Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets, 2026-01-04

NHL · Jan 4, 2026

Pittsburgh Penguins20-12-9

5–4

Final – OT

Columbus Blue Jackets18-16-7

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The Penguins edged the Blue Jackets 5–4 in overtime at Nationwide Arena. S. Crosby took first star with 1 goal and 1 assist.

Team	1	2	3	OT	T	SOG
Penguins	1	1	2	1	5	43
Blue Jackets	3	1	0	0	4	25

★ Three Stars

1S. CrosbyPIT · 1G 1A

2Z. WerenskiCBJ · 1G 1A

3R. RakellPIT · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

01:50

Ville Koivunen (Ben Kindel, Jack St. Ivany)

1-0

08:21

Dmitri Voronkov (Denton Mateychuk)

1-1

08:48

Mason Marchment (Adam Fantilli, Kirill Marchenko)

1-2

18:38

Kirill Marchenko (Zach Werenski, Denton Mateychuk)

1-3

2nd Period

00:47

Zach Werenski (Boone Jenner, Mathieu Olivier)

1-4

16:51

Noel Acciari (Connor Dewar)

2-4

3rd Period

03:28

Tommy Novak (Ben Kindel)PP

3-4

19:46

Rickard Rakell (Anthony Mantha, Sidney Crosby)

4-4

Overtime

02:22

Sidney Crosby (Erik Karlsson, Egor Chinakhov)

5-4

Boxscore

Penguins5

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Sidney CrosbyC	1	1	2	+1	0	3	1	0	24:34
Ben KindelC	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	14:01
Ville KoivunenR	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	11:28
Tommy NovakC	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	0	13:29
Rickard RakellR	1	0	1	0	0	5	4	2	24:14
Noel AcciariC	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	12:43
Egor ChinakhovR	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	12:38
Connor DewarC	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	13:18
Erik KarlssonD	0	1	1	+2	0	4	0	2	25:46
Jack St. IvanyD	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	15:06
Anthony ManthaR	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	15:23
Brett KulakD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	2	18:06
Justin BrazeauR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0	13:07
Blake LizotteC	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	13:54
Bryan RustR	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	22:46
Kris LetangD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	2	23:17
Parker WotherspoonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	18:43
Ryan SheaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16:14

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Arturs SilovsStart	25	21	4	.840	60:41
Stuart Skinner	0	0	0	-	0:00

Blue Jackets4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Kirill MarchenkoR	1	1	2	+1	0	4	0	1	16:45
Zach WerenskiD	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	1	25:54
Denton MateychukD	0	2	2	+3	0	2	0	2	25:01
Dmitri VoronkovL	1	0	1	-1	2	2	3	1	10:07
Mason MarchmentL	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	0	16:00
Adam FantilliC	0	1	1	+1	2	3	1	0	17:37
Mathieu OlivierR	0	1	1	+1	0	2	5	0	19:14
Boone JennerC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0	20:49
Charlie CoyleC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	22:08
Kent JohnsonC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	9:48
Cole SillingerC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	2	12:35
Jake ChristiansenD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	7:06
Dante FabbroD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	14:37
Ivan ProvorovD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	1	28:44
Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21:14
Brendan GaunceC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1	14:13
Danton HeinenL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	10:42
Zachary Aston-ReeseL	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9:10

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jet GreavesStart	43	38	5	.884	62:22
Elvis Merzlikins	0	0	0	-	0:00