new coach Rick Bowness<\/a>. Bowness is the third coach in team history to win his first three games with the team.<\/p>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
Kirill Marchenko scored to continue a four-game point. Danton Heinen scored his first goal with Columbus since he was traded from Pittsburgh last month, and Zach Aston-Reese, another former Penguin, also scored.<\/p>\n
Zach Werenski continued his four-game point streak with an assist.<\/p>\n
Elvis Merzlikins made 29 saves for the Blue Jackets, who matched their longest winning streak of the season.<\/p>\n
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist for the Penguins. He recorded his 511th multipoint game, tying Gordie Howe for fifth place in NHL history.<\/p>\n
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Connor Clifton and Rickard Rakell also scored for the Penguins.<\/p>\n
Arturs Silovs stopped 22 shots for the Penguins, who have lost four of their last five.<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh established a franchise record with a 19-game home-point streak against the Blue Jackets dating back to Dec. 21, 2015. It\u2019s the longest home-point streak against a team in franchise history. Pittsburgh scored at least three goals in all but one of the 19 games.<\/p>\n
All four games between Pittsburgh and Columbus this season were decided past regulation.<\/p>\n
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Crosby forced overtime with one minute left. He redirected Kris Letang\u2019s point shot behind Merzlikins to even the score.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Blue Jackets: Host Ottawa on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Penguins: Open a four-game Western road trip Monday at Seattle.<\/p>\n
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