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The Pittsburgh Penguins finished first overall in the Metropolitan Division, earning 109 points. The Columbus Blue Jackets earned 93 points during the regular season, and entered the playoffs as the Eastern Conference's first wild card, making the post-season for the first time since [[2009 Stanley Cup playoffs|2009]], and only the second time in the franchise's history.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/gameflash/2014/04/12/33216_recap.html |title=Johansen lifts Blue Jackets past Panthers, 3–2 |work=[[Sports Illustrated]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=April 12, 2014 |accessdate=April 15, 2014}}</ref> This is the first playoff meeting for these two teams. The Penguins won all five games in this year's regular season series.
The Blue Jackets recorded their first ever playoff victories in team history, but the Penguins still managed to win the series in six games. The first five games in the series featured comebacks, including 3-1 leads evaporating into 4-3 losses in the first four games. In Game 1, Pittsburgh scored three unanswered goals, including [[Brandon Sutter]] game winner 8:18 in the third period, to overcome a two-goal deficit to win, 4–3.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013030131 | title=Penguins, down by two, rally to win Game 1 | work=NHL.com | date=April 17, 2014}}</ref> Columbus then overcame a two-goal deficit in Game 2 after Pittsburgh built their lead with [[Brian Gibbons]] scoring his first two playoff goals, including a short-handed one. [[Matt Calvert]] then scored both a short-handed goal and then the game-winner 1:10 into double overtime to give the Blue Jackets a 4–3 victory.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013030132 | title=Blue Jackets win in double OT to even series | work=NHL.com | date=April 20, 2014}}</ref> Game 3 saw [[Brooks Orpik]] score his second ever playoff goal with less than 2 seconds remaining in the second period. The Blue Jackets would jump back up to a two goal lead at the start of the third period, thanks to [[Cam Atkinson]]’s first ever playoff goal. But the Penguins scored three goals within a span of 2:13 in the third period, including [[Jussi Jokinen]]'s game-winner at 8:06, for another 4–3 win.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013030133 | title=Penguins rally past Blue Jackets, take series lead | work=NHL.com | date=April 21, 2014}}</ref> The Blue Jackets then overcame a three-goal deficit in Game 4 to record a fourth 4–3 contest in this series, with [[Brandon Dubinsky]] tying the game with 24 seconds left in regulation after Penguins goalie [[Marc-Andre Fleury]] mishandled the puck from behind his own net, allowing [[Ryan Johansen]] to fling the puck to a wide open Dubinsky. [[Nick Foligno]] then scoring the game winner at 2:49 into overtime.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013030134 | title=Foligno's OT goal caps Blue Jackets' comeback | work=NHL.com | date=April 24, 2014}}</ref> But Fleury rebounded in Game 5, making 23 saves out of 24 shots in Pittsburgh's 3–1 win. Columbus lost despite spectacular play by [[Sergei Bobrovsky]], who stopped 48 of 50 shots but did not receive the goal support needed to win.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013030135 | title=Fleury makes 23 saves, Penguins win Game 5 | work=NHL.com | date=April 26, 2014}}</ref> In Game 6, [[Evgeni Malkin]]'s hat trick helped the Penguins build a 4–0 lead, but they had to withstand a late comeback attempt by the Blue Jackets, who scored three unanswered goals in a span of five minutes late in the third period, to hold on to the 4–3 victory.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2013030134 | title=Penguins survive, advance to face Rangers or Flyers | work=NHL.com | date=April 28, 2014}}</ref>
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