Columbus Blue Jackets 5, New York Rangers 4: final score and stats
Columbus Blue Jackets beat New York Rangers, Columbus Blue Jackets 5 to New York Rangers 4, on Monday, March 2, 2026 at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for New York Rangers vs Columbus Blue Jackets.
NHLMonday, March 2, 2026
DateMar 2, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueMadison Square Garden, New York, NY
TVNHL Net
Attendance16,790
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| New York Rangers | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Columbus Blue JacketsNew York Rangers
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
30-21-8Record23-29-8
8th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding3rd in Metropolitan Division
1-5Road record / home record8-2
LLWWLLast 5WLWWW
L2StreakW1
Team stats
Columbus Blue JacketsNew York Rangers
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Columbus Blue Jackets
New York Rangers
Alberts Smits D · Upper Body
Injured ReserveSean Durzi D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveIgor Shesterkin G · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveJoe Veleno C · Lower Body
Injured ReserveAidan Thompson C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveBox score
Columbus Blue Jackets Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Coyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:13 | 0:58 | 1:13 | 15:02 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 41.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fantilli | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:55 | 0:58 | 0:00 | 16:57 | 22 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danton Heinen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:06 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone Jenner | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:37 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:37 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Isac Lundestrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:24 | 0:00 | 0:47 | 9:37 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Marchenko | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:04 | 0:58 | 0:00 | 17:06 | 22 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Marchment | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:13 | 0:58 | 0:00 | 16:15 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Monahan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17:03 | 0:00 | 1:13 | 15:50 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 47.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathieu Olivier | 2 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 16:09 | 0:00 | 0:03 | 16:06 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Sillinger | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 15:01 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:01 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitri Voronkov | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:59 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miles Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:11 | 0:00 | 0:44 | 9:27 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Fabbro | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:54 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Gudbranson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:18 | 0:00 | 2:00 | 20:18 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denton Mateychuk | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 21:06 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 21:06 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Provorov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27:10 | 0:58 | 2:00 | 24:12 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Damon Severson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 21:59 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Egor Zamula | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:50 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:50 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis Merzlikins | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .879 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 61:04 | 0 | 0 |
New York Rangers Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Brisson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:46 | 0:44 | 0:00 | 9:02 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Carrick | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 8:14 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:14 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Cuylle | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19:17 | 0:47 | 0:40 | 17:50 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tye Kartye | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:20 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Laba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:19 | 0:45 | 0:00 | 12:34 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexis Lafreniere | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18:51 | 1:13 | 0:00 | 17:38 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J.T. Miller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:23 | 1:15 | 0:20 | 17:48 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 56.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabe Perreault | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:18 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 16:31 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Raddysh | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 11:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:28 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Sheary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:38 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:38 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Trocheck | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:43 | 1:13 | 0:37 | 18:53 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 52.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mika Zibanejad | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20:11 | 1:13 | 0:18 | 18:40 | 28 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 46.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New York Rangers Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Borgen | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17:37 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 17:37 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fox | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 26:16 | 1:13 | 0:00 | 25:03 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladislav Gavrikov | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 25:22 | 0:47 | 0:58 | 23:37 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vincent Iorio | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 14:22 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Robertson | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 16:21 | 0:00 | 0:38 | 15:43 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Braden Schneider | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:03 | 0:03 | 0:21 | 18:39 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
New York Rangers Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Shesterkin | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .828 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 60:49 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
Series tied 1-1
Mar 19, 2026NYR 3, CBJ 6
Mar 2, 2026CBJ 5, NYR 4
Nov 15, 2025NYR 2, CBJ 1
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Columbus Blue Jackets vs New York Rangers?
Columbus Blue Jackets won, 5-4, on Monday, March 2, 2026.
What was the final score of Columbus Blue Jackets vs New York Rangers?
Columbus Blue Jackets 5, New York Rangers 4.
Who were the top performers?
Columbus Blue Jackets: Kirill Marchenko (2 goals). New York Rangers: Gabe Perreault (2 goals).
Where is Columbus Blue Jackets vs New York Rangers played?
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY.
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