Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Columbus Blue JacketsJan 4, 2026

Final / OTSunday, Jan 4, 2026· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
PIT	1	1	2	1	5		PIT	9	21	11	2	43
CBJ	3	1	0	0	4		CBJ	12	6	7	0	25

: PIT 92CBJ 53
: PIT 4.02CBJ 2.81
PP goals: PIT 1CBJ 0
Hits: PIT 14CBJ 22
Blocks: PIT 14CBJ 19
PIM: PIT 0CBJ 6
: PIT 53%CBJ 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Columbus Blue Jackets 5–4 (OT)

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Columbus Blue Jackets 5–4 in overtime at CBJ. Kirill Marchenko (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Jet Greaves (CBJ) faced 43 shots and stopped 38 (.884), +15 against a season average of 28.0; the overtime loss.

Points
Kirill Marchenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:45.Marchenko
Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:34.Crosby
Points
Zach Werenski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:54.Werenski
Points
Ben Kindel had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:01.Kindel
Points
Denton Mateychuk had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:01.Mateychuk
Goalie
Jet Greaves (CBJ) faced 43 shots and stopped 38 (.884), +15 against a season average of 28.0; the overtime loss.Greaves
Usage
Denton Mateychuk (CBJ) played 25:01, +5:55 up on his 19:06 season average over 74 games.Mateychuk
Usage
Rickard Rakell (PIT) played 24:14, +5:22 up on his 18:52 season average over 59 games.Rakell

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 145 of 145 attempts · CBJ 53 · PIT 92

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 51% of the game, CBJ 22%.

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
	92	55
	3.76	2.83
	3.61	2.69
	13	11
	1	4
	30	22
	−0.001	+0.001
	51%	22%

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 – Rust – Rakell
14:3058% CF
L2Acciari – Dewar – Lizotte
11:0273% CF
L3Chinakhov – Koivunen – Kindel
9:1584% CF
L4Mantha – Novak – Brazeau
8:0753% CF
D1Karlsson – Wotherspoon
16:1378% CF
D2Letang – Kulak
15:4554% CF
D3Shea – St. Ivany
13:2364% CF

PP1Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Rakell – Mantha
3:3663% CF
PP2Letang – Novak – Brazeau – Chinakhov – Kindel
1:05100% CF

Current PIT line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Marchment – Marchenko – Fantilli
14:2047% CF
L2Coyle – Jenner – Olivier
13:5034% CF
L3Heinen – Voronkov – Sillinger
8:4817% CF
L4Gaunce – Aston-Reese – Johnson
7:0550% CF
D1Severson – Provorov
18:5940% CF
D2Werenski – Mateychuk
18:0849% CF
D3Fabbro – Christiansen
6:5613% CF

PK1FCoyle – Gaunce
3:17
PK2FJenner – Olivier
1:29
PK1DProvorov – Mateychuk
2:34
PK2DWerenski – Fabbro
0:43

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		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.52	1	0	24:34	—	—	57	52
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.61	4	2	24:14	—	—	54	49
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.27	0	1	22:46	—	—	62	54
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	1	13:54	—	—	66	70
Connor Dewar C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	2	0	13:18	—	—	69	76
Noel Acciari C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.44	2	0	12:43	—	—	68	78
Ben Kindel C	L3	0	2	2	0	2	0.06	0	0	14:01	—	—	80	64
Egor Chinakhov R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	0	0	12:38	—	—	75	63
Ville Koivunen R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.51	0	0	11:28	—	—	79	65
Anthony Mantha R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	1	1	15:23	—	—	59	49
Tommy Novak C	L4	1	0	1	-1	3	0.20	0	0	13:29	—	—	42	43
Justin Brazeau R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.31	1	0	13:07	—	—	42	39
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.18	0	2	25:46	—	—	68	52
Parker Wotherspoon D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	18:43	—	—	77	72
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	0	2	23:17	—	—	53	45
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.16	0	2	18:06	—	—	52	37
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	1	16:14	—	—	66	70
Jack St. Ivany D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	0	1	15:06	—	—	66	69

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arturs Silovs(start)	W	25	21	4	.840	2.81	60:41

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Adam Fantilli C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.36	1	0	2	17:37	—	—	55	71
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.32	0	1	0	16:45	—	—	47	55
Mason Marchment L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.29	2	0	0	16:00	—	—	50	64
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	22:08	—	—	31	26
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.12	3	0	0	20:49	—	—	31	27
Mathieu Olivier R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.43	5	0	0	19:14	—	—	42	42
Cole Sillinger C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	0	12:35	—	—	15	20
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	2	0	10:42	—	—	19	25
Dmitri Voronkov L	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.06	3	1	2	10:07	—	—	17	20
Brendan Gaunce C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.35	1	1	0	14:13	—	—	44	56
Kent Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	1	0	9:48	—	—	35	52
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:10	—	—	46	60
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	1	2	28:44	—	—	38	46
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	1	0	21:14	—	—	38	48
Zach Werenski D	D2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.06	0	1	0	25:54	—	—	47	54
Denton Mateychuk D	D2	0	2	2	+3	2	0.30	0	2	0	25:01	—	—	50	53
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	2	0	14:37	—	—	24	28
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	7:06	—	—	13	13

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jet Greaves(start)	O	43	38	5	.884	4.02	62:22

Goal anatomy

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

Ville Koivunen (PIT) 1st 1:50 · assists Ben Kindel, Jack St. Ivany · Deflection · 25.9 mph shot.

Ville Koivunen · 1st 1:50 · PIT

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 25.9 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: deflection

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Dmitri Voronkov · 1st 8:21 · CBJ

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.0 mph
Distance: 39 ft

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Mason Marchment · 1st 8:48 · CBJ

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 13.1 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s
Type: rebound

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Kirill Marchenko · 1st 18:38 · CBJ

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.1 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 9.0 s

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Zach Werenski · 2nd 0:47 · CBJ

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 65.0 mph
Distance: 55 ft
Entry to goal: 9.6 s

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Noel Acciari · 2nd 16:51 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 66.6 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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Tommy Novak · 3rd 3:28 · PIT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 59.5 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Type: one-timer

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Rickard Rakell · 3rd 19:46 · PIT

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 50.4 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: one-timer

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Sidney Crosby · OT 2:22 · PIT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 24.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s

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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 JacketsJan 4, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins edge Columbus Blue Jackets 5–4 (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

Ville Koivunen · 1st 1:50 · PIT

Dmitri Voronkov · 1st 8:21 · CBJ

Mason Marchment · 1st 8:48 · CBJ

Kirill Marchenko · 1st 18:38 · CBJ

Zach Werenski · 2nd 0:47 · CBJ

Noel Acciari · 2nd 16:51 · PIT

Tommy Novak · 3rd 3:28 · PIT PP

Rickard Rakell · 3rd 19:46 · PIT

Sidney Crosby · OT 2:22 · PIT