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Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets

Nationwide Arena, Columbus Preseason Final

Final score

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–0 on Thursday, September 24, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2026-2027 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 3-4-1
at Columbus Blue Jackets 4 2-3-0

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 5 8 15
Columbus Blue Jackets 5 5 7 17

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 11:48 Columbus Blue Jackets Zach Werenski (1) Charlie Elick (1), Dmitri Voronkov (2) Even strength PIT 0, CBJ 1
2nd 14:42 Columbus Blue Jackets Valeri Nichushkin (1) Dmitri Voronkov (3) Even strength PIT 0, CBJ 2
2nd 19:45 Columbus Blue Jackets Danton Heinen (1) Charlie Coyle (1) Even strength PIT 0, CBJ 3
3rd 17:28 Columbus Blue Jackets Kirill Marchenko (1) Cole Sillinger (1), Kent Johnson (1) Even strength, Empty net PIT 0, CBJ 4

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

Team stats

Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Columbus Blue Jackets
Shots on goal 15 17
Penalty minutes 2 2
Hits 18 27
Blocked shots 11 13
Giveaways 30 25
Takeaways 7 6
Faceoffs won 12/33 (36.4%) 21/33 (63.6%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
2 R. McGroarty R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 1 14:45
11 F. Hallander C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 100% 17:42
13 D. Gustafsson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37.5% 12:45
19 C. Dewar C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 36.4% 17:34
23 B. Zonnon R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0 50% 12:39
25 E. Soderblom L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:47
26 T. Broz C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 0 16.7% 15:46
40 T. Howe L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 1 12:57
41 V. Koivunen R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 2 15:31
70 M. Ilyin R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 13:13
84 A. Calvert C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:29
85 A. Hayes R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 0 15:44
4 J. Livanavage D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 2 21:54
7 I. Solovyov D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 2 19:44
27 R. Graves D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 0 20:47
38 O. Pickering D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17:53
45 H. Brunicke D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 18:18
82 C. Jones D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 21:32
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1 S. Murashov 16 13 3 .813 59:00 Loss

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters
Player
3 C. Coyle C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 5 1 100% 15:42
4 C. Sillinger C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 0 64.3% 16:41
10 D. Voronkov L 0 2 2 +2 0 0 2 0 15:17
11 M. Wood L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 10:44
20 O. Keskinen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 11:26
23 S. Monahan C 0 0 0 +2 0 0 0 0 50% 16:06
43 V. Nichushkin R 1 0 1 +2 0 3 0 0 16:16
58 D. Heinen L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 1 13:47
71 L. Tuch L 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 1 12:29
86 K. Marchenko R 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 0 17:14
91 K. Johnson C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 1 0 17:38
92 J. Williams R 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 14:35
6 C. White D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 0 1 16:31
8 Z. Werenski D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 0 24:04
44 E. Gudbranson D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 2 4 18:32
57 C. Elick D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 3 1 24:01
74 C. Ceulemans D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 18:39
84 G. Richard D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:18
Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie
33 C. Talbot 15 15 0 1.000 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 19:47 Columbus Blue Jackets Luke Tuch Roughing 2
1st 19:47 Pittsburgh Penguins Avery Hayes Roughing 2

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Dan Muse
Columbus Blue Jackets head coach
Rick Bowness
Referees
Hayden Verbeek, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen
Kyle Flemington, CJ Murray
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang, Erik Karlsson, Bryan Rust, Rickard Rakell, Ryan Segalla, Trevor van Riemsdyk, Tommy Novak, Samuel Girard, Joseph Masonius, Justin Brazeau, Philip Kemp, Cam Johnson, Hugh McGing, Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Blake Lizotte, Kaedan Korczak, Nick Robertson, Arturs Silovs, Filip Lindberg, Hendrix Lapierre, Joel Blomqvist, Egor Chinakhov, Brent Johnson, Lucas Ciona, Ryan Mast, Kirill Tankov, Declan Carlile, Zam Plante, Luke Devlin, Andrei Kuzmenko, Mark Senden, Kalle Kangas, Emil Jarventie, Melvin Fernström, Oliver Okuliar, Chase Pietila, Max Graham, Joona Väisänen, Mac Swanson, Brayden Edwards, Parker Von Richter, Charlton Trethewey, Ben Kindel, William Horcoff, Brady Peddle, David Breazeale, Gabriel D'Aigle, Travis Hayes, Ryan Miller, Quinn Beauchesne, Jordan Charron, Carter Sanderson, Kale Dach, Maleek McGowan, Pierce Mbuyi, Liam Ruck, Markus Ruck, Broten Sabo, Daniel Russell, Matvei Nikonovich, Tyler Duke, Jack Horbach, Tiernan Shoudy, Carter Casey, Benett Kelly, Xavier Wendt
Columbus Blue Jackets scratches
Damon Severson, Peter Quenneville, Carson Soucy, Pheonix Copley, Elvis Merzlikins, Ivan Provorov, Conor Garland, Ryan Lomberg, Dante Fabbro, Mathieu Olivier, Isac Lundeström, Jake Christiansen, Mikael Pyyhtia, Nikolai Makarov, Jet Greaves, Roman Ahcan, Luca Del Bel Belluz, Kirill Dolzhenkov, Denton Mateychuk, James Fisher, Riley Bezeau, Andrew Strathmann, William Whitelaw, Tate Singleton, Melvin Strahl, Cayden Lindstrom, Tanner Henricks, Luke Ashton, Malte Vass, Jackson Smith, Caleb MacDonald, Pyotr Andreyanov, Owen Griffin, Victor Hedin Raftheim, Jeremy Loranger, Jonas Woo, Alessandro Di Iorio, Oscar Hemming, Filip Novak, Evan Jardine, Parker Snell, Anttoni Uronen, Vladimir Provorov, Craig Armstrong, Joby Baumuller, Teddy Spitznagel

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