Florida Panthers 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 4: final score and stats
Columbus Blue Jackets beat Florida Panthers, Florida Panthers 2 to Columbus Blue Jackets 4, on Thursday, March 5, 2026 at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Columbus Blue Jackets vs Florida Panthers.
NHLThursday, March 5, 2026
DateMar 5, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueNationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
TVESPN+
Attendance16,669
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Panthers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Florida PanthersColumbus Blue Jackets
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
30-29-3Record32-21-8
5th in Atlantic DivisionStanding7th in Metropolitan Division
6-7Road record / home record6-4
WLLWLLast 5LLWWL
W1StreakL2
Team stats
Florida PanthersColumbus Blue Jackets
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.
Florida Panthers
Sandis Vilmanis LW · Undisclosed
OutBrad Marchand LW · Knee
Injured ReserveAleksander Barkov C · Knee
Injured ReserveJonah Gadjovich LW · Neck - Surgery
Injured ReserveColumbus Blue Jackets
Box score
Florida Panthers Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Bennett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:05 | 3:30 | 0:39 | 13:56 | 21 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 43.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesper Boqvist | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:34 | 0:01 | 0:55 | 9:38 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anton Lundell | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:32 | 0:45 | 1:40 | 16:07 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eetu Luostarinen | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 14:42 | 0:00 | 3:07 | 11:35 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 22.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Marchand | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 12:39 | 2:13 | 0:00 | 10:26 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Nosek | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12:44 | 0:01 | 3:05 | 9:38 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Reinhart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:34 | 4:00 | 0:00 | 16:34 | 20 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Rodrigues | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:57 | 0:41 | 0:00 | 15:16 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mackie Samoskevich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 | 1:11 | 0:00 | 12:48 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Matthew Tkachuk | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 17:50 | 4:00 | 0:39 | 13:11 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Verhaeghe | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 15:12 | 2:28 | 0:00 | 12:44 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandis Vilmanis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:34 | 0:01 | 0:43 | 9:50 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Florida Panthers Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uvis Balinskis | 2 | 5 | 0 | -2 | 17:35 | 1:24 | 0:00 | 16:11 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Aaron Ekblad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:19 | 3:17 | 4:13 | 14:49 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gustav Forsling | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:47 | 0:00 | 4:24 | 16:23 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitry Kulikov | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 20:05 | 0:01 | 1:07 | 18:57 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Niko Mikkola | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:24 | 0:01 | 1:04 | 18:19 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Donovan Sebrango | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:04 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:04 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Florida Panthers Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniil Tarasov | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .889 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 59:00 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:46 | 2:55 | 2:22 | 14:29 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 62.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fantilli | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19:21 | 3:04 | 0:01 | 16:16 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 38.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone Jenner | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:58 | 0:34 | 1:52 | 12:32 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:15 | 2:27 | 0:00 | 8:48 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isac Lundestrom | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:06 | 0:00 | 2:21 | 12:45 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Marchenko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:54 | 3:18 | 0:00 | 12:36 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mason Marchment | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:26 | 1:32 | 0:00 | 8:54 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Monahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:25 | 3:15 | 2:47 | 12:23 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 69.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathieu Olivier | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15:44 | 0:00 | 0:01 | 15:43 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Sillinger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:18 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitri Voronkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:58 | 2:28 | 0:00 | 8:30 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miles Wood | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 10:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:16 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Christiansen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:02 | 0:00 | 0:33 | 11:29 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Erik Gudbranson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22:08 | 0:00 | 2:48 | 19:20 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Denton Mateychuk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:39 | 2:08 | 1:55 | 18:36 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Provorov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26:22 | 3:16 | 4:08 | 18:58 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damon Severson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22:12 | 2:03 | 0:00 | 20:09 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Egor Zamula | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet Greaves | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .929 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Florida Panthers vs Columbus Blue Jackets?
Columbus Blue Jackets won, 4-2, on Thursday, March 5, 2026.
What was the final score of Florida Panthers vs Columbus Blue Jackets?
Florida Panthers 2, Columbus Blue Jackets 4.
Who were the top performers?
Florida Panthers: Niko Mikkola (1 goals). Columbus Blue Jackets: Mathieu Olivier (2 goals).
Where is Florida Panthers vs Columbus Blue Jackets played?
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH.
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