Penguins 5 - 4 Blue Jackets — Recap

Sun, Jan 4, 2026

08:00 PM

FinalRegular season

Nationwide Arena

PIT

5–4

OT

CBJ

L W W OW W

OW L W W OW W

OL L L L OW L W W OW W

W L W W W

W L W W W L

W L W W W L L OW L L

Retroactive prediction

Wrong winner predicted

PIT 45%55% CBJ

Probable score

3 - 4

Regulation win (home)

48%

OT / shootout probability

15%

Elo home / away

1473 / 1481

Likely goal scorers

5/6 correct

0.28 goal · 25%1

0.25 goal · 22%1

0.23 goal · 21%1

0.22 goal · 20%1

0.20 goal · 18%1

0.19 goal · 17%0

Likely goal scorers

5/6 correct

0.28 goal · 25%1

0.25 goal · 22%1

0.23 goal · 21%1

0.22 goal · 20%1

0.20 goal · 18%1

0.19 goal · 17%0

Likely assists

5/6 correct

0.36 assist · 30%1

0.20 assist · 18%1

0.17 assist · 15%0

0.16 assist · 15%1

0.16 assist · 14%1

0.15 assist · 14%1

Likely point getters

6/6 correct

0.64 point · 47%2

0.41 point · 34%2

0.40 point · 33%2

0.36 point · 30%1

0.32 point · 28%1

0.32 point · 28%1

Tonight's matchup

Sidney Crosby

PIT · C · 68 GP

vs

Zach Werenski

CBJ · D · 75 GP

PIT	Stat	CBJ
29	G	22
45	A	59
74	PTS	81
18.1%	S%	8.5%
19.2	TOI	26.6

PIT 5 – 4 CBJ · goal diff (home) -0.22

Nov 28PIT4–3CBJOT2025-26 Oct 25CBJ5–4PITSO2025-26 Mar 21CBJ3–6PIT2024-25 Jan 7CBJ4–3PITSO2024-25 Nov 15PIT2–6CBJ2024-25 Mar 30PIT3–4CBJSO2023-24 Mar 28CBJ2–3PIT2023-24 Mar 5CBJ3–5PIT2023-24

Result

Three stars

1

S. Crosby

C · PIT

1G · 1A · 2P

2

Z. Werenski

D · CBJ

1G · 1A · 2P

3

R. Rakell

R · PIT

1G · 0A · 1P

Scoring summary

1st period

01:50
PITV. Koivunen(2)
B. Kindel (9), J. St. Ivany (3)
PIT 1–0 CBJ
08:21
CBJD. Voronkov(15)TYING
D. Mateychuk (12)
PIT 1–1 CBJ
08:48
CBJM. Marchment(9)
A. Fantilli (14), K. Marchenko (18)
PIT 1–2 CBJ
18:38
CBJK. Marchenko(15)
Z. Werenski (29), D. Mateychuk (13)
PIT 1–3 CBJ

2nd period

00:47
CBJZ. Werenski(15)
B. Jenner (13), M. Olivier (7)
PIT 1–4 CBJ
16:51
PITN. Acciari(4)
C. Dewar (7)
PIT 2–4 CBJ

3rd period

03:28
PITT. Novak(8)PP
B. Kindel (10)
PIT 3–4 CBJ
19:46
PITR. Rakell(6)TYING
A. Mantha (15), S. Crosby (23)
PIT 4–4 CBJ

Overtime 1

02:22
PITS. Crosby(24)
E. Karlsson (28), E. Chinakhov (4)
PIT 5–4 CBJ

Team comparison

PIT	Stat	CBJ
43	Shots	25
1	Power play	—
14	Hits	22
14	Blocked shots	19
0	PIM	6

Actual result

Goal scorers(9)

Retroactive prediction

Likely goal scorers

Likely goal scorers

Likely assists

Likely point getters

Tonight's matchup

Result

Three stars

Scoring summary

Team comparison

Actual result

Goal scorers(9)

Goal scorers(9)

Assists(13)

Points(19)