Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 3: final score and stats
Columbus Blue Jackets beat Pittsburgh Penguins, Columbus Blue Jackets 4 to Pittsburgh Penguins 3, on Saturday, January 17, 2026 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.
NHLSaturday, January 17, 2026
DateJan 17, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenuePPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
TVESPN+
Attendance18,296
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT1 | OT2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Columbus Blue JacketsPittsburgh Penguins
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
22-19-7Record22-14-11
8th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding6th in Metropolitan Division
1-5Road record / home record4-4
LLWWLLast 5WLWLL
L2StreakW1
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 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7:32 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:32 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Charlie Coyle | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 20:30 | 3:19 | 1:49 | 15:22 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 35.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fantilli | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20:46 | 3:15 | 0:36 | 16:55 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 47.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brendan Gaunce | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9:25 | 0:00 | 1:38 | 7:47 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Danton Heinen | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10:33 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:33 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone Jenner | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 21:17 | 0:47 | 2:39 | 17:51 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:31 | 3:12 | 0:00 | 15:19 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Marchenko | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18:38 | 2:52 | 0:00 | 15:46 | 24 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Monahan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:59 | 0:49 | 3:02 | 14:08 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 40.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathieu Olivier | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14:40 | 0:00 | 1:04 | 13:36 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Sillinger | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:37 | 0:00 | 1:09 | 14:28 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitri Voronkov | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 8:57 | 0:40 | 0:00 | 8:17 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 4:34 | 0:00 | 0:02 | 4:32 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Gudbranson | 2 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 19:50 | 0:00 | 3:05 | 16:45 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Provorov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27:07 | 1:11 | 1:48 | 24:08 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Damon Severson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28:06 | 1:06 | 2:22 | 24:38 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Werenski | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 29:18 | 2:49 | 2:51 | 23:38 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Egor Zamula | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:40 | 0:00 | 1:55 | 11:45 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 30 | .909 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 65:00 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:12 | 0:00 | 1:58 | 9:14 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 85.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Brazeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:13 | 1:53 | 0:00 | 10:20 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Egor Chinakhov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:05 | 1:56 | 0:00 | 13:09 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sidney Crosby | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:57 | 4:01 | 0:03 | 17:53 | 26 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 76.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Dewar | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:50 | 0:00 | 2:51 | 8:59 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Kindel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:59 | 2:02 | 0:34 | 14:23 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 18.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Lizotte | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:09 | 0:00 | 1:31 | 8:38 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:06 | 4:09 | 0:00 | 15:57 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Mantha | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13:14 | 1:57 | 0:00 | 11:17 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Novak | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:24 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:24 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickard Rakell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:55 | 3:59 | 0:00 | 17:56 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21:55 | 3:58 | 1:02 | 16:55 | 26 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Clifton | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18:13 | 0:00 | 2:28 | 15:45 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Kulak | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:54 | 1:53 | 0:15 | 19:46 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kris Letang | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25:55 | 4:07 | 0:15 | 21:33 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Shea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:41 | 0:00 | 2:29 | 17:12 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack St. Ivany | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:06 | 0:05 | 1:19 | 14:42 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:46 | 0:00 | 1:15 | 15:31 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arturs Silovs | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .885 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 64:26 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
Series tied 2-2
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Jan 4, 2026PIT 5, CBJ 4
Nov 28, 2025PIT 4, CBJ 3
Oct 25, 2025CBJ 5, PIT 4
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Columbus Blue Jackets vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Columbus Blue Jackets won, 4-3, on Saturday, January 17, 2026.
What was the final score of Columbus Blue Jackets vs Pittsburgh Penguins?
Columbus Blue Jackets 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 3.
Who were the top performers?
Columbus Blue Jackets: Danton Heinen (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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