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Florida Panthers vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Thursday, March 5, 2026 · Nationwide Arena

Florida PanthersFloridaPanthersAway

2–4

Final

SOG 28–28

Columbus Blue JacketsColumbusBlue JacketsHome

FDSNOH · SCRIPPS

Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 on Thursday, March 5, 2026 at Nationwide Arena.

Mathieu Olivier scored twice. Ivan Provorov, Boone Jenner, Niko Mikkola and Sam Bennett also scored.

Jet Greaves made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Daniil Tarasov stopped 24 of 27.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Florida PanthersFLA002228
Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ112428

Three stars

  1. ★1st starIvan ProvorovCBJ · 1G 2A
  2. ★2nd starMathieu OlivierCBJ · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starJet GreavesCBJ · .929 SV%

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+
2:26

0–2 · 2nd 10:50 · Olivier. FLA stayed on through an icing. Balinskis was 2:26 into his shift when it went in.

GoalFLA on iceCBJ on ice

0–1 CBJ

1st 5:08 · PP · Provorov

Vilmanis 0:43

0–2 CBJ

2nd 10:50 · Olivier

Stuck out there: Balinskis 2:26

0–3 CBJ

3rd 1:41 · Jenner

Marchand 0:48

1–3 FLA

3rd 9:08 · Mikkola

Long shift: Sillinger 1:09

2–3 FLA

3rd 14:44 · Bennett

Stuck out there: Monahan 1:47

2–4 CBJ

3rd 18:18 · EN · Olivier

Ekblad 1:13

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

FLACBJ
28Shots on goal28
48%Faceoff %52%
1/3Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes8
19Hits16
6Blocked shots20
15Giveaways13
3Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 03:44Mackie Samoskevich · holding2 min
  • 1st 13:53Damon Severson · holding the stick2 min
  • 2nd 05:32Evan Rodrigues · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 16:10Jake Christiansen · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 05:44Donovan Sebrango · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 05:44Uvis Balinskis · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 05:44Erik Gudbranson · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 14:02Kirill Marchenko · holding2 min

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