Game Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets (21-30-10) at Pittsburgh Penguins (27-24-8) – 05 Mar 2024 – 7:00PM EST

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# Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (21-30-10) at Pittsburgh [](/r/penguins) Penguins (27-24-8)

#PPG Paints Arena

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|12:00AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|BSOH, SN-PIT|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020983) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020983/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020983/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020983/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Drew O’Connor|Sidney Crosby|Valtteri Puustinen|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Jack Roslovic|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Reilly Smith|Evgeni Malkin|Rickard Rakell|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Yegor Chinakhov|Dmitri Voronkov|Kirill Marchenko|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Jonathan Gruden|Lars Eller|Emil Bemstrom|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier|Cole Sillinger|Alex Nylander|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Jansen Harkins|Noel Acciari|Jeff Carter|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth|Sean Kuraly|Mathieu Olivier|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Marcus Pettersson|Erik Karlsson|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|Adam Boqvist|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Pierre-Olivier Joseph|Kris Letang|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|Damon Severson|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Ryan Graves|Chad Ruhwedel|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean|Erik Gudbranson|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Tristan Jarry|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jet Greaves|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Alex Nedeljkovic|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Daniil Tarasov|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/pittsburgh-penguins/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/columbus-blue-jackets/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Jansen Harkins|03 Mar 2024|Upper Body|DTD|Harkins is being evaluated for an upper-body injury after Sunday’s loss to Edmonton.|unknown|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Bryan Rust|25 Feb 2024|Upper Body|IR|Not Specified|unknown|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Jake Guentzel|14 Feb 2024|Upper Body|IR-LT|Not Specified|14 Mar 2024|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Matt Nieto||Knee|IR-LT|Surgery|unknown|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|03 Mar 2024|Upper Body|DTD|Merzlikins is considered day-to-day with an upper-body injury.|unknown|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Kent Johnson|29 Feb 2024|Shoulder|IR|Johnson will be out indefinitely with an upper-body injury, the Columbus Blue Jackets announced Thursday.|16 Sep 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Adam Fantilli||Laceration|OUT|Laceration|27 Mar 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jordan Dumais||Abdomen|OUT||22 Mar 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Patrik Laine||Personal|IR-NR|Fracture|19 Mar 2024|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/pittsburgh-penguins/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/columbus-blue-jackets/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[PIT](/r/penguins)|59|27|24|8|62|0.525|2.92|2.78|14.57|82.22|32.92|30.00|55.27|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|61|21|30|10|52|0.426|2.98|3.64|14.53|77.14|30.08|33.43|46.94|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
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|G|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Sidney Crosby|32|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|19|
|A|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Erik Karlsson|35|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|35|
|P|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Sidney Crosby|63|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|44|
|+/-|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Marcus Pettersson|21|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski, Dmitri Voronkov|6|
|PIM|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Kris Letang|54|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Erik Gudbranson|59|
|TOI|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Kris Letang|24:40|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|24:17|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=5 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=29 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##In-Game Updates

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