Florida Panthers vs. Columbus Blue JacketsMar 5, 2026

FinalThursday, Mar 5, 2026· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	0	0	2	2		FLA	8	7	13	28
CBJ	1	1	2	4		CBJ	9	10	9	28

: FLA 76CBJ 48
: FLA 3.27CBJ 3.59
PP goals: FLA 0CBJ 1
Hits: FLA 19CBJ 16
Blocks: FLA 6CBJ 20
PIM: FLA 8CBJ 8
: FLA 48%CBJ 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Florida Panthers 4–2

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Florida Panthers 4–2 at home. Ivan Provorov (CBJ) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for FLA: Reinhart–Rodrigues–Lundell skated 12:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Ivan Provorov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 26:22.Provorov
Points
Mathieu Olivier had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:44.Olivier
Points
Aaron Ekblad had 2 assists (2 points) in 22:19.Ekblad
New line
New look for FLA: Reinhart–Rodrigues–Lundell skated 12:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reinhart Rodrigues Lundell
New line
New look for CBJ: Jenner–Monahan–Johnson skated 7:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jenner Monahan Johnson
New line
New look for FLA: Marchand–Verhaeghe–Luostarinen skated 8:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchand Verhaeghe Luostarinen
New line
New look for FLA: Nosek–Boqvist–Vilmanis skated 7:45 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nosek Boqvist Vilmanis
Usage
Mason Marchment (CBJ) played 10:26, −7:03 down on his 17:29 season average over 67 games.Marchment

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

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

CBJ
FLA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · CBJ 48 · FLA 76

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
FLA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: FLA 26% of the game, CBJ 33%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CBJ

FLA

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

CBJ skaters (rows) against FLA skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the CBJ side.

Matchup matrix

CBJ xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	FLA	CBJ
	71	44
	2.42	2.65
	2.31	2.58
	12	12
	5	1
	17	18
	−0.009	+0.009
	26%	33%

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.

Florida Panthers

L1Reinhart – Rodrigues – Lundell
12:4357% CF
L2Bennett – Tkachuk – Samoskevich
9:4553% CF
L3Marchand – Verhaeghe – Luostarinen
8:3036% CF
L4Nosek – Boqvist – Vilmanis
7:4560% CF
D1Kulikov – Mikkola
16:0169% CF
D2Ekblad – Forsling
13:1564% CF
D3Sebrango – Balinskis
12:2343% CF

PP1Marchand – Ekblad – Reinhart – Bennett – Tkachuk
3:1388% CF
PP2Verhaeghe – Reinhart – Tkachuk – Samoskevich – Balinskis
0:43100% CF
PK1FNosek – Luostarinen
2:20
PK2FLundell – Vilmanis
0:41
PK1DEkblad – Forsling
4:11
PK2DKulikov – Mikkola
0:57

Current FLA line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Coyle – Olivier – Sillinger
11:5950% CF
L2Jenner – Monahan – Johnson
7:0650% CF
L3Marchment – Marchenko – Fantilli
6:4718% CF
L4Wood – Lundeström – Voronkov
4:0960% CF
D1Severson – Mateychuk
15:5333% CF
D2Provorov – Zamula
10:0632% CF
D3Gudbranson – Christiansen
9:5148% CF

PP1Coyle – Monahan – Provorov – Marchenko – Fantilli
2:4650% CF
PP2Severson – Monahan – Voronkov – Johnson – Mateychuk
1:56100% CF
PK1FCoyle – Monahan
2:16
PK2FJenner – Lundeström
1:52
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
2:42
PK2DChristiansen – Mateychuk
0:32

Current CBJ 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.

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	1.01	0	0	0	20:34	—	—	63	58
Anton Lundell C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	61	46
Evan Rodrigues C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	2	15:57	—	—	59	54
Sam Bennett C	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.63	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	66	61
Matthew Tkachuk L	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.27	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	67	56
Mackie Samoskevich R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.18	0	0	2	13:59	—	—	56	47
Carter Verhaeghe C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	0	0	0	15:12	—	—	70	49
Eetu Luostarinen C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.16	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	50	28
Brad Marchand L	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.20	0	0	0	12:39	—	—	47	31
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:44	—	—	67	44
Sandis Vilmanis L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	0	0	10:34	—	—	67	43
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	2	0	0	10:34	—	—	67	39
Dmitry Kulikov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	2	0	0	20:05	—	—	68	48
Niko Mikkola D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	1	0	0	19:24	—	—	68	50
Aaron Ekblad D	D2	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	22:19	—	—	67	66
Gustav Forsling D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	1	0	20:47	—	—	66	67
Uvis Balinskis D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	5	2	2	17:35	—	—	45	34
Donovan Sebrango D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	1	2	14:04	—	—	46	37

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Daniil Tarasov(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.83	59:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.23	0	0	0	19:46	—	—	41	48
Cole Sillinger C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.30	1	0	0	16:18	—	—	49	54
Mathieu Olivier R	L1	2	0	2	+2	3	1.04	3	1	0	15:44	—	—	50	55
Sean Monahan C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.58	0	0	0	18:25	—	—	45	53
Boone Jenner C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.31	2	0	0	14:58	—	—	39	59
Kent Johnson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.29	0	0	0	11:15	—	—	50	68
Adam Fantilli C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	19:21	—	—	19	37
Kirill Marchenko R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	0	0	2	15:54	—	—	22	24
Mason Marchment L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	10:26	—	—	11	20
Isac Lundeström C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	44	57
Dmitri Voronkov L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.41	0	1	0	10:58	—	—	53	74
Miles Wood L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	10:16	—	—	40	69
Denton Mateychuk D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	22:39	—	—	37	39
Damon Severson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	0	4	2	22:12	—	—	36	46
Ivan Provorov D	D2	1	2	3	0	4	0.18	1	4	0	26:22	—	—	33	45
Egor Zamula D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:28	—	—	33	43
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	3	3	2	22:08	—	—	40	66
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	4	2	12:02	—	—	50	68

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jet Greaves(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	3.27	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Ivan Provorov (CBJ PP) 1st 5:08 · assists Sean Monahan, Kirill Marchenko · Point shot · carried in · 60.6 mph shot · 7.6 s from entry to goal.

Ivan Provorov · 1st 5:08 · CBJ PP

Play: point-shot
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 60.6 mph
Distance: 62 ft
Entry to goal: 7.6 s

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Mathieu Olivier · 2nd 10:50 · CBJ

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 23.0 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: deflection

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Boone Jenner · 3rd 1:41 · CBJ

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.9 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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Niko Mikkola · 3rd 9:08 · FLA

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 41.9 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 8.4 s
Type: deflection

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Sam Bennett · 3rd 14:44 · FLA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 61.7 mph
Distance: 34 ft

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Mathieu Olivier · 3rd 18:18 · CBJ EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 38.6 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 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.

Florida Panthers vs. Columbus Blue JacketsMar 5, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Florida Panthers 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Florida Panthers

Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Florida Panthers

Columbus Blue Jackets

Goal anatomy

Ivan Provorov · 1st 5:08 · CBJ PP

Mathieu Olivier · 2nd 10:50 · CBJ

Boone Jenner · 3rd 1:41 · CBJ

Niko Mikkola · 3rd 9:08 · FLA

Sam Bennett · 3rd 14:44 · FLA

Mathieu Olivier · 3rd 18:18 · CBJ EN