Florida Panthers vs Columbus Blue Jackets

NHL

Panthers

30-29-3, 63 PTS

2-4

Final

Blue Jackets

32-21-8, 72 PTS

Nationwide Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

FLA shoots leftCBJ shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
FLA	8	7	13	28
CBJ	9	10	9	28

In net

Daniil Tarasov24/27 SV, .889

Jet Greaves26/28 SV, .929

Team	1	2	3	T
FLA	0	0	2	2
CBJ	1	1	2	4

Who won: Blue Jackets 4-2

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Florida Panthers 4-2 on Thursday, March 5, 2026 at Nationwide Arena. The series is tied 1-1. Mathieu Olivier led the Blue Jackets in goals (2). Niko Mikkola led the Panthers in goals (1).

FLA

CBJ

Forwards	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Sam BennettC	0	0	0	18:05	3:30	0:39	13:56	21	1	23	0	4	3	7	9	43.8	0	0	0
Jesper BoqvistC	2	0	0	10:34	0:01	0:55	9:38	14	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	100.0	1	0	0
Anton LundellC	0	0	-1	18:32	0:45	1:40	16:07	24	0	17	0	0	0	5	3	62.5	1	0	0
Eetu LuostarinenC	1	0	-2	14:42	0:00	3:07	11:35	19	0	7	0	0	2	2	7	22.2	0	0	0
Brad MarchandLW	0	0	-3	12:39	2:13	0:00	10:26	15	0	27	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Tomas NosekLW	3	1	0	12:44	0:01	3:05	9:38	14	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	63.6	1	0	0
Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	20:34	4:00	0:00	16:34	20	0	28	1	5	5	0	1	0.0	2	0	0
Evan RodriguesC	1	0	0	15:57	0:41	0:00	15:16	21	0	11	0	2	1	2	2	50.0	1	1	2
Mackie SamoskevichRW	0	0	1	13:59	1:11	0:00	12:48	18	0	6	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Matthew TkachukLW	0	1	-1	17:50	4:00	0:39	13:11	21	0	5	1	3	4	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Carter VerhaegheC	0	0	-2	15:12	2:28	0:00	12:44	19	0	17	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Sandis VilmanisLW	2	0	0	10:34	0:01	0:43	9:50	12	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Uvis BalinskisD	2	5	0	-2	17:35	1:24	0:00	16:11	19	0	5	0	1	2	1	1	2
Aaron EkbladD	2	0	0	0	22:19	3:17	4:13	14:49	24	0	3	2	0	0	3	0	0
Gustav ForslingD	1	1	0	0	20:47	0:00	4:24	16:23	22	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Dmitry KulikovD	0	2	1	-1	20:05	0:01	1:07	18:57	27	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0
Niko MikkolaD	0	1	0	1	19:24	0:01	1:04	18:19	25	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0
Donovan SebrangoD	1	1	0	-1	14:04	0:00	0:00	14:04	17	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2