Top Cheddar 2026-27

Sunday, January 4, 2026 · Nationwide Arena

Penguins 5 at Blue Jackets 4

Final/OT

Three Stars

C 97OVR Sidney Crosby Penguins First Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG D 99OVR Zach Werenski Blue Jackets Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG R 88OVR Rickard Rakell Penguins Third Star 1G · 5 SOG · 4 HIT

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:50 Ville Koivunen (2) Ben Kindel (9), Jack St. Ivany (3) · Snap PIT 1 – 0 CBJ
  2. 8:21 Dmitri Voronkov (15) Denton Mateychuk (12) · Tip-in PIT 1 – 1 CBJ
  3. 8:48 Mason Marchment (9) Adam Fantilli (14), Kirill Marchenko (18) · Backhand PIT 1 – 2 CBJ
  4. 18:38 Kirill Marchenko (15) Zach Werenski (29), Denton Mateychuk (13) · Snap PIT 1 – 3 CBJ

2nd Period

  1. 0:47 Zach Werenski (15) Boone Jenner (13), Mathieu Olivier (7) · Snap PIT 1 – 4 CBJ
  2. 16:51 Noel Acciari (4) Connor Dewar (7) · Wrist PIT 2 – 4 CBJ

3rd Period

  1. 3:28 Tommy Novak (8) PPG Ben Kindel (10) · Slap PIT 3 – 4 CBJ
  2. 19:46 Rickard Rakell (6) Anthony Mantha (15), Sidney Crosby (23) · Snap PIT 4 – 4 CBJ

Overtime

  1. 2:22 Sidney Crosby (24) Erik Karlsson (28), Egor Chinakhov (4) · Backhand PIT 5 – 4 CBJ

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Sidney Crosby C 1 1 3 1 0 +1 24:34 1.65
Ben Kindel C 0 2 2 0 0 0 14:01 1.35
Erik Karlsson D 0 1 4 0 2 +2 25:46 1.33
Rickard Rakell R 1 0 5 4 2 0 24:14 1.23
Noel Acciari C 1 0 3 2 0 0 12:43 0.93
Egor Chinakhov R 0 1 2 0 0 +1 12:38 0.88
Tommy Novak C 1 0 3 0 0 -1 13:29 0.83
Anthony Mantha R 0 1 2 1 1 0 15:23 0.83
Ville Koivunen R 1 0 1 0 0 0 11:28 0.83
Connor Dewar C 0 1 2 2 0 0 13:18 0.78
Jack St. Ivany D 0 1 2 0 1 0 15:06 0.78
Bryan Rust R 0 0 4 0 1 0 22:46 0.30
Kris Letang D 0 0 3 0 2 -1 23:17 0.18
Parker Wotherspoon D 0 0 1 0 1 0 18:43 0.13
Blake Lizotte C 0 0 1 3 1 0 13:54 0.08
Ryan Shea D 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:14 0.05
Justin Brazeau R 0 0 3 1 0 -1 13:07 0.02
Brett Kulak D 0 0 2 0 2 -2 18:06 -0.05
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Arturs Silovs W 25 21 4 .840 60:41 -0.90

Columbus Blue Jackets

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Denton Mateychuk D 0 2 2 0 2 +3 25:01 1.95
Kirill Marchenko R 1 1 4 0 1 +1 16:45 1.88
Zach Werenski D 1 1 2 0 1 +1 25:54 1.58
Mason Marchment L 1 0 3 2 0 +1 16:00 1.23
Mathieu Olivier R 0 1 2 5 0 +1 19:14 0.83
Adam Fantilli C 0 1 3 1 0 +1 17:37 0.80
Boone Jenner C 0 1 0 3 0 +1 20:49 0.78
Dmitri Voronkov L 1 0 2 3 1 -1 10:07 0.60
Danton Heinen L 0 0 1 1 2 0 10:42 0.23
Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 1 2 0 22:08 0.15
Kent Johnson C 0 0 1 0 1 0 9:48 0.13
Brendan Gaunce C 0 0 3 1 1 -1 14:13 0.12
Zachary Aston-Reese L 0 0 0 2 0 0 9:10 0.00
Damon Severson D 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:14 -0.05
Dante Fabbro D 0 0 1 1 2 -1 14:37 -0.08
Jake Christiansen D 0 0 0 0 2 -1 7:06 -0.10
Cole Sillinger C 0 0 0 1 2 -2 12:35 -0.25
Ivan Provorov D 0 0 1 1 1 -1 28:44 -0.33
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jet Greaves O 43 38 5 .884 62:22 0.05