Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Sunday, February 27, 2022 · Nationwide Arena
SN · ATTSN-PT · BSOH
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-2 on Sunday, February 27, 2022 at Nationwide Arena. The Penguins outshot the Blue Jackets 40-34.
Goals came from Oliver Bjorkstrand, Chad Ruhwedel, Jack Roslovic, Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby.
Casey DeSmith made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 37 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Oliver Bjorkstrand (17)Jack Roslovic (15), Jakub Voracek (36)0–104:43 CBJ
Chad Ruhwedel (2)Evgeni Malkin (12), Kasperi Kapanen (16)1–119:11 PIT
2nd period
Jack Roslovic (9)Unassisted1–208:39 CBJ
3rd period
Evgeni Malkin (9)Bryan Rust (23), Jake Guentzel (28)2–211:54 PIT · PPG
Sidney Crosby (16)Kris Letang (42), Bryan Rust (24)3–217:46 PIT
Team stats
PITCBJ
40Shots on goal34
54%Faceoff %46%
1/4Power play0/1
4Penalty minutes20
16Hits16
5Blocked shots13
4Giveaways0
4Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 11:21
Boone Jenner · tripping2 min - 2nd 02:48Jack Roslovic · holding2 min
- 2nd 06:31
Jake Guentzel · hooking2 min - 2nd 12:41Gabriel Carlsson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:41Zachary Aston-Reese · roughing2 min
- 3rd 10:37Sean Kuraly · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 17:46Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
- 3rd 19:51Jakub Voracek · misconduct10 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 17Bryan RustR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 8 | 19:59 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:33 |
| 42Kasperi KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:19 |
| 59Jake GuentzelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:15 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:45 |
| 2Chad RuhwedelD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:00 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25:37 |
| 9Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:19 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:04 |
| 12Zachary Aston-ReeseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:49 |
| 23Brock McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:47 |
| 43Danton HeinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:59 |
| 49Dominik SimonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:38 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:00 |
| 6John MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:01 |
| 8Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:40 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 52Mark FriedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Casey DeSmithG | W | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 60:00 |
| 35Tristan JarryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 96Jack RoslovicC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:26 |
| 28Oliver BjorkstrandR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:15 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:04 |
| 7Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:44 |
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:40 |
| 16Max DomiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 07:16 |
| 17Justin DanforthR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:01 |
| 23Brendan GaunceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 12:14 |
| 29Patrik LaineL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:26 |
| 34Cole SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:14 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22:53 |
| 52Emil BemstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 07:47 |
| 2Andrew PeekeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 27:09 |
| 5Gavin BayreutherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:52 |
| 27Adam BoqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:23 |
| 44Vladislav GavrikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:42 |
| 46Dean KukanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:17 |
| 53Gabriel CarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30J-F BerubeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | L | 40 | 37 | 3 | .925 | 59:26 |