Game Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets (23-37-12) at Pittsburgh Penguins (31-30-10) – 28 Mar 2024 – 7:00PM EDT

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# Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (23-37-12) at Pittsburgh [](/r/penguins) Penguins (31-30-10)

#PPG Paints Arena

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|11:00PM|##Game Info:

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|TV|SN-PIT, BSOH|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023021154) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023021154/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023021154/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023021154/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|Bryan Rust|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Alexandre Texier|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Michael Bunting|Evgeni Malkin|Rickard Rakell|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Mikael Pyyhtia|Cole Sillinger|Kirill Marchenko|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Emil Bemstrom|Lars Eller|Valtteri Puustinen|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Dmitri Voronkov|Brendan Gaunce|Mathieu Olivier|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Jonathan Gruden|Samuel Poulin|Jesse Puljujarvi|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|James Malatesta|Tyler Angle|Carson Meyer|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Pierre-Olivier Joseph|Kris Letang|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|Damon Severson|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Marcus Pettersson|Erik Karlsson|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean|Ivan Provorov|
|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Ryan Graves|Jack St. Ivany|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Christiansen|Erik Gudbranson|

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

[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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##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)|71|31|30|10|72|0.507|2.92|2.99|14.35|80.95|33.08|30.37|54.92|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|72|23|37|12|58|0.403|2.85|3.67|15.03|76.47|30.21|33.82|47.45|

[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|35|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|22|
|A|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Sidney Crosby|41|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|43|
|P|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Sidney Crosby|76|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|54|
|+/-|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Marcus Pettersson|16|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Dmitri Voronkov|2|
|PIM|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Kris Letang|60|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Erik Gudbranson|70|
|TOI|[PIT](/r/penguins)|Kris Letang|24:36|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|24:21|

[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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