NHL · Sep 27, 2025 · Preseason

Columbus Blue Jackets

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Final3-min recap ↗

Pittsburgh Penguins

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The Penguins beat the Blue Jackets 4–1 at PPG Paints Arena. M. Fleury took first star.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Blue Jackets	1	0	0	1	21
Penguins	0	2	2	4	36

★ Three Stars

1M. FleuryPIT

2S. CrosbyPIT · 1G 2A

3R. RakellPIT · 2G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

16:08

Luca Del Bel Belluz (Egor Chinakhov, Corson Ceulemans)

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2nd Period

05:20

Sidney Crosby (Avery Hayes, Kris Letang)

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19:58

Rickard Rakell (Sidney Crosby, Erik Karlsson)PP

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3rd Period

08:56

Ville Koivunen

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17:32

Rickard Rakell (Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby)EN

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Penalties

1st Period

08:49CJ

Caleb Jones#82High sticking (drawn by Egor Chinakhov)

Minor · 2 min

2nd Period

00:21

Cole Sillinger#4Hooking (drawn by Kris Letang)

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00:48

Evgeni Malkin#71Tripping (drawn by Mathieu Olivier)

Minor · 2 min

11:34

Max McCue#93Hooking (drawn by Anthony Mantha)

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19:09BS

Brendan Smith#7High sticking (drawn by Justin Brazeau)

Minor · 2 min

3rd Period

13:36

Bryan Rust#17Slashing (drawn by Egor Chinakhov)

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13:50

Jake Christiansen#2Interference (drawn by Tristan Broz)

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Boxscore

Blue Jackets1

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
L. Del Bel BelluzC	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	18:10
C. CeulemansD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	14:10
E. ChinakhovR	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	16:44
B. GaunceC	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	16:45
B. SmithD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	21:01
C. SillingerC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	19:42
D. HuntD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	22:03
E. GudbransonD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	1	21:43
H. FaschingR	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	14:52
J. ChristiansenD	0	0	0	-3	2	2	1	0	24:51
J. MalatestaL	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	11:07
J. WilliamsR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	12:56
L. PinelliC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	13:09
M. McCueC	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	10:14
M. OlivierR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	17:41
M. PyyhtiaL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	13:23
O. KeskinenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:13
S. SvozilD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	13:58

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
N. Lalonde	0	0	0	.000	0:00
E. Merzlikins	35	32	3	.914	59:29

Penguins4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
S. CrosbyC	1	2	3	+2	0	3	0	0	19:07
R. RakellR	2	0	2	+1	0	5	3	0	17:26
V. KoivunenR	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	14:27
A. HayesR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	12:13
B. RustR	0	1	1	+2	2	1	0	0	18:20
E. KarlssonD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	20:24
K. LetangD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	3	24:29
A. ManthaR	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	14:58
B. ImamaL	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	10:46
B. KindelC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	14:27
C. JonesD	0	0	0	+1	2	4	0	1	19:34
E. MalkinC	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	18:08
H. BrunickeD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	17:36
J. BrazeauR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	13:46
O. PickeringD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14:59
P. WotherspoonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	18:58
R. Harvey-PinardL	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	11:47
T. BrozC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:35

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
S. Murashov	13	12	1	.923	40:00
M. Fleury	8	8	0	1.000	20:00