Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Florida PanthersMar 6, 2025

FinalThursday, Mar 6, 2025· Amerant Bank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	0	0	0		CBJ	7	3	6	16
FLA	1	1	1	3		FLA	16	12	8	36

: CBJ 41FLA 69
: CBJ 1.06FLA 4.82
PP goals: CBJ 0FLA 2
Hits: CBJ 24FLA 29
Blocks: CBJ 15FLA 8
PIM: CBJ 18FLA 18
: CBJ 59%FLA 41%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Florida Panthers beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–0

Florida Panthers beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–0 at home. Sam Reinhart (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 2A. FLA's first power-play unit (Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Bennett and Samoskevich) scored 2 power-play goals on 14 attempts in 5:52 together.

Points
Aleksander Barkov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 19:28.Barkov
Points
Sam Reinhart had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:54.Reinhart
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Barkov, Ekblad, Reinhart, Bennett and Samoskevich) scored 2 power-play goals on 14 attempts in 5:52 together.Barkov Ekblad Reinhart Bennett Samoskevich
Goalie
Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +6 against a season average of 29.4; the loss.Merzlikins
New line
New look for CBJ: Kuraly–LaBate–Chinakhov skated 4:44 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuraly LaBate Chinakhov
Luck
FLA scored 3 goals on 4.82 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Mackie Samoskevich (FLA) played 17:32, +4:16 up on his 13:16 season average over 71 games.Samoskevich
Usage
Seth Jones (FLA) played 18:24, −6:21 down on his 24:45 season average over 62 games.Jones

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CBJ attacks left (bottom on phones)FLA attacks right (top on phones) →

FLA
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · FLA 69 · CBJ 41

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

FLA
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

FLA pressure
CBJ pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CBJ 16% of the game, FLA 59%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

FLA

CBJ

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CBJ	FLA
	38	59
	0.97	2.32
	0.95	2.22
	10	10
	2	0
	13	13
	+0.053	−0.053
	16%	59%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Marchenko – Voronkov – Fantilli
8:5537% CF
L2van Riemsdyk – Jenner – Johnson
8:1167% CF
L3Olivier – Danforth – Aston-Reese
6:147% CF
L4Kuraly – LaBate – Chinakhov
4:4445% CF
D1Werenski – Fabbro
17:2140% CF
D2Provorov – Mateychuk
11:2631% CF
D3Severson – Christiansen
9:3420% CF

PP1Werenski – Marchenko – Voronkov – Johnson – Fantilli
4:41100% CF
PP2van Riemsdyk – Jenner – Provorov – Chinakhov – Mateychuk
2:36100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Aston-Reese
2:50
PK2FJenner – Danforth
2:11
PK1DWerenski – Fabbro
3:40
PK2DProvorov – Mateychuk
1:19

Current CBJ line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Bennett – Rodrigues – Samoskevich
10:3365% CF
L2Boqvist – Luostarinen – Lundell
9:1464% CF
L3Verhaeghe – Barkov – Reinhart
8:4661% CF
L4Nosek – Greer – Gadjovich
4:4289% CF
D1Jones – Mikkola
13:5952% CF
D2Kulikov – Schmidt
11:4967% CF
D3Ekblad – Forsling
11:4480% CF

PP1Barkov – Ekblad – Reinhart – Bennett – Samoskevich
5:52100% CF
PP2Verhaeghe – Jones – Rodrigues – Luostarinen – Lundell
1:39100% CF
PK1FLuostarinen – Lundell
3:21
PK2FBarkov – Reinhart
2:12
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
4:13
PK2DKulikov – Mikkola
2:44

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	-1	2	0.08	1	0	0	20:21	—	—	46	20
Adam Fantilli C	L1	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	19:27	—	—	48	22
Dmitri Voronkov L	L1	-1	1	0.06	2	0	0	18:40	—	—	48	21
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	0	0.01	5	1	0	18:39	—	—	44	38
Kent Johnson C	L2	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	18:38	—	—	65	77
James van Riemsdyk L	L2	0	2	0.09	1	0	2	14:57	—	—	47	44
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L3	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:39	—	—	20	19
Justin Danforth R	L3	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:30	—	—	17	8
Mathieu Olivier R	L3	-1	0	0.00	0	0	5	10:34	—	—	10	11
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	12:22	—	—	47	51
Egor Chinakhov R	L4	-1	1	0.16	1	0	0	10:48	—	—	42	34
Joseph LaBate C	L4	0	1	0.11	1	0	5	6:15	—	—	40	51
Zach Werenski D	D1	-1	2	0.19	1	3	0	28:49	—	—	52	34
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	22:58	—	—	42	32
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	1	0.10	2	2	0	22:01	—	—	46	23
Denton Mateychuk D	D2	0	1	0.00	0	0	6	15:54	—	—	31	15
Damon Severson D	D3	0	1	0.02	1	4	0	13:32	—	—	33	41
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	1	0.05	3	1	0	11:04	—	—	19	34

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	35	33	2	.943	4.07	59:51

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Bennett C	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.33	1	0	2	20:01	—	—	60	68
Mackie Samoskevich R	L1	1	0	1	0	7	0.70	6	0	0	17:32	—	—	64	67
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.41	1	0	2	17:14	—	—	60	65
Anton Lundell C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	0	1	0	17:24	—	—	59	73
Eetu Luostarinen C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	4	0	0	16:37	—	—	50	60
Jesper Boqvist C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	0	13:46	—	—	50	66
Sam Reinhart C	L3	1	2	3	+1	3	0.87	1	1	0	20:54	—	—	61	79
Aleksander Barkov C	L3	1	2	3	+1	2	0.79	4	1	0	19:28	—	—	61	79
Carter Verhaeghe C	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.69	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	56	76
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:36	—	—	64	52
A.J. Greer L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	3	0	0	7:48	—	—	75	62
Jonah Gadjovich L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	12	5:29	—	—	82	71
Niko Mikkola D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	0	0	20:11	—	—	44	59
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	1	2	0	18:24	—	—	53	69
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:51	—	—	67	65
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	2	14:41	—	—	70	77
Aaron Ekblad D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	23:57	—	—	77	83
Gustav Forsling D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:27	—	—	67	72

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	16	16	0	.1000	1.06	59:51

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Sam Reinhart (FLA PP) 1st 5:58 · assists Aleksander Barkov, Aaron Ekblad · Forecheck turnover · 31.4 mph shot.

Sam Reinhart · 1st 5:58 · FLA PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.4 mph
Distance: 17 ft

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Mackie Samoskevich · 2nd 6:34 · FLA PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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Aleksander Barkov · 3rd 17:48 · FLA EN

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 60.7 mph
Distance: 52 ft
Entry to goal: 1.2 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Florida PanthersMar 6, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Florida Panthers beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Columbus Blue Jackets

Florida Panthers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Columbus Blue Jackets

Florida Panthers

Goal anatomy

Sam Reinhart · 1st 5:58 · FLA PP

Mackie Samoskevich · 2nd 6:34 · FLA PP

Aleksander Barkov · 3rd 17:48 · FLA EN