Top Cheddar 2026-27

Saturday, January 17, 2026 · PPG Paints Arena

Blue Jackets 4 at Penguins 3

Final/SO

Three Stars

L 63OVR Danton Heinen Blue Jackets First Star 1G · 3 SOG C 97OVR Sidney Crosby Penguins Second Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG G 55OVR Elvis Merzlikins Blue Jackets Third Star 30 SV · .909

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:42 Zachary Aston-Reese (1) Zach Werenski (34), Brendan Gaunce (4) · Wrist CBJ 1 – 0 PIT
  2. 9:59 Connor Clifton (1) Tommy Novak (16) · Snap CBJ 1 – 1 PIT
  3. 17:52 Rickard Rakell (7) Sidney Crosby (27) · Snap CBJ 1 – 2 PIT

2nd Period

  1. 7:32 Kirill Marchenko (18) Unassisted · Wrist CBJ 2 – 2 PIT
  2. 17:38 Danton Heinen (2) Erik Gudbranson (1), Egor Zamula (2) · Tip-in CBJ 3 – 2 PIT

3rd Period

  1. 18:59 Sidney Crosby (26) Kris Letang (22), Evgeni Malkin (25) · Tip-in CBJ 3 – 3 PIT

Overtime

No scoring

Shootout

  1. Charlie Coyle Deciding shootout goal · Wrist CBJ 4 – 3 PIT

Columbus Blue Jackets

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Kirill Marchenko R 1 0 4 0 2 +1 18:38 1.40
Danton Heinen L 1 0 3 1 1 +1 10:33 1.28
Brendan Gaunce C 0 1 2 2 1 +2 9:25 1.03
Zachary Aston-Reese L 1 0 1 5 1 +1 7:32 0.87
Egor Zamula D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 13:40 0.85
Erik Gudbranson D 0 1 0 2 2 -1 19:50 0.63
Damon Severson D 0 0 4 0 6 0 28:06 0.55
Zach Werenski D 0 1 2 0 0 -1 29:18 0.38
Cole Sillinger C 0 0 0 2 3 +1 15:37 0.30
Adam Fantilli C 0 0 3 2 2 0 20:46 0.17
Dante Fabbro D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 4:34 0.15
Ivan Provorov D 0 0 2 0 2 0 27:07 0.10
Mathieu Olivier R 0 0 0 4 1 0 14:40 0.05
Sean Monahan C 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:59 -0.05
Kent Johnson C 0 0 2 0 1 -1 18:31 -0.05
Charlie Coyle C 0 0 2 2 0 -2 20:30 -0.10
Dmitri Voronkov L 0 0 0 2 0 -1 8:57 -0.15
Boone Jenner C 0 0 0 2 1 -2 21:17 -0.25
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Elvis Merzlikins W 33 30 3 .909 65:00 0.75

Pittsburgh Penguins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Sidney Crosby C 1 1 3 2 0 +1 21:57 1.75
Rickard Rakell R 1 0 7 1 0 +1 21:55 1.38
Evgeni Malkin C 0 1 6 0 2 +1 20:06 1.22
Connor Clifton D 1 0 1 5 0 0 18:13 0.83
Tommy Novak C 0 1 1 0 1 0 14:24 0.80
Bryan Rust R 0 0 4 2 1 +2 21:55 0.60
Kris Letang D 0 1 0 1 1 0 25:55 0.58
Ben Kindel C 0 0 3 1 0 0 16:59 0.22
Anthony Mantha R 0 0 0 1 0 +1 13:14 0.20
Egor Chinakhov R 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:05 0.08
Noel Acciari C 0 0 2 1 1 -1 11:12 0.05
Jack St. Ivany D 0 0 0 1 2 0 16:06 0.05
Justin Brazeau R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 12:13 -0.05
Parker Wotherspoon D 0 0 0 1 3 0 16:46 -0.05
Brett Kulak D 0 0 2 0 2 -1 21:54 -0.05
Ryan Shea D 0 0 1 1 0 0 19:41 -0.08
Connor Dewar C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 11:50 -0.15
Blake Lizotte C 0 0 0 0 1 -1 10:09 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Arturs Silovs O 26 23 3 .885 64:26 0.05