National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 6, Columbus 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, March 21, 2025
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Chris Rooney, Carter Sandlak
Linesmen: Kyle Flemington, CJ Murray
Attendance: 17222
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Columbus 1113
Pittsburgh 3216
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
5:28 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (EV) Assists: Philip Tomasino , Connor Dewar
13:51 - Penguins Noel Acciari (EV) Assists: Blake Lizotte
14:07 - Blue Jackets Boone Jenner (EV) Assists: Denton Mateychuk , Ivan Provorov
14:53 - Penguins Rickard Rakell (EV) Assists: Bryan Rust , Sidney Crosby
Penalties
11:49 - Penguins Bokondji Imama (5) Fighting
 11:49 - Blue Jackets Mathieu Olivier (5) Fighting
2nd Period
Scoring
1:35 - Blue Jackets Justin Danforth (EV) Assists: Mathieu Olivier , Damon Severson
8:15 - Penguins Bokondji Imama (EV) Assists: Danton Heinen , Kevin Hayes
15:31 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (EV) Assists: Matt Grzelcyk
Penalties
19:05 - Penguins Bokondji Imama (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
3:45 - Blue Jackets Kent Johnson (EV) Assists: Sean Kuraly , Yegor Chinakhov
18:03 - Penguins Bryan Rust (EV) (EN) Assists: Rickard Rakell , Alex Nedeljkovic
Penalties
6:54 - Blue Jackets Zachary Aston-Reese (2) Boarding
 8:39 - Penguins Philip Tomasino (2) Tripping
Columbus Blue Jackets
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jet Greaves G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Elvis Merzlikins G 0 0 0 0 0 58:19 52:49 3:45 1:45 0 0 - - - - -
Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 15 13:12 11:55 0:00 1:17 0 0 1 - - - -
Denton Mateychuk D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 19 17:17 17:17 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Sean Kuraly C 0 1 1 E 0 3 16 15:40 15:10 0:00 0:30 0 0 1 - 7 2 78
Zach Werenski D 0 0 0 E 0 8 23 29:15 25:26 3:20 0:29 0 0 - 3 - - -
Ivan Provorov D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 23 21:15 19:20 0:39 1:16 0 0 1 - - - -
Dmitri Voronkov LW 0 0 0 -2 0 5 19 16:31 13:15 3:16 0:00 0 0 1 1 1 1 50
Luke Kunin C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 16 15:56 15:06 0:00 0:50 0 0 2 1 1 0 100
Dante Fabbro D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 19:49 19:21 0:00 0:28 0 0 - - - - -
Justin Danforth RW 1 0 1 -1 0 3 18 12:51 11:56 0:00 0:55 0 0 - - 6 8 43
Adam Fantilli C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19 15:22 14:02 1:20 0:00 0 0 - - 4 11 27
James van Riemsdyk LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 15 14:40 14:15 0:25 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Mathieu Olivier RW 0 1 1 -1 5 3 17 12:43 11:53 0:00 0:50 0 0 2 - - - -
Zachary Aston-Reese C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 19 14:42 14:38 0:04 0:00 0 0 0 - - - -
Boone Jenner C 1 0 1 -1 0 6 17 16:13 13:23 2:25 0:25 0 0 3 - 9 6 60
Yegor Chinakhov RW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 16 12:07 11:42 0:25 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Damon Severson D 0 1 1 +1 0 18 14:20 13:55 0:25 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Kirill Marchenko RW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 19 19:08 15:48 3:20 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Kent Johnson C 1 0 1 E 0 3 18 18:40 15:34 3:06 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Tristan Jarry G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Nedeljkovic G 0 1 1 0 0 60:00 54:30 1:45 3:45 0 0 - - - - -
Kevin Hayes RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 14 10:37 9:14 1:23 0:00 0 0 - - 3 3 50
Bokondji Imama LW 1 0 1 E 7 2 12 7:50 7:50 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 2 - - -
Joona Koppanen LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 20 15:25 14:13 0:00 1:12 0 0 7 - 1 1 50
Bryan Rust RW 1 1 2 +3 0 5 24 19:07 16:22 1:19 1:26 0 0 - 1 0 1 0
Connor Dewar C 0 1 1 +1 0 4 21 16:36 15:03 0:00 1:33 0 0 3 3 - - -
Conor Timmins D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 27 20:51 18:35 0:00 2:16 0 0 2 1 - - -
Vladislav Kolyachonok D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18 13:43 13:43 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 3 - - -
Matt Grzelcyk D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 25 22:34 20:27 1:17 0:50 0 0 - 2 - - -
Ryan Graves D 0 0 0 E 0 1 21 16:42 15:12 0:00 1:30 0 0 2 3 - - -
Danton Heinen LW 0 1 1 E 0 0 14 10:20 9:58 0:22 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Blake Lizotte C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 20 15:36 13:42 0:00 1:54 0 0 1 - 1 4 20
Philip Tomasino C 0 1 1 +1 2 4 17 14:44 14:20 0:24 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Noel Acciari C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 19 14:07 12:43 0:00 1:24 0 0 4 4 3 3 50
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 +2 0 25 23:05 19:44 0:26 2:55 0 0 - 2 - - -
Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 +2 0 4 24 21:56 21:28 0:28 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Rickard Rakell RW 1 1 2 +3 0 1 22 17:43 16:24 1:19 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 19 16:54 16:28 0:26 0:00 0 0 - 1 11 6 65
Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 +3 0 3 22 18:10 16:49 1:21 0:00 0 0 1 - 10 9 53
Goaltending
Columbus
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Elvis Merzlikins L (22-19-5) 33 28 5 .848 0 58:19
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic W (13-14-5) 47 44 3 .936 0 60:00