FLA
FLA
Florida Panthers
30-29-3 · L4 · L10: 2-8-0
L
L
L
W
L
W
L
L
L
L
Final
2—4
2026-03-05 · Nationwide Arena
CBJ
CBJ
Columbus Blue Jackets
32-21-8 · W3 · L10: 8-1-1
W
W
OT
L
W
W
W
W
W
W
CBJ dominated expected goals 3.3 to 3.3 · 1 empty-net goal padded the final margin

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
01231ST2ND3RD
FLA xG
3.28
ACTUAL
2 — 4
CBJ xG
3.34

Scoring Timeline

0.01
LOW xG
CBJ1P 05:08Power Play
Ivan Provorov
9
Ivan Provorov(7)
D · CBJ · #9
Sean Monahan (18), Kirill Marchenko (30)
FLA 0 - 1 CBJ
0.07
MED xG
CBJ2P 10:50Even Strength
Mathieu Olivier
24
Mathieu Olivier(10)
R · CBJ · #24
Egor Zamula (3), Ivan Provorov (16)
FLA 0 - 2 CBJ
0.14
HIGH xG
CBJ3P 01:41Even Strength
Boone Jenner
38
Boone Jenner(9)
C · CBJ · #38
Kent Johnson (13)
FLA 0 - 3 CBJ
0.04
MED xG
FLA3P 09:08Even Strength
Niko Mikkola
77
Niko Mikkola(2)
D · FLA · #77
Aaron Ekblad (21), Sam Reinhart (30)
FLA 1 - 3 CBJ
0.04
MED xG
FLA3P 14:44Power Play
Sam Bennett
9
Sam Bennett(23)
C · FLA · #9
Aaron Ekblad (22), Matthew Tkachuk (9)
FLA 2 - 3 CBJ
0.82
HIGH xG
CBJ3P 18:18Power PlayEN
Mathieu Olivier
24
Mathieu Olivier(11)
R · CBJ · #24
Charlie Coyle (31), Ivan Provorov (17)
FLA 2 - 4 CBJ

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Jet Greaves
73
Jet Greaves
G · CBJ · #73
26/28 saves, .928 SV%, +0.6 GSAx
★2
Daniil Tarasov
40
Daniil Tarasov
G · FLA · #40
24/27 saves, .888 SV%, -0.4 GSAx
★3
Ivan Provorov
9
Ivan Provorov
D · CBJ · #9
1G, 2A, 4 SOG, 1 HIT

Team Stats

FLACBJ
28Shots28
3.28xGF3.34
61.5CF%38.5
48FO%52
1/3PP1/3
19Hits16
6Blocks20
15Giveaways13
3Takeaways3
8PIM8

Period Breakdown

PeriodFLA SOGCBJ SOGFLA xGCBJ xG
1st880.720.57
2nd791.011.11
3rd1171.551.66
Total26243.283.34

Penalties

8 TOTAL
1P 03:44
FLA
Mackie Samoskevichholding (2 min)
Drawn by Cole Sillinger
1P 13:53
CBJ
Damon Seversonholding-the-stick (2 min)
Drawn by Eetu Luostarinen
2P 05:32
FLA
Evan Rodriguestripping (2 min)
Drawn by Adam Fantilli
2P 16:10
CBJ
Jake Christiansencross-checking (2 min)
Drawn by Matthew Tkachuk
3P 05:44
CBJ
Erik Gudbransonroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Donovan Sebrango
3P 05:44
FLA
Donovan Sebrangoroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Erik Gudbranson
3P 05:44
FLA
Uvis Balinskishooking (2 min)
Drawn by Sean Monahan
3P 14:02
CBJ
Kirill Marchenkoholding (2 min)
Drawn by Dmitry Kulikov