Friday, November 28, 2025 – 7:00 PM ET
Nationwide Arena – Columbus, Ohio
TV: FDSNOH; Radio: 97.1 FM
Pittsburgh Penguins (11-6-5, 27 points, 5th Metro, 8th East)
at
Columbus Blue Jackets (11-9-4, 25 points, 7th Metro, 12th East)
What To Watch For
Who’s Playing
Marchenko and Olivier missed the previous game, do either one draw in? Luca Pinelli impressed in his debut, where does he slot in if he plays? Brendan Smith seemed fine on Wednesday, should we expect him on the third pairing again?
Penguins
Pittsburgh is back to looking they did of old. Not amazing possession metrics but great special teams conversion rates. CBJ will need to fight through the turkey hangover to avoid taking penalties.
I have no idea who some of these guys are in the bottom six, the Mark Donk and Buzz Flippets story will never end in Pittsburgh.
Season Series
10/25/25 CBJ 5 @ PIT 4 (SO)
11/28/25 PIT @ CBJ
01/04/26 PIT @ CBJ
01/17/26 CBJ @ PIT
Stats
| Pittsburgh | Columbus | |
| 3.09 (13) | GPG | 2.79 (24) |
| 2.59 (3) | GAPG | 3.21 (21) |
| 31.4 (1) | PP% | 16.1 (25) |
| 85.2 (5) | PK% | 74.6 (27) |
| 47.87 (22) | 5v5 Shot Attempt % | 50.5 (15) |
| 48.36 (22) | 5v5 Unblocked Shot Attempt % | 49.91 (17) |
| 8.49 (25) | 5v5 Shooting % | 8.71 (22) |
| 91.67 (8) | 5v5 Save % | 91.11 (14) |
| Sidney Crosby (13) | G Leader | D. Voronkov, A. Fantilli (9) |
| Evgeni Malkin (18) | A Leader | Z. Werenski, K. Marchenko (14) |
| Evgeni Malkin (24) | P Leader | K. Marchenko, Z. Werenski (22) |
| Sidney Crosby (24) | PIM Leader | Mathieu Olivier (44) |
| 5-3-3 | Home/Road | 5-3-2 |
| 3-4-3 | Last 10 | 4-2-4 |
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
| Dmitri Voronkov | Adam Fantilli | Kent Johnson |
| Luca Pinelli | Sean Monahan | Cole Sillinger |
| Miles Wood | Charlie Coyle | Isac Lundestrom |
| ZAR | Brendan Gaunce | Yegor Chinakhov |
| Zach Werenski | Ivan Provorov |
| Denton Mateychuk | Damon Severson |
| Brendan Smith | Dante Fabbro |
| Jet Greaves |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Connor Dewar | Sidney Crosby | Bryan Rust |
| Kevin Hayes | Evgeni Malkin | Anthony Mantha |
| Tommy Novak | Tristan Broz | Ville Koivunen |
| Joona Koppanen | Blake Lizotte | Danton Heinen |
| Ryan Shea | Kris Letang |
| Parker Wotherspoon | Erik Karlsson |
| Ryan Graves | Matt Dumba |
| Tristan Jarry |
| Arturs Silovs |