Final / SO/Sun Jan 18, 2026/PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh/2025-26 regular season

01/Line score

Goals by period, from play-by-play
Team1st2nd3rdOTSOT
120014
201003

The shootout column is the single goal the winner is credited with in the final score, not the number of attempts converted. Shootout attempts do not appear on any skater's goal total.


02/Scoring summary

6 goals

1st

3 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsCBJPIT
02:42CBJZachary Aston-Reese (1)Zach Werenski, NHL 847686710
09:59PITConnor Clifton (1)Tommy Novak11
17:52PITRickard Rakell (7)Sidney Crosby12

2nd

2 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsCBJPIT
07:32CBJKirill Marchenko (18)unassisted22
17:38CBJNHL 8478046 (2)Erik Gudbranson, Egor Zamula32

3rd

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsCBJPIT
18:59PITSidney Crosby (26)Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin33

Shootout

3 converted

03/Team stats

Counted from the play-by-play
CBJ
Away / Home
PIT
4
Goals
3
26
Shots on goal
33
13
Missed shots
22
24
Blocked shots
14
55
Shot attempts
79
24
Hits
17
26
Faceoffs won of 62
36
41.9%
Faceoff win %
58.1%
13
Giveaways
14
10
Takeaways
3
4
Penalties
3
8
Penalty minutes
6
2
Power plays
3

Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them. Shot attempts are shots on goal plus misses plus attempts that were blocked. A club's blocked shots are the blocks it made, credited to the blocker's club: a shot that deflects off one of the shooter's own teammates is credited to neither side, so this can run under the raw count of blocked shots in the game. Penalty minutes are the durations the feed publishes, plus the ten minute misconduct that automatically rides with a match penalty.

Power plays are opportunities, and they are derived rather than stored. The feed carries no strength on a goal and no end time on a penalty, so the penalty record is run forward to find the seconds a club really had a skater more than its opponent: coincidental penalties offset, a double minor counts twice, a misconduct costs no skater, and a call at the final horn counts for nothing. Power play time is not printed, it would rest on the same reconstruction with nothing published to check it against.


04/Columbus Blue Jackets

Away · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Zach WerenskiD011-1220029:18
Erik GudbransonD011-1002219:50
Kirill MarchenkoR101+1040218:38
Egor ZamulaD011+1010013:40
NHL 8478046101+1031110:33
NHL 8476867011+202213-59:25
Zachary Aston-ReeseC101+121517:32
Damon SeversonD0000040628:06
Ivan ProvorovD0000220227:07
Boone JennerC000-200211-021:17
Adam FantilliC000023228-920:46
Charlie CoyleC000-202205-920:30
Kent JohnsonC000-1020118:31
Sean MonahanC000000019-1317:59
Cole SillingerC000+1002315:37
Mathieu OlivierR0000004114:40
Dmitri VoronkovL000-100208:57
Dante FabbroD000+100004:34
Skaters3478262424

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Elvis Merzlikins33303.90965:00
Jet Greaves

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


05/Pittsburgh Penguins

Home · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Sidney CrosbyC112+1032019-621:57
Kris LetangD0110001125:55
Rickard RakellR101+1071021:55
Evgeni MalkinC011+106020-120:06
Connor CliftonD1010015018:13
Tommy NovakC011001014-514:24
Bryan RustR000+2042121:55
Brett KulakD000-1220221:54
Ryan SheaD0000011019:41
Ben KindelC000003102-916:59
Parker WotherspoonD0000201316:46
NHL 84810300000001216:06
Yegor ChinakhovR0000010015:05
Anthony ManthaR000+100101-113:14
Justin BrazeauR000-1020012:13
Connor DewarC000-1000011:50
Noel AcciariC000-102116-111:12
Blake LizotteC000-120014-310:09
Skaters3476331714

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Arturs Silovs26233.88564:26
Stuart Skinner

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


06/Penalties

7 called
PerTimeTeamPlayerInfractionMinDrawn by
1st06:14CBJZachary Aston-ReeseHigh-sticking2Kris Letang
2nd02:03CBJIvan ProvorovInterference2Ben Kindel
2nd08:43CBJZach WerenskiSlashing2Parker Wotherspoon
2nd08:43PITParker WotherspoonSlashing2Zach Werenski
2nd14:15PITBlake LizotteHigh-sticking2Boone Jenner
2nd19:21PITBrett KulakHooking2Boone Jenner
3rd12:11CBJAdam FantilliHolding2Ben Kindel

07/Game

Date
Sun Jan 18, 2026
Venue
PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh
Season
2025-26
Type
Regular season
Decision
Final / SO
NHL game id
2025020760

Goals, assists, shots, hits, blocks and faceoffs are counted from the play-by-play for this game. Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them, so a club's skater shot total is the shot total the opposing goaltender faced. The skater line does not include a goaltender's own assists. Time on ice, penalty minutes and plus-minus come from the box score. Save percentage is saves over shots faced and excludes any empty-net goal, which the feed does not credit to a goaltender. 3 players are not in the player index and appear by NHL id rather than under an invented name.