Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 3: final score and stats
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets, Pittsburgh Penguins 4 to Columbus Blue Jackets 3, on Friday, November 28, 2025 at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Columbus Blue Jackets vs Pittsburgh Penguins.
NHLFriday, November 28, 2025
DateNov 28, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueNationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
TVNHL Net
Attendance18,194
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Pittsburgh PenguinsColumbus Blue Jackets
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
12-6-5Record11-9-5
6th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding8th in Metropolitan Division
3-8Road record / home record6-4
WLWLLLast 5LLWWL
W1StreakL2
Team stats
Pittsburgh PenguinsColumbus Blue Jackets
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.
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 ReserveColumbus Blue Jackets
Box score
Pittsburgh Penguins Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Crosby | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:10 | 1:55 | 0:00 | 17:15 | 24 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 54.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Dewar | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:16 | 0:07 | 2:27 | 9:42 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Hayes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:06 | 1:52 | 0:00 | 16:14 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Danton Heinen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:23 | 0:00 | 0:12 | 10:11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Kindel | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 12:17 | 1:55 | 0:00 | 10:22 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ville Koivunen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:40 | 2:38 | 0:00 | 9:02 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joona Koppanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:24 | 0:09 | 1:20 | 10:55 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Lizotte | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 13:18 | 0:11 | 2:37 | 10:30 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:46 | 1:55 | 0:00 | 16:51 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Anthony Mantha | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:57 | 1:58 | 0:00 | 15:59 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Novak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:42 | 1:54 | 0:00 | 14:48 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:07 | 1:13 | 1:21 | 17:33 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Dumba | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:14 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Graves | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:19 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Karlsson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:13 | 1:27 | 2:48 | 17:58 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Letang | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22:33 | 2:30 | 1:12 | 18:51 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Shea | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19:41 | 0:03 | 1:12 | 18:26 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23:14 | 0:13 | 2:51 | 20:10 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan Jarry | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .897 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 59:36 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:23 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Egor Chinakhov | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:16 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Coyle | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 18:30 | 0:59 | 1:32 | 15:59 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fantilli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:08 | 3:16 | 0:14 | 14:38 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gaunce | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9:59 | 0:00 | 0:53 | 9:06 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 | 0:57 | 0:12 | 11:37 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Isac Lundestrom | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 16:02 | 0:12 | 1:21 | 14:29 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Monahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:01 | 2:35 | 1:43 | 14:43 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 68.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luca Pinelli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 18:00 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Sillinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:01 | 1:00 | 1:23 | 15:38 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitri Voronkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:42 | 2:59 | 0:00 | 11:43 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Miles Wood | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 16:00 | 0:00 | 0:42 | 15:18 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16:23 | 0:00 | 0:50 | 15:33 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Denton Mateychuk | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:13 | 0:24 | 2:42 | 16:07 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Provorov | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 26:29 | 1:09 | 3:34 | 21:46 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Damon Severson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:07 | 2:52 | 0:00 | 16:15 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:54 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Werenski | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 26:06 | 3:37 | 0:54 | 21:35 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet Greaves | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .833 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 60:56 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
Series tied 1-1
Jan 17, 2026CBJ 4, PIT 3
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 Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets?
Pittsburgh Penguins won, 4-3, on Friday, November 28, 2025.
What was the final score of Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets?
Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 3.
Who were the top performers?
Pittsburgh Penguins: Sidney Crosby (2 goals). Columbus Blue Jackets: Zach Werenski (1 goals).
Where is Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets played?
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH.
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