National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Columbus 4, Pittsburgh 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 30, 2024
Where: Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
Referees: Wes McCauley, Brandon Schrader
Linesmen: Bryan Pancich, Andrew Smith
Attendance: 18873
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Pittsburgh 02103
Columbus 1021SO4
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
7:47 - Blue Jackets Mathieu Olivier (SH) Assists: Cole Sillinger
Penalties
6:47 - Blue Jackets Dmitri Voronkov (2) Hooking
 7:47 - Penguins Bench (2) Delay of game
 10:38 - Penguins Reilly Smith (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
13:29 - Penguins Drew O'Connor (EV) Assists: Bryan Rust , Marcus Pettersson
18:55 - Penguins Bryan Rust (EV) Assists: Sidney Crosby , Kris Letang
Penalties
2:41 - Penguins Pierre-Olivier Joseph (2) Tripping
 14:10 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
8:59 - Penguins Rickard Rakell (EV) Assists: Evgeni Malkin
9:08 - Blue Jackets Kirill Marchenko (EV) Assists: Damon Severson , Zach Werenski
11:47 - Blue Jackets Zach Werenski (EV) Assists: Johnny Gaudreau
Penalties
4:59 - Blue Jackets Cole Sillinger (2) Slashing
Overtime
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
None.
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 0 0 0 0 65:00 55:00 3:00 7:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jack St. Ivany D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 12:42 10:25 0:00 2:17 0 0 - - - - -
John Ludvig D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 13:02 11:08 0:00 1:54 0 0 1 1 - - -
Michael Bunting LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 15 9:54 8:54 1:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Drew O'Connor LW 1 0 1 E 0 2 27 21:21 17:57 0:06 3:18 0 0 - 3 - - -
Bryan Rust RW 1 1 2 E 0 5 28 21:37 17:17 1:51 2:29 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jesse Puljujarvi RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 6:34 6:31 0:03 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Reilly Smith RW 0 0 0 E 2 4 27 18:36 16:22 1:01 1:13 0 0 1 - - - -
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 27 18:44 16:01 0:50 1:53 0 0 - 1 12 3 80
Sam Poulin C 0 0 0 E 0 0 8 5:10 5:03 0:07 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Marcus Pettersson D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 34 26:18 21:06 0:10 5:02 0 0 - 2 - - -
Valtteri Puustinen RW 0 0 0 E 0 6 19 12:55 11:52 1:03 0:00 0 0 - 3 - - -
Kris Letang D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 31 26:59 20:29 1:51 4:39 0 0 1 6 - - -
Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 +3 0 3 33 25:40 24:30 1:07 0:03 0 0 - - - - -
Rickard Rakell RW 1 0 1 E 0 3 22 14:50 13:50 1:00 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 1 E 0 1 25 16:33 14:39 1:54 0:00 0 0 2 - 4 4 50
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 24 19:07 19:03 0:00 0:04 0 0 - 4 - - -
Jeff Carter RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 14:27 8:19 1:00 5:08 0 0 - - 5 10 33
Sidney Crosby C 0 1 1 -1 2 4 28 22:31 20:34 1:57 0:00 0 0 - - 11 9 55
Columbus Blue Jackets
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Daniil Tarasov G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Elvis Merzlikins G 0 0 0 0 0 64:26 54:26 7:00 3:00 0 0 0 - - - -
Cole Sillinger C 0 1 1 +2 2 3 33 23:47 21:10 1:37 1:00 0 0 - 1 11 13 46
Zach Werenski D 1 1 2 +2 0 4 27 27:24 21:24 5:21 0:39 0 0 1 2 - - -
Ivan Provorov D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 22:09 19:06 1:41 1:22 0 0 3 2 - - -
Dmitri Voronkov LW 0 0 0 -1 2 4 27 19:49 14:26 5:23 0:00 0 0 - 2 3 9 25
Johnny Gaudreau LW 0 1 1 -1 0 5 27 24:28 19:05 5:23 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brendan Gaunce C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 23 16:54 15:37 0:00 1:17 0 0 3 - 12 9 57
Jake Bean D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 20 14:26 13:37 0:00 0:49 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jake Christiansen D 0 0 0 E 0 3 10 8:31 8:31 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Mathieu Olivier RW 1 0 1 E 0 3 19 13:48 12:46 0:00 1:02 0 1 6 - - - -
Cameron Butler RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 1 0:54 0:54 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alexandre Texier C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 29 23:14 19:36 1:39 1:59 0 0 1 1 - - -
Erik Gudbranson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 23 20:17 17:56 0:00 2:21 0 0 1 2 - - -
James Malatesta LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 6 5:29 3:52 1:37 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Carson Meyer RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 4 4:37 4:37 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Damon Severson D 0 1 1 +3 0 3 28 26:38 24:11 1:37 0:50 0 0 - 2 - - -
Mikael Pyyhtia LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17 13:20 12:39 0:00 0:41 0 0 1 1 - - -
Kirill Marchenko RW 1 0 1 +1 0 6 26 22:33 17:14 5:19 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Alexander Nylander RW 0 0 0 -1 0 27 23:16 17:53 5:23 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Goaltending
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic L (13-6-6) 37 34 3 .919 0 65:00
Columbus
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Elvis Merzlikins W (13-17-8) 33 30 3 .909 0 64:26
Shootout
PIT Score Score CLB
Rickard Rakell Johnny Gaudreau
Sidney Crosby Alexandre Texier
Kris Letang Alexander Nylander
Bryan Rust Kirill Marchenko
Evgeni Malkin Damon Severson
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