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Columbus Blue Jackets vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Preseason · Friday, October 4, 2024 · PPG Paints Arena

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3–7

Final

29–25

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7–3 on Friday, October 4, 2024 at PPG Paints Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Penguins 29–25.

Noel Acciari scored twice and Lars Eller scored twice. Mikael Pyyhtia, Cole Clayton, Rickard Rakell, Jesse Puljujarvi, Rutger McGroarty and Kent Johnson also scored.

Joel Blomqvist made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Daniil Tarasov stopped 18 of 25.

Goals
Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ210329
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT241725

Three stars

  1. ★1st starLars EllerPIT · 2 goals, 2 assists
  2. ★2nd starRutger McGroartyPIT · 1 goal, 2 assists
  3. ★3rd starJesse PuljujarviPIT · 1 goal, 2 assists

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+

1:37

3–7 · 3rd 8:16 · Eller. McKown had been on the ice for 1:37 when it went in.

GoalCBJ PIT

1–0 CBJ

1st 4:25 · Pyyhtia

Brunicke 0:32

2–0 CBJ

1st 5:05 · Clayton

Long shift: Malkin 1:02

2–1 PIT

1st 6:27 · Acciari

Christiansen 0:48

2–2 PIT

1st 7:35 · · Rakell

Clayton 0:28

2–3 PIT

2nd 5:54 · Puljujarvi

Clayton 0:23

2–4 PIT

2nd 6:05 · McGroarty

Clayton 0:34

2–5 PIT

2nd 11:36 · Acciari

Long shift: McKown 1:02

3–5 CBJ

2nd 13:15 · Johnson

Graves 0:39

3–6 PIT

2nd 14:10 · Eller

Christiansen 0:55

3–7 PIT

3rd 8:16 · Eller

Stuck out there: McKown 1:37

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

CBJPIT
2925
41%59%
0/21/2
66
2211
1616
1119
32

Penalties

  • 7:28 into the first periodJames Malatesta · tripping2 min
  • 14:46 into the first periodSean Kuraly · cross checking2 min
  • 0:26 into the third periodRickard Rakell · hooking2 min
  • 9:25 into the third periodMichael Bunting · hooking2 min
  • 16:45 into the third periodMichael Bunting · roughing2 min
  • 16:45 into the third periodJames Malatesta · roughing2 min