{"id":303046,"date":"2026-10-09T11:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/303046\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T11:46:11","slug":"game-preview-10-09-26-at-columbus-blue-jackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/303046\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Preview: 10.09.26 at Columbus Blue Jackets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHINNY BACK IN COLUMBUS<\/p>\n<p>Egor Chinakhov is facing his former team, the Columbus Blue Jackets, for the third time since being acquired by the Penguins on December 29, 2025. Prior to the trade, Chinakhov scored three goals, tallied three assists and recorded six points in 29 games played with the Blue Jackets in 2025-26. After arriving in Pittsburgh, Chinakhov registered 36 points (18G-18A) in 43 games with the Penguins to close out the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since December 29, 2025, Chinakhov ranks third on the Penguins in goals (19), tied for third in points (38) and tied for fourth in assists (19):<\/p>\n<p>Penguins Goal Leaders Since Dec. 29, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Season\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0GP\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0G\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PTS<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Mantha\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 44\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 21\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 18\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a039<\/p>\n<p>Rickard Rakell\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a047\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a020\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a038<\/p>\n<p>Egor Chinakhov\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 47\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a019\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a038<\/p>\n<p>Bryan Rust\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 38\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a015\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 19\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a034<\/p>\n<p>Evgeni Malkin\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 34\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a013\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a023\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a036<\/p>\n<p>Tommy Novak\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a049\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a029<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHINNY BACK IN COLUMBUS Egor Chinakhov is facing his former team, the Columbus Blue Jackets, for the third&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-303046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}