Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Columbus Blue JacketsNov 28, 2025

Final / OTFriday, Nov 28, 2025· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	1	0	2	1	4		PIT	8	7	8	1	24
CBJ	1	2	0	0	3		CBJ	8	13	8	0	29

: PIT 56CBJ 63
: PIT 3.35CBJ 3.41
PP goals: PIT 0CBJ 0
Hits: PIT 18CBJ 16
Blocks: PIT 20CBJ 14
PIM: PIT 4CBJ 4
: PIT 49%CBJ 51%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 in overtime at CBJ. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for PIT: Crosby–Hayes–Rust skated 14:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Sidney Crosby had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:10.Crosby
Points
Kris Letang had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:33.Letang
Points
Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 26:06.Werenski
Points
Tommy Novak had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:42.Novak
New line
New look for PIT: Crosby–Hayes–Rust skated 14:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Hayes Rust
New line
New look for PIT: Heinen–Koivunen–Kindel skated 8:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Heinen Koivunen Kindel
Usage
Miles Wood (CBJ) played 16:00, +4:13 up on his 11:47 season average over 53 games.Wood
Usage
Kevin Hayes (PIT) played 18:06, +5:50 up on his 12:16 season average over 27 games.Hayes

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← PIT attacks left (bottom on phones)CBJ attacks right (top on phones) →

CBJ
PIT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · CBJ 63 · PIT 56

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
PIT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CBJ pressure
PIT pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PIT 38% of the game, CBJ 40%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

CBJ

PIT

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

CBJ skaters (rows) against PIT skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the CBJ side.

Matchup matrix

CBJ xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	PIT	CBJ
	59	60
	3.54	3.18
	3.32	3.02
	12	16
	8	6
	28	16
	−0.007	+0.007
	38%	40%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Hayes – Rust
14:1257% CF
L2Malkin – Mantha – Novak
11:1835% CF
L3Heinen – Koivunen – Kindel
8:1756% CF
L4Koppanen – Dewar – Lizotte
8:0658% CF
D1Karlsson – Wotherspoon
15:1843% CF
D2Letang – Shea
14:0557% CF
D3Dumba – Graves
13:5943% CF

PP1Letang – Hayes – Mantha – Novak – Koivunen
1:52100% CF
PP2Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Kindel
1:270% CF
PK1FDewar – Lizotte
2:27
PK2FRust – Koppanen
1:07
PK1DKarlsson – Wotherspoon
2:40
PK2DLetang – Shea
1:06

Current PIT line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Coyle – Wood – Lundeström
12:5239% CF
L2Monahan – Sillinger – Pinelli
10:4771% CF
L3Voronkov – Johnson – Fantilli
9:3853% CF
L4Gaunce – Aston-Reese – Chinakhov
6:3340% CF
D1Werenski – Provorov
17:1747% CF
D2Severson – Mateychuk
12:4865% CF
D3Smith – Fabbro
12:2127% CF

PP1Severson – Monahan – Werenski – Voronkov – Fantilli
2:51100% CF
PP2Coyle – Werenski – Provorov – Johnson – Sillinger
0:46100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Monahan
1:29
PK2FLundeström – Sillinger
1:21
PK1DProvorov – Mateychuk
2:34
PK2DWerenski – Fabbro
0:26

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	0	1	+2	5	1.22	0	0	0	20:07	—	—	55	61
Sidney Crosby C	L1	2	0	2	+1	3	0.45	2	0	0	19:10	—	—	59	64
Kevin Hayes R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.31	1	0	2	18:06	—	—	58	61
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	2	2	18:46	—	—	33	24
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.31	0	1	0	17:57	—	—	36	42
Tommy Novak C	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	16:42	—	—	41	46
Ben Kindel C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	3	0	12:17	—	—	50	10
Ville Koivunen R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:40	—	—	64	99
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:23	—	—	58	92
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	13:18	—	—	50	42
Joona Koppanen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	12:24	—	—	48	48
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.38	2	1	0	12:16	—	—	59	49
Parker Wotherspoon D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	8	3	0	23:14	—	—	42	43
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	1	1	0	22:13	—	—	47	40
Kris Letang D	D2	1	1	2	0	3	0.34	2	0	0	22:33	—	—	65	73
Ryan Shea D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	3	0	19:41	—	—	50	59
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	3	0	15:19	—	—	51	59
Mathew Dumba D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	3	0	14:14	—	—	42	46

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	29	26	3	.897	3.41	59:36

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.34	2	0	0	18:30	—	—	39	49
Isac Lundeström C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.28	0	1	0	16:02	—	—	41	45
Miles Wood L	L1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.28	2	0	0	16:00	—	—	42	42
Sean Monahan C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.67	0	0	0	19:01	—	—	61	73
Cole Sillinger C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	63	67
Luca Pinelli C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	18:00	—	—	63	75
Adam Fantilli C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	18:08	—	—	52	23
Dmitri Voronkov L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.23	0	0	0	14:42	—	—	56	29
Kent Johnson C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	2	12:46	—	—	53	24
Brendan Gaunce C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	9:59	—	—	44	1
Egor Chinakhov R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	4	1	0	9:16	—	—	50	79
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	7:23	—	—	36	8
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	0	1	0	26:29	—	—	49	41
Zach Werenski D	D1	1	1	2	-1	2	0.17	0	2	0	26:06	—	—	52	40
Denton Mateychuk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	19:13	—	—	59	60
Damon Severson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.40	1	1	0	19:07	—	—	70	74
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	3	1	0	16:23	—	—	39	45
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	1	1	0	13:54	—	—	36	51

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jet Greaves(start)	O	24	20	4	.833	3.35	60:56

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Sidney Crosby (PIT) 1st 6:10 · assists Kris Letang · Deflection · 24.0 mph shot.

Sidney Crosby · 1st 6:10 · PIT

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 24.0 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Sean Monahan · 1st 13:40 · CBJ

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 6.1 s
Type: rebound

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Brendan Gaunce · 2nd 3:51 · CBJ SH

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 30.7 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Zach Werenski · 2nd 19:56 · CBJ

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 68.3 mph
Distance: 47 ft
Type: one-timer

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Bryan Rust · 3rd 0:13 · PIT

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.4 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Entry to goal: 7.7 s

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Sidney Crosby · 3rd 8:28 · PIT

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 30.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Kris Letang · OT 0:59 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.0 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Columbus Blue JacketsNov 28, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Pittsburgh Penguins

Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Columbus Blue Jackets

Goal anatomy

Sidney Crosby · 1st 6:10 · PIT

Sean Monahan · 1st 13:40 · CBJ

Brendan Gaunce · 2nd 3:51 · CBJ SH

Zach Werenski · 2nd 19:56 · CBJ

Bryan Rust · 3rd 0:13 · PIT

Sidney Crosby · 3rd 8:28 · PIT

Kris Letang · OT 0:59 · PIT