Columbus Blue Jackets vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Saturday, April 3, 2021 · BB&T Center
BSOH · BSFL
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Saturday, April 3, 2021 at BB&T Center. The Blue Jackets outshot the Panthers 46-39.
Alexander Wennberg scored a hat trick. MacKenzie Weegar, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Frank Vatrano and Zach Werenski also scored.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 44 saves on 46 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 22 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
MacKenzie Weegar (3)Aleksander Barkov (25), Carter Verhaeghe (16)0–103:57 FLA
Alexander Wennberg (9)Frank Vatrano (6), Patric Hornqvist (14)0–204:49 FLA- Alexander Wennberg (10)MacKenzie Weegar (18), Gustav Forsling (6)0–308:47 FLA
3rd period
Oliver Bjorkstrand (14)Michael Del Zotto (6), Alexandre Texier (8)1–302:46 CBJ
Frank Vatrano (12)Owen Tippett (7)1–410:54 FLA
Zach Werenski (6)Riley Nash (5), Seth Jones (16)2–418:15 CBJ- Alexander Wennberg (11)Unassisted2–519:53 FLA · EN
Team stats
CBJFLA
46Shots on goal39
47%Faceoff %53%
0/1Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes2
31Hits19
17Blocked shots14
6Giveaways14
15Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 02:24
Liam Foudy · hooking2 min - 1st 15:20
Jonathan Huberdeau · holding2 min - 1st 19:17Michael Del Zotto · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 08:33Max Domi · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 13:58Alexandre Texier · tripping2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 20Riley NashC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 09:59 |
| 28Oliver BjorkstrandR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 20:54 |
| 42Alexandre TexierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:57 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 23:53 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 22:37 |
| 15Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 13Cam AtkinsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 21:00 |
| 16Max DomiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:10 |
| 19Liam FoudyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:11 |
| 26Zac DalpeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 05:10 |
| 29Patrik LaineR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:04 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 20:11 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:52 |
| 71Nick FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:02 |
| 43Mikko LehtonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:56 |
| 44Vladislav GavrikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 46Dean KukanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:04 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:03 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Joonas KorpisaloG | 13 | 12 | 1 | .923 | 18:33 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | L | 25 | 22 | 3 | .880 | 39:59 |
Florida Panthers
| 21Alexander WennbergC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 22:28 |
| 77Frank VatranoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 15:48 |
| 52MacKenzie WeegarD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 2 | 20:28 |
| 16Aleksander BarkovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:50 |
| 23Carter VerhaegheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:50 |
| 70Patric HornqvistR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 18:30 |
| 74Owen TippettR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:05 |
| 42Gustav ForslingD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 5 | 19:11 |
| 11Jonathan HuberdeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:30 |
| 19Mason MarchmentL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:11 |
| 27Eetu LuostarinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:40 |
| 55Noel AcciariC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 17:00 |
| 83Juho LammikkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:00 |
| 3Keith YandleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:20 |
| 7Radko GudasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:33 |
| 8Matt KierstedD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:47 |
| 61Riley StillmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 11:29 |
| 65Markus NutivaaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 15:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60Chris DriedgerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 72Sergei BobrovskyG | W | 46 | 44 | 2 | .957 | 59:24 |