Getting the game's second point also lifted the Blue Jackets (18-17-6) into the Eastern Conference's second wild-card spot via tiebreaker over the Penguins (17-17-8), who also have 42 points.
Up 3-1 in the third period, at home, against a Columbus Blue Jackets team that has been making a move in the standings, the Penguins collapsed and ultimately fell in a shootout, 4-3.
Blue Jackets' GM Don Waddell revealed on a podcast that his top center had a 'bone scan' done to determine severity of 'swollen' wrist.
The last time the Blue Jackets won in Pittsburgh was Nov. 13, 2015, when Fantilli was an 11-year-old playing PeeWee-level hockey for the Toronto Junior Canadians in the Toronto suburbs. They were 0-10-5 in the regular season during that streak.
The Columbus Blue Jackets defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins to end the near ten year losing streak at PPG Paints Arena by the final score of 4-3 in the shootout. This was a thriller, but a costly one to the Blue Jackets’ forward group as Sean Monahan did leave the game with a wrist brace.
PITTSBURGH -- Dmitri Voronkov scored twice in a second straight game, and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied from down two goals in the third period to win 4-3 in a shootout against the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday.
Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin missed Tuesday’s home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets with an upper-body injury.
The Blue Jackets and Penguins play for the second time this season. The next two games, however, will be in a house of horrors for Columbus.