NHL

Pittsburgh Penguins at Columbus Blue Jackets

· National Hockey League
Pittsburgh Penguins
20-12-9
Final
5 - 4
Columbus Blue Jackets
18-16-7

Crosby sets up late tying goal, scores in OT in Penguins' 5-4 victory over Blue Jackets

Sidney Crosby nets the Penguins' overtime winner

The Penguins overcame a three-goal deficit to win their fifth straight game overall and third in a row in the road. Ville Koivunen, Noel Acciari and Tommy Novak also scored, and Ben Kindel had two assists. Arturs Silovs made 25 saves.

After being outshot 12–9 in the first period, Pittsburgh outshot Columbus 34–13 over the final two periods and overtime.

Kirill Marchenko and Zach Werenski each had a goal and an assist for Columbus, and Dmitri Voronkov and Mason Marchment also scored as the Blue Jackets raced to a 4-1 lead. Denton Mateychuk added two assists, and Jet Greaves stopped 43 shots.

Werenski made it 4–1 47 seconds into the second with a shot through traffic.

Acciari cut it to 4-2 with 3:09 left in the second, and Novak made it a one-goal game on a power play at 3:28 of the third. Rakell tied it with Silovs off for an extra attacker.

Up next Penguins: Host New Jersey on Tuesday night.

Blue Jackets: At San Jose on Tuesday night.

Regular Season Series

PIT leads series 2-1

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 1:50 Ville Koivunen Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Ben Kindel (9), Jack St. Ivany (3)
Goal 1st Period 8:21 Dmitri Voronkov Goal (15) Tip-In, assists: Denton Mateychuk (12)
Goal 1st Period 8:48 Mason Marchment Goal (9) Backhand, assists: Adam Fantilli (14), Kirill Marchenko (18)
Goal 1st Period 18:38 Kirill Marchenko Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: Zach Werenski (29), Denton Mateychuk (13)
Goal 2nd Period 0:47 Zach Werenski Goal (15) Snap Shot, assists: Boone Jenner (13), Mathieu Olivier (7)
Goal 2nd Period 16:51 Noel Acciari Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Connor Dewar (7)
Goal 3rd Period 3:28 Thomas Novak Goal (8) Slap Shot, assists: Ben Kindel (10)
Goal 3rd Period 19:46 Rickard Rakell Goal (6) Snap Shot, assists: Anthony Mantha (15), Sidney Crosby (23)
Goal 4th Period 2:22 Sidney Crosby Goal (24) Backhand, assists: Erik Karlsson (28), Yegor Chinakhov (4)

Statistics

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14 Blocked Shots 19
14 Hits 22
5 Takeaways 7
43 Shots 25
1 Power Play Goals 0
3 Power Play Opportunities 0
33.3 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
34 Faceoffs Won 30
53.1 Faceoff Win Percent 46.9
14 Giveaways 21
0 Total Penalties 3
0 Penalty Minutes 6
Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Kirill Marchenko, RW Day-To-Day Feb 5
Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh Penguins Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Noel Acciari, C Day-To-Day Feb 6
Blake Lizotte, C Day-To-Day Feb 6
Caleb Jones, D Injured Reserve Feb 4
Kris Letang, D Injured Reserve Jan 31
Jack St. Ivany, D Injured Reserve Jan 29

Game Information

Nationwide Arena

Location: Columbus, OH
Attendance: 18,212 | Capacity:

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 36 15 78 6
Pittsburgh 29 15 70 12
NY Islanders 32 21 69 5
Columbus 29 20 65 7
Washington 29 23 65 7
Philadelphia 25 20 61 11
New Jersey 28 27 58 2
NY Rangers 22 29 50 6
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