Kent Johnson, Adam Fantilli and Kirill Marchenko scored in the shootout to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 5-4 win over the host Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.

Dmitri Voronkov had two goals and Charlie Coyle and Yegor Chinakhov also scored for the Blue Jackets, who blew a two-goal third-period lead. Elvis Merzlikins stopped 26 shots and Evgeni Malkin on the final shootout attempt as Columbus won for the third time in four games.

Anthony Mantha had a goal and an assist and Kris Letang, Ryan Shea and Bryan Rust scored for the Penguins, who had their four-game winning streak snapped. Malkin had two assists and Arturs Silovs made 37 saves.

Rust and Sidney Crosby connected in the shootout.

Rust tied it with 3:06 left with his first goal this season. He one-timed a shot from beneath

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