Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 3: final score and stats
Columbus Blue Jackets beat Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Penguins 2 to Columbus Blue Jackets 3, on Friday, October 9, 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.
NHLFriday, October 9, 2026
DateOct 9, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueNationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
TVESPN+
Attendance17,057
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT1 | OT2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Pittsburgh PenguinsColumbus Blue Jackets
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
2-2-1Record2-1-0
7th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding7th in Metropolitan Division
2-8Road record / home record6-3
LWLLLLast 5LWWLL
L1StreakL1
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 ReserveVille Koivunen RW · Lower Body - Not Specified
Day-To-DayColumbus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egor Chinakhov | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:36 | 1:00 | 0:00 | 13:36 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sidney Crosby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:40 | 2:27 | 0:00 | 17:13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 46.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Dewar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:35 | 0:00 | 4:02 | 9:33 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Kindel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:19 | 2:34 | 2:01 | 12:44 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ville Koivunen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:13 | 0:48 | 0:00 | 12:25 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:03 | 0:20 | 0:00 | 11:43 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Lizotte | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:30 | 0:00 | 4:20 | 9:10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 26.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Evgeni Malkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:30 | 2:43 | 0:00 | 14:47 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Novak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 | 1:13 | 0:00 | 13:20 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickard Rakell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:29 | 2:28 | 1:17 | 16:44 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Robertson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:10 | 0:00 | 0:42 | 9:28 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Rust | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:21 | 1:14 | 2:58 | 14:09 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declan Carlile | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20:19 | 0:00 | 5:10 | 15:09 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel Girard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:25 | 0:00 | 1:10 | 18:15 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Erik Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:50 | 2:34 | 1:22 | 20:54 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaedan Korczak | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 19:05 | 0:00 | 2:34 | 16:31 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Letang | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:14 | 1:09 | 0:00 | 18:05 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:08 | 0:00 | 5:12 | 13:56 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Penguins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergei Murashov | 2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 45 | .957 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 65:00 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Coyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:30 | 6:01 | 1:18 | 16:11 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fantilli | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21:57 | 6:13 | 0:00 | 15:44 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 87.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Conor Garland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:48 | 0:49 | 0:00 | 8:59 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danton Heinen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:01 | 0:00 | 0:54 | 11:07 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:10 | 5:54 | 0:00 | 12:16 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Knies | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:38 | 6:32 | 0:00 | 14:06 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Lomberg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:15 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Monahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:11 | 1:48 | 1:28 | 12:55 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 | 1:28 | 1:31 | 13:02 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathieu Olivier | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:35 | 0:00 | 1:01 | 15:34 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Sillinger | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16:41 | 0:00 | 1:11 | 15:30 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitri Voronkov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:43 | 1:41 | 0:00 | 11:02 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emil Andrae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:40 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:40 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Erik Gudbranson | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16:56 | 0:00 | 1:39 | 15:17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Denton Mateychuk | 3 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 23:29 | 0:59 | 0:26 | 22:04 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Damon Severson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:20 | 0:19 | 1:42 | 20:19 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Soucy | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 17:29 | 0:00 | 2:00 | 15:29 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Werenski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29:36 | 6:46 | 1:38 | 21:12 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Talbot | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .909 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 65:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
CBJ lead series 1-0
Mar 22, 2027CBJ 0, PIT 0
Mar 16, 2027PIT 0, CBJ 0
Nov 30, 2026CBJ 0, PIT 0
Oct 9, 2026PIT 2, CBJ 3
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets?
Columbus Blue Jackets won, 3-2, on Friday, October 9, 2026.
What was the final score of Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets?
Pittsburgh Penguins 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 3.
Who were the top performers?
Pittsburgh Penguins: Evgeni Malkin (1 goals). Columbus Blue Jackets: Damon Severson (1 goals).
Where is Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets played?
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH.
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