Penguins to Watch

«  C Sidney Crosby leads the Penguins in goals, assists and points with 27-46-73 in 62 games and ranks 15th in the NHL in assists and points (tied).

«  G Tristan Jarry owns a 19-7-5 record with a 2.77 GAA and .916 SV% in 32 appearances in 2022-23 and is 3-0-0 with a 2.29 GAA and .916 SV% in his last three contests since February 25.

«  C Evgeni Malkin has racked up 23-40-63 in 62 contests this season and has collected 4-5-9 with four multi-point efforts in his last eight games.

All-Time Series

«  Columbus has gone 14-26-8 in 48 all-time meetings vs. Pittsburgh, including 4-16-4 on the road.

«  The Penguins have won the last seven-straight in the overall series (CBJ; 0-6-1) with the Blue Jackets last earning a 5-2 victory at Nationwide Arena on Nov. 29, 2019.

«  CBJ last earned a victory at Pittsburgh on Nov. 13, 2015 (2-1 W), falling in the last 12 trips to PPG Paints Arena (0-8-4).

«  The winning team has scored four or more goals in 13 of the past 16 games of the series dating back to Dec. 27, 2017.

«  Pittsburgh has recorded all three shutouts in the all-time series with Tristan Jarry earning the most recent one on Dec. 12, 2019 (17 saves in 1-0 OTW at PIT).

«  Each team has recorded three hat tricks in the all-time series with the Penguins awarded two of the three penalty shot attempts, including an attempt by Teddy Blueger in the last meeting on December 6.

This Season (CBJ, 0-2-0)

«  Oct. 22, 2022 – PIT 6, at CBJ 3

«  Dec. 6, 2022 – at PIT 4, CBJ 1

«  Mar. 7, 2023 – at Pittsburgh (7 p.m. ET)

«  Apr. 13, 2023 – at COLUMBUS (7 pm. ET)

Player Notables vs. Penguins

«  LW Johnny Gaudreau – 7-6-13 in 16 career GP, including 3-3-6 in his last six contests vs. the club.

«  C Boone Jenner – 8-5-13 in 28 career GP, including goals in two of his last four games against the Pens.

«  W Patrik Laine – 1-6-7 in 12 career GP, including 1-4-5 in six career road contests.

«  C Jack Roslovic – 2-3-5 in 10 career GP, including 1-1-2 in the first meeting of the 2022-23 series.

BLUE JACKETS TEAM NOTES

• Columbus fell in a back-to-back set vs. Seattle on Friday and at Ottawa on Saturday.  The club has now recorded points in six of the last nine games overall (4-3-2).
• The club has also registered points in seven of its last 11 contests (5-4-2) with wins against four of the top-14 teams in the League (Toronto-4^th; Dallas-6^th; Edmonton-12^th;  Winnipeg-14^th).
• The Blue Jackets have collected points in two of their last three Tuesday contests (1-1-1), including a 5-3 victory at Buffalo last Tuesday.
• The Jackets are in the middle of a stretch of 12-of-15 games played on the road from February 26-March 30.  The lone home games during that time are March 3 (vs. Seattle), March 11 (vs. St. Louis) and March 24 (vs. NY Islanders).
• CBJ had their season-high five-game road points streak (3-0-2) snapped on Saturday at Ottawa.  The club has collected points in eight of its last 12 contests away from Nationwide Arena dating back to January 23 (5-4-3).
• The Blue Jackets rank eighth in the League in power play percentage since January 21, converting on 12-of-48 opportunities over the last 18 contests (25.0).
• Columbus blueliners have registered 9-30-39 in the last 24 contests and 25-71-96 in 63 games this season.
• CBJ rookies have racked up 25-21-46 over the last 32 games.  They lead all NHL teams in goals and rank second in points with 38-38-76 in 63 contests in 2022-23 and have set a franchise record for the most goals scored by team rookies in a single season (37; 2017-18).  RW Kirill Marchenko (16) and C Kent Johnson (13) are also the third pair of rookie teammates to score double digit goals in a single season in club history, joining C Serge Aubin (13) and RW David Vyborny (13) in 2000-01 and C Pierre-Luc Dubois (20) and LW Sonny Milano (14) in 2017-18.

BLUE JACKETS PLAYER NOTES

• D Adam Boqvist factored in both Blue Jacket goals on Friday (1-1-2) for his third multi-point effort of the season.   He has registered 3-5-8 in his last nine contests and 3-9-12 in his past 14 appearances.  He set a new single-season career high in assists with his 15^th of the campaign against the Kraken.

• LW Johnny Gaudreau became the 13^th different player in franchise history to record 40 assists in a single season after picking up an assist on Friday.  He leads the team in assists and points with 15-40-55 in 61 contests this season.  He set the franchise record for fewest games played to record 50 career points (53 GP), surpassing the mark set by Ray Whitney (56 GP).
• D Erik Gudbranson has collected 1-11-12 in 62 games in his first season with the club and has tied his single-season career high in assists (11 in 78 games with Calgary in 2021-22).
• C Boone Jenner has collected three multi-point efforts in the last seven games (3-3-6).  The forward, who is tied for the team lead in goals (19), has notched 5-5-10 in his last 11 outings and 8-6-14 in his past 18 games.
• C Kent Johnson has collected 5-5-10 in his past 18 contests.  He ranks fifth-T among League rookies in points and sixth in goals with 13-16-29 in 60 games.
• LW Patrik Laine has notched points in three-straight games (2-2-4), 3-4-7 in his past five games and 10-16-26 with seven multi-point efforts in 24 outings since Jan. 10.  Since the start of the 2021-22 season, the 24-year-old has racked up 45-53-98 in 104 games (.94 pts./GP).  During his first five NHL campaigns, he tallied 151-121-271 in 351 games (.77 pts./GP).
• RW Kirill Marchenko ranks second-T among NHL rookie goal scorers in 2022-23 with 16-2-18 in 40 games but leads League rookies in goals and ranks fourth-T in points since making his NHL debut on December 6.  The 16 goals are tied for third-most by a rookie in a single season in franchise history (Jenner in 2013-14; Sillinger in 2021-22), trailing only Rick Nash (17 in 2002-03) and Pierre-Luc Dubois (20 in 2017-18).
• RW Mathieu Olivier has recorded 2-2-4 in his last eight games and has set career highs with 5-8-13 and 79 penalty minutes in 58 contests this season.
• D Andrew Peeke ranks 11^th in the NHL in blocked shots this season (136) and has registered a blocked shot in 55 of his 61 contests this season.
• LW Eric Robinson has recorded points in two of his last four games (3-1-4), including notching his first career hat trick last Tuesday at Buffalo.  He has collected 4-2-6 in his last five road games.  The winger, who has posted three multi-point efforts in 2022-23, sits two goals shy of tying his single-season career high (10 in 2021-22) with 8-10-18 in 56 outings.
• C Jack Roslovic, who scored a goal on Saturday, has collected 3-5-8 in his last 11 outings.  He has set a single-season career high in assists and has posted the second-highest point total of his career (45 in 2021-22) with 7-28-35 in 60 contests this season. 

BLUE JACKETS MILESTONES

• GM Jarmo Kekalainen is two games from 800 for his NHL GM career.
• LW Patrik Laine is five goals from 200 for his NHL career (195-174-369, 455 GP).

OhioHEALTH INJURY REPORT

• D Jake Bean (shoulder) is on Injured Reserve (Nov. 17); out 4-to-6 months (48 games)
• C/RW Justin Danforth (torn labrum) is on Injured Reserve (Oct. 25); 6 months (57 games)
• C Sean Kuraly (left oblique strain); expected to miss six weeks (2 games)
• D Zach Werenski (shoulder separation/torn labrum) is on Injured Reserve (Nov. 10); expected to miss rest or reg. season (50 games)

TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 426

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