NHL · Jan 17, 2026

Columbus Blue Jackets

4–3

Final – SO

Pittsburgh Penguins

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The Blue Jackets edged the Penguins 4–3 in a shootout at PPG Paints Arena. D. Heinen took first star with 1 goal.

Team	1	2	3	SO	T	SOG
Blue Jackets	1	2	0	1	4	26
Penguins	2	0	1	0	3	33

★ Three Stars

1D. HeinenCBJ · 1G 0A

2S. CrosbyPIT · 1G 1A

3E. MerzlikinsCBJ

Scoring Summary

1st Period

02:42

Zachary Aston-Reese (Zach Werenski, Brendan Gaunce)

1-0

09:59

Connor Clifton (Tommy Novak)

1-1

17:52

Rickard Rakell (Sidney Crosby)

1-2

2nd Period

07:32

Kirill Marchenko

2-2

17:38

Danton Heinen (Erik Gudbranson, Egor Zamula)

3-2

3rd Period

18:59

Sidney Crosby (Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin)

3-3

Shootout

00:00

Charlie Coyle

4-3

Boxscore

Blue Jackets4

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Kirill MarchenkoR	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	2	18:38
Danton HeinenL	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	1	10:33
Zachary Aston-ReeseL	1	0	1	+1	2	1	5	1	7:32
Zach WerenskiD	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	0	29:18
Erik GudbransonD	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	2	19:50
Brendan GaunceC	0	1	1	+2	0	2	2	1	9:25
Egor ZamulaD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	13:40
Charlie CoyleC	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	0	20:30
Adam FantilliC	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	20:46
Kent JohnsonC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	18:31
Sean MonahanC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17:59
Mathieu OlivierR	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	14:40
Cole SillingerC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	3	15:37
Dmitri VoronkovL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	8:57
Dante FabbroD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	4:34
Ivan ProvorovD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	27:07
Damon SeversonD	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6	28:06
Boone JennerC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	1	21:17

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Elvis MerzlikinsStart	33	30	3	.909	65:00
Jet Greaves	0	0	0	-	0:00

Penguins3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Sidney CrosbyC	1	1	2	+1	0	3	2	0	21:57
Rickard RakellR	1	0	1	+1	0	7	1	0	21:55
Connor CliftonD	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	18:13
Evgeni MalkinC	0	1	1	+1	0	6	0	2	20:06
Tommy NovakC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	14:24
Kris LetangD	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	25:55
Brett KulakD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2	21:54
Justin BrazeauR	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	12:13
Egor ChinakhovR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15:05
Connor DewarC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	11:50
Ben KindelC	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	16:59
Blake LizotteC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	10:09
Bryan RustR	0	0	0	+2	0	4	2	1	21:55
Parker WotherspoonD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	16:46
Jack St. IvanyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	16:06
Anthony ManthaR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	13:14
Noel AcciariC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	11:12
Ryan SheaD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	19:41

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Arturs SilovsStart	26	23	3	.885	64:26
Stuart Skinner	0	0	0	-	0:00