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Pittsburgh Penguins @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Penguins

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Silovs	2	0	0	1	2.47	.886
S. Murashov	0	1	0	0	3.14	.912

Blue Jackets

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Greaves	1	1	0	0	3.50	.877

Nationwide Arena

7:00 PM, October 9, 2026Coverage: ESPN+

Columbus, OH

PIT

CBJ

Points

Evgeni MalkinC #71

4PTS

Matthew KniesLW #89

4PTS

Goals

Declan CarlileD #72

0PPG

Matthew KniesLW #89

1PPG

Assists

Erik KarlssonD #65

2PPA

3+/-

Charlie CoyleC #3

1PPA

2+/-

Pittsburgh Penguins

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Bryan Rust RW	IR	Oct 7
Justin Brazeau RW	IR	Oct 7
Ryan Graves D	IR	Oct 24

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
PIT	5.00	2.67	33.3	26.0	18	4	40.0	0	100.0	1	0
CBJ	3.50	3.50	20.5	28.5	23	2	40.0	3	66.7	0	0

Penguins Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/5/26	vsWPG	L3-2
10/3/26	vsMTL	W6-5 OT
9/30/26	@PHI	W7-0
9/26/26	@BUF	W3-1
9/24/26	@CBJ	L4-0

Blue Jackets Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/3/26	vsUTA	L4-1
10/1/26	vsBUF	W6-3
9/26/26	@DET	W4-2
9/24/26	vsPIT	W4-0
9/22/26	@BUF	L5-1

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 10/9

Penguins
Blue Jackets

Game 1

10/9

ESPN+

Blue Jackets
Penguins

Game 2

11/30

Penguins
Blue Jackets

Game 3

3/16

Blue Jackets
Penguins

Game 4

3/22

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
NY Rangers	3	1	0	6
Pittsburgh	2	1	0	4
Carolina	1	1	1	3
NY Islanders	1	1	0	2
Washington	1	1	0	2
Columbus	1	1	0	2
New Jersey	1	1	0	2
Philadelphia	0	2	2	2

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Pittsburgh Penguins @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring Leaders

Evgeni MalkinC #71

Matthew KniesLW #89

Declan CarlileD #72

Matthew KniesLW #89

Erik KarlssonD #65

Charlie CoyleC #3

Injury Report

Team Stats

Alex Ovechkin's retirement news sparks notable ticket price hike

Scoreless Leafs rookie McKenna on slow start: 'Still believe in myself'

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