Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 6: final score and stats
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets, Columbus Blue Jackets 3 to Pittsburgh Penguins 6, on Friday, March 21, 2025 at PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets.
NHLFriday, March 21, 2025
DateMar 21, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenuePPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
TVNHL Net
Attendance17,222
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Columbus Blue JacketsPittsburgh Penguins
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
31-29-9Record29-32-10
8th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding6th in Metropolitan Division
1-5Road record / home record4-4
LLLWWLast 5WLWLL
L3StreakW1
Team stats
Columbus Blue JacketsPittsburgh Penguins
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Pittsburgh Penguins
Elmer Soderblom LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBryan Rust RW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveTrevor van Riemsdyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveRyan Graves D · Knee
Injured ReserveBox score
Columbus Blue Jackets Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zachary Aston-Reese | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:42 | 0:04 | 0:00 | 14:38 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Egor Chinakhov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:07 | 0:25 | 0:00 | 11:42 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Danforth | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:51 | 0:00 | 0:55 | 11:56 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fantilli | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 15:22 | 1:20 | 0:00 | 14:02 | 19 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 26.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone Jenner | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 16:13 | 2:25 | 0:25 | 13:23 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:40 | 3:06 | 0:00 | 15:34 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Kunin | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 15:56 | 0:00 | 0:50 | 15:06 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Kuraly | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:40 | 0:00 | 0:30 | 15:10 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 77.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Marchenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 19:08 | 3:20 | 0:00 | 15:48 | 19 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathieu Olivier | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 12:43 | 0:00 | 0:50 | 11:53 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Dmitri Voronkov | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 16:31 | 3:16 | 0:00 | 13:15 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James van Riemsdyk | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 14:40 | 0:25 | 0:00 | 14:15 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Fabbro | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:49 | 0:00 | 0:28 | 19:21 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:12 | 0:00 | 1:17 | 11:55 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Denton Mateychuk | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 17:17 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 17:17 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Provorov | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 21:15 | 0:39 | 1:16 | 19:20 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Damon Severson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:20 | 0:25 | 0:00 | 13:55 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Werenski | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29:15 | 3:20 | 0:29 | 25:26 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis Merzlikins | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .848 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 58:19 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Acciari | 4 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 14:07 | 0:00 | 1:24 | 12:43 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sidney Crosby | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18:10 | 1:21 | 0:00 | 16:49 | 22 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 52.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Dewar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16:36 | 0:00 | 1:33 | 15:03 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Hayes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:37 | 1:23 | 0:00 | 9:14 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danton Heinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:20 | 0:22 | 0:00 | 9:58 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bokondji Imama | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7:50 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:50 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Joona Koppanen | 0 | 7 | 0 | -1 | 15:25 | 0:00 | 1:12 | 14:13 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Lizotte | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:36 | 0:00 | 1:54 | 13:42 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16:54 | 0:26 | 0:00 | 16:28 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 64.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickard Rakell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17:43 | 1:19 | 0:00 | 16:24 | 22 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:07 | 1:19 | 1:26 | 16:22 | 24 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Philip Tomasino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:44 | 0:24 | 0:00 | 14:20 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Graves | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:42 | 0:00 | 1:30 | 15:12 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Grzelcyk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:34 | 1:17 | 0:50 | 20:27 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Karlsson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21:56 | 0:28 | 0:00 | 21:28 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladislav Kolyachonok | 3 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 13:43 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:43 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Letang | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23:05 | 0:26 | 2:55 | 19:44 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Timmins | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:51 | 0:00 | 2:16 | 18:35 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Nedeljkovic | 3 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 44 | .936 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 60:00 | 1 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
CBJ win series 2-1
Mar 21, 2025CBJ 3, PIT 6
Jan 7, 2025CBJ 4, PIT 3
Nov 15, 2024PIT 2, CBJ 6
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Columbus Blue Jackets vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Pittsburgh Penguins won, 6-3, on Friday, March 21, 2025.
What was the final score of Columbus Blue Jackets vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Columbus Blue Jackets 3, Pittsburgh Penguins 6.
Who were the top performers?
Columbus Blue Jackets: Kent Johnson (1 goals). Pittsburgh Penguins: Sidney Crosby (1 goals).
Where is Columbus Blue Jackets vs Pittsburgh Penguins played?
PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA.
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