Penguins 6, Blue Jackets 3

Columbus 1 1 1 — 3 Pittsburgh 3 2 1 — 6

First Period: 1, Pittsburgh, Malkin 14 (Dewar, Tomasino), 5:28. 2, Pittsburgh, Acciari 5 (Lizotte), 13:51. 3, Columbus, Jenner 1 (Mateychuk, Provorov), 14:07. 4, Pittsburgh, Rakell 32 (Rust, Crosby), 14:53.

Second Period: 5, Columbus, Danforth 8 (Severson, Olivier), 1:35. 6, Pittsburgh, Imama 1 (Hayes, Heinen), 8:15. 7, Pittsburgh, Crosby 25 (Grzelcyk), 15:31.

Third Period: 8, Columbus, K.Johnson 22 (Chinakhov, Kuraly), 3:45. 9, Pittsburgh, Rust 23 (Rakell), 18:03 (en).

Shots on goal: Columbus 13-16-19: 48. Pittsburgh 12-12-10: 34.

Power-play opportunities: Columbus 0 of 2. Pittsburgh 0 of 1.

Goalies: Columbus, Merzlikins 22-19-5 (33 shots-28 saves). Pittsburgh, Nedeljkovic 13-14-5 (48-45).