The Columbus Blue Jackets were stepped on by the superstars of the Pittsburgh Penguins by the final score of 5-3.
Period I
Sidney Crosby opened the scoring of the game for his first of the night and eighth of the season. Marcus Petterson and Erik Karlsson, my Pittsburgh player to watch, had the assist.
Kirill Marchenko got the first home goal unassisted for his fourth of the year.
Yegor Chinakov got the go ahead goal for his first of the season. Erik Gubdranson, my Columbus player to watch, and Zach Werenski had the assists.
Period II
Jake Guentzel evened the game at two for his sixth of the year from Vinnie Hinostroza and Crosby.
Period III
EK65 got the go ahead goal for the Pens for his fifth in his Pittsburgh career from Evgeni Malkin and Rickard Rakell.
Alexandre Texier brought the game back to even for the final time of the game. His goal was his third back in North America. Sean Kuraly got his first assist of the year, being this year’s Marchenko. Justin Danforth had the secondary assist.
Crosby’s second of the night and ninth this season is from Karlsson and Guentzel.
Sid’s hat-trick goal game in the final minute of the game from Bryan Rust on the empty net.
Karlsson was my Penguins’ player to watch, recording a goal and assist against Columbus, with a +1 and two shots on goal in 22:34.
Tristan Jarry allowed 3 goals on 27 shots for a 0.900 save percentage.
Gudbranson, my Columbus player to watch, had a primary assist while being -1 in 18:15TOI.
Elvis allowed 4 goals on 40 shots for a 0.900 save percentage.
Marchenko’s four goals all came in the 7 games in the month of November.
Texier’s three goals came in the last 5 games.
Chinakov’s goal was his first game since November 25, 2022.
16 games was it it took for Kuraly to get his first assist, while having 5 goals previous.
Erik Gudbranson is on a three game point streak with four assists. All 7 of his points came in the seven games in November.
Elvis has not won a game since November 2nd; when he has a 0.931 save percentage. When he has been under 0.930 this season in his 11 starts, he has only won once. Tough look. Goaltending is the weakness.
CBJ THREE STARS OF THE GAME
1. Kirill Marchenko - goal (4)
2. Alexandre Texier - goal (3)
3. Yegor Chinakov - goal (1)
Arizona is on Thursday, tomorrow. They need a home win, let alone a singular win, before the next road games over the weekend. A six game losing streak (2OTLs) cannot continue. It is pushing to be too late to come back this early in the season.
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