Columbus Blue Jackets at Florida Panthers
Recap
written from the game dataThe Florida Panthers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-6 in overtime, Sam Bennett scoring at 4:56. The Panthers came back from three goals down. The Blue Jackets led 5-4 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Sam Bennett's goal at 4:56 of overtime, which took the Panthers' chances from 51% to 100%. Expected goals favored the Panthers, 3.5 to 2.8; shots on goal were CBJ 31, FLA 40. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Panthers win a replay of these chances 61% of the time. Elvis Merzlikins stopped 33 of 40 (.825), 3.5 goals below expected; Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 25 of 31 (.806), 3.2 goals below expected. Three stars: 1. Sam Bennett (1 G, 3 A), 2. Carter Verhaeghe (2 G, 1 A), 3. Brad Marchand (1 G, 3 A).
Three stars
- ★S. Bennett1 G, 3 A

- ★★C. Verhaeghe2 G, 1 A

- ★★★B. Marchand1 G, 3 A

Line score
goals · shots on goal beneathScoring
13 goals1st period
1-07:40
1-19:47
2nd period
2-15:26
3-15:57
4-110:24
4-211:15
4-313:11
4-416:12
5-418:26
3rd period
6-42:27
6-54:21
6-614:18
Overtime
6-74:56
Penalties
1st
- 5:42
Anton Lundell · Slashingdrawn by Kirill Marchenko2 min
2nd
- 11:15
served by D. Voronkov · Delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
- 14:27
Ivan Provorov · Trippingdrawn by Luke Kunin2 min
3rd
- 6:01
Zach Werenski · Cross checkingdrawn by Jesper Boqvist2 min
- 8:28
Aaron Ekblad · Slashingdrawn by Dmitri Voronkov2 min
- 12:01
Anton Lundell · Delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 17:11
Brendan Gaunce · Roughingdrawn by Mackie Samoskevich2 min
OT
- 0:58
Sam Reinhart · Hookingdrawn by Kirill Marchenko2 min
Win probability
ours · the whole gameBiggest swing: Sam Bennett, OT 4:56 — 51% → 100%
Shot map
unblocked attempts · size = our xGExpected goals
- 2.86 G
- All situations
- 7 G3.5
- 2.35 G
- Even strength
- 5 G2.6
- 0.61 G
- Power play
- 2 G0.9
- 0.00 G
- Shorthanded
- 0 G0.1
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 89 unblocked attempts.
Deserve to win
on the chances createdFlurry-adjusted xG 2.83 – 3.50
How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.
Team stats
- 31
- Shots on goal
- 40
- 43%
- Faceoffs
- 57%
- 1/4
- Power play
- 2/4
- 8
- Penalty minutes
- 8
- 15
- Hits
- 30
- 20
- Blocked shots
- 7
- 21
- Giveaways
- 12
- 5
- Takeaways
- 4
Box score
every player line
Season series
FLA leads 2-1
6@
7OTthis game
2@
4Final
1@
2OTFinal
Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).




















