Columbus Blue Jackets vs Pittsburgh Penguins — January 17, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Columbus Blue Jackets defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 in a shootout on January 17, 2026. Despite the result, the Pittsburgh Penguins held the edge in expected goals (8.97 to 6.79) at 5-on-5, indicating the Columbus Blue Jackets received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Pittsburgh Penguins created 13 high-danger scoring chances compared to 10 from the Columbus Blue Jackets at 5-on-5. Noel Acciari was the most dangerous skater with 1.91 individual expected goals on 2 shots at 5-on-5. The Pittsburgh Penguins outshot the Columbus Blue Jackets 36-30 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Columbus Blue Jackets vs Pittsburgh Penguins progressed on Jan 17, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

CBJ4 - 3PIT (SO)

Jan 17, 2026 · Regular Season

Strength:

Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
PIT	P1	26	14	65.0	19	7	73.1	10	4	71.4	17	8	68.0	7	5	58.3	5.20	1.26	80.5	2	1	66.7
	P2	14	22	38.9	10	20	33.3	8	13	38.1	12	17	41.4	4	4	50.0	3.15	4.30	42.3	0	2	0.0
	P3	29	16	64.4	18	9	66.7	9	7	56.3	22	12	64.7	7	2	77.8	4.87	2.73	64.0	1	0	100.0
	OT	10	3	76.9	8	3	72.7	6	2	75.0	10	3	76.9	5	1	83.3	3.32	0.87	79.2	0	0	—
	SO	3	4	42.9	3	4	42.9	3	4	42.9	3	4	42.9	3	3	50.0	1.53	1.75	46.8	1	2	33.3
	Total	82	59	58.2	58	43	57.4	36	30	54.5	64	44	59.3	26	15	63.4	18.06	10.91	62.3	4	5	44.4
CBJ	P1	14	26	35.0	7	19	26.9	4	10	28.6	8	17	32.0	5	7	41.7	1.26	5.20	19.5	1	2	33.3
	P2	22	14	61.1	20	10	66.7	13	8	61.9	17	12	58.6	4	4	50.0	4.30	3.15	57.7	2	0	100.0
	P3	16	29	35.6	9	18	33.3	7	9	43.8	12	22	35.3	2	7	22.2	2.73	4.87	36.0	0	1	0.0
	OT	3	10	23.1	3	8	27.3	2	6	25.0	3	10	23.1	1	5	16.7	0.87	3.32	20.8	0	0	—
	SO	4	3	57.1	4	3	57.1	4	3	57.1	4	3	57.1	3	3	50.0	1.75	1.53	53.2	2	1	66.7
	Total	59	82	41.8	43	58	42.6	30	36	45.5	44	64	40.7	15	26	36.6	10.91	18.06	37.7	5	4	55.6

Win Probability

PIT Favored

CBJ Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

PIT

CBJ

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

CBJ Attempts

PIT Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

CBJ ShootPIT Shoot

Shot on Net

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Shot Blocked

Takeaway

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (PIT) performed against every skater on the away team (CBJ) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = PIT players, Columns = CBJ players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the PIT player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

PIT ↓ / CBJ →	Fantilli	Jenner	Coyle	Monahan	Johnson	Sillinger	Gaunce	Heinen	Voronkov	Aston-Reese	Marchenko	Olivier	Werenski	Severson	Provorov	Gudbranson	Zamula	Fabbro
Crosby	54	77	44	79	71	56	67	44	100	50	50	50	76	50	56	82	55	100
Malkin	92	67	50	82	67	82	57	71	33	40	92	55	68	50	71	76	75	100
Kindel	60	60	70	60	67	50	0	50	75	0	50	63	53	50	79	43	11	100
Novak	100	83	45	80	67	90	67	60	33	40	100	44	65	55	86	79	75	—
Acciari	40	18	100	25	33	50	25	43	50	33	25	100	33	30	44	50	40	17
Dewar	40	27	100	38	57	0	25	43	50	33	25	100	42	30	50	50	40	17
Lizotte	40	22	80	33	43	0	25	43	67	33	25	67	38	25	43	50	40	17
Rakell	47	71	50	74	65	62	67	44	100	50	44	50	75	50	52	63	47	100
Rust	42	74	44	79	71	53	67	44	100	50	42	50	70	50	56	69	55	100
Chinakhov	70	50	29	56	47	75	67	60	33	40	60	14	53	22	57	67	43	—
Mantha	60	60	78	50	56	50	0	67	100	0	45	67	50	46	73	54	0	100
Brazeau	83	86	67	80	83	50	0	50	75	0	71	63	56	58	79	67	0	100
Letang	57	77	52	85	76	61	50	50	50	38	50	60	66	55	60	77	56	75
Kulak	57	69	36	75	73	47	33	33	50	33	53	30	60	44	54	55	22	67
Shea	78	62	78	58	64	83	67	80	67	67	76	71	68	60	82	75	38	100
Clifton	91	62	67	58	62	80	50	67	67	50	91	50	67	40	75	82	40	67
Wotherspoon	25	29	58	13	25	44	60	43	67	0	18	60	23	35	56	25	45	0
St. Ivany	30	23	50	20	25	38	50	20	63	0	18	50	29	28	53	20	36	0