Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Tuesday, February 26, 2019 · Nationwide Arena
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Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at Nationwide Arena. The Penguins outshot the Blue Jackets 27-23.
Jared McCann scored twice. Jake Guentzel, Evgeni Malkin, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Cam Atkinson and Sidney Crosby also scored.
Matt Murray made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 22 of 26.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jake Guentzel (29)Sidney Crosby (50), Patric Hornqvist (13)1–013:45 PIT
Jared McCann (12)Matt Cullen (12), Chad Ruhwedel (1)2–018:22 PIT
2nd period
Evgeni Malkin (20)Zachary Aston-Reese (9), Phil Kessel (43)3–001:15 PIT
Oliver Bjorkstrand (12)Ryan Dzingel (23), Scott Harrington (15)3–104:55 CBJ
Cam Atkinson (35)Artemi Panarin (45), Zach Werenski (24)3–207:09 CBJ · PPG
3rd period
- Jared McCann (13)Dominik Simon (16), Justin Schultz (7)4–213:27 PIT
Sidney Crosby (27)Jack Johnson (12)5–219:55 PIT · EN
Team stats
PITCBJ
27Shots on goal23
31%Faceoff %69%
0/2Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes4
11Hits24
19Blocked shots15
1Giveaways6
5Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 15:56
Scott Harrington · tripping2 min - 2nd 06:58
Chad Ruhwedel · tripping2 min - 2nd 19:47Dominik Simon · holding2 min
- 3rd 15:41Marcus Pettersson · holding2 min
- 3rd 17:12Seth Jones · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 19Jared McCannC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 12:44 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 22:02 |
| 7Matt CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:18 |
| 12Dominik SimonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:04 |
| 46Zachary Aston-ReeseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:21 |
| 59Jake GuentzelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:17 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 19:58 |
| 72Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:29 |
| 81Phil KesselC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:25 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:52 |
| 4Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 26:36 |
| 73Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 26:50 |
| 10Garrett WilsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:14 |
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 04:28 |
| 27Nick BjugstadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:20 |
| 5Zach TrotmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:08 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:22 |
| 50Juuso RiikolaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Matt MurrayG | W | 23 | 21 | 2 | .913 | 60:00 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 9Artemi PanarinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 21:53 |
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 20:45 |
| 19Ryan DzingelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:54 |
| 28Oliver BjorkstrandR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:27 |
| 4Scott HarringtonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 13:55 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 27:03 |
| 17Brandon DubinskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:42 |
| 18Pierre-Luc DuboisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:33 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:48 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:36 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:49 |
| 77Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:15 |
| 95Matt DucheneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:46 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:15 |
| 54Adam McQuaidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:38 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:37 |
| 65Markus NutivaaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Joonas KorpisaloG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | L | 26 | 22 | 4 | .846 | 59:10 |