Blue Jackets 2–3 Penguins — Final Score & Stats (Dec 21, 2017)

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap

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Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🧥 CBJ

Pierre-Luc Dubois

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · 18:52 TOI

2nd star 🧥 CBJ

Artemi Panarin

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 22:32 TOI

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Matt Murray

30 saves

0.938 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order

2nd period

🧥 Pierre-Luc Dubois Go-ahead 2nd · 07:09

Assists: Artemi Panarin, Gabriel Carlsson · beat Matt Murray

1–0

3rd period

🐧 Patric Hornqvist PP Tying 3rd · 02:25

Assists: Phil Kessel, Kris Letang · beat Sergei Bobrovsky

1–1

🐧 Evgeni Malkin PP Go-ahead 3rd · 15:03

Assists: Sidney Crosby, Olli Maatta · beat Sergei Bobrovsky

1–2

🧥 Artemi Panarin PP Tying 3rd · 16:14

Assists: Seth Jones, Pierre-Luc Dubois · beat Matt Murray

2–2

Shootout

🐧 Kris Letang Go-ahead SO · 00:00

Unassisted

2–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🧥Blue Jackets

L1 Panarin · Atkinson · Anderson 22:32

L2 Foligno · Dubois · Wennberg 19:33

L3 Calvert · Jenner · Bjorkstrand 13:37

L4 Hannikainen · Milano · Sedlak 5:05

D1 Jones · Johnson 25:02

D2 Savard · Nutivaara 22:12

D3 Harrington · Carlsson 12:25

🐧Penguins

L1 Crosby · Guentzel · Kessel 21:01

L2 Malkin · Sheahan · Rust 17:30

L3 Sheary · Hagelin · Hornqvist 14:50

L4 Rowney · Simon · Reaves 5:59

D1 Letang · Dumoulin 27:45

D2 Maatta · Oleksiak 17:48

D3 Hunwick · Ruhwedel 16:10

Team stats

Away left · home right

🧥CBJ PIT🐧

32 Shots on goal 41

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5

29 Hits 33

14 Blocked shots 10

8 Takeaways 7

3 Giveaways 9

37 Penalty minutes 26

CBJ shooting 6.2% (2/32) PIT shooting 7.3% (3/41)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🧥Blue Jackets

Sergei Bobrovsky

39/41

.951 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

🐧Penguins

Matt Murray

30/32

.938 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 5 goals located

CBJ PIT

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets — tied after 1st: 9-4-1 (64% win rate, 14 games)

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 1st: 5-6-1 (42% win rate, 12 games)

After 2nd — 1–0

Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-1 (86% win rate, 7 games)

Penguins

Penguins — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-4-2 (14% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Penguins lead the season series 1–0

Apr 202017 🧥CBJ @ 🐧PIT 2–5 Apr 182017 🐧PIT @ 🧥CBJ 4–5 Apr 162017 🐧PIT @ 🧥CBJ 5–4 OT Apr 142017 🧥CBJ @ 🐧PIT 1–4 Apr 122017 🧥CBJ @ 🐧PIT 1–3

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Who won Blue Jackets vs Penguins on December 21, 2017?

Penguins won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Blue Jackets 2, Penguins 3.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Artemi Panarin, Pierre-Luc Dubois.

Who scored for Penguins?

Evgeni Malkin, Patric Hornqvist.

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Sergei Bobrovsky made 39 saves on 41 shots (.951 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Matt Murray made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

Where is Blue Jackets vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Blue Jackets vs Penguins season series?

Penguins lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🧥 Blue Jackets

BeforeDec 20 🍁TOR @ 🧥CBJ 2–4 AfterDec 23 🔔PHI @ 🧥CBJ 1–2

🐧 Penguins

BeforeDec 18 🐧PIT @ 🏔️COL 2–4 AfterDec 23 🦆ANA @ 🐧PIT 4–0

Also on December 21

✈️WPG 1–2 🐻BOS 🗽NYR 3–4 😈NJD 🦆ANA 5–4 🏝️NYI 🏛️OTT 3–4 ⚡TBL 🌪️CAR 4–1 🐯NSH 🪶CHI 0–4 ⭐DAL 🎵STL 2–3 🛢️EDM 🏔️COL 1–2 👑LAK

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