COLUMBUS -- Zach Werenski and Dmitri Voronkov each had a goal and an assist for the Columbus Blue Jackets, who ended a six-game losing streak with a 6-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Nationwide Arena on Friday.

Zac Werenski and Dmitri Voronkov each had a goal and an assist, Elvis Merzlikins made 23 saves and the Columbus Blue Jackets snapped a six-game skid with a 6-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night.

Cole Sillinger scored an empty-net goal on a long-range lob with 4:28 remaining, putting a cap on the Columbus Blue Jackets’ 6-2 rout of the Pittsburgh Penguins and blowing the lid off a simmering spat between Sillinger and most of the Penguins.

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An overwhelming effort in the third period helped the Blue Jackets needle the Penguins while ending a six-game winless streak: 3 takeaways

Zach Werenski and Dmitri Voronkov each had a goal and an assist while Sean Monahan had two assists as the Columbus Blue Jackets collected a 6-2 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday.

The Jackets jumped on the Pens early but would allow the Pens to claw their way back to tie it. However, Mathieu Olivier would tie the game late in the second for the game-winner. Columbus would then pour on three goals in the third to put an exclamation point on the night.