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Philadelphia Flyers vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Wednesday, January 28, 2026 · Nationwide Arena

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3–5

Final

SOG 27–31

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Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-3 on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Flyers 31-27.

Travis Konecny scored a hat trick. Charlie Coyle, Kirill Marchenko, Erik Gudbranson, Sean Monahan and Mathieu Olivier also scored.

Elvis Merzlikins made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Dan Vladar stopped 26 of 30.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Philadelphia FlyersPHI102327
Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ212531

Three stars

  1. ★1st starSean MonahanCBJ · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starTravis KonecnyPHI · 3G 0A
  3. ★3rd starCharlie CoyleCBJ · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:26

1–1 · 1st 9:03 · Konecny. CBJ stayed on through an icing. Severson was 1:26 into his shift when it went in.

GoalPHI on iceCBJ on ice

0–1 CBJ

1st 0:38 · Coyle

Ristolainen 0:38

1–1 PHI

1st 9:03 · Konecny

Long shift: Severson 1:26

1–2 CBJ

1st 19:40 · Marchenko

Tippett 0:38

1–3 CBJ

2nd 1:58 · Gudbranson

Sanheim 0:04

2–3 PHI

3rd 4:08 · Konecny

Long shift: Gudbranson 1:11

3–3 PHI

3rd 15:14 · Konecny

Long shift: Marchenko 1:05

3–4 CBJ

3rd 16:32 · Monahan

Cates 0:48

3–5 CBJ

3rd 18:54 · EN · Olivier

Dvorak 1:52

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

PHICBJ
27Shots on goal31
38%Faceoff %62%
0/5Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes10
21Hits17
18Blocked shots11
9Giveaways12
5Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 14:50Travis Sanheim · hooking2 min
  • 1st 18:20Cole Sillinger · slashing2 min
  • 1st 19:12Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 2nd 14:56Dmitri Voronkov · holding the stick2 min
  • 3rd 00:42Christian Dvorak · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 01:57Mason Marchment · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 12:04Kent Johnson · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 19:48Erik Gudbranson · interference2 min

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