Game #67 Preview: Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins
Here’s what you need to know.
Columbus Blue Jackets at Pittsburgh Penguins
Thursday, March 7, 2019 - 7:00 EST
PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
TV: NBCSN - Radio: WBNS FM
Opponent’s Blog: Pensburgh
Columbus Blue Jackets, 37-26-3, 79 points, 4th Metro, 7th East
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Pittsburgh Penguins, 35-22-9, 77 points, 5th Metro, 9th East
Get the win. That’s all that matters. Find a way to finally beat these guys.
Player to Watch
Jake Guentzel
Jake Guentzel has 7-4-11 in 9 career games against the Columbus Blue Jackets, including four goals in two games this season. Columbus will have to slow him down for the first time since he came into the league to have a chance to win.
Jackets Notes
The Jackets posted 45.74% of shot attempts, 38.1% of scoring chances, and 27.27% of high danger chances Tuesday night against the Devils ... Alex Wennberg went 0-7 from the faceoff circle while failing to register a shot attempt ... Cam Atkinson scored his career high 36th goal of the season, and is one point shy of tying his career high of 62 for a season
The Other Bench
Matt Cullen played his 1500th NHL game on Tuesday, becoming just the 20th player in NHL history to cross the threshold ... Sidney Crosby crossed the 1200 career points mark on Tuesday ... The Penguins only had 3 shots on goal in the first 15 minutes of the game, struggling to generate offense against the Florida Panthers
Season Series
11/24/2018 CBJ 2 @ PIT 4
02/26/2019 PIT 5 @ CBJ 2
03/07/2019 CBJ @ PIT
03/09/2019 PIT @ CBJ
Stats
| Pittsburgh | Columbus | |
|---|---|---|
| 3.45 (5) | GPG | 3.09 (11) |
| 3.06 (17) | GAPG | 2.98 (15) |
| 25.4% (5) | PP% | 15.5% (28) |
| 79.9% (19) | PK% | 84.2% (3) |
| 49.28% (18) | EV Corsi % | 50.37% (12) |
| 1.016 (5) | EV PDO | 0.997 (17) |
| Jake Guentzel, 33 | G Leader | Cam Atkinson, 36 |
| Sidney Crosby, 56 | A Leader | Artemi Panarin, 48 |
| Sidney Crosby, 86 | P Leader | Artemi Panarin, 73 |
| Evgeni Malkin, 85 | PIM Leader | Josh Anderson, 54 |
| 18-12-2 | Home / Road | 20-10-1 |
| 6-2-2 | Last 10 | 5-5-0 |
Projected Lineups
| Artemi Panarin | Pierre-Luc Dubois | Cam Atkinson |
| Ryan Dzingel | Matt Duchene | Oliver Bjorkstrand |
| Nick Foligno | Alexander Wennberg | Josh Anderson |
| Lukas Sedlak | Boone Jenner | Brandon Dubinsky |
| Zach Werenski | Seth Jones |
| Markus Nutivaara | David Savard |
| Scott Harrington | Dean Kukan |
| Sergei Bobrovsky |
| Joonas Korpisalo |
| Jared McCann | Sidney Crosby | Jake Guentzel |
| Zach Aston-Reese | Evgeni Malkin | Phil Kessel |
| Dominik Simon | Nick Bjugstad | Patric Hornqvist |
| Teddy Blueger | Matt Cullen | Garrett Wilson |
| Brian Dumoulin | Justin Schultz |
| Marcus Pettersson | Erik Gubranson |
| Juuso Rikola | Jack Johnson |
| Matt Murray |
| Casey DeSmith |