Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins

Sat, Jan 17, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Columbus Blue Jackets

4 – 3

Final/SO

Pittsburgh Penguins

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 in a shootout on Sat, Jan 17, 2026 at PPG Paints Arena. Elvis Merzlikins made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–33.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
CBJ	1	2	0	0	2	4	26
PIT	2	0	1	0	1	3	33

Scoring summary

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

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	06:14	CBJ	Zachary Aston-Reese	high sticking	2
2nd	02:03	CBJ	Ivan Provorov	interference	2
2nd	08:43	CBJ	Zach Werenski	slashing	2
2nd	08:43	PIT	Parker Wotherspoon	slashing	2
2nd	14:15	PIT	Blake Lizotte	high sticking	2
2nd	19:21	PIT	Brett Kulak	hooking	2
3rd	12:11	CBJ	Adam Fantilli	holding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: CBJ 2.57 · PIT 5.44 · xG% CBJ 32.0

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Zach Werenski	D	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	0		29:18	37
44	Erik Gudbranson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	2		19:50	31
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	2		18:38	24
6	Egor Zamula	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		13:40	20
43	Danton Heinen	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	1		10:33	16
16	Brendan Gaunce	C	0	1	1	+2	0	2	2	1	37.5	9:25	15
27	Zachary Aston-Reese	L	1	0	1	+1	2	1	5	1		7:32	13
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6		28:06	34
9	Ivan Provorov	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2		27:07	33
38	Boone Jenner	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	1	100.0	21:17	27
19	Adam Fantilli	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	47.1	20:46	24
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	35.7	20:30	25
91	Kent Johnson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		18:31	23
23	Sean Monahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	40.9	17:59	28
4	Cole Sillinger	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	3		15:37	23
24	Mathieu Olivier	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1		14:40	20
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		8:57	13
15	Dante Fabbro	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		4:34	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
90	Elvis Merzlikins	W	32	29	3	.906	65:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	1	2	+1	0	3	2	0	76.0	21:57	26
58	Kris Letang	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1		25:55	22
67	Rickard Rakell	R	1	0	1	+1	0	7	1	0		21:55	24
71	Evgeni Malkin	C	0	1	1	+1	0	6	0	2		20:06	23
75	Connor Clifton	D	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	0		18:13	18
18	Tommy Novak	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	44.4	14:24	19
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	+2	0	4	2	1		21:55	26
77	Brett Kulak	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2		21:54	26
5	Ryan Shea	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		19:41	19
81	Ben Kindel	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	18.2	16:59	20
28	Parker Wotherspoon	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3		16:46	18
3	Jack St. Ivany	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		16:06	17
59	Egor Chinakhov	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		15:05	19
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	50.0	13:14	16
16	Justin Brazeau	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		12:13	16
19	Connor Dewar	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		11:50	17
55	Noel Acciari	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	85.7	11:12	16
46	Blake Lizotte	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	57.1	10:09	18

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
37	Arturs Silovs	OTL	25	22	3	.880	64:26