Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets

Sun, Dec 29, 2013 · Nationwide Arena · 2013–14 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

5 – 3

Final

Columbus Blue Jackets

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5–3 on Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at Nationwide Arena. James Neal scored a hat trick. Jeff Zatkoff made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
PIT	1	1	3	5	30
CBJ	1	1	1	3	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:59	CBJ	EV	Brandon Dubinsky (1) · backhand	Fedor Tyutin (1), Jack Johnson (1)	0–1
1st	04:55	PIT	PP	James Neal (1) · wrist	Matt Niskanen (1), Chris Kunitz (1)	1–1
2nd	08:34	PIT	EV	James Neal (2) · snap	Sidney Crosby (1)	2–1
2nd	13:42	CBJ	EV	Corey Tropp (1) · wrist	Boone Jenner (1), Nikita Nikitin (1)	2–2
3rd	10:51	PIT	EV	Sidney Crosby (1) · wrist	Chris Kunitz (2), James Neal (1)	3–2
3rd	12:58	PIT	PP	Chris Kunitz (1) · slap	Sidney Crosby (2), James Neal (2)	4–2
3rd	17:33	PIT	PP	James Neal (3) · backhand	Joe Vitale (1), Deryk Engelland (1)	5–2
3rd	18:31	CBJ	EV	Nikita Nikitin (1) · slap	Derek MacKenzie (1), Blake Comeau (1)	5–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	04:27	CBJ	Corey Tropp	tripping	2
1st	06:59	CBJ	Mark Letestu	hooking	2
1st	19:30	CBJ	Boone Jenner	tripping	2
2nd	17:48	PIT	Joe Vitale	tripping	2
3rd	02:48	PIT	James Neal	hooking	2
3rd	06:39	CBJ	Blake Comeau	tripping	2
3rd	12:25	CBJ	Derek MacKenzie	high sticking	2
3rd	15:47	CBJ	Nick Foligno	tripping	2
3rd	19:27	PIT	James Neal	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: PIT 1.76 · CBJ 2.85 · xG% PIT 38.2

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
18	James Neal	L	3	2	5	0	4	5	0	0		17:44	22
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	2	3	+2	0	4	0	0	61.3	20:47	25
14	Chris Kunitz	L	1	2	3	+2	0	1	1	0		18:33	23
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	1		21:11	22
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1		21:10	21
46	Joe Vitale	C	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	2	85.7	13:01	15
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	5		19:51	22
4	Rob Scuderi	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	2		18:01	21
3	Olli Maatta	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		17:22	19
41	Robert Bortuzzo	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	4	2		17:03	20
36	Jussi Jokinen	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	66.7	16:40	18
16	Brandon Sutter	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36.4	15:41	19
38	Zach Sill	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0	25.0	13:53	17
15	Tanner Glass	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1		13:41	18
27	Craig Adams	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	2		13:27	19
23	Chris Conner	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		13:22	17
12	Chuck Kobasew	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		13:13	15
49	Brian Gibbons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		11:13	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
37	Jeff Zatkoff	W	28	25	3	.893	59:34

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Nikita Nikitin	D	1	1	2	+2	0	2	3	0		17:11	20
51	Fedor Tyutin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	2		18:42	25
7	Jack Johnson	D	0	1	1	-1	0	3	1	0		18:24	25
17	Brandon Dubinsky	C	1	0	1	+1	0	6	2	0	100.0	17:54	23
24	Derek MacKenzie	C	0	1	1	+2	2	1	8	0	40.0	14:05	22
26	Corey Tropp	R	1	0	1	+3	2	1	2	2		11:17	18
38	Boone Jenner	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	0		10:22	18
14	Blake Comeau	L	0	1	1	+1	2	3	6	0		10:21	15
27	Ryan Murray	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		24:40	25
21	James Wisniewski	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		24:17	25
19	Ryan Johansen	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	3	0	41.2	18:53	22
18	R.J. Umberger	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0		18:02	23
71	Nick Foligno	L	0	0	0	-2	2	2	6	0		17:17	19
58	David Savard	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	5	1		16:46	19
42	Artem Anisimov	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	50.0	16:44	23
13	Cam Atkinson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		14:42	19
55	Mark Letestu	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	43.8	14:00	22
5	Jack Skille	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		9:09	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Curtis McElhinney	L	30	25	5	.833	58:27