Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets

Sun, Jan 4, 2026 · Nationwide Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

5 – 4

Final/OT

Columbus Blue Jackets

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5–4 in overtime on Sun, Jan 4, 2026 at Nationwide Arena. Sidney Crosby led the way with 2 points. Arturs Silovs made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 43–25.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
PIT	1	1	2	1	5	43
CBJ	3	1	0	0	4	25

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:50	PIT	EV	Ville Koivunen (2) · snap	Ben Kindel (9), Jack St. Ivany (3)	1–0
1st	08:21	CBJ	EV	Dmitri Voronkov (15) · tip-in	Denton Mateychuk (12)	1–1
1st	08:48	CBJ	EV	Mason Marchment (9) · backhand	Adam Fantilli (14), Kirill Marchenko (18)	1–2
1st	18:38	CBJ	EV	Kirill Marchenko (15) · snap	Zach Werenski (29), Denton Mateychuk (13)	1–3
2nd	00:47	CBJ	EV	Zach Werenski (15) · snap	Boone Jenner (13), Mathieu Olivier (7)	1–4
2nd	16:51	PIT	EV	Noel Acciari (4) · wrist	Connor Dewar (7)	2–4
3rd	03:28	PIT	PP	Tommy Novak (8) · slap	Ben Kindel (10)	3–4
3rd	19:46	PIT	PP	Rickard Rakell (6) · snap	Anthony Mantha (15), Sidney Crosby (23)	4–4
OT	02:22	PIT	EV	Sidney Crosby (24) · backhand	Erik Karlsson (28), Egor Chinakhov (4)	5–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	09:14	CBJ	Ivan Provorov	tripping	2
2nd	13:37	CBJ	Adam Fantilli	cross checking	2
3rd	02:06	CBJ	Dmitri Voronkov	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: PIT 3.93 · CBJ 2.82 · xG% PIT 58.2

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
87	Sidney Crosby	C	1	1	2	+1	3	1	0	50.0	24:34	24
81	Ben Kindel	C	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	76.9	14:01	19
65	Erik Karlsson	D	0	1	1	+2	4	0	2		25:46	22
67	Rickard Rakell	R	1	0	1	0	5	4	2		24:14	23
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	1	1	0	2	1	1		15:23	16
3	Jack St. Ivany	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	1		15:06	17
18	Tommy Novak	C	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	20.0	13:29	17
19	Connor Dewar	C	0	1	1	0	2	2	0		13:18	16
55	Noel Acciari	C	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	54.5	12:43	15
59	Egor Chinakhov	R	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0		12:38	19
41	Ville Koivunen	R	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	100.0	11:28	14
58	Kris Letang	D	0	0	0	-1	3	0	2		23:17	21
17	Bryan Rust	R	0	0	0	0	4	0	1		22:46	23
28	Parker Wotherspoon	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		18:43	17
77	Brett Kulak	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2		18:06	21
5	Ryan Shea	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		16:19	20
46	Blake Lizotte	C	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	20.0	13:54	17
16	Justin Brazeau	R	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0		13:07	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
37	Arturs Silovs	W	25	21	4	.840	60:41

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Zach Werenski	D	1	1	2	+1	0	2	0	1		25:54	26
5	Denton Mateychuk	D	0	2	2	+3	0	2	0	2		25:01	24
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	1	1	2	+1	0	4	0	1		16:45	20
38	Boone Jenner	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0	16.7	20:49	25
24	Mathieu Olivier	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	5	0		19:14	24
19	Adam Fantilli	C	0	1	1	+1	2	3	1	0	37.5	17:37	19
17	Mason Marchment	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	0	50.0	16:00	19
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	1	0	1	-1	2	2	3	1		10:07	15
9	Ivan Provorov	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	1		28:44	26
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	52.9	22:08	25
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		21:14	18
15	Dante Fabbro	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		14:37	17
16	Brendan Gaunce	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1	64.3	14:13	18
4	Cole Sillinger	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	2	44.4	12:35	17
43	Danton Heinen	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		10:42	15
91	Kent Johnson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		9:48	11
27	Zachary Aston-Reese	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		9:10	12
2	Jake Christiansen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		7:06	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
73	Jet Greaves	OTL	43	38	5	.884	62:22