Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Preseason · Sunday, September 25, 2022 · Nationwide Arena
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–1 on Sunday, September 25, 2022 at Nationwide Arena. The Penguins outshot the Blue Jackets 34–32.
Justin Danforth scored twice. Patrik Laine, Jakub Voracek, Gustav Nyquist and Jordan Frasca also scored.
Elvis Merzlikins made 20 saves on 20 shots for the win; Dustin Tokarski stopped 27 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Justin Danforth (1)Jake Christiansen (1), Jakub Voracek (1)0–107:15 CBJ
2nd period
Patrik Laine (1)Andrew Peeke (1), Johnny Gaudreau (1)0–208:03 CBJ
Jakub Voracek (1)Justin Danforth (1), Johnny Gaudreau (2)0–309:07 CBJ · 
Gustav Nyquist (1)Jakub Voracek (2), Samuel Knazko (1)0–413:32 CBJ
3rd period
Jordan Frasca (1)Danton Heinen (1), Jack St. Ivany (1)1–408:09 PIT- Justin Danforth (2)Johnny Gaudreau (3), Adam Boqvist (1)1–516:23 CBJ ·
Team stats
PITCBJ
3432
47%53%
0/52/3
1115
1819
119
33
1010
Penalties
- 10:39 into the first period
Tyler Angle · hooking2 min - 13:52 into the first period
Ty Glover · slashing2 min - 15:05 into the first periodPatrik Laine · tripping2 min
- 8:52 into the second periodNathan Legare · hooking2 min
- 15:23 into the second periodMathieu Olivier · high sticking2 min
- 18:46 into the second periodJustin Danforth · high sticking2 min
- 9:22 into the third periodJohnny Gaudreau · slashing2 min
- 15:30 into the third periodRadim Zohorna · holding2 min
- 16:26 into the third periodXavier Ouellet · fighting5 min
- 16:26 into the third periodJosh Dunne · fighting5 min
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 43Danton HeinenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:06 |
| 46Jordan FrascaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:17 |
| 37Jack St. IvanyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:05 |
| 15Josh ArchibaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:55 |
| 18Drake CaggiulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:29 |
| 19Alex NylanderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:46 |
| 25Ryan PoehlingC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:50 |
| 34Nathan LegareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 15:26 |
| 39Samuel HoudeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 07:56 |
| 51Ty GloverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:44 |
| 63Radim ZohornaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:14 |
| 72Lukas SvejkovskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:17 |
| 80Raivis AnsonsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:44 |
| 4Taylor FedunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:17 |
| 32Mitch ReinkeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:30 |
| 55Christopher Merisier-OrtizD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:40 |
| 61Xavier OuelletD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16:18 |
| 73Pierre-Olivier JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Taylor GauthierG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 40Dustin TokarskiG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 17:24 |
| 17Justin DanforthR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14:33 |
| 93Jakub VoracekR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 14:13 |
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:09 |
| 29Patrik LaineR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 18:29 |
| 2Andrew PeekeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:31 |
| 23Jake ChristiansenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:25 |
| 27Adam BoqvistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:53 |
| 62Samuel KnazkoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 21Josh DunneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:54 |
| 24Mathieu OlivierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:55 |
| 36Justin RichardsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:43 |
| 39Tyler AngleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:05 |
| 64Trey Fix-WolanskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:35 |
| 82Mikael PyyhtiaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 91Kent JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:59 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:24 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:17 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73Jet GreavesG | 14 | 1 | .929 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | W | 20 | 0 | 1.000 |