Florida Panthers vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Tuesday, December 31, 2019 · Nationwide Arena
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Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Florida Panthers 4-1 on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at Nationwide Arena. The Panthers outshot the Blue Jackets 37-28.
Zach Werenski scored a hat trick. Colton Sceviour and Boone Jenner also scored.
Elvis Merzlikins made 36 saves on 37 shots for the win; Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 24 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Zach Werenski (9)Alexander Wennberg (10)0–104:54 CBJ
2nd period
Colton Sceviour (4)Anton Stralman (10), Mark Pysyk (3)1–103:39 FLA
Boone Jenner (8)Gustav Nyquist (18), Alexander Wennberg (11)1–215:34 CBJ · PPG
3rd period
- Zach Werenski (10)David Savard (7), Boone Jenner (8)1–304:13 CBJ
- Zach Werenski (11)Gustav Nyquist (19), Nick Foligno (11)1–408:04 CBJ
Team stats
FLACBJ
37Shots on goal28
58%Faceoff %42%
0/2Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes6
15Hits11
10Blocked shots24
7Giveaways14
5Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 06:12
David Savard · slashing2 min - 2nd 07:59
Joshua Brown · interference2 min - 2nd 11:11Riley Nash · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:39Dominic Toninato · interference2 min
- 3rd 04:13Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
- 3rd 13:19Mark Pysyk · holding2 min
- 3rd 13:19Kevin Stenlund · holding2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 7Colton SceviourC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:56 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 21:35 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:43 |
| 9Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:48 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:36 |
| 11Jonathan HuberdeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:35 |
| 14Dominic ToninatoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:44 |
| 16Aleksander BarkovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:57 |
| 21Vincent TrocheckC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:27 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 63Evgenii DadonovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 14:46 |
| 68Mike HoffmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:05 |
| 77Frank VatranoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:36 |
| 2Joshua BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:52 |
| 3Keith YandleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 22:32 |
| 5Aaron EkbladD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:36 |
| 19Mike MathesonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:27 |
| 61Riley StillmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60Chris DriedgerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | L | 28 | 24 | 4 | .857 | 58:15 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 6 | 22:00 |
| 10Alexander WennbergC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:28 |
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 20:11 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 21:54 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:33 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:19 |
| 11Kevin StenlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:47 |
| 15Jakob LiljaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:34 |
| 18Pierre-Luc DuboisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 24Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:57 |
| 42Alexandre TexierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 02:55 |
| 49Ryan MacInnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:11 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:30 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 23:10 |
| 44Vladislav GavrikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:07 |
| 46Dean KukanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:20 |
| 53Gabriel CarlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80Matiss KivlenieksG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | W | 37 | 36 | 1 | .973 | 60:00 |