Pittsburgh Penguins @ Columbus Blue Jackets — Oct 9, 2026

NHL Nationwide Arena, Columbus·October 9, 2026
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT 2-2-1, 1-1-1 Away
2
Final/SO
3
Columbus Blue Jackets CBJ 1-1-0, 1-1-0 Home
1 2 3 OT SO T
PIT 0 1 1 0 0 2
CBJ 1 1 0 0 1 3
Top Performers
Points
B.
B. Rust R PIT
1 PTS
D.
D. Severson D CBJ
2 PTS
Shots
E.
E. Malkin C PIT
3 SOG
C.
C. Coyle C CBJ
7 SOG
Saves
S.
S. Murashov G PIT
43 SV
C.
C. Talbot G CBJ
20 SV
Box Score
Three Stars
1st Star D. Severson 1 G, 1 A
2nd Star K. Johnson 0 G, 0 A
3rd Star S. Murashov 43 SV
Forwards
Penguins
PLAYER G A P +/- PIM SOG HIT BLK FO TOI
B. Rust 1 0 1 -1 2 2 1 1 - 18:21
E. Malkin 1 0 1 +1 0 3 1 0 - 17:30
R. Rakell 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 - 20:29
S. Crosby 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6/13 19:40
B. Kindel 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3/7 17:19
Y. Chinakhov 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 1 - 14:36
T. Novak 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2/8 14:33
C. Dewar 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0/2 13:35
B. Lizotte 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4/15 13:30
V. Koivunen 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 13:13
H. Lapierre 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 12:03
N. Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 10:10
Blue Jackets
PLAYER G A P +/- PIM SOG HIT BLK FO TOI
C. Sillinger 0 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 - 16:41
M. Olivier 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 - 16:35
C. Coyle 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7/12 23:30
A. Fantilli 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 14/16 21:57
M. Knies 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1/2 20:38
K. Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 18:10
S. Monahan 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4/7 16:11
V. Nichushkin 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1/1 16:01
D. Voronkov 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 - 12:43
D. Heinen 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3/6 12:01
C. Garland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0/1 9:48
R. Lomberg 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 9:15
Defense
Penguins
PLAYER G A P +/- PIM SOG HIT BLK FO TOI
E. Karlsson 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 - 24:50
S. Girard 0 1 1 -1 2 0 0 0 - 19:25
D. Carlile 0 0 0 +1 0 1 4 5 - 20:19
K. Letang 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 - 19:14
T. Van Riemsdyk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 19:08
K. Korczak 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 2 - 19:05
Blue Jackets
PLAYER G A P +/- PIM SOG HIT BLK FO TOI
D. Severson 1 1 2 +1 0 3 0 1 - 22:20
Z. Werenski 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 3 - 29:36
D. Mateychuk 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 3 - 23:29
C. Soucy 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 0 - 17:29
E. Gudbranson 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 - 16:56
E. Andrae 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 - 7:40
Goalies
Penguins
PLAYER SA SV GA SV% TOI DEC
S. Murashov 45 43 2 .956 65:00 OTL
Blue Jackets
PLAYER SA SV GA SV% TOI DEC
C. Talbot 22 20 2 .909 65:00 W
G - Goals · A - Assists · P - Points · +/- - Plus/Minus · PIM - Penalty Minutes · SOG - Shots on Goal · HIT - Hits · BLK - Blocked Shots · FO - Faceoffs Won/Taken · TOI - Time on Ice · SA - Shots Against · SV - Saves · GA - Goals Against · SV% - Save Percentage · DEC - Decision
Team Statistics
Penguins
Blue Jackets
22 Shots on Goal 45
0/2 · 0% Power Play 0/4 · 0%
4/4 · 100% Penalty Kill 2/2 · 100%
33.3% Faceoffs Won 66.7%
9 Hits 21
19 Blocked Shots 14
8 Penalty Minutes 4
4 Takeaways 6
17 Giveaways 13
Play-by-Play
SO 0 - 1 2 - 3
Missed B. Kindel
0 - 1 R3
C. Coyle Missed
Missed Y. Chinakhov
0 - 1 R2
C. Garland Missed
Missed R. Rakell
0 - 1 R1
K. Johnson Scored
3rd Period 1 - 0 2 - 2
2 min V. Koivunen Tripping
Goal E. Malkin A: E. Karlsson, R. Rakell
2 - 2 16:41
2nd Period 1 - 1 1 - 2
Goal B. Rust A: S. Girard
1 - 2 5:30
0 - 2 8:20
M. Olivier A: C. Sillinger, D. Severson Goal
2 min S. Girard Tripping
1st Period 0 - 1 0 - 1
2 min K. Letang Hooking
0 - 1 9:08
D. Severson A: C. Sillinger, Z. Werenski Goal
E. Andrae Cross Checking 2 min
2 min B. Rust Tripping
A. Fantilli Slashing 2 min
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 0 Biggest Lead: CBJ +2 Times Tied: 1
Head-to-Head
Penguins leads 2-0
Final/OT
PIT Penguins
1121
5
CBJ Blue Jackets
3100
4
Final/OT
PIT Penguins
1021
4
CBJ Blue Jackets
1200
3
Highlights
Penguins 2 - 3 Blue Jackets
October 9, 2026
Nationwide Arena
Columbus, US · 18,500 capacity
League
NHL
Season
NHL 26/27
Date
October 9, 2026
Time
11:00 pm
Duration
1h 25m