, Matt Grzelcyk, Ryan Segalla, Ryan Graves, Alex Nedeljkovic, Marcus Pettersson, Michael Bunting, Anthony Beauvillier, Noel Acciari, Dan Renouf, Joseph Masonius, Cody Glass, Luke Richardson, Mac Hollowell, Samuel Houde, Jack St. Ivany, Jimmy Huntington, Blake Lizotte, Taylor Gauthier, Filip Lindberg, Nikolai Knyzhov, Drew O'Connor, Vasily Ponomarev, Chase Yoder, Joel Blomqvist, Jack Beck, Kirill Tankov, Daniel Laatsch, Avery Hayes, Gabe Klassen, Marc Johnstone, Mats Lindgren, Cruz Lucius, Zam Plante, Luke Devlin, Beau Jelsma, Atley Calvert, Justin Lee, Mikhail Ilyin, Cooper Foster, Kalle Kangas, Emil Jarventie, Finn Harding, Caeden Carlisle, Charlie Schenkel, Donovan McCoy, Philip Waugh, Scooter Brickey, Harrison Brunicke, Mathieu De St. Phalle, Logan Pietila, Chase Pietila, Joona Väisänen, Mac Swanson, William Gerrior, Owen Van Steensel, Calem Mangone, Justin Cloutier, Christopher Brown
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
Erik Gudbranson, Stefan Matteau, Peter Quenneville, Dylan Gambrell, Justin Danforth, Trey Fix-Wolansky, Curtis Hall, Jordan Harris, Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm, Aidan Hreschuk, Guillaume Richard, Jake Gaudet, Max McCue, Nikolai Makarov, Martin Rysavy, Jet Greaves, Kirill Dolzhenkov, Pano Fimis, Denton Mateychuk, Owen Sillinger, Jordan Dumais, James Fisher, Sergei Ivanov, Nolan Collins, Jacob Oster, Pavel Cajan, Sam Alfano, Justin Pearson, Gavin Brindley, Tyler Peddle, Andrew Strathmann, William Whitelaw, Melvin Strahl, Oiva Keskinen, Nicholas Sima, Nicholas Deangelis, Luca Marrelli, Cayden Lindstrom, Charlie Elick, Tanner Henricks, Evan Gardner, Luke Ashton, Mael Lavigne, Jack Van Volsen, Conor Walton

2024-2025 season series

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 1 Final Preseason Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 7 Final Preseason Game page

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Matchup Status Details
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