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Pittsburgh Penguins vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Preseason · Wednesday, September 24, 2025 · Nationwide Arena

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1–4

Final

25–24

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Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 on Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at Nationwide Arena. The Penguins outshot the Blue Jackets 25–24.

Goals came from Zach Gallant, Egor Chinakhov, Jake Christiansen, Kent Johnson and Dante Fabbro.

Jet Greaves made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Arturs Silovs stopped 12 of 14.

Goals
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT100125
Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ112424

Three stars

  1. ★1st starEgor ChinakhovCBJ · 1 goal, 1 assist
  2. ★2nd starJake ChristiansenCBJ · 1 goal
  3. ★3rd starJet GreavesCBJ · .960 save percentage

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 2025–26 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+

1:38

1–3 · 3rd 11:12 · Johnson. St. Ivany had been on the ice for 1:38 when it went in.

GoalPIT CBJ

1–0 PIT

1st 9:45 · Gallant

Fabbro 0:18

1–1 CBJ

1st 17:24 · Chinakhov

Aho 0:42

1–2 CBJ

2nd 4:53 · · Christiansen

Clifton 0:24

1–3 CBJ

3rd 11:12 · · Johnson

Stuck out there: St. Ivany 1:38

1–4 CBJ

3rd 16:56 · · Fabbro

Brazeau 1:21

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league in 2025–26. 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.
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.9 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 14 against about 1 in 26.

30%

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

Team stats

PITCBJ
2524
48%52%
0/52/7
1410
2115
1515
38
01

Penalties

  • 7:19 into the first periodSebastian Aho · slashing2 min
  • 12:04 into the first periodKent Johnson · tripping2 min
  • 18:38 into the first periodAlexander Alexeyev · high sticking2 min
  • 3:21 into the second periodZach Gallant · hooking2 min
  • 5:16 into the second periodAidan McDonough · hooking2 min
  • 9:42 into the second periodJames Malatesta · roughing2 min
  • 18:38 into the second periodDante Fabbro · tripping2 min
  • 5:53 into the third periodVille Koivunen · holding2 min
  • 9:34 into the third periodConnor Clifton · tripping2 min
  • 10:20 into the third periodConnor Dewar · holding2 min
  • 16:18 into the third periodJames Malatesta · tripping2 min
  • 18:55 into the third periodOle Julian Bjorgvik-Holm · hooking2 min