Columbus Blue Jackets vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Monday, March 2, 2026 · Madison Square Garden

ColumbusBlue JacketsAway

5–4

Final/OT

SOG 29–33

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NHLN · FDSNOH · MSG

Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the New York Rangers 5-4 in overtime on Monday, March 2, 2026 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Blue Jackets 33-29.

Kirill Marchenko scored twice and Gabe Perreault scored twice. Adam Fantilli, Sean Monahan, Mathieu Olivier, Vladislav Gavrikov and Will Borgen also scored.

Elvis Merzlikins made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Igor Shesterkin stopped 24 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
CBJ	2	2	0	1	5	29
NYR	0	0	4	0	4	33

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Adam Fantilli (16)Kirill Marchenko (28), Denton Mateychuk (14)1–005:50 CBJ
Kirill Marchenko (21)Ivan Provorov (15), Charlie Coyle (29)2–015:32 CBJ · PPG

2nd period

Sean Monahan (11)UnassistedTrocheck 1:13 into shift3–003:27 CBJ · SHG
Mathieu Olivier (9)Charlie Coyle (30), Damon Severson (18)4–011:54 CBJ

3rd period

Vladislav Gavrikov (10)Alexis Lafrenière (21), Will Cuylle (16)4–100:30 NYR
Gabe Perreault (4)Unassisted4–200:54 NYR
Will Borgen (4)Gabe Perreault (6), J.T. Miller (24)Coyle 1:03 into shift4–312:52 NYR
Gabe Perreault (5)Will Borgen (5), Vincent Trocheck (27)4–415:14 NYR

OT period

Kirill Marchenko (22)Damon Severson (19), Adam Fantilli (25)5–401:04 CBJ

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:13

3–0 · 2nd 3:27 · Monahan. Trocheck was 1:13 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCBJ on iceNYR on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 CBJ

1st 5:50 · Fantilli

Gavrikov 0:59

NormalGavrikov 0:59

2–0 CBJ

1st 15:32 · PP · Marchenko

Gavrikov 0:58

NormalGavrikov 0:58

3–0 CBJ

2nd 3:27 · SH · Monahan

Long shift: Trocheck 1:13

Long shiftTrocheck 1:13

4–0 CBJ

2nd 11:54 · Olivier

Iorio 0:28

Fresh legsIorio 0:28

4–1 NYR

3rd 0:30 · Gavrikov

Coyle 0:30

Fresh legsCoyle 0:30

4–2 NYR

3rd 0:54 · Perreault

Gudbranson 0:24

Fresh legsGudbranson 0:24

4–3 NYR

3rd 12:52 · Borgen

Long shift: Coyle 1:03

Long shiftCoyle 1:03

4–4 NYR

3rd 15:14 · Perreault

Severson 0:26

Fresh legsSeverson 0:26

5–4 CBJ

OT 1:04 · Marchenko

Trocheck 0:30

Fresh legsTrocheck 0:30

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

CBJNYR

29Shots on goal33

48%Faceoff %52%

1/1Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes2

15Hits27

21Blocked shots13

13Giveaways11

3Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 14:34Bench · unsportsmanlike conduct bench2 min
2nd 02:14Boone Jenner · tripping2 min

Season series

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

86Kirill MarchenkoR	2	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	–	18:04
3Charlie CoyleC	0	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	42	17:13
19Adam FantilliC	1	1	2	0	2	1	2	0	50	17:55
78Damon SeversonD	0	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	–	21:59
23Sean MonahanC	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	0	48	17:03
24Mathieu OlivierR	1	0	1	-1	2	3	2	0	–	16:09
5Denton MateychukD	0	1	1	-1	2	0	2	0	–	21:06
9Ivan ProvorovD	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	–	27:10
4Cole SillingerC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	15:01
10Dmitri VoronkovL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	09:59
11Miles WoodL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33	10:11
17Mason MarchmentL	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	17:13
21Isac LundeströmC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	80	10:24
38Boone JennerC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	–	16:37
43Danton HeinenL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	15:06
6Egor ZamulaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	12:50
15Dante FabbroD	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	14:54
44Erik GudbransonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	22:18

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
73Jet GreavesG		0	0	0	–	00:00
90Elvis MerzlikinsG	W	33	29	4	.879	61:04

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

94Gabe PerreaultR	2	1	3	+1	6	0	0	–	17:18
17Will BorgenD	1	1	2	+3	3	8	1	–	17:37
8J.T. MillerC	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	56	19:23
13Alexis LafrenièreL	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	–	18:51
16Vincent TrocheckC	0	1	1	+1	3	2	1	53	20:43
50Will CuylleL	0	1	1	+2	3	4	0	–	19:17
44Vladislav GavrikovD	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	–	25:22
14Taylor RaddyshR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	–	11:28
24Tye KartyeL	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	13:20
39Sam CarrickC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	40	08:14
42Noah LabaC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	60	13:19
43Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	11:38
91Brendan BrissonC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	–	09:46
93Mika ZibanejadC	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	46	20:11
4Braden SchneiderD	0	0	0	+3	2	1	0	–	19:03
6Vincent IorioD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	–	14:22
23Adam FoxD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	–	26:16
29Matthew RobertsonD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	–	16:21

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Igor ShesterkinG	O	29	24	5	.828	60:49
32Jonathan QuickG		0	0	0	–	00:00