Blue Jackets vs Penguins Live Score, Box Score, Rosters, Stats

Blue Jackets vs Penguins Live Score (28 Mar, 2024)

Final

Thursday, March 28, 2024

2 : 3

Score by Period

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
CBJ	0	2	0	2
PIT	0	2	1	3

Play-by-Play

3rd Period 20:00

Game End

2–3

3rd Period 20:00

End of 3rd Period

2–3

3rd Period 19:54

Zach Werenski shot blocked by Jeff Carter

2–3

3rd Period 19:47

Kirill Marchenko Wrist Shot Wide Left

2–3

3rd Period 19:31

Jeff Carter faceoff won against Boone Jenner

2–3

3rd Period 19:31

Timeout - Visitor

2–3

3rd Period 19:31

Sidney Crosby Holding against Johnny Gaudreau

2–3

3rd Period 19:24

Alexandre Texier Wrist Shot Wide Right

2–3

3rd Period 19:13

Boone Jenner shot blocked by Drew O'Connor

2–3

3rd Period 19:13

Boone Jenner shot blocked by Kirill Marchenko

2–3

3rd Period 18:26

Kris Letang Backhand Wide Left

2–3

3rd Period 18:21

Giveaway by Johnny Gaudreau

2–3

3rd Period 18:11

Jack St. Ivany hit Alexandre Texier

2–3

3rd Period 18:01

Boone Jenner Wrist Shot saved by Alex Nedeljkovic

2–3

3rd Period 17:54

Zach Werenski shot blocked by Jack St. Ivany

2–3

3rd Period 17:43

Zach Werenski Wrist Shot Wide Right

2–3

3rd Period 16:50

Erik Karlsson shot blocked by Mathieu Olivier

2–3

3rd Period 16:44

Rickard Rakell Wrap-around Wide Left

2–3

3rd Period 16:31

Takeaway by Michael Bunting

2–3

3rd Period 16:11

Mikael Pyyhtia Wrist Shot High and Wide Right

2–3

3rd Period 16:04

Ivan Provorov hit Evgeni Malkin

2–3

3rd Period 15:21

Boone Jenner faceoff won against Sidney Crosby

2–3

3rd Period 15:21

Off-side

2–3

3rd Period 15:08

Sidney Crosby faceoff won against Boone Jenner

2–3

Scoring Summary

2nd Period

5:20

Mathieu Olivier

Assists: Damon Severson, Cole Sillinger

Mathieu Olivier Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Damon Severson (16), Cole Sillinger (15)

1 - 0

9:50

Evgeni Malkin

Assists: Kris Letang, Bryan Rust

Evgeni Malkin Goal (20) Slap Shot, assists: Kris Letang (34), Bryan Rust (21)

1 - 1

13:11

Cole Sillinger

Assists: Alexandre Texier, Ivan Provorov

Cole Sillinger Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: Alexandre Texier (15), Ivan Provorov (25)

2 - 1

16:11

Evgeni Malkin

Assists: Sidney Crosby, Michael Bunting

Evgeni Malkin Goal (21) Wrist Shot, assists: Sidney Crosby (42), Michael Bunting (27)

2 - 2

3rd Period

0:35

Drew O'Connor

Assists: Sidney Crosby, Pierre-Olivier Joseph

Drew O'Connor Goal (12) Snap Shot, assists: Sidney Crosby (43), Pierre-Olivier Joseph (7)

2 - 3

Team Stats

CBJ

PIT

12 Blocked Shots 17

26 Hits 12

8 Takeaways 10

3 Giveaways 10

0 Power Play Goals 2

2 Power Play Opportunities 5

19 Total Shots 36

10 Penalty Minutes 4

0.0 Power Play % 40.0

0 Short Handed Goals 0

0 Shootout Goals 0

19 Faceoffs Won 29

39.6 Faceoff Percent 60.4

5 Penalties 2

Game Leaders

CBJ

PIT

Cole Sillinger#4 · C

Goals

Evgeni Malkin#71 · C

Cole Sillinger#4 · C

Assists

Sidney Crosby#87 · C

Cole Sillinger#4 · C

Points

Evgeni Malkin#71 · C

Player Box Score

Blue Jackets

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Tyler Angle#39 · C	1	3	0	0	7:02	0:00	0:02	7:00	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	33.3	0	0	0
Johnny Gaudreau#13 · LW	0	0	0	-1	20:18	1:32	0:00	18:46	22	0	11	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Brendan Gaunce#16 · C	0	4	1	0	11:22	0:00	0:38	10:44	17	0	2	0	1	3	2	1	66.7	1	0	0
Boone Jenner#38 · C	1	1	2	-1	22:50	1:34	3:09	18:07	28	0	22	0	2	0	8	14	36.4	0	1	2
James Malatesta#67 · LW	0	5	0	0	7:13	0:00	0:00	7:13	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Kirill Marchenko#86 · RW	0	0	0	1	18:31	1:45	0:05	16:41	20	0	18	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Carson Meyer#72 · RW	0	2	0	0	7:35	0:00	0:01	7:34	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Mathieu Olivier#24 · RW	1	2	0	1	14:33	0:04	3:11	11:18	22	1	4	0	3	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0
Mikael Pyyhtia#82 · LW	0	0	0	1	12:34	0:56	0:50	10:48	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Cole Sillinger#4 · C	0	0	1	2	19:26	0:55	3:44	14:47	25	1	12	1	1	1	7	8	46.7	0	0	0
Alexandre Texier#42 · LW	1	0	0	1	19:56	1:09	3:17	15:30	24	0	11	1	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Dmitri Voronkov#10 · LW	0	5	1	-1	17:08	1:33	0:00	15:35	24	0	17	0	2	1	1	2	33.3	1	1	2

Penguins

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Michael Bunting#8 · LW	0	0	4	0	18:32	5:29	0:00	13:03	19	0	16	1	3	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Jeff Carter#77 · C	1	0	0	0	14:12	1:46	1:33	10:53	19	0	9	0	1	0	6	0	100.0	0	0	0
Sidney Crosby#87 · C	1	0	1	-1	21:02	5:10	0:03	15:49	23	0	35	2	3	1	17	6	73.9	0	1	2
Lars Eller#20 · C	2	0	0	0	16:19	2:05	0:55	13:19	18	0	14	0	0	1	1	5	16.7	0	0	0
Evgeni Malkin#71 · C	0	0	1	0	17:58	5:28	0:00	12:30	19	2	21	0	5	0	2	5	28.6	1	0	0
Drew O'Connor#10 · LW	1	1	0	0	15:56	0:05	0:53	14:58	23	1	12	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Sam Poulin#22 · RW	1	3	0	-1	9:01	0:08	0:00	8:53	14	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	100.0	0	1	2
Jesse Puljujarvi#18 · RW	0	0	0	0	8:40	0:07	0:00	8:33	13	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Valtteri Puustinen#48 · RW	2	1	0	0	9:44	0:00	0:00	9:44	13	0	4	0	0	2	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Rickard Rakell#67 · RW	0	1	0	0	13:50	2:03	0:00	11:47	18	0	11	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Bryan Rust#17 · RW	0	0	2	-1	23:20	5:12	1:34	16:34	24	0	23	1	2	1	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Reilly Smith#19 · RW	0	0	1	0	16:16	2:06	0:00	14:10	18	0	12	0	2	1	0	2	0.0	0	0	0

Blue Jackets

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	PN	PIM
Jake Bean#22 · D	1	0	1	0	15:55	0:00	2:09	13:46	20	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Christiansen#23 · D	1	0	0	0	10:41	0:00	0:00	10:41	13	0	0	0	0	0	0
Erik Gudbranson#44 · D	2	0	0	0	16:53	0:00	3:23	13:30	22	5	0	1	0	1	2
Ivan Provorov#9 · D	3	3	0	2	23:27	0:57	3:38	18:52	22	5	1	0	0	0	0
Damon Severson#78 · D	0	1	1	1	22:23	0:52	3:22	18:09	25	7	1	1	1	1	2
Zach Werenski#8 · D	1	0	1	-1	27:10	1:37	2:31	23:02	24	6	0	0	2	0	0

Penguins

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Ryan Graves#27 · D	0	0	0	0	5:27	0:00	0:00	5:27	7	3	0	0	0	1
Pierre-Olivier Joseph#73 · D	0	0	0	0	19:11	0:00	0:53	18:18	23	1	1	2	1	0
Erik Karlsson#65 · D	3	1	1	0	21:59	2:23	0:00	19:36	25	8	0	3	0	0
Kris Letang#58 · D	2	0	0	1	31:15	5:02	1:32	24:41	27	8	1	3	2	1
Marcus Pettersson#28 · D	3	0	0	-1	21:15	0:21	2:05	18:49	24	4	0	1	1	1
Jack St. Ivany#3 · D	1	5	0	-2	13:56	0:05	0:28	13:23	17	0	0	2	0	0

Blue Jackets

Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Daniil Tarasov#40 · G	3	36	0	0	33	.917	26	7	0	57:33	0	0

Penguins

Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Alex Nedeljkovic#39 · G	2	19	0	0	17	.895	15	0	2	59:38	0	0

Injury Report

Blue Jackets

#90 · G · Array

#21 · C · Array

RW · Array

#78 · D · Array

#7 · D · Array

#10 · LW · Array

Penguins

Filip Hallander

#11 · C

Caleb Jones

#82 · D · Array

Head-to-Head

CBJ

Last 5 Games

PIT

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Mar 5, 2024

▸5

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Nov 14, 2023

▸5

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Mar 7, 2023

▸5

Last 5 Games

Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
4/16/24	vs CAR	W6-3	NHL Regular Season
4/13/24	@ NSH	L4-6	NHL Regular Season
4/11/24	@ FLA	L0-4	NHL Regular Season
4/9/24	@ TB	L2-5	NHL Regular Season
4/7/24	@ CAR	L0-3	NHL Regular Season

Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
4/17/24	@ NYI	L4-5	NHL Regular Season
4/15/24	vs NSH	W4-2	NHL Regular Season
4/13/24	vs BOS	L4-6	NHL Regular Season
4/11/24	vs DET	W6-5	NHL Regular Season
4/8/24	@ TOR	L2-3	NHL Regular Season

Division Standings

Eastern Conference — Metropolitan Division

Team	GP	W	L	OT	Pct	PTS	DIFF	Strk
Hurricanes	82	53	22	7	—	113	+56	W1
Penguins	82	41	25	16	—	98	+25	L3
Flyers	82	43	27	12	—	98	+7	W3
Capitals	82	43	30	9	—	95	+19	W4
Blue Jackets	82	40	30	12	—	92	0	L2
Islanders	82	43	34	5	—	91	-8	L3
Devils	82	42	37	3	—	87	-24	L1
Rangers	82	34	39	9	—	77	-12	W1

Game Information

Stage Regular Season

Season 2024

Puck Drop Thu, Mar 28, 7:00 PM

Venue PPG Paints Arena

Location Pittsburgh, PA

Broadcast NHLPP|ESPN+

Attendance 18,191

Officials Steve Barton · Linesman, Ryan Daisy · Linesman, Peter MacDougall · Referee, Michael Markovic · Referee

About the Game

The Columbus Blue Jackets vs Pittsburgh Penguins game is final on March 28, 2024 at 7:00 PM EDT at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA. The final score is Columbus Blue Jackets 2, Pittsburgh Penguins 3.

The game was broadcast on NHLPP|ESPN+. Period scoring, team statistics, game leaders, penalties and play-by-play are followed here.

Track Blue Jackets vs Penguins throughout the game, from the opening faceoff to the final horn. NHL scores and schedule page covers additional NHL games, schedules and completed results.

Blue Jackets

1st in Metropolitan Division

Penguins

1st in Metropolitan Division

Goaltenders

Pheonix Copley G 34 6' 4" 205 lbs

#73

Jet Greaves G 25 6' 0" 179 lbs

#90

Elvis Merzlikins G 32 6' 3" 190 lbs

Defensemen

Jake Christiansen D 26 6' 0" 197 lbs

#15

Dante Fabbro D 28 6' 0" 189 lbs

#44

Erik Gudbranson D 34 6' 5" 222 lbs

Denton Mateychuk D 22 5' 11" 185 lbs

Ivan Provorov D 29 6' 1" 213 lbs

#78

Damon Severson D 32 6' 2" 204 lbs

Brendan Smith D 37 6' 2" 200 lbs

Zach Werenski D 29 6' 2" 211 lbs

Egor Zamula D 26 6' 3" 200 lbs

Left Wings

#43

Danton Heinen LW 31 6' 2" 195 lbs

Ryan Lomberg LW 31 5' 9" 184 lbs

#10

Dmitri Voronkov LW 25 6' 5" 227 lbs

#11

Miles Wood LW 30 6' 2" 195 lbs

Centers

Charlie Coyle C 34 6' 3" 215 lbs

#19

Adam Fantilli C 21 6' 2" 199 lbs

#91

Kent Johnson C 23 6' 0" 180 lbs

#21

Isac Lundestrom C 26 6' 0" 191 lbs

#23

Sean Monahan C 31 6' 2" 197 lbs

Cole Sillinger C 23 6' 1" 202 lbs

Owen Sillinger C 28 5' 10" 178 lbs

Right Wings

Riley Bezeau RW 24 6' 0" 185 lbs

#83

Conor Garland RW 30 5' 10" 165 lbs

#86

Kirill Marchenko RW 26 6' 3" 197 lbs

Valeri Nichushkin RW 31 6' 4" 210 lbs

#24

Mathieu Olivier RW 29 6' 1" 226 lbs

Goaltenders

#33

Taylor Gauthier G 25 6' 1" 195 lbs

#37

Arturs Silovs G 25 6' 4" 203 lbs

Defensemen

Declan Carlile D 26 6' 3" 190 lbs

#49

Samuel Girard D 28 5' 10" 170 lbs

#27

Ryan Graves D 31 6' 5" 222 lbs

#82

Caleb Jones D 29 6' 1" 194 lbs

#65

Erik Karlsson D 36 6' 0" 186 lbs

Kaedan Korczak D 25 6' 3" 206 lbs

#58

Kris Letang D 39 6' 0" 193 lbs

#57

Jake Livanavage D 22 5' 11" 190 lbs

Ilya Solovyov D 26 6' 3" 208 lbs

Trevor van Riemsdyk D 35 6' 3" 197 lbs

Left Wings

#48

Rafael Harvey-Pinard LW 27 5' 9" 184 lbs

#15

Joona Koppanen LW 28 6' 5" 215 lbs

Andrei Kuzmenko LW 30 5' 11" 194 lbs

Oliver Okuliar LW 26 6' 2" 190 lbs

Nicholas Robertson LW 24 5' 9" 178 lbs

#25

Elmer Soderblom LW 25 6' 8" 246 lbs

Centers

#87

Sidney Crosby C 39 5' 11" 200 lbs

#19

Connor Dewar C 27 5' 10" 192 lbs

#41

David Gustafsson C 26 6' 2" 196 lbs

#11

Filip Hallander C 26 6' 1" 190 lbs

#81

Ben Kindel C 19 5' 11" 182 lbs

Hendrix Lapierre C 24 6' 0" 180 lbs

#46

Blake Lizotte C 28 5' 9" 173 lbs

#71

Evgeni Malkin C 40 6' 5" 210 lbs

#18

Tommy Novak C 29 6' 1" 179 lbs

Right Wings

#16

Justin Brazeau RW 28 6' 6" 227 lbs

#59

Egor Chinakhov RW 25 6' 1" 201 lbs

#85

Avery Hayes RW 23 5' 10" 175 lbs

#13

Kevin Hayes RW 34 6' 5" 216 lbs

#41

Ville Koivunen RW 23 5' 11" 161 lbs

Rutger McGroarty RW 22 6' 0" 200 lbs

#67

Rickard Rakell RW 33 6' 1" 191 lbs

#17

Bryan Rust RW 34 5' 11" 198 lbs

Blue Jackets

1st in Metropolitan Division

Penguins

1st in Metropolitan Division

Season Overview

Games Played

Wins

Losses

OT Losses

Points