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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 Friday, October 4, 2024 at home.

Team Goals 2024-2025 record
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 40-33-9
at Pittsburgh Penguins 7 34-36-12

News about this game

Goals by period

Team Total
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 1 0 3
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 4 1 7

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Columbus Blue Jackets 13 4 12 29
Pittsburgh Penguins 6 10 9 25

Three stars

  1. L. Eller, Pittsburgh Penguins (2 goals, 2 assists)
  2. R. McGroarty, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. J. Puljujarvi, Pittsburgh Penguins (1 goal, 2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 04:25 Columbus Blue Jackets Mikael Pyyhtia (2) James Malatesta (1), Stanislav Svozil (1) Even strength CBJ 1, PIT 0
1st 05:05 Columbus Blue Jackets Cole Clayton (1) Denton Mateychuk (1), Sean Kuraly (3) Even strength CBJ 2, PIT 0
1st 06:27 Pittsburgh Penguins Noel Acciari (3) Kevin Hayes (1), Cody Glass (2) Even strength CBJ 2, PIT 1
1st 07:35 Pittsburgh Penguins Rickard Rakell (2) Sidney Crosby (1), Kris Letang (3) Power play CBJ 2, PIT 2
2nd 05:54 Pittsburgh Penguins Jesse Puljujarvi (4) Lars Eller (2), Marcus Pettersson (1) Even strength CBJ 2, PIT 3
2nd 06:05 Pittsburgh Penguins Rutger McGroarty (1) Jesse Puljujarvi (3), Lars Eller (3) Even strength CBJ 2, PIT 4
2nd 11:36 Pittsburgh Penguins Noel Acciari (4) Unassisted Even strength CBJ 2, PIT 5
2nd 13:15 Columbus Blue Jackets Kent Johnson (2) Unassisted Even strength CBJ 3, PIT 5
2nd 14:10 Pittsburgh Penguins Lars Eller (2) Rutger McGroarty (4), Kris Letang (4) Even strength CBJ 3, PIT 6
3rd 08:16 Pittsburgh Penguins Lars Eller (3) Jesse Puljujarvi (4), Rutger McGroarty (5) 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 29 25
Power play 0 of 2 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 6 6
Hits 22 11
Blocked shots 16 16
Giveaways 11 19
Takeaways 3 2
Faceoffs won 21/51 (41.2%) 30/51 (58.8%)

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
4 C. Sillinger C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 64.3% 16:34
7 S. Kuraly C 0 1 1 -1 2 1 1 0 0 33.3% 12:17
12 O. Sillinger C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 4 0 0 25% 13:01
18 D. Gambrell C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 50% 15:33
19 A. Fantilli C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 20% 13:55
24 M. Olivier R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 2 0 100% 12:58
41 H. McKown C 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 0 0 15:51
64 T. Fix-Wolansky R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 16:24
65 L. Del Bel Belluz C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 4 0 44.4% 17:16
67 J. Malatesta L 0 1 1 0 4 2 5 0 0 13:23
82 M. Pyyhtia L 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 13:05
91 K. Johnson C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 1 0 17:44
2 J. Christiansen D 0 0 0 -3 0 4 1 0 0 21:50
5 D. Mateychuk D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:32
22 J. Harris D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 22:40
34 C. Clayton D 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:38
55 D.Jiricek D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 3 0 18:00
81 S. Svozil D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:12
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
40 D. Tarasov 25 18 7 .720 60:00 Loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
2 R. McGroarty R 1 2 3 +4 0 1 1 0 0 13:37
8 M. Bunting L 0 0 0 -3 4 1 0 0 0 14:56
10 D. O'Connor L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:11
13 K. Hayes R 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0 100% 12:27
18 J. Puljujarvi R 1 2 3 +4 0 3 2 0 0 12:26
19 C. Glass C 0 1 1 +2 0 1 1 0 0 66.7% 12:41
20 L. Eller C 2 2 4 +4 0 3 0 0 0 75% 14:28
55 N. Acciari C 2 0 2 +2 0 3 1 0 0 13:43
67 R. Rakell R 1 0 1 -3 2 4 0 0 1 15:38
71 E. Malkin C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 1 0 45.5% 15:44
72 A. Beauvillier R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:34
87 S. Crosby C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 50% 17:22
3 J. St. Ivany D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 18:28
24 M. Grzelcyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 0 22:50
27 R. Graves D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 1 2 0 17:13
28 M. Pettersson D 0 1 1 +3 0 2 1 1 0 21:00
45 H. Brunicke D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 0 2 0 16:21
58 K. Letang D 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 3 0 22:21
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
30 J. Blomqvist 29 26 3 .897 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 07:28 Columbus Blue Jackets James Malatesta Tripping 2
1st 14:46 Columbus Blue Jackets Sean Kuraly Cross checking 2
3rd 00:26 Pittsburgh Penguins Rickard Rakell Hooking 2
3rd 09:25 Pittsburgh Penguins Michael Bunting Hooking 2
3rd 16:45 Pittsburgh Penguins Michael Bunting Roughing 2
3rd 16:45 Columbus Blue Jackets James Malatesta Roughing 2

Game information

Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
Dean Evason
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Mike Sullivan
Referees
Furman South, Brandon Blandina
Linesmen
CJ Murray, Jesse Marquis
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
Jack Johnson, James van Riemsdyk, Erik Gudbranson, Boone Jenner, Stefan Matteau, Damon Severson, Peter Quenneville, Sean Monahan, Elvis Merzlikins, Zach Werenski, Ivan Provorov, Justin Danforth, Curtis Hall, Kirill Marchenko, Dmitri Voronkov, Egor Chinakhov, Aidan Hreschuk, Guillaume Richard, Jake Gaudet, Max McCue, Nikolai Makarov, Martin Rysavy, Kirill Dolzhenkov, Pano Fimis, 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
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Erik Karlsson, Bryan Rust, Matt Nieto, Ryan Segalla, Tristan Jarry, Alex Nedeljkovic, Bokondji Imama, Ryan Shea, Dan Renouf, Joona Koppanen, Joseph Masonius, Nathan Clurman, Emil Bemstrom, Sebastian Aho, Luke Richardson, Filip Kral, Jonathan Gruden, Samuel Houde, John Ludvig, Blake Lizotte, Taylor Gauthier, Sam Poulin, Valtteri Puustinen, Filip Lindberg, Nikolai Knyzhov, Vasily Ponomarev, Chase Yoder, Tristan Broz, Jack Beck, Ville Koivunen, Kirill Tankov, Daniel Laatsch, Avery Hayes, Gabe Klassen, Corey Andonovski, Mats Lindgren, Cruz Lucius, Owen Pickering, 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, Mathieu De St. Phalle, Logan Pietila, Chase Pietila, Joona Väisänen, Mac Swanson, William Gerrior, Owen Van Steensel, Calem Mangone, Justin Cloutier, Christopher Brown

2024-2025 season series

Matchup Status Details
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