National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 6, Columbus 3
Friday, March 21, 2025 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, March 21, 2025
Where: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Referees: Chris Rooney, Carter Sandlak
Linesmen: Kyle Flemington, CJ Murray
Attendance: 17222
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Columbus 1113
Pittsburgh 3216
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
5:28 - Penguins Evgeni Malkin (EV) Assists: Philip Tomasino , Connor Dewar
13:51 - Penguins Noel Acciari (EV) Assists: Blake Lizotte
14:07 - Blue Jackets Boone Jenner (EV) Assists: Denton Mateychuk , Ivan Provorov
14:53 - Penguins Rickard Rakell (EV) Assists: Bryan Rust , Sidney Crosby
Penalties
11:49 - Penguins Bokondji Imama (5) Fighting
 11:49 - Blue Jackets Mathieu Olivier (5) Fighting
2nd Period
Scoring
1:35 - Blue Jackets Justin Danforth (EV) Assists: Mathieu Olivier , Damon Severson
8:15 - Penguins Bokondji Imama (EV) Assists: Danton Heinen , Kevin Hayes
15:31 - Penguins Sidney Crosby (EV) Assists: Matt Grzelcyk
Penalties
19:05 - Penguins Bokondji Imama (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
3:45 - Blue Jackets Kent Johnson (EV) Assists: Sean Kuraly , Yegor Chinakhov
18:03 - Penguins Bryan Rust (EV) (EN) Assists: Rickard Rakell , Alex Nedeljkovic
Penalties
6:54 - Blue Jackets Zachary Aston-Reese (2) Boarding
 8:39 - Penguins Philip Tomasino (2) Tripping
Columbus Blue Jackets
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Jet Greaves G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Elvis Merzlikins G 0 0 0 0 0 58:19
Jack Johnson D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 13:12
Denton Mateychuk D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 17:17
Sean Kuraly C 0 1 1 E 0 3 15:40
Zach Werenski D 0 0 0 E 0 8 29:15
Ivan Provorov D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 21:15
Dmitri Voronkov LW 0 0 0 -2 0 5 16:31
Luke Kunin C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 15:56
Dante Fabbro D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19:49
Justin Danforth RW 1 0 1 -1 0 3 12:51
Adam Fantilli C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 15:22
James van Riemsdyk LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 14:40
Mathieu Olivier RW 0 1 1 -1 5 3 12:43
Zachary Aston-Reese C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 14:42
Boone Jenner C 1 0 1 -1 0 6 16:13
Yegor Chinakhov RW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 12:07
Damon Severson D 0 1 1 +1 0 14:20
Kirill Marchenko RW 0 0 0 -2 0 2 19:08
Kent Johnson C 1 0 1 E 0 3 18:40
Pittsburgh Penguins
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Tristan Jarry G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Alex Nedeljkovic G 0 1 1 0 0 60:00
Kevin Hayes RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 10:37
Bokondji Imama LW 1 0 1 E 7 2 7:50
Joona Koppanen LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 15:25
Bryan Rust RW 1 1 2 +3 0 5 19:07
Connor Dewar C 0 1 1 +1 0 4 16:36
Conor Timmins D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 20:51
Vladislav Kolyachonok D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13:43
Matt Grzelcyk D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 22:34
Ryan Graves D 0 0 0 E 0 1 16:42
Danton Heinen LW 0 1 1 E 0 0 10:20
Blake Lizotte C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 15:36
Philip Tomasino C 0 1 1 +1 2 4 14:44
Noel Acciari C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 14:07
Kris Letang D 0 0 0 +2 0 23:05
Erik Karlsson D 0 0 0 +2 0 4 21:56
Rickard Rakell RW 1 1 2 +3 0 1 17:43
Evgeni Malkin C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 16:54
Sidney Crosby C 1 1 2 +3 0 3 18:10
Goaltending
Columbus
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Elvis Merzlikins L (25-19-5) 33 28 5 .848 0 58:19
Pittsburgh
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic W (13-14-5) 47 44 3 .936 0 60:00