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Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins

Jan 17, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena

Team Goals Shots
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 26
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 33

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:42 CBJ Zachary Aston-Reese (1) Zach Werenski (34), Brendan Gaunce (4) 1 - 0
09:59 PIT Connor Clifton (1) Tommy Novak (16) 1 - 1
17:52 PIT Rickard Rakell (7) Sidney Crosby (27) 1 - 2
2nd Period
07:32 CBJ Kirill Marchenko (18) Unassisted 2 - 2
17:38 CBJ Danton Heinen (2) Erik Gudbranson (1), Egor Zamula (2) 3 - 2
3rd Period
18:59 PIT Sidney Crosby (26) Kris Letang (22), Evgeni Malkin (25) 3 - 3
Shootout
CBJ Charlie Coyle Shootout winner 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:14 CBJ Zachary Aston-Reese High sticking 2
2nd Period
02:03 CBJ Ivan Provorov Interference 2
08:43 CBJ Zach Werenski Slashing 2
08:43 PIT Parker Wotherspoon Slashing 2
14:15 PIT Blake Lizotte High sticking 2
19:21 PIT Brett Kulak Hooking 2
3rd Period
12:11 CBJ Adam Fantilli Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Columbus Blue Jackets 53 39 26 3 2.8 42.7
Pittsburgh Penguins 81 55 33 3 5.0 57.3

How the game went

0510152025Start2nd3rdOTPittsburgh Penguins aheadColumbus Blue Jackets ahead

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 Pittsburgh Penguins had taken more, and below it and blue while Columbus Blue Jackets had.

Expected goals

Columbus Blue Jackets: 2.8 expected, 3 scored · Pittsburgh Penguins: 5.0 expected, 3 scored

024Start2nd3rdOTCBJ goal, 2:42 of 1st, a 18% chanceCBJ goal, 7:32 of 2nd, a 9% chanceCBJ goal, 17:38 of 2nd, a 7% chancePIT goal, 9:59 of 1st, a 9% chancePIT goal, 17:52 of 1st, a 21% chancePIT goal, 18:59 of 3rd, a 7% chancePIT 5.0CBJ 2.8

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

Columbus Blue Jackets
Pittsburgh Penguins

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Boone Jenner · Sean Monahan · Kent Johnson9:3729.215.30-1
Kirill Marchenko · Cole Sillinger · Adam Fantilli9:3632.026.40-0
Charlie Coyle · Mathieu Olivier · Dmitri Voronkov5:5537.552.80-1
Brendan Gaunce · Danton Heinen · Zachary Aston-Reese4:2455.673.71-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Damon Severson · Ivan Provorov12:4640.756.61-1
Erik Gudbranson · Zach Werenski6:4229.416.90-1
Damon Severson · Zach Werenski5:1061.591.20-0

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
27 Zachary Aston-Reese L 1 0 1 1 2 1 5 07:32 0.19 8-6 0.28-0.10
58 Danton Heinen L 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 10:33 0.29 12-8 0.57-0.12
86 Kirill Marchenko R 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 18:38 0.29 15-19 0.71-1.00
6 Egor Zamula D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:40 0.00 10-7 0.42-0.35
8 Zach Werenski D 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 29:18 0.14 21-30 1.08-1.60
16 Brendan Gaunce C 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 09:25 0.06 6-7 0.34-0.27
44 Erik Gudbranson D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 2 19:50 10-19 0.55-0.79
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 20:30 0.16 10-9 0.42-0.19
4 Cole Sillinger C 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 15:37 9-20 0.44-1.03
9 Ivan Provorov D 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 27:07 0.18 15-25 0.77-0.67
10 Dmitri Voronkov L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 08:57 0.14 3-7 0.19-0.33
15 Dante Fabbro D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 04:34 4-9 0.19-0.80
19 Adam Fantilli C 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 20:46 0.29 13-21 0.69-1.00
22 Boone Jenner C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 21:17 0.61 13-22 0.42-0.99
23 Sean Monahan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:59 12-19 0.64-0.84
24 Mathieu Olivier R 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14:40 10-7 0.48-0.17
78 Damon Severson D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 28:06 0.29 25-21 1.17-0.39
91 Kent Johnson C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:31 0.17 11-19 0.36-0.85
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Elvis Merzlikins W 33 30 3 65:00 4.85 +1.85

Pittsburgh Penguins

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Sidney Crosby · Bryan Rust · Rickard Rakell12:4657.656.11-0
Evgeni Malkin · Tommy Novak · Egor Chinakhov10:5363.284.01-1
Anthony Mantha · Justin Brazeau · Ben Kindel8:0584.667.10-0
Noel Acciari · Connor Dewar · Blake Lizotte7:0642.920.30-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kris Letang · Brett Kulak15:1254.356.31-2
Parker Wotherspoon · Jack St. Ivany13:5146.248.90-0
Connor Clifton · Ryan Shea13:4475.069.21-1

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
87 Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 1 0 3 2 21:57 1.04 21-15 1.28-0.68
67 Rickard Rakell R 1 0 1 1 0 7 1 21:55 0.59 22-17 1.28-0.86
75 Connor Clifton D 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 18:13 0.23 20-9 0.72-0.44
18 Tommy Novak C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14:24 0.53 13-7 0.66-0.13
58 Kris Letang D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 25:55 0.01 23-17 1.21-1.04
71 Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 20:06 0.76 14-8 1.18-0.25
6 Ryan Shea D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:41 0.05 21-8 0.70-0.43
6 Jack St. Ivany D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:06 13-16 0.37-0.53
16 Justin Brazeau R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 12:13 0.09 14-4 0.20-0.29
17 Bryan Rust R 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 21:55 0.63 19-16 0.76-0.78
19 Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 11:50 7-9 0.15-0.46
27 Brett Kulak D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 21:54 0.17 20-19 1.19-1.08
29 Parker Wotherspoon D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16:46 15-15 0.41-0.39
39 Anthony Mantha R 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:14 0.05 13-8 0.20-0.55
46 Blake Lizotte C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 10:09 6-11 0.09-0.60
52 Noel Acciari C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:12 0.16 7-10 0.16-0.46
59 Egor Chinakhov R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:05 0.08 14-12 0.66-0.48
81 Ben Kindel C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 16:59 0.66 15-9 0.27-0.62
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
37 Arturs Silovs OTL 26 23 3 64:26 2.71 -0.29