CBJ @ PIT 4–3 · 2026-01-17

Team	1	2	3	OT	SOG
CBJ	1	2	0	0	26
PIT	2	0	1	0	33

Story

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Result CBJ 4–3 SOCall No lean · PIT 59%xG 2.71–4.33 · deserved PIT 74%Swing Crosby +51 3rd 18:59Method

Goals and penalties with PIT win probability
Time	Event	PIT win before	PIT win after
1st 2:42	Goal CBJ · Z. Aston-Reese	59%	42%
1st 6:14	CBJ penalty · Z. Aston-Reese · high sticking · 2 min
1st 9:59	Goal PIT · C. Clifton	41%	58%
1st 17:52	Goal PIT · R. Rakell	58%	75%
2nd 2:03	CBJ penalty · I. Provorov · interference · 2 min
2nd 7:32	Goal CBJ · K. Marchenko	76%	57%
2nd 8:43	CBJ penalty · Z. Werenski · slashing · 2 min
2nd 8:43	PIT penalty · P. Wotherspoon · slashing · 2 min
2nd 14:15	PIT penalty · B. Lizotte · high sticking · 2 min
2nd 17:38	Goal CBJ · D. Heinen	56%	30%
2nd 19:21	PIT penalty · B. Kulak · hooking · 2 min
3rd 12:11	CBJ penalty · A. Fantilli · holding · 2 min
3rd 18:59	Goal PIT · S. Crosby	3%	54%

On ice · final horn

CBJ3 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
4C. SillingerC	1:05	15:28	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	–
38B. JennerC	1:09	21:08	27	0	0	0	0	6	0	2	1	1-0
78D. SeversonD	0:04	27:57	34	0	0	0	4	7	0	0	6	–
90E. MerzlikinsG		64:51	SA33GA3SV%.909xGA4.33GSAx+1.33

PIT3 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
71E. MalkinC	0:07	20:22	24	0	1	1	6	8	0	0	2	0-1
67R. RakellR	1:07	22:11	25	1	0	1	7	9	0	1	0	–
77B. KulakD	0:43	21:45	26	0	0	0	2	5	2	0	2	–
37A. SilovsG		64:17	SA26GA3SV%.885xGA2.55GSAx−0.45

Goals

1st
Zachary Aston-Reese(1)
Z. Werenski (1), B. Gaunce (1)
xG 0.24wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–0 CBJ1st 02:42+16.358%
Connor Clifton(1)
T. Novak (1)
xG 0.08snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–1 Tied1st 09:59+17.458%
Rickard Rakell(1)
S. Crosby (1)
xG 0.19snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 PIT1st 17:52+17.475%
2nd
Kirill Marchenko(1)
Unassisted
xG 0.09wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–2 Tied2nd 07:32+19.643%
Danton Heinen(1)
E. Gudbranson (1), E. Zamula (1)
xG 0.10tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
3–2 CBJ2nd 17:38+25.570%
3rd
Sidney Crosby(1)6v5
K. Letang (1), E. Malkin (1)
xG 0.09tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
3–3 Tied3rd 18:59+50.654%

ShootoutCBJ K. Johnson GPIT S. Crosby –CBJ A. Fantilli –PIT E. Chinakhov GCBJ K. Marchenko –PIT B. Rust –CBJ C. Coyle G

Shots

CBJ2.71 xG39 unblocked · 16 blocked39 unblocked · 16 blocked

PIT4.33 xG55 unblocked · 24 blocked55 unblocked · 24 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

CBJPIT3Goals32.71xG4.3326Shots3339Unblocked5555Attempts793High danger50/2Power play0/326Faceoffs3624Hits1724Blocks1610Takeaways313Giveaways148PIM6

Skaters

Player

Player
8Z. WerenskiZach WerenskiD	29:43	0	1	1	2	6	0.15	−0.15	0	0	1	3	—	2	-1
78D. SeversonDamon SeversonD	28:06	0	0	0	4	7	0.30	−0.30	0	6	0	1	—	0	0
9I. ProvorovIvan ProvorovD	27:07	0	0	0	2	5	0.16	−0.16	0	2	1	1	—	2	0
38B. JennerBoone JennerC	21:17	0	0	0	0	7	0.56	−0.56	2	1	0	0	100%	0	-2
19A. FantilliAdam FantilliC	20:46	0	0	0	3	4	0.28	−0.28	2	2	1	1	47%	2	0
3C. CoyleCharlie CoyleC	20:30	0	0	0	2	3	0.13	−0.13	2	0	1	0	36%	0	-2
44E. GudbransonErik GudbransonD	20:15	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0.00	2	2	1	0	—	0	-1
86K. MarchenkoKirill MarchenkoR	18:38	1	0	1	4	6	0.25	+0.75	0	2	2	0	—	0	+1
91K. JohnsonKent JohnsonC	18:31	0	0	0	2	3	0.17	−0.17	0	1	0	2	—	0	-1
23S. MonahanSean MonahanC	17:59	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0	1	0	2	41%	0	0
4C. SillingerCole SillingerC	15:37	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	2	3	0	0	—	0	+1
24M. OlivierMathieu OlivierR	14:40	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	4	1	0	0	—	0	0
6E. ZamulaEgor ZamulaD	13:40	0	1	1	1	2	0.01	−0.01	0	0	0	0	—	0	+1
43D. HeinenDanton HeinenL	10:33	1	0	1	3	3	0.28	+0.72	1	1	2	0	—	0	+1
16B. GaunceBrendan GaunceC	9:25	0	1	1	2	2	0.08	−0.08	2	1	0	2	38%	0	+2
10D. VoronkovDmitri VoronkovL	8:57	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	−0.11	2	0	0	0	—	0	-1
27Z. Aston-ReeseZachary Aston-ReeseL	7:32	1	0	1	1	2	0.24	+0.76	5	1	0	0	—	2	+1
15D. FabbroDante FabbroD	4:34	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0	0	1	1	—	0	+1
CBJ total		3	4	7	26	55	2.71	+0.29	24	24	10	13	42%	8

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Heinen+0.65

Aston-Reese+0.44

Marchenko+0.39

Gaunce−0.03

Jenner−0.11

Voronkov−0.19

Sillinger−0.21

Olivier−0.23

Monahan−0.45

Coyle−0.45

Johnson−0.48

Fantilli−0.52

Defence

Severson+0.47

Gudbranson+0.19

Zamula+0.02

Werenski−0.11

Fabbro−0.17

Provorov−0.26

Goalie

Merzlikins+1.36

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Monahan·Jenner·Johnson	9:37	17	7	17	29.2%	2	6	0	1	0.16	0.89	15.4%	−0.73	1	3	25%
Sillinger·Fantilli·Marchenko	9:36	16	8	17	32.0%	3	8	0	0	0.36	0.84	29.8%	−0.49	5	2	71%
Voronkov·Coyle·Olivier	5:55	10	3	5	37.5%	1	1	0	1	0.15	0.18	44.5%	−0.04	1	0	100%
Aston-Reese·Heinen·Gaunce	4:24	8	5	4	55.6%	3	1	1	0	0.31	0.15	67.6%	+0.16	0	1	0%
Heinen·Coyle·Olivier	3:03	7	5	1	83.3%	3	0	0	0	0.20	0.00	100.0%	+0.20	0	1	0%
Occasional · 11 groups
Fantilli·Jenner·Marchenko	1:25	6	3	1	75.0%	0	0	0	0	0.13	0.01	94.7%	+0.12	0	0	—
Voronkov·Monahan·Jenner	1:03	2	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Jenner·Johnson·Marchenko	0:53	1	2	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.06	0.00	100.0%	+0.06	1	0	100%
Fantilli·Johnson·Marchenko	0:44	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Fantilli·Monahan·Marchenko	0:43	3	2	0	100.0%	1	0	0	0	0.15	0.00	100.0%	+0.15	0	1	0%
Coyle·Jenner·Olivier	0:40	4	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Heinen·Gaunce·Olivier	0:36	3	1	0	100.0%	1	0	1	0	0.10	0.00	100.0%	+0.10	0	0	—
Sillinger·Fantilli·Olivier	0:35	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Aston-Reese·Coyle·Olivier	0:34	1	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Voronkov·Aston-Reese·Gaunce	0:31	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Voronkov·Gaunce·Jenner	0:30	1	0	2	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.11	0.0%	−0.11	0	0	—
CBJ 5v5	47:01		42	53	44.2%	16	18	3	2	1.86	2.22	45.6%	−0.36

Goalies

Elvis Merzlikins

CBJ · 65:00

Saves: 30/33
SV%: .909
xGA: 4.33
GSAx: +1.33

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	26/29	.897	3.59	+0.59
Power play	4/4	1.000	0.65	+0.65
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.09	+0.09
High danger	4/5	.800	1.19	+0.19

Arturs Silovs

PIT · 64:26

Saves: 23/26
SV%: .885
xGA: 2.71
GSAx: −0.29

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	19/22	.864	2.32	−0.68
Power play	1/1	1.000	0.15	+0.15
Shorthanded	3/3	1.000	0.25	+0.25
High danger	1/2	.500	0.60	−0.40

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Columbus Blue Jackets

Minutes

29:43Werenski
28:06Severson
27:07Provorov
20:15Gudbranson
13:40Zamula
4:34Fabbro

21:17Jenner
20:46Fantilli
20:30Coyle
18:38Marchenko
18:31Johnson
17:59Monahan
15:37Sillinger
14:40Olivier
10:33Heinen
9:25Gaunce
8:57Voronkov
7:32Aston-Reese

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareCBJPIT

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

ZamulaD1 O1
SeversonD6 O5
FabbroD1 O0
WerenskiD6 O4
ProvorovD8 O4
GudbransonD7 O1
MarchenkoD4 O6
JohnsonD2 O4
SillingerD3 O5
CoyleD3 O4
VoronkovD0 O1
FantilliD4 O5
OlivierD1 O1
Aston-ReeseD1 O0
GaunceD2 O0
HeinenD2 O0
JennerD5 O2
MonahanD7 O2

Shift starts · darker = later period