Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Thursday, April 5, 2018 · Nationwide Arena
ATTSN-PT · FS-O
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5–4 in overtime on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at Nationwide Arena. The Penguins outshot the Blue Jackets 43–30.
Phil Kessel scored twice. Zach Werenski, Matt Calvert, Patric Hornqvist, Boone Jenner, Kris Letang, Cam Atkinson and Conor Sheary also scored.
Matt Murray made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 38 of 43.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Zach Werenski (16)Pierre-Luc Dubois (27), Artemi Panarin (54)0–105:11 CBJ
Phil Kessel (32)Justin Schultz (21), Sidney Crosby (59)1–110:26 PIT · 
Matt Calvert (9)Jack Johnson (8)1–212:39 CBJ
Patric Hornqvist (28)Justin Schultz (22)2–215:35 PIT
2nd period
Boone Jenner (13)Thomas Vanek (32), Sonny Milano (8)2–306:35 CBJ ·
3rd period
Kris Letang (9)Evgeni Malkin (55), Patric Hornqvist (20)3–302:58 PIT · 
Cam Atkinson (24)Pierre-Luc Dubois (28), Artemi Panarin (55)3–408:25 CBJ
Conor Sheary (18)Phil Kessel (57)4–412:16 PIT
Overtime
- Phil Kessel (33)Unassisted5–401:06 PIT
Team stats
PITCBJ
4330
49%51%
2/31/3
66
1430
917
54
74
Penalties
- 8:09 into the first period
Patric Hornqvist · boarding2 min - 9:50 into the first period
Seth Jones · tripping2 min - 4:59 into the second periodJamie Oleksiak · high sticking2 min
- 9:01 into the second periodBryan Rust · tripping2 min
- 18:16 into the second periodBoone Jenner · hooking2 min
- 1:36 into the third periodCam Atkinson · high sticking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 81Phil KesselC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 17:27 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18:59 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 20:32 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11:26 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:49 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:16 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 28:14 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:43 |
| 16Josh JoorisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:13 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:08 |
| 34Tom KuhnhacklR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:00 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:32 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | 18:43 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 14:57 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 10:19 |
| 3Olli MaattaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 18:41 |
| 6Jamie OleksiakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:34 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 9Artemi PanarinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 23:10 |
| 18Pierre-Luc DuboisL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 24:45 |
| 11Matt CalvertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:34 |
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 8 | 23:50 |
| 22Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 05:39 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 13:52 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 17:48 |
| 7Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:53 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 18:23 |
| 10Alexander WennbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 21:24 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 28Oliver BjorkstrandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:58 |
| 55Mark LetestuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:28 |
| 77Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 09:44 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:57 |
| 23Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:30 |
| 27Ryan MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:51 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Joonas KorpisaloG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | O | 43 | 5 | .884 |