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Columbus Blue Jackets vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Preseason · Saturday, September 27, 2025 · PPG Paints Arena

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1–4

Final

21–36

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–1 on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins outshot the Blue Jackets 36–21.

Rickard Rakell scored twice. Luca Del Bel Belluz, Sidney Crosby and Ville Koivunen also scored.

Sergei Murashov made 12 saves on 13 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 32 of 35.

Goals
Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ100121
Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT022436

Three stars

  1. ★1st starMarc-Andre FleuryPIT · 1.000 save percentage
  2. ★2nd starSidney CrosbyPIT · 1 goal, 2 assists
  3. ★3rd starRickard RakellPIT · 2 goals

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+

1:15

1–1 · 2nd 5:20 · Crosby. CBJ iced the puck and weren’t allowed to change. Gudbranson had been on the ice for 1:15 when it went in.

GoalCBJ PIT

1–0 CBJ

1st 16:08 · Del Bel Belluz

Letang 0:20

1–1 PIT

2nd 5:20 · Crosby

Long shift: Gudbranson 1:15

1–2 PIT

2nd 19:58 · · Rakell

Gudbranson 0:49

1–3 PIT

3rd 8:56 · Koivunen

Fasching 0:52

1–4 PIT

3rd 17:32 · · Rakell

Christiansen 1:08

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

CBJPIT
2136
37%63%
0/31/4
86
2119
714
713
32

Penalties

  • 8:49 into the first periodCaleb Jones · high sticking2 min
  • 0:21 into the second periodCole Sillinger · hooking2 min
  • 0:48 into the second periodEvgeni Malkin · tripping2 min
  • 11:34 into the second periodMax McCue · hooking2 min
  • 19:09 into the second periodBrendan Smith · high sticking2 min
  • 13:36 into the third periodBryan Rust · slashing2 min
  • 13:50 into the third periodJake Christiansen · interference2 min