Game

Blue Jackets at Penguins

Blue Jackets 5, Penguins 4 in a shootout · first star Dmitri Voronkov (2 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Columbus Blue Jackets 5 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4

Blue Jackets CBJ

5 FINAL/SO 4

Penguins PIT

Saturday, October 25, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	1OT	SO	T	SOG
Blue Jackets	1	1	2	0	1	5	41
Penguins	2	0	2	0	0	4	31

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Blue Jackets attack left, Penguins attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: CBJ 41, PIT 31.

CBJ in red PIT in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Blue Jackets 41 shots on goal (4 goals, 18 missed, 17 blocked) attacking left; Penguins 31 shots on goal (4 goals, 14 missed, 18 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	CBJ SOG	CBJ G	CBJ ATT	PIT SOG	PIT G	PIT ATT
1st	16	1	31	7	2	11
2nd	9	1	20	8	0	20
3rd	13	2	21	15	2	28
OT	3	0	4	1	0	4
Total	41	4	76	31	4	63

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	CBJ SOG	CBJ G	PIT SOG	PIT G
Even strength	40	4	19	3
Power play	1	0	12	1
Short-handed	0	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Blue Jackets took 54.7% of the shot attempts, and 64.2% of the 106 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Penguins and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Blue Jackets hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Blue Jackets at Penguins
Period	PIT CF%	PIT FF%
1st	26.2	26.5
2nd	50.0	51.9
3rd	57.1	54.0
OT	50.0	33.3
Game	45.3	43.3

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

00:59 Ryan Shea (1) Anthony Mantha (4), Parker Wotherspoon (4) · wrist 0–1
15:44 Charlie Coyle (1) Dante Fabbro (1), Cole Sillinger (2) · backhand 1–1
18:01 Anthony Mantha (4) Evgeni Malkin (11), Justin Brazeau (4) · snap 1–2

2nd period

17:39 Dmitri Voronkov (4) Kent Johnson (2) · wrist 2–2

3rd period

01:55 Egor Chinakhov (1) Zachary Aston-Reese (3), Isac Lundeström (1) · snap 3–2
04:54 Dmitri Voronkov (5) Sean Monahan (3), Kirill Marchenko (3) · deflected 4–2
14:54 Kris Letang (1) PP Tommy Novak (3), Arturs Silovs (1) · slap 4–3
16:54 Bryan Rust (1) Evgeni Malkin (12), Erik Karlsson (6) · slap 4–4

Shootout

00:00 Kirill Marchenko Unassisted · wrist 5–4

Three stars

Dmitri Voronkov CBJ · L #10 · 2 G, 0 A
Kris Letang PIT · D #58 · 1 G, 0 A
Kirill Marchenko CBJ · R #86 · 0 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	11:45	CBJ	Boone Jenner	fighting (major)	5	Mathew Dumba
1st	11:45	PIT	Mathew Dumba	fighting (major)	5	Boone Jenner
1st	15:44	PIT	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2	—
1st	19:01	PIT	Ryan Shea	high sticking	2	Zachary Aston-Reese
2nd	03:27	CBJ	Erik Gudbranson	cross checking	2	Justin Brazeau
3rd	10:18	CBJ	Boone Jenner	high sticking	2	Connor Dewar
3rd	13:02	CBJ	Cole Sillinger	hooking	2	Filip Hallander

Boxscore

Columbus Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Dmitri Voronkov #10	L	2	0	2	+2	5	2	0	0	0.0	17:13
Charlie Coyle #3	C	1	0	1	-1	2	2	2	0	54.5	18:14
Egor Chinakhov #59	R	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	0.0	10:26
Cole Sillinger #4	C	0	1	1	-1	3	1	0	2	0.0	15:51
Isac Lundeström #21	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	100.0	09:12
Kent Johnson #91	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0.0	18:28
Sean Monahan #23	C	0	1	1	+1	5	0	0	0	33.3	22:54
Zachary Aston-Reese #27	L	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0	0.0	09:05
Kirill Marchenko #86	R	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	0	0.0	20:32
Dante Fabbro #15	D	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0.0	13:56
Adam Fantilli #19	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	37.5	16:40
Boone Jenner #38	C	0	0	0	-1	3	4	2	7	100.0	15:31
Mathieu Olivier #24	R	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.0	13:32
Damon Severson #78	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	19:43
Denton Mateychuk #5	D	0	0	0	+1	4	4	0	0	0.0	21:20
Erik Gudbranson #44	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	0.0	14:18
Ivan Provorov #9	D	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	0.0	22:46
Zach Werenski #8	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	0.0	29:49

Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Elvis Merzlikins #90	W	31	27	4	.871	16/19	11/12	64:38

Pittsburgh Penguins

Penguins skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Anthony Mantha #39	R	1	1	2	+1	3	0	0	0	0.0	14:35
Evgeni Malkin #71	C	0	2	2	+1	4	1	1	0	27.3	21:13
Bryan Rust #17	R	1	0	1	-1	3	0	3	0	0.0	23:11
Kris Letang #58	D	1	0	1	+2	2	2	3	0	0.0	23:02
Ryan Shea #5	D	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	2	0.0	18:48
Tommy Novak #18	C	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	50.0	13:47
Justin Brazeau #16	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	12:49
Erik Karlsson #65	D	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	27:39
Parker Wotherspoon #28	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	18:42
Blake Lizotte #46	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	42.9	14:21
Connor Dewar #19	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	12:31
Filip Hallander #11	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0.0	16:09
Noel Acciari #55	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	87.5	13:28
Sidney Crosby #87	C	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	57.1	24:32
Philip Tomasino #53	R	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	100.0	10:26
Rickard Rakell #67	R	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	0.0	14:58
Connor Clifton #75	D	0	0	0	-2	0	4	2	0	0.0	16:27
Mathew Dumba #24	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	5	0.0	14:25

Penguins goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Arturs Silovs #37	O	41	37	4	.902	36/40	1/1	64:57

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.