Columbus Blue Jackets @ Florida Panthers

8-15-2, 4-7-1 Away

Final/SO

	1	2	3	SO	T
Blue Jackets CBJ	2	1	0	1	4
Panthers FLA	0	3	0	0	3

Florida PanthersPanthersFLA

10-7-7, 5-4-2 Home

		1	2	3	SO	T
	Blue Jackets	2	1	0	1	4
	Panthers	0	3	0	0	3

1st Period			CBJ	FLA
1:07		Nick Foligno (11) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Scott Hartnell (10), Dalton Prout (4)	1	0
9:51		Cam Atkinson (8) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Kerby Rychel (2), Dalton Prout (5)	2	0

2nd Period		CBJ	FLA
0:51	Boone Jenner (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Kerby Rychel (3), Cam Atkinson (4)	3	0
2:54	Tomas Fleischmann (2) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jonathan Huberdeau (8), Nick Bjugstad (5)	3	1
5:04	Nick Bjugstad (9) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Tomas Fleischmann (3), Aaron Ekblad (10)	3	2
7:31	Nick Bjugstad (10) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Jonathan Huberdeau (9), Erik Gudbranson (3)	3	3

3rd Period
No Goals Scored

OT Summary
No Goals Scored

Shootout Summary			CBJ	FLA
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			1	0

BLUE JACKETS

PANTHERS

Regular Season Series

CBJ lead 2-0

Panthers
1
Blue Jackets
2

Game 1

2/12

Blue Jackets
4
Panthers
3

Game 2

5/12

Blue Jackets
2
Panthers
3

Game 3

30/1

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	31	15	4	66
NY Islanders	27	17	5	59
Pittsburgh	23	14	11	57
Philadelphia	23	17	8	54
Washington	24	20	6	54
New Jersey	26	22	2	54
Columbus	22	20	7	51
NY Rangers	21	24	6	48

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	31	13	4	66
Detroit	30	16	4	64
Montreal	28	15	7	63
Buffalo	27	17	5	59
Boston	28	20	2	58
Toronto	24	17	8	56
Florida	25	20	3	53
Ottawa	23	19	7	53

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Columbus Blue Jackets @ Florida Panthers

Stars of the Game

Nick BjugstadC - FLA

Ryan JohansenC - CBJ

Sergei BobrovskyG - CBJ

Game Information

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

CBJ lead 2-0

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

NHL News

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