Pittsburgh Penguins secure two points against Columbus Blue Jackets

That brings us to the end of a first period — Pittsburgh Penguins 1, Columbus Blue Jackets 1. Columbus Blue Jackets edged the shot clock 11-8, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Igor Chernyshov opened the scoring for Columbus Blue Jackets at 10:39, then Jean-Gabriel Pageau tied it for Pittsburgh Penguins at 14:48.

Jet Greaves was under siege with 10 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Pittsburgh Penguins went 0-for-1 while Columbus Blue Jackets went 0-for-1.

Columbus Blue Jackets owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Pittsburgh Penguins 0, Columbus Blue Jackets 0. Pittsburgh Penguins edged the shot clock 9-3, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Neither side could solve the goaltending — a grinding, scoreless frame.

Akira Schmid was under siege with 9 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Columbus Blue Jackets went 0-for-1.

Columbus Blue Jackets owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a wild third period — Pittsburgh Penguins 3, Columbus Blue Jackets 1. Columbus Blue Jackets edged the shot clock 12-10, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Darren Raddysh put Pittsburgh Penguins in front at 5:42, Darren Raddysh extended the lead for Pittsburgh Penguins at 12:18, Pontus Holmberg cut the deficit for Columbus Blue Jackets at 14:25, and Jean-Gabriel Pageau extended the lead for Pittsburgh Penguins into the empty net at 18:46.

Jet Greaves was under siege with 10 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Columbus Blue Jackets went 0-for-2, and an empty-netter helped seal it.

Columbus Blue Jackets owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.