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2024-25 regular season

Blue Jackets at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Blue Jackets lead the season series 2–1

Penguins beat Blue Jackets 6–3 at PPG Paints Arena on March 21, 2025.

CBJ – PIT
47–34
Shots on goal
16–27
Hits
7–24
Blocked shots
7–7
Takeaways
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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 🐧 PIT
Bryan Rust
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 19:07 TOI
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Sidney Crosby
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 18:10 TOI
3rd star 🐧 PIT
Alex Nedeljkovic
44 saves
0.936 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐧 Evgeni Malkin Go-ahead 1st · 05:28
Assists: Philip Tomasino, Connor Dewar · beat Elvis Merzlikins
0–1
🐧 Noel Acciari 1st · 13:51
Assists: Blake Lizotte · beat Elvis Merzlikins
0–2
🧥 Boone Jenner 1st · 14:07
Assists: Denton Mateychuk, Ivan Provorov · beat Alex Nedeljkovic
1–2
🐧 Rickard Rakell 1st · 14:53
Assists: Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby · beat Elvis Merzlikins
1–3
2nd period
🧥 Justin Danforth 2nd · 01:35
Assists: Mathieu Olivier, Damon Severson · beat Alex Nedeljkovic
2–3
🐧 Bokondji Imama 2nd · 08:15
Assists: Danton Heinen, Kevin Hayes · beat Elvis Merzlikins
2–4
🐧 Sidney Crosby 2nd · 15:31
Assists: Matt Grzelcyk · beat Elvis Merzlikins
2–5
3rd period
🧥 Kent Johnson 3rd · 03:45
Assists: Sean Kuraly, Yegor Chinakhov · beat Alex Nedeljkovic
3–5
🐧 Bryan Rust Empty net 3rd · 18:03
Assists: Rickard Rakell, Alex Nedeljkovic
3–6

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🧥Blue Jackets
L1 Voronkov · Johnson · Marchenko 18:40
L2 Jenner · Kunin · Kuraly 15:56
L3 van Riemsdyk · Fantilli · Aston-Reese 14:42
L4 Danforth · Olivier · Chinakhov 12:43
D1 Werenski · Provorov 25:15
D2 Fabbro · Mateychuk 18:33
D3 Severson · Johnson 13:46
🐧Penguins
L1 Crosby · Rust · Rakell 18:10
L2 Malkin · Dewar · Lizotte 16:36
L3 Koppanen · Tomasino · Acciari 14:44
L4 Heinen · Imama · Hayes 10:20
D1 Letang · Grzelcyk 22:50
D2 Karlsson · Timmins 21:24
D3 Graves · Kolyachonok 15:12

Team stats

Away left · home right
🧥CBJ PIT🐧
47 Shots on goal 34
16 Hits 27
7 Blocked shots 24
7 Takeaways 7
12 Giveaways 9
7 Penalty minutes 9
CBJ shooting 6.4% (3/47) PIT shooting 17.6% (6/34)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🧥Blue Jackets
Elvis Merzlikins
28/33
.848 SV% · 5 GA · 58:19 TOI
🐧Penguins
Alex Nedeljkovic
44/47
.936 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Evgeni Malkin · 1st 05:28 · 0–1 Noel Acciari · 1st 13:51 · 0–2 Boone Jenner · 1st 14:07 · 1–2 Rickard Rakell · 1st 14:53 · 1–3 Justin Danforth · 2nd 01:35 · 2–3 Bokondji Imama · 2nd 08:15 · 2–4 Sidney Crosby · 2nd 15:31 · 2–5 Kent Johnson · 3rd 03:45 · 3–5 Bryan Rust · 3rd 18:03 · 3–6
CBJ PIT
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–3
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-4 (20% win rate, 5 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 2-1-1 (50% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 2–5
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)
Penguins
Penguins — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)

Last meetings

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Blue Jackets lead the season series 2–1
Jan 72025 🧥CBJ @ 🐧PIT 4–3 SO Nov 152024 🐧PIT @ 🧥CBJ 2–6 Mar 302024 🐧PIT @ 🧥CBJ 3–4 SO Mar 282024 🧥CBJ @ 🐧PIT 2–3 Mar 52024 🧥CBJ @ 🐧PIT 3–5
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CBJ vs PIT, answered

Who won Blue Jackets vs Penguins on March 21, 2025?

Penguins won 6–3. The final score was Blue Jackets 3, Penguins 6.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Boone Jenner, Justin Danforth, Kent Johnson.

Who scored for Penguins?

Bokondji Imama, Bryan Rust, Evgeni Malkin, Noel Acciari, Rickard Rakell, Sidney Crosby.

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Elvis Merzlikins made 28 saves on 33 shots (.848 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Alex Nedeljkovic made 44 saves on 47 shots (.936 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?

Blue Jackets lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🧥 Blue Jackets
BeforeMar 20 🐆FLA @ 🧥CBJ 1–0 AfterMar 24 🧥CBJ @ 🏝️NYI 4–3
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 18 🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT 4–2 AfterMar 23 🐧PIT @ 🐆FLA 3–4
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