Pittsburgh – Columbus 5:4 (2:0 after SO)
after shootout (2:0)
Pittsburgh Penguins
5:4 (0:2, 1:1, 3:1 - 0:0)
Columbus Blue Jackets
Thursday 28.12.2017, 01:00 • PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh • NHL
     
    61:37
    Penalty for Pittsburgh Penguins (Jake Guentzel – 2 min., high-sticking).
     
    54:17
    Penalty for Columbus Blue Jackets (Seth Jones – 2 min., cross-checking).
     
    42:42
    Penalty for Columbus Blue Jackets (Matt Calvert – 2 min., hooking).
     
    40:38
    Penalty for Pittsburgh Penguins (Sidney Crosby – 2 min., tripping).
     
    37:38
    Penalty for Columbus Blue Jackets (Markus Nutivaara – 2 min., tripping).
     
    32:37
    Penalty for Pittsburgh Penguins (Hornqvist – 2 min., interference).
     
    20:18
    Penalty for Columbus Blue Jackets (Markus Nutivaara – 2 min., interference).
    Goals and assists: 26. Sheary (Rust, Sheahan), 44. Kessel (Hornqvist), 59. Guentzel (Hornqvist) – 10. Milano (S. Jones, Nutivaara), 15. Jenner (Bjorkstrand, N. Foligno)

    Shootout:

    1. series:
    1:0   Evgeny (PIT)
    1:0   Pierre-Luc Dubois (CBJ)
    2. series:
    2:0   Sidney Crosby (PIT)
    2:0   Artemiy (CBJ)


    Pittsburgh Penguins: M. Murray (Jarry) – Dumoulin, Hunwick, Maatta, Ruhwedel, Cole, Oleksiak – Sheary, Crosby, Hornqvist – Guentzel, , Kessel – Hagelin, Sheahan, Rust – Kuhnhackl, Rowney, Reaves.
    Columbus Blue Jackets: Bobrovsky (Korpisalo) – Nutivaara, S. Jones, J. Johnson, D. Savard, Harrington, G. Carlsson – , Dubois, J. Anderson – Jenner, N. Foligno, Bjorkstrand – Milano, Sedlák, Calvert – Motte, Schroeder, Hannikainen.