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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Preseason · Thursday, October 3, 2024 · Nationwide Arena

Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1 on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Penguins 34–24.

Goals came from Cole Sillinger, Valtteri Puustinen, Jonathan Gruden and Kevin Hayes.

Tristan Jarry made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 21 of 23.

Goals
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT012324
Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ100134

Three stars

  1. ★1st starTristan JarryPIT · .971 save percentage
  2. ★2nd starJonathan GrudenPIT · 1 goal
  3. ★3rd starCole SillingerCBJ · 1 goal

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2024–25 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:25

1–1 · 2nd 4:52 · Puustinen. Jenner had been on the ice for 1:25 when it went in.

GoalPIT CBJ

0–1 CBJ

1st 7:24 · Sillinger

Long shift: Poulin 1:18

1–1 PIT

2nd 4:52 · Puustinen

Stuck out there: Jenner 1:25

2–1 PIT

3rd 4:56 · Gruden

Fantilli 0:44

3–1 PIT

3rd 19:17 · · Hayes

van Riemsdyk 0:35

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league in 2024–25. How often a shot went in, by how long the defending team’s longest-on player had been on the ice. Counts 5-on-5 shots on goal and misses, not blocked shots.
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.6 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 15 against about 1 in 24.

29%

of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.

Team stats

PITCBJ
2434
57%43%
0/10/2
42
1912
168
137
96

Penalties

  • 5:15 into the first periodCole Sillinger · cross checking2 min
  • 9:00 into the first periodNathan Clurman · high sticking2 min
  • 13:58 into the third periodJohn Ludvig · interference2 min