Penguins vs. Blue Jackets (Jan 4, 2026)

Forward Matchup

S. Crosby

PIT C #87

K. Marchenko

CBJ RW #86

20

Goals

11

38

Points

27

86

Shots on Goal

94

Defenseman Matchup

E. Karlsson

PIT D #65

Z. Werenski

CBJ D #8

26

Points

40

35

Blocks

52

7

Hits

17

Goalie Matchup

A. Silovs

PIT G #37

J. Greaves

CBJ G #73

5

Wins

9

.887

Save Pct

.906

3.22

Goals Against Avg

2.69

PIT

Team Stats

CBJ

3.03

Goals per Game

2.89

3.17

Goals Against per Game

3.44

28.58

Shots per Game

30.14

28.36

Shots Against per Game

30.81

29.3

Power Play Pct

20.7

81.1

Penalty Kill Pct

74.3

.888

Save Pct

.888

PIT

Injuries

CBJ

Tanner Howe

LW

Out (ACL )

D

Zach Werenski

Day to day (Lower-Body)

Blake Lizotte

C

Out (Upper-body)

RW

Mathieu Olivier

Out (Upper Body)

Filip Hallander

C

Out (Leg)

D

Erik Gudbranson

Out (Hip)

Evgeni Malkin

C

Out (Upper Body)

C

Brendan Gaunce

Out (Personal)

Caleb Jones

D

Out (Lower-body)

2025-26 Metropolitan Division

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	22	11	3	47	15
Flyers	19	10	7	45	9
Islanders	20	13	4	44	3
Capitals	19	13	5	43	14
Rangers	19	16	4	42	-1
Devils	20	16	1	41	-7
Penguins	15	12	9	39	-9
Blue Jackets	15	15	6	36	-17

PIT

Last 5

CBJ

Tue, Dec 23

Mon, Dec 22

Sun, Dec 21

Sat, Dec 20

Sat, Dec 20

Thu, Dec 18

Thu, Dec 18

Tue, Dec 16

Tue, Dec 16

Sat, Dec 13

Game Info

January 4, 2026

ESPN+

Nationwide Arena

Columbus, Ohio

Team Leaders

G

20

S. Crosby

A

23

E. Karlsson

GWG

3

B. Rust

SV%

.887

A. Silovs

Season

Career vs CBJ

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Arturs Silovs A. Silovs	16	16	5	5	6	433	384	.887	49	3.22	1	912
	Stuart Skinner S. Skinner	3	3	0	3	0	71	59	.831	12	4.18	0	172

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Stuart Skinner S. Skinner	6	5	3	2	1	151	133	.881	18	3.22	0	336
	Arturs Silovs A. Silovs	1	1	0	0	1	41	37	.902	4	3.70	0	65

Team Leaders

G

14

Z. Werenski

A

26

Z. Werenski

GWG

2

K. Marchenko

SV%

.906

J. Greaves

Season

Career vs PIT

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	47	23	44	67	+11	40	4	16	0	1	6	1	137	16.8	534	1,013	52.7	26	17	34	27	20:29
Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	42	19	32	51	+3	28	11	9	0	0	2	0	126	15.1	213	501	42.5	21	9	33	29	18:38
Kris Letang K. Letang	40	14	20	34	+12	14	8	8	1	0	4	1	116	12.1	0	0	0	57	55	14	30	24:38
Erik Karlsson E. Karlsson	33	10	21	31	0	20	1	8	0	0	2	0	113	8.8	0	0	0	23	52	22	29	25:20
Kevin Hayes K. Hayes	33	9	16	25	-2	8	0	3	2	1	3	1	78	11.5	147	315	46.7	19	10	24	21	16:22
Bryan Rust B. Rust	27	7	12	19	+3	10	1	4	0	0	1	1	66	10.6	1	5	20.0	14	13	14	11	16:35
Anthony Mantha A. Mantha	27	11	8	19	-2	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	71	15.5	7	15	46.7	18	12	10	15	16:33
Rickard Rakell R. Rakell	23	7	10	17	+7	6	1	2	0	1	0	0	63	11.1	16	29	55.2	39	11	6	10	16:58
Danton Heinen D. Heinen	22	5	11	16	+3	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	40	12.5	1	5	20.0	11	4	6	6	13:22
Ryan Graves R. Graves	15	3	7	10	+13	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	23	13.0	0	0	0	16	36	0	7	18:36
Thomas Novak T. Novak	7	2	6	8	+5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	20.0	22	40	55.0	0	1	5	4	13:47
Brett Kulak B. Kulak	20	1	5	6	-8	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	32	3.1	0	0	0	20	20	5	15	17:23
Justin Brazeau J. Brazeau	4	1	2	3	-3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	16.7	0	1	0.0	3	4	1	4	13:09
Blake Lizotte B. Lizotte	10	1	2	3	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	36	86	41.9	4	2	1	5	13:16
Noel Acciari N. Acciari	22	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	5.0	127	209	60.8	48	21	5	6	14:05
Connor Clifton C. Clifton	12	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	10.0	0	0	0	30	12	1	7	15:49
Parker Wotherspoon P. Wotherspoon	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	10	6	1	5	19:19
Caleb Jones C. Jones	4	1	0	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	14.3	0	0	0	5	8	2	0	15:46
Ryan Shea R. Shea	4	1	0	1	-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	15:57
Connor Dewar C. Dewar	8	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	11	37	29.7	14	10	3	2	11:44
Filip Hallander F. Hallander	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	16:09
Ville Koivunen V. Koivunen	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:40
Jack St. Ivany J. St. Ivany	3	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	7	5	0	0	15:06
Ben Kindel B. Kindel	1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	30.0	0	3	0	0	12:17

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	35	14	26	40	+6	6	1	9	0	1	0	0	132	10.6	0	0	0	17	52	20	61	26:48
Kirill Marchenko K. Marchenko	32	11	16	27	+3	14	3	8	1	0	2	0	94	11.7	0	1	0.0	28	19	18	40	18:52
Dmitri Voronkov D. Voronkov	36	13	11	24	0	42	6	1	0	0	0	0	71	18.3	4	20	20.0	55	10	6	32	15:58
Adam Fantilli A. Fantilli	36	12	11	23	-12	13	3	1	0	0	2	2	95	12.6	209	413	50.6	37	24	14	39	18:33
Charlie Coyle C. Coyle	36	5	17	22	-5	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	47	10.6	284	562	50.5	55	21	17	23	17:31
Sean Monahan S. Monahan	36	5	12	17	-4	8	1	7	0	0	2	0	63	7.9	353	653	54.1	24	16	10	29	18:14
Cole Sillinger C. Sillinger	35	3	12	15	-1	16	0	1	0	0	1	0	67	4.5	14	40	35.0	39	14	13	36	16:07
Boone Jenner B. Jenner	22	5	10	15	-5	15	1	2	0	1	1	0	50	10.0	62	111	55.9	46	24	3	17	16:26
Denton Mateychuk D. Mateychuk	35	6	8	14	-3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	39	15.4	0	0	0	18	54	10	34	20:23
Ivan Provorov I. Provorov	36	4	9	13	+2	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	70	5.7	0	0	0	19	61	13	61	25:45
Miles Wood M. Wood	29	8	4	12	-5	16	0	0	0	1	1	1	49	16.3	1	6	16.7	36	8	4	22	13:37
Damon Severson D. Severson	36	2	10	12	+2	20	1	3	0	0	0	0	42	4.8	0	0	0	28	35	13	40	19:38
Kent Johnson K. Johnson	35	3	8	11	-11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	55	5.5	0	1	0.0	5	17	8	21	13:49
Mathieu Olivier M. Olivier	23	3	6	9	+2	44	0	0	0	0	1	0	29	10.3	0	0	0	71	19	3	9	14:00
Dante Fabbro D. Fabbro	36	2	4	6	-13	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	5.6	0	0	0	28	67	9	26	15:53
Yegor Chinakhov Y. Chinakhov	29	3	3	6	-6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	8.3	0	0	0	28	8	3	15	10:18
Isac Lundestrom I. Lundestrom	35	1	4	5	-5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	3.3	94	175	53.7	13	16	3	23	12:22
Brendan Gaunce B. Gaunce	12	1	3	4	0	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	9.1	31	51	60.8	34	7	2	2	11:38
Mason Marchment M. Marchment	2	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	7	42.9	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	17:51
Zach Aston-Reese Z. Aston-Reese	18	0	3	3	-1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	5	21	23.8	44	10	1	9	9:56
Brendan Smith B. Smith	13	0	2	2	-1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	0	0	12	7	4	13	10:52
Jake Christiansen J. Christiansen	20	0	1	1	-9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.0	0	0	0	15	7	0	7	10:29
Erik Gudbranson E. Gudbranson	4	0	0	0	-2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	5	1	1	3	14:51

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Charlie Coyle C. Coyle	36	7	15	22	-12	10	1	2	1	2	2	61	11.5	199	432	46.1	57	33	21	10	16:47
Damon Severson D. Severson	47	4	18	22	+4	23	1	4	0	0	0	74	5.4	0	0	0	50	46	13	25	21:23
Sean Monahan S. Monahan	26	6	9	15	-5	4	4	4	0	0	0	64	9.4	207	415	49.9	11	5	21	14	18:04
Zach Werenski Z. Werenski	23	5	10	15	-10	0	1	4	0	1	0	52	9.6	0	0	0	13	37	12	17	24:25
Boone Jenner B. Jenner	34	9	5	14	-15	56	1	1	0	0	0	83	10.8	178	350	50.9	104	36	20	12	17:30
Miles Wood M. Wood	30	6	5	11	-9	32	0	0	0	1	0	55	10.9	2	7	28.6	46	14	8	10	13:10
Ivan Provorov I. Provorov	38	1	9	10	-12	16	0	4	0	0	1	78	1.3	0	0	0	52	71	11	29	23:55
Brendan Smith B. Smith	34	3	6	9	-7	30	0	0	0	1	0	33	9.1	0	0	0	54	32	10	15	16:21
Mason Marchment M. Marchment	7	2	5	7	+5	6	0	2	0	0	0	14	14.3	1	1	100.0	16	4	3	7	15:48
Kirill Marchenko K. Marchenko	10	2	4	6	+3	0	0	1	0	0	0	23	8.7	4	7	57.1	3	5	7	10	17:47
Dmitri Voronkov D. Voronkov	9	5	1	6	+1	6	1	0	0	0	0	28	17.9	15	36	41.7	13	6	3	3	16:21
Kent Johnson K. Johnson	9	2	4	6	-4	4	0	2	0	0	0	21	9.5	1	4	25.0	1	4	5	5	16:58
Cole Sillinger C. Sillinger	14	2	4	6	-3	8	0	1	0	1	0	28	7.1	70	154	45.5	21	6	6	2	15:34
Mathieu Olivier M. Olivier	10	3	1	4	-2	5	0	0	1	0	1	20	15.0	0	3	0.0	38	8	2	2	12:42
Yegor Chinakhov Y. Chinakhov	11	2	2	4	-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	12	16.7	0	3	0.0	15	5	1	3	12:05
Erik Gudbranson E. Gudbranson	27	0	3	3	-10	26	0	0	0	0	0	29	0.0	0	0	0	58	27	3	4	17:42
Zach Aston-Reese Z. Aston-Reese	9	2	1	3	+1	8	0	0	0	0	0	17	11.8	1	3	33.3	11	9	3	1	11:24
Adam Fantilli A. Fantilli	6	1	2	3	-2	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	8.3	22	61	36.1	3	2	5	7	16:55
Brendan Gaunce B. Gaunce	8	1	1	2	-3	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	6.3	28	52	53.8	23	3	6	3	12:41
Dante Fabbro D. Fabbro	12	0	2	2	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	0.0	0	0	0	17	21	3	11	19:06
Isac Lundestrom I. Lundestrom	8	0	2	2	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	28	74	37.8	4	7	3	2	13:51
Jake Christiansen J. Christiansen	5	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	5	11	0	1	11:36
Denton Mateychuk D. Mateychuk	4	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	5	6	1	1	19:53

Penguins PIT

Blue Jackets CBJ

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2025-26 Metropolitan Division

Last 5

Game Info

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jet Greaves J. Greaves	23	22	9	9	5	660	598	.906	62	2.69	0	1382
	Elvis Merzlikins E. Merzlikins	14	14	6	6	1	440	386	.877	54	4.04	0	803

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Elvis Merzlikins E. Merzlikins	12	11	4	7	0	385	342	.888	43	3.79	0	680
	Jet Greaves J. Greaves	2	2	0	1	1	55	46	.836	9	4.51	0	120