Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Saturday, March 30, 2024 · Nationwide Arena
SN-PIT · BSOH
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday, March 30, 2024 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Penguins 37-33.
Goals came from Mathieu Olivier, Drew O'Connor, Bryan Rust, Rickard Rakell, Kirill Marchenko and Zach Werenski.
Elvis Merzlikins made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 34 of 37.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mathieu Olivier (5)Cole Sillinger (16)0–107:47 CBJ · SHG
2nd period
Drew O'Connor (13)Bryan Rust (22), Marcus Pettersson (23)1–113:29 PIT
Bryan Rust (24)Sidney Crosby (44), Kris Letang (35)2–118:55 PIT
3rd period
Rickard Rakell (12)Evgeni Malkin (35)3–108:59 PIT
Kirill Marchenko (19)Damon Severson (17), Zach Werenski (41)3–209:08 CBJ
Zach Werenski (7)Johnny Gaudreau (44)3–311:47 CBJ
SO period
Damon SeversonUnassisted3–400:00 CBJ
Team stats
PITCBJ
33Shots on goal37
55%Faceoff %45%
0/2Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes4
8Hits19
23Blocked shots15
3Giveaways4
5Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 06:47
Dmitri Voronkov · hooking2 min - 1st 07:47
Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min - 1st 10:38Reilly Smith · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 02:41Pierre-Olivier Joseph · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:10Sidney Crosby · tripping2 min
- 3rd 04:59Cole Sillinger · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 17Bryan RustR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21:37 |
| 10Drew O'ConnorL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:21 |
| 67Rickard RakellR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:50 |
| 71Evgeni MalkinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 87Sidney CrosbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 22:31 |
| 28Marcus PetterssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 26:18 |
| 58Kris LetangD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 26:59 |
| 8Michael BuntingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:54 |
| 18Jesse PuljujarviR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:34 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:36 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:44 |
| 22Sam PoulinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:10 |
| 48Valtteri PuustinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12:55 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:27 |
| 3Jack St. IvanyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:42 |
| 7John LudvigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:02 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | 25:40 |
| 73Pierre-Olivier JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:07 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Tristan JarryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 39Alex NedeljkovicG | O | 37 | 34 | 3 | .919 | 65:00 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 27:24 |
| 4Cole SillingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 23:47 |
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 24:28 |
| 24Mathieu OlivierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:48 |
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 22:33 |
| 78Damon SeversonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 26:38 |
| 10Dmitri VoronkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:49 |
| 16Brendan GaunceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:54 |
| 37Cameron ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:54 |
| 42Alexandre TexierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:14 |
| 67James MalatestaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:29 |
| 72Carson MeyerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:37 |
| 82Mikael PyyhtiaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:20 |
| 92Alex NylanderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:16 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:09 |
| 22Jake BeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 14:26 |
| 23Jake ChristiansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 08:31 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Daniil TarasovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | W | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 64:26 |