GAME RECAP: Penguins at Blue Jackets (03.30.24) | Penguins Finish Home and Home With Blue Jackets

For the second half of their home and home, the Pittsburgh Penguins traveled to Nationwide Arena Saturday night to play the Columbus Blue Jackets for the final time this season. Pittsburgh controlled the first 10 minutes of the game, also receiving the first power play opportunity. Columbus had other plans for the Penguin's power play and scored a short-handed goal to take the first lead. Mid-way through the 2nd, the Penguins got on the board. Bryan Rust skated the puck down to the hash marks and found Drew O’Connor on the back door for the one-timer to tie the game. With a minute left in the period, the Penguins won the offensive zone faceoff. Once again looking cross-ice, Sidney Crosby saw Rust on the backdoor for the go-ahead goal. Adding to their lead early in the 3rd, Evgeni Malkin rushed the puck up ice and into the zone. Malkin dropped the puck for Rickard Rakell in the high slot. Picking up the puck, Rakell quickly brought it to his backhand and scored the third Penguin goal. The Blue Jackets wasted no time responding and scored 9 seconds later. Using that newly gained momentum, less than 3 minutes later Columbus scored again to tie the game 3-3. The winner was determined by a shootout. Sidney Crosby was the lone scorer for the Penguins while the Blue Jackets scored twice to win the game 4-3.
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[@RonaldoMessibothok]

If the Stanley cup was for teams with the most leads blowed Pittsburgh would win.

[@thejawzomeone]

Love the pens

[@earthquakkejake9894]

Classic penguins game

[@darren5956]

Letang with another assist.

[@jonpenguin303]

Im a Lars Ellar fan. Don't be so quick to move this guy..he has heart👍

[@byronnelson7580]

At the first sign of adversity this team crumbles. It's called a shootout Rakell not face plant, but I see you've learned from Letang falling down in OT.

[@bonzo713]

Overtime... I already know where this is going😐

[@theginganinja-_-7695]

Tanger just looks lost.

[@jsebby2284]

He's had a good season though overall

[@theginganinja-_-7695]

@@jsebby2284 yea lots of assists to the other team.

[@jsebby2284]

@theginganinja-_-7695 he's had a good season though overall

[@chokeama3389]

@@jsebby2284our goalies have not

[@jsebby2284]

@chokeama3389 that's just not really true though. The goalies have played well this season overall

[@oHypBasto]

Love how no one is talking about how Ned choked but if it were jarry that lost….🤣

[@jsebby2284]

Facts

[@YeYe-db6ur]

He choked but the d also looked lost plus letang literally played for Columbus yesterday

[@oHypBasto]

@@YeYe-db6ur and d has been horrible all year in front of jarry as well🤣

[@marco1022]

unbelievable defence....

[@jonathanmol4489]

Remember when we made the playoffs and we had a powerplay that scored goals? Remember all those great shorthanded goal scorers we use to have? I'm just trying to think of the good times.

[@jonpenguin303]

They lost this one but THIS is why you keep a Rusty Razor!!

[@fionalover2.0gaming18]

I want to see some young rookies on the penguins to help them improve by a long shot. I Mainly want to see these numbers on Pittsburgh [95,57,86,24,27,9,6,12,64 and E.T.C]

[@andreasgumme]

Letang didnt even try to win that puck back. Its obvious he stopped caring since we're not making the playoffs

[@NoOneYaKnow666]

Tanger with an awful night.

[@catlady1084]

why is their 3rd period always the worst?

[@benjaminperez7328]

They’re old.

[@Secerko7]

Pittsburgh ove sezone kao probusen balon, nazalost!😢😮

[@erdemyengin7139]

Never mind Penguinss this match

[@theoldboy70]

Ahhh yes, well done jagoffs.

[@ralphashmore5694]

When us the Pens coach going to trade Letang and even the Goalie

[@ironcity4182]

Pens up by 2 in 3rd n lose…

[@coolbreeze251]

Through the process of elimination, you'll find that every player on this team needs to go.

[@tropicalrailroadproduction5028]

I Asked my friend If he would play for this team and make them get better and I made him a custom jersey with the number 24 as in reference to my graduation year.

[@prahfetts825]

Lol

[@nunyabidnis5407]

Time to limit Letangs minutes. Please.

[@chaseschneier1076]

Letang is a defensive liability. Trade if possible.

[@cliffordfarley30]

Sad but true. Defense has been the issue since the beginning. We’re struggling with the worst team in the east

[@NobuhikuObayashi]

Boo, tanger has had a good season overall

[@JohnThePGHAndPSUFanatic]

Tanger can only be traded if he wants to be because he has a no-movement clause

[@adudeuknow]

Be careful what you say about Letang. Out will come the guy or two wanting to throw up stats. Lol... I have loved Letang, but I literally watch him lose games for us all too frequently these days.

[@jsebby2284]

Yeah trade a great player. Good one dude

[@Roy-qn2ie]

Letang fails again and Malkin with a worthless shootout shot, time to clean house

[@jsebby2284]

There's always the letang and Malkin guy hahahahahahaha

[@pearson8143]

Get Letang off the ice and off this team!!! He is washed!

[@jsebby2284]

He's not washed though

[@theoldboy70]

BOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[@TheKingdomChef]

Yea Tangers got to go!

[@jsebby2284]

He doesn't though

[@TheKingdomChef]

@@jsebby2284 don’t understand.

[@jsebby2284]

@@TheKingdomChef correct - I don't think you do

[@TheKingdomChef]

@@jsebby2284 care to elaborate?

[@jsebby2284]

@@TheKingdomChef do you? Good players don't need to go. That's my elaboration

[@cliffordfarley30]

Letang has been terrible for a while now and Geno is still the butt of all the blame.

[@jsebby2284]

Letang hasn't been terrible for a while though

[@RonaldoMessibothok]

@@jsebby2284 absolutely wrong. Letang has made bad turnovers such as passing it to one the of the flames players or right to Connor Mcdavid. Letang has made no impact this year nor has he even been making good defensive plays. Letang has been bad this year and we should just realize this fact.

[@jsebby2284]

@RonaldoMessibothok no - im just absolutely correct lol. Saying he's made no impact or has been bad this year is absolutely wrong though. It's not a fact lol - you can't call something wrong a fact haha

[@RonaldoMessibothok]

@@jsebby2284 he’s a scorer but not a defender which is a huge problem.

[@jsebby2284]

​@@RonaldoMessibothokhe's not a problem

[@raysplayzgamez9252]

geno gotta go