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Saturday, January 17, 2026
7:00 PM ET
PPG Paints Arena (FDSNOH)
CBJ
Columbus Blue Jackets
4 – 3
Final/SO
Pittsburgh Penguins
 PIT
38% xGF%
62% xGF%
CBJ was expected to score 3.06 goals PIT was expected to score 5.04 goals
P1 P2 P3 OT 0 1 2 3 4 5 Cumulative xG CBJ PIT Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Columbus Blue Jackets Pittsburgh Penguins
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 4:00 0.27 0 9:41 0.94 1
Even Strength 51:19 2.76 3 51:19 3.95 2
Penalty Kill 9:41 0.03 0 4:00 0.14 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 1 28:38 0.66 0 9:40 0.66 0
Tied 26:33 1.61 2 26:33 2.63 1
Down 1 9:40 0.80 1 28:38 1.75 2
  • ► Zachary Aston-Reese scores at 2:42 in the 1st period 0.13 xG (1-0)
  • ► Connor Clifton scores at 9:59 in the 1st period 0.08 xG (1-1)
  • ► Rickard Rakell scores at 17:52 in the 1st period 0.13 xG (1-2)
  • ► Kirill Marchenko scores at 7:32 in the 2nd period 0.10 xG (2-2)
  • ► Danton Heinen scores at 17:38 in the 2nd period 0.13 xG (3-2)
  • ► Sidney Crosby scores at 18:59 in the 3rd period 0.13 xG (3-3)
  • ► Watch the full game recap here
CBJ CBJ xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
CBJ Boone Jenner (C) 0.94 0 0 0 27 21:17 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Evgeni Malkin (C) 0.85 0 1 1 23 20:06 6 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Bryan Rust (R) 0.78 0 0 0 26 21:55 4 +2 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Sidney Crosby (C) 0.64 1 1 2 26 21:57 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Ben Kindel (C) 0.56 0 0 0 20 16:59 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Tommy Novak (C) 0.52 0 1 1 19 14:24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Rickard Rakell (R) 0.50 1 0 1 24 21:55 7 +1 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Kirill Marchenko (R) 0.35 1 0 1 24 18:38 4 +1 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Danton Heinen (L) 0.33 1 0 1 16 10:33 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Noel Acciari (C) 0.33 0 0 0 16 11:12 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Adam Fantilli (C) 0.26 0 0 0 24 20:46 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Justin Brazeau (R) 0.22 0 0 0 16 12:13 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Kent Johnson (C) 0.16 0 0 0 23 18:31 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Charlie Coyle (C) 0.15 0 0 0 25 20:30 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Zachary Aston-Reese (L) 0.13 1 0 1 13 07:32 1 +1 2 0 0 0 0
CBJ Dmitri Voronkov (L) 0.11 0 0 0 13 08:57 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Egor Chinakhov (R) 0.09 0 0 0 19 15:05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Anthony Mantha (R) 0.08 0 0 0 16 13:14 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Brendan Gaunce (C) 0.04 0 1 1 15 09:25 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Mathieu Olivier (R) 0.00 0 0 0 20 14:40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Sean Monahan (C) 0.00 0 0 0 28 17:59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Blake Lizotte (C) 0.00 0 0 0 18 10:09 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0
CBJ Cole Sillinger (C) 0.00 0 0 0 23 15:37 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Connor Dewar (C) 0.00 0 0 0 17 11:50 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
CBJ Damon Severson (D) 0.29 0 0 0 34 28:06 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Connor Clifton (D) 0.23 1 0 1 18 18:13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Brett Kulak (D) 0.16 0 0 0 26 21:54 2 -1 2 0 0 0 0
CBJ Zach Werenski (D) 0.15 0 1 1 37 29:18 2 -1 2 0 0 0 0
CBJ Ivan Provorov (D) 0.13 0 0 0 33 27:07 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
PIT Ryan Shea (D) 0.07 0 0 0 19 19:41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Kris Letang (D) 0.01 0 1 1 22 25:55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Egor Zamula (D) 0.01 0 1 1 20 13:40 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
CBJ Dante Fabbro (D) 0.00 0 0 0 6 04:34 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Jack St. Ivany (D) 0.00 0 0 0 17 16:06 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PIT Parker Wotherspoon (D) 0.00 0 0 0 18 16:46 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
CBJ Erik Gudbranson (D) 0.00 0 1 1 31 19:50 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
CBJ Elvis Merzlikins (G) +6.37% 0.906 2.0 3 29 65:00 32 W 0
PIT Arturs Silovs (G) +0.24% 0.880 0.1 3 22 64:26 25 O 0