Florida Panthers at Columbus Blue Jackets

Tue, Oct 13, 2026 · Nationwide Arena · 2026–27 Regular Season

Florida Panthers

7 – 3

Final

Columbus Blue Jackets

The Florida Panthers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7–3 on Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at Nationwide Arena. Brady Tkachuk scored a hat trick; Carter Verhaeghe scored twice; Sam Reinhart scored twice. Akira Schmid made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
FLA	0	4	3	7	28
CBJ	1	0	2	3	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	14:11	CBJ	EV	Kent Johnson (3) · wrist	Unassisted	0–1
2nd	02:27	FLA	EV	Brady Tkachuk (1) · wrist	Matthew Tkachuk (3)	1–1
2nd	06:00	FLA	PP	Brady Tkachuk (2) · tip-in	Matthew Tkachuk (4), Seth Jones (3)	2–1
2nd	10:30	FLA	PP	Brady Tkachuk (3) · wrist	Sam Reinhart (1), Matthew Tkachuk (5)	3–1
2nd	17:50	FLA	PP	Carter Verhaeghe (2) · snap	Brady Tkachuk (2), Matthew Tkachuk (6)	4–1
3rd	01:20	FLA	PP	Sam Reinhart (3) · tip-in	Matthew Tkachuk (7), Seth Jones (4)	5–1
3rd	03:28	FLA	EV	Carter Verhaeghe (3) · wrist	Lars Eller (4), Seth Jones (5)	6–1
3rd	13:47	CBJ	EV	Denton Mateychuk (1) · snap	Damon Severson (2), Valeri Nichushkin (2)	6–2
3rd	14:09	CBJ	EV	Cole Sillinger (3) · snap	Charlie Coyle (5), Damon Severson (3)	6–3
3rd	17:43	FLA	SH EN	Sam Reinhart (4) · snap	Anton Lundell (2), Seth Jones (6)	7–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	09:54	FLA	Matthew Tkachuk	hooking	2
2nd	05:14	CBJ	Damon Severson	interference	2
2nd	09:54	CBJ	Sean Monahan	hooking	2
2nd	11:07	FLA	Gustav Forsling	tripping	2
2nd	11:19	FLA	Niko Mikkola	roughing	2
2nd	11:19	CBJ	Charlie Coyle	roughing	2
2nd	13:44	CBJ	Mathieu Olivier	slashing	5
2nd	13:44	CBJ	Mathieu Olivier	game misconduct	10
2nd	19:44	CBJ	Carson Soucy	high sticking	2
3rd	10:11	CBJ	Damon Severson	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: FLA 4.40 · CBJ 3.70 · xG% FLA 54.3

Florida Panthers

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Matthew Tkachuk	L	0	5	5	0	2	1	0	0		17:20	22
3	Seth Jones	D	0	4	4	+1	0	3	2	2		23:14	27
8	Brady Tkachuk	L	3	1	4	0	0	4	1	0	20.0	16:19	22
13	Sam Reinhart	C	2	1	3	+2	0	7	0	2	41.7	19:24	22
23	Carter Verhaeghe	C	2	0	2	+1	0	3	0	1	100.0	18:24	20
15	Anton Lundell	C	0	1	1	-2	0	1	0	1	57.1	18:34	24
20	Lars Eller	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	72.7	16:31	19
5	Aaron Ekblad	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	2		21:27	26
42	Gustav Forsling	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0		19:36	24
27	Eetu Luostarinen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	33.3	18:47	23
77	Niko Mikkola	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	0		17:25	24
26	Uvis Balinskis	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		16:19	21
9	Sam Bennett	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	50.0	15:48	19
95	Sandis Vilmanis	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	4	0		13:25	16
7	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2		13:08	21
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0		10:49	18
14	Bokondji Imama	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		10:00	14
18	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	14.3	9:30	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Akira Schmid	W	27	24	3	.889	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
78	Damon Severson	D	0	2	2	+3	4	0	0	3		22:36	24
5	Denton Mateychuk	D	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1		18:58	24
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	0	50.0	16:31	23
4	Cole Sillinger	C	1	0	1	-1	0	1	2	2	50.0	16:05	22
43	Valeri Nichushkin	R	0	1	1	-1	0	2	2	0		15:39	22
91	Kent Johnson	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	1		15:09	19
8	Zach Werenski	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3	0	3		26:16	26
19	Adam Fantilli	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	1	54.2	20:27	24
44	Erik Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	3		18:32	25
89	Matthew Knies	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		18:03	20
23	Sean Monahan	C	0	0	0	-2	2	3	1	0	52.4	16:57	24
2	Jake Christiansen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		16:31	21
83	Conor Garland	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1		14:41	19
58	Danton Heinen	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	66.7	13:16	16
7	Carson Soucy	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	1		13:08	19
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		11:26	15
24	Mathieu Olivier	R	0	0	0	-1	15	0	0	0		9:13	12
94	Ryan Lomberg	L	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0		9:06	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33	Cam Talbot	L	23	17	6	.739	43:24
73	Jet Greaves		4	4	0	1.000	14:04