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Columbus Blue Jackets vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Thursday, March 12, 2026 · Amerant Bank Arena

Columbus Blue JacketsColumbusBlue JacketsAway

1–2

Final/OT

SOG 31–21

Florida PanthersFloridaPanthersHome

FDSNOH · SCRIPPS

Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 in overtime on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at Amerant Bank Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Panthers 31-21.

Goals came from Adam Fantilli, Sam Bennett and Sam Reinhart.

Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 19 of 21.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ0100131
Florida PanthersFLA0011221

Three stars

  1. ★1st starSam ReinhartFLA · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starSergei BobrovskyFLA · .968 SV%
  3. ★3rd starSam BennettFLA · 1G 0A

Scoring

2nd period

3rd period

OT 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+
1:32

1–2 · OT 2:20 · Reinhart. Provorov was 1:32 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCBJ on iceFLA on ice

1–0 CBJ

2nd 13:01 · Fantilli

Long shift: Greer 1:20

1–1 FLA

3rd 1:28 · PP · Bennett

Jenner 0:46

1–2 FLA

OT 2:20 · PP · Reinhart

Stuck out there: Provorov 1:32

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

CBJFLA
31Shots on goal21
59%Faceoff %41%
0/2Power play2/2
4Penalty minutes4
13Hits23
10Blocked shots17
14Giveaways23
7Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 17:13Eetu Luostarinen · interference2 min
  • 2nd 10:57Donovan Sebrango · interference2 min
  • 2nd 20:00Damon Severson · holding2 min
  • OT 00:48Adam Fantilli · tripping2 min

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