Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 4: final score and stats
Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets, Pittsburgh Penguins 5 to Columbus Blue Jackets 4, on Sunday, January 4, 2026 at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Columbus Blue Jackets vs Pittsburgh Penguins.
NHLSunday, January 4, 2026
DateJan 4, 2026
Start time3:00 PM ET
VenueNationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
TVESPN+
Attendance18,212
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Pittsburgh PenguinsColumbus Blue Jackets
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
20-12-9Record18-16-7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noel Acciari | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:43 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:43 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Brazeau | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 13:07 | 1:16 | 0:00 | 11:51 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Egor Chinakhov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:38 | 1:06 | 0:00 | 11:32 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sidney Crosby | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:34 | 3:39 | 0:00 | 20:55 | 24 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Dewar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:18 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Kindel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:01 | 1:43 | 0:00 | 12:18 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 76.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ville Koivunen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:28 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Lizotte | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:54 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Mantha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:23 | 4:04 | 0:00 | 11:19 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Novak | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:29 | 1:25 | 0:00 | 12:04 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickard Rakell | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24:14 | 3:59 | 0:00 | 20:15 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:46 | 4:16 | 0:00 | 18:30 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Karlsson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25:46 | 4:04 | 0:00 | 21:42 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Kulak | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 18:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 18:06 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Letang | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 23:17 | 1:18 | 0:00 | 21:59 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Shea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:14 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack St. Ivany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:06 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Wotherspoon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:43 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 18:43 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arturs Silovs | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .840 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 60:41 | 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 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:10 | 0:00 | 0:13 | 8:57 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Coyle | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22:08 | 0:00 | 3:29 | 18:39 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fantilli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:37 | 0:00 | 0:03 | 17:34 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 37.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brendan Gaunce | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:13 | 0:00 | 3:23 | 10:50 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 64.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danton Heinen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10:42 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:42 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone Jenner | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20:49 | 0:00 | 1:49 | 19:00 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:48 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:48 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Marchenko | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:45 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Marchment | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:00 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathieu Olivier | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19:14 | 0:00 | 1:34 | 17:40 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Sillinger | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 12:35 | 0:00 | 0:13 | 12:22 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitri Voronkov | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 10:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:07 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Christiansen | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:06 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dante Fabbro | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:37 | 0:00 | 1:24 | 13:13 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Denton Mateychuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:01 | 0:00 | 4:06 | 20:55 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Provorov | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 28:44 | 0:00 | 2:39 | 26:05 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Damon Severson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:14 | 0:00 | 0:32 | 20:42 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Werenski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:54 | 0:00 | 2:03 | 23:51 | 26 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet Greaves | 5 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 38 | .884 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 62:22 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
PIT leads series 2-1
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, 5-4, on Sunday, January 4, 2026.
What was the final score of Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets?
Pittsburgh Penguins 5, Columbus Blue Jackets 4.
Who were the top performers?
Pittsburgh Penguins: Sidney Crosby (1 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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