Florida Panthers at Columbus Blue Jackets

Thu, Mar 5, 2026 · Nationwide Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Florida Panthers

2 – 4

Final

Columbus Blue Jackets

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Florida Panthers 4–2 on Thu, Mar 5, 2026 at Nationwide Arena. Mathieu Olivier scored twice. Jet Greaves made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
FLA	0	0	2	2	28
CBJ	1	1	2	4	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:08	CBJ	PP	Ivan Provorov (7) · wrist	Sean Monahan (18), Kirill Marchenko (30)	0–1
2nd	10:50	CBJ	EV	Mathieu Olivier (10) · deflected	Egor Zamula (3), Ivan Provorov (16)	0–2
3rd	01:41	CBJ	EV	Boone Jenner (9) · wrist	Kent Johnson (13)	0–3
3rd	09:08	FLA	EV	Niko Mikkola (2) · tip-in	Aaron Ekblad (21), Sam Reinhart (30)	1–3
3rd	14:44	FLA	PP	Sam Bennett (23) · wrist	Aaron Ekblad (22), Matthew Tkachuk (9)	2–3
3rd	18:18	CBJ	SH EN	Mathieu Olivier (11) · wrist	Charlie Coyle (31), Ivan Provorov (17)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:44	FLA	Mackie Samoskevich	holding	2
1st	13:53	CBJ	Damon Severson	holding the stick	2
2nd	05:32	FLA	Evan Rodrigues	tripping	2
2nd	16:10	CBJ	Jake Christiansen	cross checking	2
3rd	05:44	FLA	Donovan Sebrango	roughing	2
3rd	05:44	FLA	Uvis Balinskis	hooking	2
3rd	05:44	CBJ	Erik Gudbranson	roughing	2
3rd	14:02	CBJ	Kirill Marchenko	holding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: FLA 4.74 · CBJ 3.31 · xG% FLA 58.8

Florida Panthers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
5	Aaron Ekblad	D	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	2		22:19	24
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0		20:34	20
77	Niko Mikkola	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0		19:24	25
9	Sam Bennett	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	43.8	18:05	21
19	Matthew Tkachuk	L	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0		17:50	21
42	Gustav Forsling	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		20:47	22
7	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		20:05	27
15	Anton Lundell	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	62.5	18:32	24
26	Uvis Balinskis	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	5	2		17:35	19
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	50.0	15:57	21
23	Carter Verhaeghe	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		15:12	19
27	Eetu Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	22.2	14:42	19
6	Donovan Sebrango	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1		14:04	17
11	Mackie Samoskevich	R	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0		13:59	18
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	63.6	12:44	14
63	Brad Marchand	L	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0		12:39	15
70	Jesper Boqvist	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100.0	10:34	14
95	Sandis Vilmanis	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		10:34	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Daniil Tarasov	L	27	24	3	.889	59:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Ivan Provorov	D	1	2	3	0	0	4	1	4		26:22	23
24	Mathieu Olivier	R	2	0	2	+2	0	3	3	1		15:44	20
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	62.5	19:46	23
23	Sean Monahan	C	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	0	69.2	18:25	19
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0		15:54	17
38	Boone Jenner	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0	33.3	14:58	19
6	Egor Zamula	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0		11:28	14
91	Kent Johnson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0		11:15	12
5	Denton Mateychuk	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2		22:39	22
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	4		22:12	24
44	Erik Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	3		22:08	26
19	Adam Fantilli	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	38.5	19:21	20
4	Cole Sillinger	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0		16:18	21
21	Isac Lundeström	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.3	15:06	20
2	Jake Christiansen	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	4		12:02	17
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		10:58	13
17	Mason Marchment	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		10:26	11
11	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		10:16	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
73	Jet Greaves	W	28	26	2	.929	60:00