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Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets

Jan 4, 2026 · Nationwide Arena

Team Goals Shots
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 43
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 25

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:50 PIT Ville Koivunen (2) Ben Kindel (9), Jack St. Ivany (3) 1 - 0
08:21 CBJ Dmitri Voronkov (15) Denton Mateychuk (12) 1 - 1
08:48 CBJ Mason Marchment (9) Adam Fantilli (14), Kirill Marchenko (18) 1 - 2
18:38 CBJ Kirill Marchenko (15) Zach Werenski (29), Denton Mateychuk (13) 1 - 3
2nd Period
00:47 CBJ Zach Werenski (15) Boone Jenner (13), Mathieu Olivier (7) 1 - 4
16:51 PIT Noel Acciari (4) Connor Dewar (7) 2 - 4
3rd Period
03:28 PIT Tommy Novak (8) PP Ben Kindel (10) 3 - 4
19:46 PIT Rickard Rakell (6) Anthony Mantha (15), Sidney Crosby (23) 4 - 4
Overtime
02:22 PIT Sidney Crosby (24) Erik Karlsson (28), Egor Chinakhov (4) 5 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
09:14 CBJ Ivan Provorov Tripping 2
2nd Period
13:37 CBJ Adam Fantilli Cross checking 2
3rd Period
02:06 CBJ Dmitri Voronkov Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Pittsburgh Penguins 88 67 43 5 4.4 59.3
Columbus Blue Jackets 57 37 25 4 3.2 40.7

How the game went

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The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Columbus Blue Jackets had taken more, and below it and blue while Pittsburgh Penguins had.

Expected goals

Pittsburgh Penguins: 4.4 expected, 5 scored · Columbus Blue Jackets: 3.2 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTPIT goal, 1:50 of 1st, a 37% chancePIT goal, 16:51 of 2nd, a 15% chancePIT goal, 3:28 of 3rd, a 8% chancePIT goal, 19:46 of 3rd, a 17% chancePIT goal, 2:22 of overtime, a 16% chanceCBJ goal, 8:21 of 1st, a 3% chanceCBJ goal, 8:48 of 1st, a 2% chanceCBJ goal, 18:38 of 1st, a 7% chanceCBJ goal, 0:47 of 2nd, a 3% chancePIT 4.4CBJ 3.2

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Pittsburgh Penguins
Columbus Blue Jackets

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Rickard Rakell14:3063.953.20-1
Noel Acciari · Connor Dewar · Blake Lizotte11:0261.581.81-1
Egor Chinakhov · Ville Koivunen · Ben Kindel9:1572.069.41-1
Anthony Mantha · Tommy Novak · Justin Brazeau8:0753.350.30-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Karlsson · Parker Wotherspoon16:0871.977.70-0
Kris Letang · Brett Kulak15:3448.840.70-2
Ryan Shea · Jack St. Ivany13:2363.970.12-2

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 24:34 0.51 27-17 1.27-1.07
81 Ben Kindel C 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 14:01 0.10 21-9 1.14-0.54
18 Tommy Novak C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 13:29 0.17 10-14 0.58-0.73
41 Ville Koivunen R 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 11:28 0.64 19-9 1.08-0.47
52 Noel Acciari C 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 12:43 0.36 16-12 0.64-0.16
67 Rickard Rakell R 1 0 1 0 0 5 4 24:14 0.69 24-17 1.13-1.07
6 Jack St. Ivany D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 15:06 0.06 25-13 1.61-0.65
19 Connor Dewar C 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 13:18 0.13 19-13 0.78-0.22
39 Anthony Mantha R 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 15:23 0.19 10-7 0.50-0.48
59 Egor Chinakhov R 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 12:38 0.34 18-10 1.06-0.50
65 Erik Karlsson D 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 25:46 0.21 25-15 1.20-0.80
6 Ryan Shea D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:14 0.02 27-14 1.68-0.65
16 Justin Brazeau R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 13:07 0.35 11-15 0.51-0.74
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 22:46 0.27 26-13 1.27-1.00
27 Brett Kulak D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 18:06 0.13 22-24 0.72-1.32
29 Parker Wotherspoon D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:43 0.02 24-10 1.16-0.37
46 Blake Lizotte C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 13:54 0.12 18-14 0.73-0.31
58 Kris Letang D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 23:17 0.10 23-24 0.77-1.06
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
37 Arturs Silovs W 25 21 4 60:41 3.09 -0.91

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mason Marchment · Kirill Marchenko · Adam Fantilli14:2046.957.22-1
Charlie Coyle · Boone Jenner · Mathieu Olivier13:5031.028.51-0
Danton Heinen · Dmitri Voronkov · Cole Sillinger8:4820.816.71-1
Brendan Gaunce · Zachary Aston-Reese · Kent Johnson7:0562.563.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Damon Severson · Ivan Provorov18:5337.548.01-0
Zach Werenski · Denton Mateychuk18:0559.053.73-0
Dante Fabbro · Jake Christiansen6:5416.79.50-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
8 Zach Werenski D 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 25:54 0.08 26-21 1.10-0.90
86 Kirill Marchenko R 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 16:45 0.28 17-19 0.82-0.65
5 Denton Mateychuk D 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 25:01 0.30 28-20 0.99-0.91
10 Dmitri Voronkov L 1 0 1 -1 2 2 3 10:07 0.05 5-19 0.26-1.28
27 Mason Marchment L 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 16:00 0.19 21-19 1.18-0.65
19 Adam Fantilli C 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 17:37 0.42 21-17 1.25-0.53
22 Boone Jenner C 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 20:49 0.15 11-25 0.54-1.39
24 Mathieu Olivier R 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 19:14 0.68 16-22 0.91-1.28
2 Jake Christiansen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:06 4-20 0.13-1.25
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:08 11-24 0.54-1.40
4 Cole Sillinger C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 12:35 5-21 0.26-1.29
9 Ivan Provorov D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 28:44 0.17 16-29 1.09-1.39
15 Dante Fabbro D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:37 0.08 10-27 0.44-1.41
16 Brendan Gaunce C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:13 0.42 14-11 0.44-0.34
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 09:10 12-10 0.38-0.25
58 Danton Heinen L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:42 0.21 6-20 0.33-1.28
78 Damon Severson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21:14 0.04 16-29 1.10-1.28
91 Kent Johnson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:48 0.14 11-12 0.38-0.36
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
73 Jet Greaves OTL 43 38 5 62:22 4.23 -0.77