Pittsburgh Penguins @ Columbus Blue Jackets

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Penguins

NAME	L	GAA	SV%
S. Murashov	1	2.01	.897
J. Blomqvist	0	2.03	.909
A. Silovs	1	7.00	.696

Blue Jackets

NAME	WINS	L	SO	GAA	SV%
C. Talbot	1	1	1	1.81	.927
P. Copley	1	0	0	0.00	1.000
E. Gardner	0	0	0	6.00	.778
J. Greaves	0	0	0	0.00	1.000

Nationwide Arena

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

Columbus, OH

PIT

CBJ

Points

Bryan RustRW #17

3PTS

Dmitri VoronkovLW #10

3PTS

Goals

Bryan RustRW #17

1PPG

Valeri NichushkinRW

0PPG

Assists

Bryan RustRW #17

0PPA

3+/-

Dmitri VoronkovLW #10

0PPA

1+/-

Pittsburgh Penguins

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Justin Brazeau RW	OUT	Sep 30
Oliver Okuliar LW	IR-NR	Oct 13
Gabriel D'Aigle G	IR-NR	Oct 29
Melvin Fernström RW	IR-NR	Oct 13
Ben Kindel C	OUT	Oct 3

Columbus Blue Jackets

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Luca Del Bel Belluz C	Day-To-Day	Sep 26
Elvis Merzlikins G	IR-NR	Nov 30

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
PIT	2.67	4.00	25.0	21.3	28	1	16.7	2	66.7	1	0
CBJ	1.67	1.67	22.3	22.7	39	0	0.0	0	100.0	0	0

Penguins Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
9/24/26	@CBJ	L4-0
9/22/26	vsDET	L7-4
9/21/26	vsBUF	W4-1
4/29/26	@PHI	L1-0 OT
4/27/26	vsPHI	W3-2

Blue Jackets Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
9/24/26	vsPIT	W4-0
9/22/26	@BUF	L5-1
9/21/26	vsDET	W1-0 SO
4/14/26	vsWSH	L2-1
4/12/26	vsBOS	L3-2

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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
New Jersey	2	0	1	5
Columbus	2	1	0	4
Carolina	2	1	0	4
Washington	1	0	1	3
NY Islanders	1	1	0	2
Pittsburgh	1	2	0	2
Philadelphia	1	2	0	2
NY Rangers	1	2	0	2

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Pittsburgh Penguins @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring Leaders

Bryan RustRW #17

Dmitri VoronkovLW #10

Bryan RustRW #17

Valeri NichushkinRW

Bryan RustRW #17

Dmitri VoronkovLW #10

Injury Report

Team Stats

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