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Thu, Mar 12, 2026·Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise

Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Florida Panthers 2 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 61% of the time.

FLA winsCBJ wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3OTTotal
CBJ0141100700131
FLA03071615221

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P2 13:01CBJAdam FantilliAssists: Mason Marchment · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P3 1:28FLASam BennettPPAssists: Sam Reinhart, Mackie Samoskevich · Snap, 0.17 xG1–1
  3. OT 2:20FLASam ReinhartPPGWGAssists: Matthew Tkachuk, Mike Benning · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–2
Penalties (4)
  1. P1 17:13FLAEetu Luostarinen: Interference2 min
  2. P2 10:57FLADonovan Sebrango: Interference2 min
  3. P2 0:00CBJDamon Severson: Holding2 min · PPG
  4. OT 0:48CBJAdam Fantilli: Tripping2 min · PPG

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

CBJ00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0FLA
47% to win53% to win
← CBJ attackFLA attack →
  1. P1 20:00Jenner won the faceoff against Bennett
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

CBJFLA
31Shots on goal21
3.5Expected goals2.8
59Shot attempts57
24Faceoffs won17
2Power plays2
4Penalty minutes4
13Hits23
10Blocked shots17
14Giveaways23
7Takeaways5

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Forward lines

  1. bestCoyle – Marchment – Olivier12:28

    xG 0.65–0.06 (92%)attempts 11–6goals 0–0

  2. Jenner – Lundeström – Voronkov9:18

    xG 0.28–0.21 (57%)attempts 10–4goals 0–0

  3. Marchenko – Sillinger – Fantilli11:09

    xG 0.48–0.66 (42%)attempts 9–10goals 0–0

  4. Monahan – Garland – Johnson10:51

    xG 0.45–0.70 (39%)attempts 10–20goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestWerenski – Fabbro18:28

    xG 1.04–0.63 (62%)attempts 22–12goals 0–0

  2. Provorov – Mateychuk16:11

    xG 0.98–0.70 (58%)attempts 17–17goals 0–0

  3. Severson – Christiansen10:57

    xG 0.38–0.28 (57%)attempts 5–10goals 0–0

Florida Panthers

Forward lines

  1. bestReinhart – Rodrigues – Luostarinen12:57

    xG 0.61–0.23 (72%)attempts 15–8goals 0–0

  2. Bennett – Greer – Tkachuk3:24

    xG 0.05–0.16 (24%)attempts 2–5goals 0–0

  3. Hinostroza – Kunin – Boqvist8:48

    xG 0.39–0.51 (44%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  4. Nosek – Reinhardt – Samoskevich2:50

    xG 0.00–0.13 (0%)attempts 0–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. Ekblad – Forsling16:46

    xG 0.74–0.91 (45%)attempts 16–17goals 0–0

  2. Mikkola – Benning14:28

    xG 0.30–0.51 (37%)attempts 8–10goals 0–0

  3. Kulikov – Sebrango18:24

    xG 0.53–1.11 (32%)attempts 15–18goals 0–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

FLA 2.8 xGCBJ 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3OTEndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

FLACBJ

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

FLA's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line FLA is favoured, below it CBJ. Dots are goals.

Excitement 33/100 · #920 of 1312 this seasonSwing 1.18 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 28% (winner's lowest chance)
CBJ 100%5050%50FLA 100%P1P2P3OTEndBiggest swing +20 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Columbus Blue Jackets win this game 61% of the time.

FLA winsCBJ wins

Simulated goal difference (FLA − CBJ), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).